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

passed · Rhode Island · Senate May 16, 2023

SR 1023: SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 8TH THROUGH MAY 12TH OF 2023, TO BE "TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

05/16/2023 Senate read and passed

passed · Rhode Island · Senate May 16, 2023

SR 1024: SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 10TH, 2023, TO BE "LUPUS DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

05/16/2023 Senate read and passed

passed · Rhode Island · House May 15, 2023

HB 5419: AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- AIRPORTS AND LANDING FIELDS (Designates the appropriate authority on air space issues as the president and CEO of the Rhode Island airport corporation and aligns certain job titles with their proper responsibilities relative to aeronautics.)

05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Judiciary

passed · Rhode Island · House May 15, 2023

HB 5284: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS (Expands the rights of physician assistants with regard to their practice and prohibits non-compete clauses that exceed five years with regard to the purchase and sale of a practice.)

05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services

passed · Rhode Island · House May 15, 2023

HB 5911: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- INDICTMENTS, INFORMATIONS AND COMPLAINTS (Includes the offense of second-degree sexual assault among the offenses to which there shall be no statute of limitations and provides for a ten (10) year statute of limitations for third-degree sexual assault.)

05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Judiciary

passed · Rhode Island · House May 15, 2023

HB 5954: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION FEES (Permits disabled veterans to be issued several disabled veteran plates, permits plates to be transferred to their spouse or caretaker during the veteran's life and would allow disabled veteran plates to be issued for a commercial vehicle of any size.)

05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs

passed · Rhode Island · House May 15, 2023

HB 5076: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- RHODE ISLAND PHYSICAL THERAPIST LICENSURE COMPACT ACT (Allows the state to become a member of the physical therapist licensure compact adopted by twenty-five (25) states in order to facilitate the interstate practice of physical therapy with the goal of improving public access to physical therapy services.)

05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services

passed · Rhode Island · House May 15, 2023

HB 5220: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGULATION OF ELECTRIC BICYCLES (Regulates electric bicycles in the same manner as human-powered bicycles, classify electric bicycles into three (3) classes, require all electric bicycles to have a label affixed to the bicycle and be equipped with a speedometer.)

05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Judiciary

passed · Rhode Island · House May 15, 2023

HB 5371: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Allows individuals employed in domestic service or in or about a private home to be included as an employee, for purposes of minimum wages law.)

05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Labor

passed · Rhode Island · House May 15, 2023

HB 5555: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES (Adds a new section which sets forth conditions for pharmacists to prescribe tobacco cessation drug therapies.)

05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services

passed · Rhode Island · House May 15, 2023

HB 6029: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- FALSE IMPERSONATION (Provides that state court clerks be added to the list of public officers for whom falsely assuming their identity would be a criminal offense.)

05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Judiciary

passed · Rhode Island · House May 15, 2023

HB 5701: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS RULES (Provides additional exception to prohibition on usage of wireless communication device while driving and clarifies that use for purpose of navigation must be while the device is mounted or otherwise affixed to vehicle and not held in the motorist’s hand.)

05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Judiciary