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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 2, 2023

SB 532: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS (Allows retired public safety officers to seek secondary employment with the state or any municipality without any reduction or forfeiture of retirement benefits.)

05/02/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate May 2, 2023

SB 474: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- FACILITATING BUSINESS RAPID RESPONSE TO STATE DECLARED DISASTER ACT OF 2023 (Provides thresholds for establishing presence, residency or doing business in the state for out-of-state employees and businesses during a state of emergency declared by either the Governor or the President of the United States.)

05/02/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate May 2, 2023

SB 522: AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- RHODE ISLAND CHILDCARE ESSENTIAL ACT (Creates the Rhode Island Child Care Assistance Program that governs both family eligibility for the state’s child care subsidy program and the rates paid to child care providers serving families receiving a subsidy.)

05/02/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 2, 2023

HB 6222: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- STATE AID (Provides state aid to municipalities in the amount of thirty-nine million dollars ($39,000,000) based on population and increased annually by the increase in the consumer price index (CPI).)

05/02/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 2, 2023

HR 6211: JOINT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE STATE TO ENTER INTO A FINANCING AGREEMENT RELATING TO SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION IN THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET (Authorizes the state to finance the construction of a new high school and facilities and all expenses incident thereto.)

05/02/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate May 2, 2023

SB 59: 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.)

05/02/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate May 2, 2023

SB 222: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (Provides that the current COLA suspension schedule would be replaced with a fractional annual COLA of twenty-five percent (25%) of the COLA declared for that plan year, as it pertains to retired teachers, state and municipal employees.)

05/02/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate May 2, 2023

SB 574: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- UNIFORM TELEHEALTH ACT (Allows an out-of-state health care practitioner to provide telehealth services to a patient located in this state if the services are consistent with the practitioner's scope of practice and state and federal professional standards.)

05/02/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate May 2, 2023

SB 546: AN ACT RELATING TO RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS (Restores the cost of living allowance (COLA) to state employees, and/or their beneficiaries, who retired prior to July 1, 2012.)

05/02/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate May 2, 2023

SB 519: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS (Allows members who retired before January 1, 2023 to receive two stipends of five hundred dollars ($500).)

05/02/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 1, 2023

HB 6328: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Permits the city of Newport, by separate ordinance, to assess nonowner occupied residential properties used as short-term rentals for tourists under its Class Three category; commercial, industrial and residential real estate with 4 units or more.)

05/01/2023 Withdrawn at sponsor's request

died · Rhode Island · House Apr 27, 2023

HB 6209: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- BUSINESS CORPORATION TAX (Allows cannabis establishments, as defined pursuant to § 21-28.11-3, to claim any deduction to income that would be allowable under the laws of the United States but for 26 U.S.C. § 280E.)

04/27/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study