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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

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 18, 2022

SB 2949: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSE OF ACTION (Removes the statute of limitations for actions based on sexual abuse or exploitation of a child and would make eligible previously time barred actions.)

05/18/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 16, 2022

HB 7795: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Mandates that health insurance companies and Medicaid provide coverage for mental illness related to COVID-19.)

05/16/2022 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (05/19/2022)

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 16, 2022

SB 2717: AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (Prohibits certain providers of digital application distribution platforms from requiring that payments for the software application be made exclusively through a particular in-application payment system.)

05/16/2022 Meeting postponed (05/19/2022)

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 13, 2022

HB 8253: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Amends the term "extraordinary costs" for the purposes of excess costs associated with special education students. The new definition of extraordinary costs would be educational costs that are over 3 times the average statewide special education cost.)

05/13/2022 Introduced, referred to House Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 13, 2022

HB 8252: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF COMMERCIAL FISHING VEHICLES (Requires the division of motor vehicles to develop a form for registration of and a license plate for commercial fishing motor vehicles.)

05/13/2022 Introduced, referred to House Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 12, 2022

HR 8245: JOINT RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE MEDICAID SECTION 1115 DEMONSTRATION WAIVER REQUESTS AND RENEWALS (This joint resolution would approve an amendment to the Medicaid section 1115 demonstration waiver requests and renewals.)

05/12/2022 Introduced, referred to House Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 11, 2022

HB 8229: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- COUNSELING COMPACT (Allows for the interstate practice of licensed professional counselors with the goal of improving public access to professional counseling services, by providing for the mutual recognition of other member state licenses through the counseling compact.)

05/11/2022 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 10, 2022

HB 6625: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY (Same as 21H-5444--Provides that school construction projects approved after July 1, 2022, that fail to utilize a project's architectural services and project educational design services would only be eligible to receive five (5) incentive points.)

05/10/2022 Meeting postponed (05/11/2022)

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 6, 2022

HB 7320: AN ACT CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND REVIEW THE COST AND STATUS OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND OWNED, VACANT, AND ABANDONED PROPERTIES AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR METHODS TO MITIGATE THE ASSOCIATED EXPENSES (Creates a 13 member commission to study and provide recommendations to mitigate the associated costs for the State's vacant and abandoned properties, and would report back by May 1, 2023, and expire on June 30, 2023.)

05/06/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/12/2022)

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 6, 2022

HB 8219: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- MANDATED HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS ADVISORY COUNCIL (Creates the mandated health insurance benefits advisory council, to analyze the state's current health insurance benefits mandates and to review retrospectively and prospectively the mandates.)

05/06/2022 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 6, 2022

HB 8217: AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- QUALITY SELF-DIRECTED SERVICES (Increases the hourly compensation for "individual providers" from no less than fifteen dollars ($15.00) on April 1, 2022, and gradually increase several times until June 30, 2023, when it would be eighteen dollars ($18.00) and continuing.)

05/06/2022 Introduced, referred to House Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 6, 2022

HB 8221: AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- FAIR CHANCE IN HOUSING ACT (Limits the use of certain criminal records and credit history reports in denying housing to prospective applicants, provides fines for failure to comply and requires notice of denials be sent to the prospective tenants.)

05/06/2022 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing