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Prohibits participation in federal school voucher tax credit for contributions to scholarship-granting organizations unless both the general assembly and the governor approve such participation.
This bill is about a federal program that gives tax credits to people or businesses who donate money to organizations that provide private school scholarships (sometimes called "school vouchers").
Created a peer-to-peer car sharing program, which will prescribe insurance coverage and other related details while using a car sharing application.
This bill would create a legal framework in Rhode Island for peer-to-peer car sharing — a service where private car owners rent their personal vehicles to other individuals through smartphone apps or online platforms (similar to how Turo or Getaround work).
Allows animal control officers in the cities and towns to lawfully take charge of and provide adequate care to any animal found abandoned or neglected or hazardously accumulated and includes them as agents authorized to enforce the provisions of this law.
This bill expands the legal authority of local animal control officers in Rhode Island cities and towns.
Requires law enforcement agencies to obtain search warrants for electronic information, data, location information and other identifying information of subscribers and customers, except in specified circumstances.
This bill would require Rhode Island law enforcement agencies to obtain a search warrant before accessing people's electronic information.
Adds a rebuttable defense if any person shall die or sustain a personal injury while committing robbery of the owner, lessor, or occupant of a motor vehicle and that the owner or occupant of the vehicle acted in self-defense.
This bill would create a legal protection for people who use force to defend themselves during a carjacking or robbery of their vehicle.
Prohibits any questioning of a juvenile who is suspected of delinquent or criminal behavior, unless the parent of guardian of the juvenile is present, or unless an attorney is present or the juvenile and their parents have waived their presence.
This bill would set new rules for how law enforcement can question minors (anyone under 18) who are suspected of breaking the law in Rhode Island.
Requires one elector of the parole board to be a person directly impacted by the criminal justice system who has completed the probation/parole process three (3) or more years prior to selection with a professional background in certain enumerated areas.
This bill would change the makeup of Rhode Island's parole board by requiring that at least one voting member be a person who has personally gone through the criminal justice system.
Provides that licensed independent clinical social workers be able to enroll and bill Medicaid directly for covered services provided to adults with Medicaid fee-for-service coverage.
This bill would allow licensed independent clinical social workers (LICSWs) in Rhode Island to enroll directly as Medicaid providers and bill the state's Medicaid program on their own for services they provide to adult patients.
Amends the composition of the Urban Collaborative and provides that the collaborative be governed by a board of trustees.
This bill proposed changes to how the Urban Collaborative — a cooperative program that serves students from multiple urban school districts in Rhode Island — is organized and governed.
Gradually phases in modifications to federal adjusted gross income over a five (5) year period for social security income, from twenty percent (20%) up to one hundred percent (100%), beginning on or after January 1, 2027.
This bill would gradually eliminate Rhode Island state income tax on Social Security benefits over a five-year period, starting January 1, 2027.
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF APPROXIMATELY $30,000,000 TO RHODE ISLAND'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $100,000 to each public school in Rhode Island for school safety and security improvements.)
This bill would direct approximately $30 million in state funding to Rhode Island's public schools specifically for safety and security improvements.
Establishes a statewide mobile response and stabilization services program to provide rapid crisis response and short-term stabilization for children and youth in their natural environments.
This bill would create a statewide program in Rhode Island designed to help children and young people who are experiencing a mental health or behavioral crisis.
Expands the definition of “book or other writing” to sales up to one thousand five hundred (1,500) copies and deny the sales tax exemption for third-party sales.
This bill would change Rhode Island's sales tax rules for books and other writings sold in small quantities.
Amends the current law on teacher’s creditable service so that a teacher who takes an unpaid parental or medical leave during the year would be given credit for a year of service for that school year if they served a minimum of 135 school days.
This bill would change how Rhode Island calculates retirement credit for teachers who take unpaid parental or medical leave during a school year.
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $100,000 FOR THE RHODE ISLAND COMMISSION ON PREJUDICE & BIAS (This resolution would appropriate the sum of $100,000 to the Rhode Island Commission on Prejudice and Bias.)
This bill is a joint resolution that would direct $100,000 in state funding to the Rhode Island Commission on Prejudice and Bias.
Establishes guidelines for continued implementation and expansion of public, high-quality prekindergarten education programs.
This bill aims to set up a framework for expanding and continuing public prekindergarten (pre-K) programs across Rhode Island.
Prohibits purchases of more than one firearm in any thirty (30) day period.
This bill would make it illegal for a person in Rhode Island to purchase more than one firearm within any 30-day period.
Requires 50% reduction in the amount of added sugars in all liquid beverages sold in Rhode Island on and after January 1, 2030.
This bill would require that all liquid beverages sold in Rhode Island contain at least 50% less added sugar compared to their current formulations, starting on January 1, 2030.
Adds to those persons exempt from payment of parking fees at any recreational facility owned and operated by the state those individuals determined by the executive office of HHS, or its designee, to be disabled for purposes of Medicaid eligibility.
This bill would allow certain Rhode Island residents with disabilities to park for free at state-owned recreational facilities, such as state parks and beaches.
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $15,200,000 TO BE USED TO PURCHASE PFAS-FREE FIREFIGHTING GEAR (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $15,200,000 to cities and towns to purchase firefighter and rescue personnel protective gear which is PFAS free.)
This bill would set aside $15.
JOINT RESOLUTION URGING THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT TO STUDY AND REGULATE THE IMPACT OF WAKE BOATS ON RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC WATERWAYS (Urges DEM to study and regulate the impact of wake boats on Rhode Island public waterways.)
This resolution asks Rhode Island's Department of Environmental Management (DEM) to take a closer look at "wake boats" — large, powerful recreational boats specifically designed to create big waves for water sports like wakeboarding and wakesurfing.
Requires that the electric distribution company and the commission promulgate tariffs to address interconnection of energy storage systems and to provide compensation for at least 100 mega watts of energy storage systems sited in the state.
This bill would have required Rhode Island's electric utility company (National Grid) and the Public Utilities Commission to create formal rules and rate structures — called "tariffs" — for connecting energy storage systems (like large batteries) to the electric grid.
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $850,000 FOR NEW BRIDGES FOR HAITIAN SUCCESS (Authorizes the appropriation of $850,000 for New Bridges for Haitian Success for the purpose of residential property acquisition for transitional housing to support immigrants with temporary protected status (TPS) and asylum status.)
This bill is a joint resolution in the Rhode Island legislature that would authorize spending $850,000 in state funds for an organization called New Bridges for Haitian Success.
Amends the OPA desk audit classification rules to eliminate supervising other employees as a factor for position upgrade eligibility.
This bill makes a change to the rules that govern how state government employees in Rhode Island can qualify for a job reclassification — essentially, a promotion or upgrade to a higher job category with potentially higher pay.