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Creates the green buildings act commission to consist of 17 members, responsible for the implementation of the green buildings act.
This bill would create a new government commission in Rhode Island called the "Green Buildings Act Commission.
Allows advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, and physicians who are and are not licensed in Rhode Island to provide telemedicine services to patients who are in the state when those services are rendered.
This bill would expand access to telemedicine services for Rhode Island residents by allowing a broader range of healthcare providers to treat patients remotely.
Adds pickles and relish to those foods not requiring refrigeration which are permitted to be manufactured and sold as a farm home food product.
This bill would expand the list of foods that small-scale home producers and farmers in Rhode Island are allowed to make and sell without needing a commercial food facility license.
Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Blithewold, Inc., located at 101 Ferry Road, Bristol, Rhode Island.
This bill would exempt Blithewold, Inc.
Caps the size of accessory dwelling units to 900 sq.ft. for one bedroom units and 1,000 sq. ft for two 2 bedroom units.
This bill would set maximum size limits for accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in Rhode Island.
Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of AS220 located in the city of Providence.
This bill would grant a property tax exemption to AS220, a nonprofit arts organization based in Providence, Rhode Island.
Requires 10% of all rental fees collected by the water resources board pursuant to a lease with the Coventry Pines Golf Club be paid to the town of Coventry and 10% to the Central Coventry Fire District.
This bill deals with how money from a lease agreement between Rhode Island's Water Resources Board and the Coventry Pines Golf Club is shared.
Protects people attending Rhode Island court proceedings from civil arrest without a judicial warrant, ensures court access, sets enforcement rules, and provides remedies for violations.
This bill would protect people who come to Rhode Island courthouses — whether as parties in a case, witnesses, victims, or observers — from being arrested by civil (non-criminal) law enforcement agents without a proper judicial warrant.
Establishes a program within the adult correctional institution to permit medication assisted treatment approved by the FDA to be provided for the treatment of opioid use disorder to any incarcerated individual.
This bill would create a formal program inside Rhode Island's Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) — the state's main prison and jail system — to provide medication-assisted treatment (MAT) to incarcerated people who have opioid use disorder.
Mandates arming campus police at public higher educational institutions and would include campus police in the definition of "law enforcement officer" for the purposes of the "law enforcement officers' bill of rights".
This bill would require all campus police officers at Rhode Island's public colleges and universities to carry firearms.
Provides that statements by a health care provider regarding the unanticipated outcome of a patient's medical care and treatment shall be inadmissible as evidence of an admission of liability or as evidence of an admission.
This bill would protect doctors, nurses, and other healthcare providers when they express sympathy or explain an unexpected outcome to a patient or their family after something goes wrong during medical care.
Disqualifies individuals with prior felony convictions or nolo contendere pleas from purchasing or possessing a firearm. It also prevents the sentencing judge from suspending the first two (2) years of any sentence under limited circumstances.
This bill would expand restrictions on who can legally buy or own a firearm in Rhode Island.
Changes the community service requirements of a sentence related to the violation of § 11-44-21.1 relating to defacing private residences, offices, businesses or commercial property.
This bill makes changes to the community service requirements for people convicted of defacing private property in Rhode Island.
Requires specific notice of the tax sale to the taxpayer with a copy of this § 44-9-10 attached thereto. Failure to do so would render the tax sale null and void.
This bill deals with how local governments must notify property owners before selling their property for unpaid taxes — a process known as a "tax sale.
Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Community MusicWorks located in the city of Providence.
This bill would give a property tax exemption to Community MusicWorks, a nonprofit organization located in Providence, Rhode Island.
Requires a corporation created under this statute to be regulated by the Rhode Island department of business regulation.
This bill would require any corporation that is created under a specific Rhode Island law governing towns and cities to be regulated by the Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation (DBR).
Expands council on elementary and secondary education and board of education and makes teacher of year and student advisory chair voting members on each.
This bill would make changes to two important education decision-making bodies in Rhode Island: the Council on Elementary and Secondary Education and the Board of Education.
Expands the requirement that all high schools and middle schools, whether they are publicly or privately run to maintain on site a functional AED while establishing and implementing a cardiac emergency response plan in these schools.
This bill would require all middle schools and high schools in Rhode Island — both public and private — to have a working Automated External Defibrillator (AED) on school grounds at all times.
Phases out the local meals and beverage tax by January 1, 2030.
This bill would gradually eliminate the local meals and beverage tax in Rhode Island, with the tax fully gone by January 1, 2030.
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 in Rhode Island to provide free breakfast and lunch to all students in public schools, regardless of their family's income.
Increase the personal needs allowance of nursing facility residents from $75.00 to $100 per month.
This bill would increase the amount of spending money that Medicaid-funded nursing home residents are allowed to keep each month.
Eliminates the sunset on the provision of funding, modify eligibility requirement to 85% of state median income and expand funding to at least 20 hours per week.
This bill makes several changes to Rhode Island's welfare-to-work program, known as Rhode Island Works.
Exempts from the sales tax firearm safety equipment, storage devices, gun safes, gun cabinets, gun vaults, gun cases, strong boxes, cable locks, trigger locks and biometric locks.
This bill would remove the Rhode Island sales tax from a range of products designed to safely store and secure firearms.
Changes the retirement allowance based on accrued benefits.
This Rhode Island bill makes changes to how retirement payments are calculated for police officers and firefighters in towns and cities across the state.