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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 · House Apr 26, 2023

HB 6149: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Extends the reimbursement to a school district or municipality for the employment of newly hired school resource officers only.)

04/26/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 26, 2023

SB 138: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Increases the minimum hourly wage commencing January 1, 2028, by an amount equal to the total percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Northeast Region for the calendar year 2026.)

04/26/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 26, 2023

SB 430: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Creates new definition for the term "employee", for purposes of wages, workers' compensation, temporary disability and unemployment insurance benefits, which deems a worker to be an employee, as opposed to an independent contractor.)

04/26/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 26, 2023

SR 142: SENATE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND REVIEW RHODE ISLAND'S MINIMUM WAGE (Creates an eleven (11) member special legislative study commission whose purpose it would be to study Rhode Island's minimum wage, and who reports back to the Senate no later than May 4, 2024, and whose life expires on January 4, 2025.)

04/26/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Apr 26, 2023

HB 6007: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FEDERAL AID (Requires all public schools to make reimbursable breakfasts and lunches available to all students under the rules and regulations of the USDA and the RI department of education.)

04/26/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 26, 2023

SB 201: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- REFUSE DISPOSAL -- FOOD WASTE BAN (Requires a covered entity generating organic waste materials of more than 52 tons/year and located less than 30 miles from an authorized composting facility or anaerobic digestion facility to recycle the waste at that facility beginning January 1, 2024.)

04/26/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Apr 26, 2023

HB 5794: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS (Extends teacher certifications without fee or penalty for three (3) years for teachers who hold certifications as of July 1, 2023.)

04/26/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Apr 26, 2023

HB 6113: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Includes the costs of educating students with intellectual disabilities in calculating direct state aid funding from the permanent foundation education-aid program.)

04/26/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 26, 2023

SB 199: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- LITTER CONTROL AND RECYCLING (Changes the fine for any person convicted of a first violation of this chapter from eighty-five dollars ($85.00) to one hundred dollars ($100).)

04/26/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Apr 26, 2023

HB 5323: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Amends the definition of the term "extraordinary costs" for the purposes of excess costs associated with special education students.)

04/26/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 26, 2023

SB 424: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Allows individuals employed in domestic service or in or about a private home to be included as an employee, for purposes of minimum wages law.)

04/26/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Apr 26, 2023

HB 5638: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- LANGUAGE ACADEMIES ACT (Establishes language academies for non-English proficient students and also establishes the Rhode Island education revitalization fund to provide funding to the language academies.)

04/26/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study