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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 · House Mar 29, 2023

HB 5747: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Provides employees with civil administrative remedies against contractors, subcontractors involved in the contract with joint/severable liability imposed on contractors or subcontractors. Effective 9/1/2023.)

03/29/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 29, 2023

HB 5015: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Repeals the law that prevented municipalities from establishing their own minimum wage for their employees.)

03/29/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 29, 2023

HB 5592: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- INSPECTION OF PERSONNEL FILES (Amends the definitions of the inspection of personnel files. The act would also amend the penalties by increasing them to not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500).)

03/29/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 29, 2023

HB 5928: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Effective January 1, 2024, increases the minimum hourly wage to fourteen dollars and fifty cents ($14.50) to sixteen dollars and seventy-five cents ($16.75) the next year, the next year to nineteen dollars ($19.00).)

03/29/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 29, 2023

HB 5181: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Repeals the law that allowed employers to pay some of their minor employees and employees who are full time students and not attained the age of nineteen (19) less than minimum hourly wages, requiring them to be paid a minimum hourly wage.)

03/29/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 29, 2023

HB 5856: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SEIZURE SAFE SCHOOLS ACT (Requires the departments of elementary and secondary education and health to adopt policies/rules/regulations for the administration of seizure rescue medications for children who have been medically identified as having epilepsy/seizure disorder.)

03/29/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 29, 2023

HB 5587: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Sets the minimum wage for public school crossing guards at eighteen dollars ($18.00) per hour and also defines a crossing guard as a person who safely assists school students to cross the street.)

03/29/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 29, 2023

SB 769: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (Creates a natural gas study and delineates the elements required for the natural gas test.)

03/29/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 29, 2023

HB 5708: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Requires employers in Rhode Island with thirty (30) or more employees would be required to list competitive salary ranges on their job postings on the company's hiring page or third-party websites like Glassdoor, LinkedIn, Indeed or other job boards.)

03/29/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 29, 2023

HB 5859: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS (Prevents the state or any governmental entity from infringing on the fundamental rights of parents in the upbringing of their children.)

03/29/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 29, 2023

HB 5739: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM (Requires that both curriculum and teaching practices in Rhode Island schools protect and respect the civil rights of all members of the school community.)

03/29/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 29, 2023

HB 5050: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- LABOR AND PAYMENT OF DEBTS BY CONTRACTORS (Amends the definition of public works so that it would include any public works projects performed for any city or town or quasi-municipal entity and the state and any quasi-state entity.)

03/29/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study