Home › Rhode Island › Bills

Bills

Rhode Island Bills

Track legislation and stay informed about the bills that matter to you.

State Legislature US Congress

All 25,118 Active 7,678 In committee 7,673 Passed 5,630 Signed 4,797 Failed 6,972

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 18, 2021

SR 425: SENATE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY VOTER FRAUD (Creates a 7 member special legislative commission whose purpose it would be to study and provide recommendations to prevent voter fraud, and who would report back to the Senate no later than February 7, 2022, and whose life would expire on April 7, 2022.)

03/18/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 18, 2021

HB 5817: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Provides a procedure for homeowners to submit to a municipal zoning board of review or municipal official or agency for a review to determine whether or not a proposed use under this chapter requires a special use permit.)

03/18/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 18, 2021

SB 347: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- COVID-19 PANDEMIC INSURANCE RECOVERY ACT (Allows businesses that had an insurance policy in place for business interruption as of March 9, 2019 to recover from their insurance companies for a COVID-19 business impact.)

03/18/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 18, 2021

HB 6092: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- COLLECTION OF TAXES GENERALLY (Prohibits the tax sale of properties when litigation is pending disputing the amount owed.)

03/18/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 18, 2021

SB 167: AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG COST PROTECTION (Prohibits the state, ERISA or any health plans to purchase referenced drugs for a cost higher than the referenced rate.)

03/18/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 18, 2021

HB 5822: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF STATE -- AWARD OF MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS (Provides that the secretary of state establish a registry for publication of municipal invitations for bids and that municipalities publish notice of invitations for bids with the registry.)

03/18/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 18, 2021

SB 499: AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- WHOLESALE PRESCRIPTION DRUG IMPORTATION PROGRAM (Creates the Wholesale Prescription Drug Importation Program which allows for the wholesale importation of prescription drugs from Canada by or on behalf of the state.)

03/18/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 18, 2021

SB 405: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Allows individuals, who have not reached the age of eighteen (18) years, to vote in a primary election, as long as the voter will be eighteen (18) as of the date of the general or special election.)

03/18/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 18, 2021

SB 624: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- WRITE-IN VOTES (Requires all write in candidates to file prior to election a declaration of intent to run for office with the secretary of state. Finally it would require the board of elections to report all votes received by declared write in candidates.)

03/18/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 18, 2021

HB 6123: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- QUONSET DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (Authorizes the Quonset development corporation to borrow up to one million dollars ($1,000,000) for operational purposes, the debt would not be a debt of the state and would be secured only by the Quonset development corporation's assets.)

03/18/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 18, 2021

HB 6024: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE - STATE FUNDS (Adds the Judiciary's Indirect Cost Recovery/Supreme Court, Victims' Rights Information, RI Supreme Court Disciplinary Counsel and Small Claims Mediation accounts to the list of restricted receipt accounts which are not subject to indirect cost recovery.)

03/18/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 18, 2021

SB 625: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- NOMINATION OF PARTY AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES (Allows voters to endorse nomination of candidacy documents by mail, email, or facsimile and deliver to the candidate or board of canvassers in-person, via mail, email or facsimile.)

03/18/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study