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

died · Rhode Island · Senate May 11, 2023

SB 921: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Requires RIPTA to review existing routes in rural communities to identify gaps in service, authorize paratransit vouchers, establish a one-year pilot program to study expanding services and provide vouchers to those with disabilities in those areas.)

05/11/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate May 11, 2023

SB 247: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN (Provides children from birth through age five (5) with continuous coverage eligibility for RIte Track/RIte Care so that they are not at risk of losing coverage at the yearly redetermination due solely to administrative barriers.)

05/11/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 11, 2023

HB 5618: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR FUEL TAX (Provides that seventy-nine percent (79%) of one cent ($0.0079) of the gas tax be directly transferred to the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority for the Elderly/Disabled Transportation Program.)

05/11/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate May 11, 2023

SB 285: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND HEALTH CARE REFORM ACT OF 2004--HEALTH INSURANCE OVERSIGHT (Deletes the power and duty of the health insurance commissioner to guard the solvency of health insurers.)

05/11/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate May 11, 2023

SR 271: JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $1,000,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND COUNCIL FOR THE HUMANITIES FOR DIRECT GRANT FUNDING TO COMMUNITY CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT RHODE ISLAND (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $1,000,000 to the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities to continue efforts to support local cultural organizations throughout the State.)

05/11/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 11, 2023

HB 5630: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION TAX (Eliminates the gross earnings tax for every corporation whose principal business is manufacturing, selling, distributing and/or transmitting currents of electricity and natural gas to be used for light, heat, or motive power.)

05/11/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate May 11, 2023

SB 294: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires insurance carriers, nonprofit hospital service plans, nonprofit medical service corporations and HMOs to cover costs of breast ultrasounds and/or MRI breast exams for person receiving notice of dense breast tissue.)

05/11/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate May 11, 2023

SB 362: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES (Allows the healthcare facility to conduct human-subject research on patients subject to 21 C.F.R. Pt 50 and/or 45 C.F.R. Pt 46 (relating to the informed consent of human subjects).)

05/11/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 11, 2023

HR 5527: HOUSE RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON THE TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC OUTCOMES OF DECARBONIZING RHODE ISLAND BY 2030

05/11/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 11, 2023

HB 6105: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE RHODE ISLAND CLIMATE CHANGE AND OCEAN PROTECTION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACT (Appropriates five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) per fiscal year to invest in a climate change and ocean protection workforce development grant program.)

05/11/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 11, 2023

HB 5621: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RIDESHARE VEHICLE SURCHARGE (Implements a $0.75 surcharge on fares charged by rideshare companies and also requires that the surcharges be deposited in a restricted account to be used for street improvements in the municipality where the fare originated.)

05/11/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate May 11, 2023

SB 916: AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS -- THE RHODE ISLAND LIMITED -LIABILITY COMPANY ACT (Replaces the existing limited liability company act with a newer and updated model act.)

05/11/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study