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State Legislature US Congress

All 25,118 Active 7,678 In committee 7,673 Passed 5,917 Signed 4,510 Failed 6,972

died · Rhode Island · House May 31, 2022

HB 7283: 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.)

05/31/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 31, 2022

HB 7284: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Directs the state to appropriate the sum of $250,000,000 from federal COVID relief funds to establish virtual online learning programs.)

05/31/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 31, 2022

HB 8266: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION (Excludes eligible nonimmigrant visa holders from paying the same in-state tuition as any other Rhode Island student.)

05/31/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 31, 2022

HB 8178: AN ACT RELATING TO MAKING APPROPRIATIONS IN SUPPORT OF FY 2022 (Appropriates $1.0 million in state funds to nonprofit hospitals serving large governmentally insured populations with a primary care focused (internal medicine and/or family practice) program that started after January 1, 2021.)

05/31/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 31, 2022

HB 7756: AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE -- LONG-TERM CARE SERVICE AND FINANCE REFORM (Requires the EOHHS to submit to the Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services a state plan amendment to Medicaid dental and chiropractic rates.)

05/31/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate May 31, 2022

SB 2386: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- BORN-ALIVE INFANT PROTECTION ACT (Provides equal medicare for infants born-alive as a result of abortion procedure/natural delivery with violations subject to criminal penalties for medical personnel/loss of license/civil action for damages.)

05/31/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 31, 2022

HB 8169: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE (Prohibits prior authorization or step therapy protocol for the prescription of medication to assess or treat an enrollee's serious mental illness.)

05/31/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate May 31, 2022

SB 2520: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- "THE RHODE ISLAND INFORMED CONSENT PROTECTION ACT" (Requires written consent by recipient or parent before vaccine and prohibits discrimination against those who don't vaccinate and fines up to $25,000 for violation. Also prohibits DCYF from investigating for failure to vaccinate.)

05/31/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate May 31, 2022

SB 2340: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- PROHIBITION OF SINGLE-FAMILY ZONING IN URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARIES ACT OF 2022 (Prohibits single-family residential zoning in municipalities with populations of over twenty-thousand (20,000) and mandate that those municipalities adopt zoning regulations for middle housing in single-family residential zones.)

05/31/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate May 31, 2022

SB 2387: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - CHILDREN (Criminalizes the knowing and intentional failure of a physician, nurse, or other licensed medical person to provide reasonable medical care and treatment to an infant born alive as a felony.)

05/31/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate May 31, 2022

SB 2089: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- BED BUGS IN RESIDENTIAL PREMISES ACT (Spells out the responsibilities of both the landlord and tenant with respect to the inspection and treatment of bed bugs in residential premises.)

05/31/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate May 31, 2022

SB 2625: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RHODE ISLAND PAIN-CAPABLE UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION ACT (Creates the Rhode Island Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, prohibiting the performance or induction of an abortion of an unborn child capable of feeling pain, unless necessary to prevent serious health risk to the unborn child’s mother.)

05/31/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study