Home › Rhode Island › Bills

Bills

Rhode Island Bills

Track legislation and stay informed about the bills that matter to you.

State Legislature US Congress

All 25,118 Active 7,678 In committee 7,673 Passed 5,630 Signed 4,797 Failed 6,972

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 13, 2017

HB 6052: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - MINIMUM WAGE (Allows employers to pay the greater or 75% of the state minimum wage rate, or the federal minimum wage rate to employees eighteen (18) years or younger during the first six hundred eighty (680) hours or ninety (90) days of their employment.)

04/13/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 13, 2017

HB 5594: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - MINIMUM WAGES (Sets the minimum hourly wage, for employees that have not reached twenty (20) years of age at nine dollars and sixty-five cents ($9.65).)

04/13/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 13, 2017

HR 6119: JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE-LINE ITEM VETO (Provides the governor with a line-item veto on the budget and other bills for the appropriation of money.)

04/13/2017 Introduced, referred to House Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 12, 2017

SB 245: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM (Requires the department of elementary and secondary education, pursuant to rules promulgated by the commissioner of elementary and secondary education, to develop curricular material on financial literacy.)

04/12/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 12, 2017

SB 750: AN ACT RELATING TO BUILDING PERMIT FEES (Requires that city and town building permit fees recover no more than the cost of permitting activities during period of normal building activity.)

04/12/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 12, 2017

SB 679: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE - COVERAGE (Allows Rhode Island residents who work for an out-of-state nongovernmental employer to apply for coverage under Rhode Island's Temporary Disability Insurance program.)

04/12/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 12, 2017

SB 743: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (Exempts the adult and child immunization accounts from recoupment of indirect costs from the monies collected to fund the immunization programs.)

04/12/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 12, 2017

SR 293: JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND (FOUR YEAR TERMS AND TERM LIMITS FOR SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES) (Proposes an amendment to the Constitution to the electors of the state that increases the length of term for senators and representatives to four (4) years and imposes a limit of four (4) consecutive terms for those offices.)

04/12/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 12, 2017

SB 754: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - PATIENT ACCESS EXPANSION ACT (Prohibits the state from requiring any form of the Federation of State Medical Boards' proprietary maintenance of licensure program.)

04/12/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 12, 2017

HR 5401: JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE (EMPOWERMENT OF INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYERS) (Proposes a constitutional amendment that would affirm the standing of each individual taxpayer to contest the validity or legality of any governmental expenditure or tax in the appropriate forum.)

04/12/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 12, 2017

HB 5353: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Establishes limits on the maximum number of patients that may be assigned to a unit’s registered nurses in particular health care situations.)

04/12/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 12, 2017

HR 5886: HOUSE RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THAT THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS CHANGE FEDERAL LAW IN ORDER TO ALLOW STATES TO REQUIRE PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP AS A REQUIREMENT TO REGISTER TO VOTE

04/12/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study