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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 4, 2023

HB 5568: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LAW ENFORCEMENT INTEGRITY ACT (Specifies and restricts use of excessive physical force by peace officers and creates a civil action for constitutional rights violations as well as impose a duty to intervene on officers on scene. Requires reporting of incident information.)

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

died · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 4, 2023

SB 280: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS (Caps the total amount that a covered person is required to pay for a covered prescription asthma inhaler to twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per thirty (30) day supply.)

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

died · Rhode Island · House Apr 4, 2023

HB 5888: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' BILL OF RIGHTS (Amends law enforcement officers' bill of rights.)

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

died · Rhode Island · House Apr 4, 2023

HB 5346: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Creates a 2 year pilot program with PUC and DHS to increase low-income families participation in LIHEAP from July1, 2023, to July 1, 2025, with a report due on 12/1/23 to governor and general assembly on status/need for increased funds.)

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

died · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 4, 2023

SB 106: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- CONTROL OF HIGH PRESCRIPTION COSTS -- REGULATION OF PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS (Regulates PBMs policies and practices relating to accurate costs and pricing reporting, restricts discriminatory practices and establishes consumer protections and enforcement of penalties for violations by the office of the attorney general.)

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

died · Rhode Island · House Apr 4, 2023

HB 5149: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- HOMICIDE (Abolishes penalty of life without parole and amends/repeals all sections of general laws regulating prisoners serving a sentence of life without parole. It would have prospective and retroactive effect for any offense committed after January 1, 1991.)

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

died · Rhode Island · House Apr 4, 2023

HB 5110: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- THE RHODE ISLAND FIRST STEP ACT (Establishes Rhode Island First Step program requiring DOC to assist offenders with reintegration into society, counseling, medical care, education, early sentence termination or pre-release confinement for elderly and terminally ill offenders.)

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

died · Rhode Island · House Apr 4, 2023

HR 5882: JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO WRITE AN OLMSTEAD PLAN FOR RHODE ISLAND (Creates a twenty-eight (28) member special legislative commission whose purpose it is to write an Olmstead Plan for RI, and who reports back to the General Assembly no later than January 3, 2024, and whose life expires on July 1, 2024.)

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

died · Rhode Island · House Apr 4, 2023

HB 5878: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Mandates the department of health, in conjunction with the department of education, to conduct a cost-benefit analysis before a mandate relating to the health and safety of children in schools would be issued.)

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

died · Rhode Island · House Apr 4, 2023

HB 6139: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SECOND LOOK SENTENCING ACT (Establishes the second look act and would permit incarcerated individuals to petition the sentencing court to consider a motion to reduce a sentence after the defendant has served at least 10 years of the sentence.)

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

died · Rhode Island · House Apr 4, 2023

HB 6161: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SOLITARY CONFINEMENT REFORM ACT (Establishes the restrictive housing oversight committee ("committee") for the purpose of monitoring the use of restrictive housing (solitary confinement), as well as disciplinary and administrative confinement at the department of corrections.)

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

died · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 4, 2023

SR 868: 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.)

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