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State Legislature US Congress

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

died · Rhode Island · Senate May 4, 2023

SB 301: AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- HARBORS AND HARBOR LINES (Permits towns and cities to regulate all houseboats within their jurisdiction.)

05/04/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate May 3, 2023

SR 673: SENATE RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THE RHODE ISLAND CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO URGE THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR PERSONNEL AND READINESS TO PROTECT PHARMACY ACCESS FOR THOSE WHO SERVE OR HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES

05/03/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 3, 2023

HB 6188: AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- QUALITY SELF-DIRECTED SERVICES (Increases the hourly compensation for "individual providers" from no less than sixteen dollars ($16.00) on April 1, 2023, and gradually increase several times until June 30, 2024, when it would be nineteen dollars ($19.00) and continuing.)

05/03/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 3, 2023

HB 5634: AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- CERTIFICATION OF CHILDCARE AND YOUTH-SERVING WORKERS AND OPERATORS (Repeals the provision that requires new applicants for employment under this section to pay the expense for their background checks.)

05/03/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 3, 2023

HB 5094: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND EARLY EDUCATOR INVESTMENT ACT (Establishes the Rhode Island Early Educator Investment Act to develop and implement strategies to improve the compensation of early childhood educators.)

05/03/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 3, 2023

HB 6009: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND PREKINDERGARTEN EDUCATION ACT (Develops a plan to expand public, high quality prekindergarten education programs available to all children ages three (3) and four (4) throughout Rhode Island to increase children’s school readiness and makes fund available to sustain all classrooms.)

05/03/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate May 3, 2023

SB 823: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS ARBITRATION (Expands the definition of correctional officer, to include any bargaining unit, in which correctional officers constitute a majority of the bargaining unit's membership.)

05/03/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 3, 2023

HB 6331: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES (Increases the number of child care licensing inspectors to meet the national recommended average of one inspector for every fifty (50) to sixty (60) child care providers.)

05/03/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 3, 2023

HB 5633: AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (Adjusts the state's monthly share of Supplemental Security Income to equal the federal Supplemental Security Income benefit in January of that calendar year.)

05/03/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate May 3, 2023

SB 481: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE PAUL W. CROWLEY RHODE ISLAND STUDENT INVESTMENT INITIATIVE (Amends the provisions governing intervention and support for the Providence public school district.)

05/03/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 3, 2023

HB 6169: AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM (Permits a parent or caretaker relative of a family applying for child care assistance to qualify for child care assistance without first establishing paternity, or enforcing child support and medical support orders.)

05/03/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 3, 2023

HB 5253: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND PREKINDERGARTEN EDUCATION ACT (Requires the department of education to provide a statewide, universal prekindergarten, early childhood education program for all three (3), four (4) and five (5)-year-old children by September 1, 2025.)

05/03/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study