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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 · House May 15, 2023

HB 5337: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- CASUALTY INSURANCE RATING (Prevents insurance companies from treating widowed persons differently than married persons when establishing or maintaining an insured's rate or classification respecting the operation of a personal motor vehicle. Effective 1/1/24)

05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Commerce

passed · Rhode Island · House May 15, 2023

HB 5769: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PARKING FACILITIES AND PRIVILEGES (Includes the governor’s commission on disabilities in the decision making process for the disability parking enforcement enhancement program and requires an annual report be submitted to the governor’s commission.)

05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Judiciary

passed · Rhode Island · House May 15, 2023

HB 5920: AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Amends the statutory penalties for a second and third possession of marijuana offense to conform to the penalties promulgated in the Rhode Island cannabis act.)

05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Judiciary

passed · Rhode Island · House May 15, 2023

HB 5545: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- DISTRICT CHARTER SCHOOL (Requires that certain quarterly reports required to be filed by district charter schools, mayoral academies and independent charter schools be submitted to the commissioner of elementary and secondary education.)

05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Education

passed · Rhode Island · House May 15, 2023

HB 5494: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICAL THERAPISTS (Amends the licensing statute to allow a graduate of a board approved physical therapy school to be reinstated upon a failed examination upon the filing and registering for a second examination.)

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

passed · Rhode Island · House May 15, 2023

HB 5506: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES (Allows health care facility to conduct research on patients subject to 21 C.F.R. Pt 50 and/or 45 C.F.R. Pt 46 (relating to the informed consent in clinical trials).)

05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Judiciary

passed · Rhode Island · House May 15, 2023

HB 5921: AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Amends the statutory penalties for possession of marijuana offenses to conform to the penalties promulgated in the Rhode Island cannabis act.)

05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Judiciary

passed · Rhode Island · House May 15, 2023

HB 5349: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES (Amends the conditions upon which a nurse would be exempt from certain licensing requirements to include eligibility to practice before taking and receiving results of the NCLEX exam.)

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

passed · Rhode Island · House May 15, 2023

HB 5460: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- VOTING DISTRICTS AND OFFICIALS -- POLLING PLACE CAP (Increases the maximum number of voters that a polling place can accommodate from three thousand (3,000) to three thousand five hundred (3,500).)

05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Judiciary

passed · Rhode Island · House May 15, 2023

HB 5561: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- STUDENT COMPUTER DEVICE PRIVACY (Prohibits an educational institution or school district from accessing or using location data for tracking a student's institutional device or personal device, except in limited circumstances.)

05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Education

passed · Rhode Island · House May 15, 2023

HB 5456: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES GENERALLY (Adds the Providence Canteen vehicles to the authorized emergency vehicles equipped with a siren, whistle or bell.)

05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Judiciary

passed · Rhode Island · House May 15, 2023

HB 5890: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES (Clarifies and separate the different criminal penalties for first and subsequent convictions for reckless driving.)

05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Judiciary