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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 Jun 25, 2021

HB 5276: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - THE RHODE ISLAND CESSPOOL ACT OF 2007 (Allows DEM to extend certain deadlines for required sewer construction in the replacement of cesspools, which deadlines would not extend beyond January 1, 2026.)

06/25/2021 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government

passed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 25, 2021

SB 803: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SENTENCE OR EXECUTION (Amends Hate Crimes Sentencing Act. Adds gender identity, expression to protected groups. Clarifies sentencing enhancements for hate crimes against victims in a protected group. Permits sentencing to community service or educational classes.)

06/25/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

passed · Rhode Island · House Jun 25, 2021

HR 6474: HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING CONGRATULATIONS

06/25/2021 House read and passed

passed · Rhode Island · House Jun 25, 2021

HB 5778: AN ACT RELATING TO BANKING - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS CREATION AND EXPANSION (Amends provisions relating to receiverships/licensing. Security bonds, reporting requirements, resident agent to eliminate same requirement/clarify language to reduce burden on financial businesses.)

06/25/2021 Referred to Senate Commerce

passed · Rhode Island · House Jun 25, 2021

HB 6021: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION (Requires district and independent charter schools to use a random selection process to select eligible public school students who would be invited to attend the charter school and allows a parent to decline the invitation.)

06/25/2021 Referred to Senate Education

passed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 24, 2021

SB 338: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES--ENFORCEMENT AND COLLECTION (Provides that any person who has a retail sales permit would not be required to pay a separate registration fee to make sales at flea markets; provided, however, the person would remain responsible to pay all taxes due as a result of sales at a flea mkt.)

06/24/2021 Referred to House Finance

passed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 24, 2021

SB 960: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CANVASSING THE LISTS OF QUALIFIED ELECTORS (Replaces the requirement that the notice for the final canvass be posted in a newspaper and instead this act would require the notice for the final canvass to be published on the official website maintained by the city or town.)

06/24/2021 Senate read and passed

passed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 24, 2021

SB 487: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES -- PRESCRIPTIONS (Requires pharmacists to notify their customers whether their cost sharing benefits exceed the actual retail price of the prescription sought.)

06/24/2021 Referred to House Health & Human Services

passed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 24, 2021

SB 494: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE (Requires drug companies disclose to office of the health insurance commissioner acquisition costs of drugs approved by FDA, if acquisition cost is at least $100 for 30 day supply and requires disclosure of rebates, price protection payments.)

06/24/2021 Senate passed Sub A

passed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 24, 2021

SB 381: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS (Provides that health insurance policies that provide prescription drug coverage not include an annual or lifetime dollar limit on drug benefits.)

06/24/2021 Senate passed Sub A

passed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 24, 2021

SB 961: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- ELECTIVE MEETINGS (Allows local board of canvasser's discretion to substitute the physical posting in each voting district of senatorial district meetings, representative district meetings, and voting district meetings with publication in newspaper of local circulation.)

06/24/2021 Senate read and passed

passed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 24, 2021

SB 105: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ACT (Requires the department of environmental management to create environmental justice areas.)

06/24/2021 Referred to House State Government & Elections