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Prohibits dental insurers from refusing to honor directions to pay from insured, modifying benefits to be paid. Requires providers to accept payment by virtual credit card as unfair claims practices.
This bill aims to change the rules around how dental insurance companies handle payments to dentists and other dental care providers.
Limits municipal minimum lot sizes for residential use to 2,500 sq ft near transit, 5,000 sq. ft with water/sewer, and 1 acre otherwise, while protecting farmlands, forests, and wetlands, and requiring zoning updates to comply.
This bill would set statewide limits on how small a residential lot can be in Rhode Island, essentially capping how large cities and towns can require lots to be when someone wants to build a home.
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 problems in rental housing.
Allows faith-based organizations to develop affordable and mixed-use housing on land they own as a by-right use, set statewide development standards, limit local barriers, and streamline approvals to expand housing supply.
This bill would allow churches, synagogues, mosques, and other religious organizations to build affordable housing or mixed-use developments (such as apartments combined with shops or community spaces) on land they already own.
Clarifies that buildings on leased land in the town of South Kingstown shall be taxed as real estate whether or not the leases are in writing or recorded.
This bill clarifies how buildings located on leased land in South Kingstown, Rhode Island are taxed.
Mandates the use of a soft-shell helmet cover device that adds a padded, soft-shell layer to the outside of a traditional football helmet, for students participating in Rhode Island interscholastic league football
This bill would require all students who play football through the Rhode Island Interscholastic League to use a soft-shell helmet cover on their football helmets.
Limits rent increases to no more than 4% annually unless the landlord is granted an exemption by secretary of housing, and provides tenants with civil action to recover damages, including award of attorneys' fees and punitive damages, for any violations.
This bill would place a limit on how much landlords in Rhode Island can raise rent each year.
Directs the council on elementary and secondary education to develop recommendations for a high school curriculum to prepare students for successful postsecondary education and careers in computer science.
This bill would direct Rhode Island's Council on Elementary and Secondary Education to create recommendations for a high school curriculum focused on computer science.
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 a family child care home — a licensed childcare operation run out of a private residence — can care for at one time.
Changes the residential limit for any substantial multi-family housing project not to exceed forty thousand (40,000) residents according to the United States Census Bureau.
This bill would change a rule about where large multi-family housing projects — like apartment complexes — can be built in Rhode Island.
Restores the requirement that a local review board issue findings for denial in reviewing a comprehensive permit request and clarifies that affordable housing units shall be included in each town and city when the building permits for units are granted.
This bill makes two changes to how Rhode Island towns and cities handle affordable housing developments.
Amends the residential landlord and tenant act to prohibit the use of algorithmic renting-setting software that relies on nonpublic competitor data to determine rental prices or occupancy levels for residential dwelling units in Rhode Island.
This bill would have changed Rhode Island's residential landlord and tenant law to ban landlords and property managers from using certain types of computer software to set rental prices.
Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Community MusicWorks located in the city of Providence.
This bill would exempt Community MusicWorks, an organization located in Providence, Rhode Island, from having to pay property taxes on its real estate and physical property (such as buildings, equipment, and other tangible items) within the city.
Provides a tax credit to a taxpayer that makes a qualified investment in a qualified business.
This bill would create a new tax credit for Rhode Island taxpayers who invest money in certain local businesses.
Allows a tenant to pay an increased security deposit in monthly increments over the course of a twelve (12) month period.
This bill would change how tenants can pay when their landlord increases the security deposit on their rental unit.
Requires that the chief judge of the family court in appointing magistrates do so in accordance with the judicial selection and nomination process set forth in chapter 16.1 of title 8.
This bill changes how magistrates are appointed to Rhode Island's Family Court.
Allows the town of Tiverton, with an aggregate of 500 or more units proposed in a comprehensive permit project, to enact a short-term emergency moratorium until the permit laws are amended.
This bill would give the town of Tiverton, Rhode Island, the ability to temporarily pause (or "moratorium") the processing of certain large affordable housing development applications.
Reduces the time for expungements to 3 years for a single misdemeanor and 5 years for felonies and multiple misdemeanors.
This bill would shorten the waiting period that Rhode Island residents must wait before they can apply to have their criminal records expunged, meaning legally cleared or sealed from public view.
Permits the family court to award custody of household pets to the plaintiff in a domestic abuse complaint, including the enforcement remedy of a restraining order or other injunctive relief.
This bill would allow Rhode Island's Family Court to include household pets in protective orders issued in domestic abuse cases.
Allows primary care practices to offer optional fees for non-covered services while requiring equal medical care for all patients and protecting access to medically necessary services regardless of ability to pay.
This bill would allow primary care doctors and medical practices in Rhode Island to charge optional fees for certain services that aren't covered by health insurance.
Establishes Rhode Island First Step program requiring DOC to assist offenders with reintegration into society, counseling, medical care, education, early sentence termination or pre-release confinement for elderly and terminally ill offenders.
This bill would create a new program called the "Rhode Island First Step Act," which would require the Rhode Island Department of Corrections (DOC) to take a more active role in helping incarcerated people prepare for life after prison.
Provides for a cause of action against an individual or entity that prohibits the possession of firearms on real property, except residences, by an individual that is authorized and licensed to carry a firearm.
This bill would give licensed gun owners the legal right to sue a property owner or business if they are prohibited from carrying their firearm on that property.
Increases the penalties for reckless driving from a misdemeanor first offense to a felony, with a penalty of up to five years in prison and a fine of between one thousand dollars ($1,000) and five thousand dollars ($5,000).
This bill would significantly increase the legal consequences for reckless driving in Rhode Island.
Requires health insurance plans to cover services provided by licensed certified professional midwives. Insurers would be required to report utilization and cost data annually and certain limited benefit policies would be exempt.
This bill would require health insurance plans in Rhode Island to cover maternity and birthing services provided by licensed certified professional midwives (CPMs).