Browse Bills
Search and filter federal and state legislation.
17,291 bills found
Spells out the responsibilities of both the landlord and tenant with respect to the inspection and treatment of bed bugs in residential premises.
This bill establishes clear rules for how landlords and tenants in Rhode Island must handle bed bug infestations in rental housing.
Establishes the process to provide a legal mechanism whereby a terminally ill patient may choose to end their life using medications prescribed by a physician.
This bill would create a legal process in Rhode Island that allows terminally ill patients to request a prescription for medication they could use to end their own life.
Creates a new category of residential solar energy generation for small portable solar generation devices.
This bill creates a new, separate category under Rhode Island's energy laws specifically for small, portable solar power devices used in homes.
Establishes a statewide "healthy school meals for all" universal school breakfast and lunch program in Rhode Island public schools phased in over 3 years.
This bill would create a program to provide free breakfast and lunch to every student in Rhode Island public schools, regardless of their family's income.
Requires Medicaid to provide coverage for fertility medication, care, and services, for at least 3 cycles of fertility treatment, and intrauterine insemination.
This bill would require Rhode Island's Medicaid program to cover fertility-related medical care for eligible enrollees.
Requires Rhode Island Medicaid to cover services provided by licensed certified professional midwives and to collect utilization and cost data, while allowing limits consistent with Medicaid rules.
This bill would require Rhode Island's Medicaid program to cover maternity and birth-related services provided by Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs) — licensed professionals who assist with pregnancies and births, often in home or birth center settings.
AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $25,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES TO FUND THE PROVIDENCE HOUSING TRUST FUND TO FINANCE AFFORDABLE MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING PROJECTS IN THE CITY
This bill would give the City of Providence the legal authority to borrow up to $25 million by issuing general obligation bonds and notes.
Restates the UTGR Master Contract and the Twin River-Tiverton Master Contract and consolidates the marketing program of each into the Consolidated Marketing Program.
This bill updates and reorganizes the formal agreements between the State of Rhode Island and its two licensed gaming facilities — Twin River (in Lincoln) and Twin River-Tiverton.
Requires anyone engaged in the sale of goods or services, and who offers a discount to its customers’ for utilizing automatic payment systems, via ACH or EFT or similar payment systems, provide the same discount to any person who is sixty-five (65).
This bill would require businesses in Rhode Island that offer discounts to customers who use automatic payment systems — such as automatic bank transfers or electronic fund transfers — to offer those same discounts to customers who are 65 years old or older, even if those seniors don't use the automatic payment method.
Includes licensed school psychologists under the provisions of the general laws governing the regulations of psychologists and expands the licensing of school psychologists for independent practice.
This bill would bring licensed school psychologists under the same set of state laws that already govern other licensed psychologists in Rhode Island.
Establishes the biotechnology regulatory sandbox program within the department of business regulation.
This bill would create a special program in Rhode Island called a "biotechnology regulatory sandbox," managed by the state's Department of Business Regulation.
Permits a member or members of a limited-liability company to avoid dissolution by buying the membership interest owned by the other member or members seeking dissolution.
This bill would change Rhode Island law to give members of a limited-liability company (LLC) a new option when the business faces dissolution — meaning when one or more owners want to shut the company down.
Redefines what constitutes a farm by reducing the amount of revenue from farm products required to be sold from $10,000 to $2500. It also expands the farm to include all agricultural operations, including forestry.
This bill would change the legal definition of what counts as a "farm" in Rhode Island in two important ways.
Restricts application of pesticides and rodenticides at schools and childcare centers and requires schools to provide copies of notice to parents and guardians.
This Rhode Island bill would place new restrictions on how and when pesticides and rodenticides (chemicals used to kill insects, weeds, and rodents) can be applied at schools and childcare centers.
Prohibits insurance companies from paying a rate that is less than the approved Medicaid rate set by the executive office of health and human services.
This bill would set a minimum payment floor for what private insurance companies must pay healthcare providers in Rhode Island.
Requires the secretary of the executive office of health and human services to monitor and mandate changes to the price-setting practices of pharmacy benefit managers to prohibit the spread pricing payment model.
This bill targets a pricing practice used by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) — the middlemen companies that manage prescription drug benefits for insurance plans, employers, and government health programs.
Established a cause of action against state government entities for violation of civil rights.
This bill would give Rhode Island residents the legal right to sue state government agencies and entities when they believe their civil rights have been violated.
Allows lane filtering, the act of passing stopped or slow-moving vehicles proceeding in the same direction, for motorcycles at low speeds.
This bill would allow motorcyclists in Rhode Island to practice what is known as "lane filtering" — the act of carefully riding between lanes of slow-moving or completely stopped traffic traveling in the same direction.
Allows on and after September 1, 2026, an owner of motor vehicle(s) to transfer ownership and registration of said vehicle on their death, by a certificate of title designation and requires DMV to amend title forms, to include transfer-on-death language.
This bill would allow Rhode Island vehicle owners to name a beneficiary directly on their car title — someone who would automatically receive the vehicle when the owner dies.
Requires all write-in votes, regardless of qualification, to be reported and published by the state board of elections, on its website.
This bill would require Rhode Island's Board of Elections to collect, report, and publish all write-in votes cast in elections — regardless of whether the write-in candidate officially qualified for the ballot.
Ensures that more developmentally disabled adults can self-direct the care they need and want, by incorporating collective bargaining rights into the self-directed supports program.
This bill deals with how adults with developmental disabilities receive personal care services in Rhode Island.
Establishes the commuter transportation benefit chapter. Employers with five hundred (500) or more employees required to establish a pre-tax commuter transportation fringe benefit program.
This bill would require large employers in Rhode Island to offer their workers a special pre-tax benefit program to help cover the cost of commuting.
Amends the audit compliance requirements for municipalities' contributions to pension plans under the budget of accounts and installation of systems chapter.
This bill makes changes to the rules that govern how Rhode Island cities and towns are reviewed for compliance when contributing money to their pension plans.
Sets the zoning statewide for “family child care homes” to no fewer than twelve (12) children maximum.
This bill would set a statewide minimum standard for how many children can be cared for at a "family child care home" under local zoning rules.