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

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Feb 8, 2022

SB 2193: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RIGHTS OF NURSING HOME PATIENTS (Requires the department of health to promulgate rules and regulations to determine whether a nursing home facility shall be granted an exception from the minimum staffing level requirements.)

02/08/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Feb 8, 2022

SB 2237: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Requires employers with 50 or more employees to pay "hazard pay" to employees involved in providing essential services during a declared public health emergency.)

02/08/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Feb 8, 2022

SB 2172: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FEDERAL AID (Requires free lunches to be provided for all elementary and secondary students attending public schools, to the extent state and federal funds are available.)

02/08/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Education

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Feb 8, 2022

SB 2239: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Defines and recognize the existence and potential liability of lead entities concerning the payment of wages.)

02/08/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Feb 8, 2022

SB 2214: AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD TENANT ACT -- HOUSING PAYMENT STABILITY ACT (Requires landlords to complete the landlord portion of an application for federal emergency rental assistance before starting an action for eviction against a residential tenant for nonpayment of rent.)

02/08/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary

in committee · Rhode Island · House Jan 31, 2022

HB 7211: AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- SANITATION IN FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS (Adds pickles and relish to those foods which are permitted to be manufactured and sold as a farm home food product.)

01/31/2022 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/03/2022)

in committee · Rhode Island · House Jan 26, 2022

HR 7182: JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE-LINE ITEM VETO (This proposed amendment to the Constitution would provide the governor with a line-item veto on the budget and other bills for the appropriation of money.)

01/26/2022 Introduced, referred to House Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Jan 25, 2022

SB 2142: AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- GENERAL PROVISIONS - MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE LICENSES (Authorizes the issuance of farmer-brewery and farmer-distillery licenses to qualifying farms subject to conditions and regulations issued by the department of business regulation.)

01/25/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Jan 25, 2022

SB 2138: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Provides for a reduction in the minimum number of special plates to be ordered from the DMV to one hundred fifty (150) sets, upon payment of a conditionally refundable fee of three thousand dollars ($3,000).)

01/25/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Jan 25, 2022

SB 2112: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LILA MANFIELD SAPINSLEY COMPASSIONATE CARE ACT (Creates the Lila Manfield Sapinsley Compassionate Care Act, to provide a legal mechanism whereby a terminally ill patient may choose to end their life using drugs prescribed by a physician.)

01/25/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Jan 25, 2022

SB 2032: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Repeals § 16-7-34.3, reimbursement for public housing students. Adds similar language to § 16-7.2-6.)

01/25/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Education

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Jan 25, 2022

SB 2038: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Removes funding requirement from department of elementary and secondary education.)

01/25/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Education