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.
Provides duties/obligations of medical personnel to born-alive infants resulting from an abortion punishable as a felony along with a civil action for compensatory/punitive damages/automatic one year license suspension.
Maddy summaryHB 5033 removes the requirement for nuclear plant construction projects to seek approval from the Rhode Island General Assembly. This bill directly affects developers planning new nuclear facilities, as they will no longer need legislative sign-off for project plans. The key change shifts the approval process away from the General Assembly, meaning developers must now navigate other regulatory pathways instead of legislative review. The bill takes effect upon passage and does not alter existing regulatory authority for other entities.
Maddy summaryHB 5297 allows married partners of inmates to have conjugal visits at state correctional facilities under specific rules. It sets a maximum of four hours per visit and six visits annually, prohibits video monitoring, and bans contraband exchanges during visits. To schedule a visit, applicants must provide a marriage certificate and follow facility procedures. The Corrections Department must create implementation rules and train staff by the bill's effective date of January 1, 2026. This directly affects incarcerated individuals and their spouses seeking these visits.
Maddy summaryRhode Island's HR 5733 is a resolution recognizing the Seaconke Wampanoag tribe for specific limited purposes. It directly affects the tribe by enabling them to access federal education, job training, housing benefits, and protections for artwork sales under federal programs. The resolution explicitly states this recognition does not grant rights to operate casinos, sell tobacco or fuel, claim land, or affect federal recognition status. It is strictly limited to helping the tribe qualify for existing federal benefits and protections, with no broader legal implications.
Grants municipalities the authority to impose a parking services sales tax on parking lots and parking structures that charge for parking services through an ordinance.
Maddy summaryThis bill amends Rhode Island's Rebuild Rhode Island Tax Credit program to increase the maximum credit cap from $15 million to $25 million for one specific project: the I-195 redevelopment district parcel 42 and P4 (authorized in 2018). It does not change the $15 million cap for other projects, which must still meet requirements like a $5 million minimum project cost, 20% owner equity, and project financing gap criteria. The change applies solely to this designated I-195 project, allowing it to access higher tax credits while maintaining other program rules for all other developments. The bill focuses on a targeted adjustment for a single redevelopment site, not a broad policy shift.
Removes the authority of the commissioner or elementary and secondary education to withhold funds from a debtor community through the general treasurer.
Requires one elector of the parole board to be a person directly impacted by the criminal justice system who has completed the probation/parole process three (3) or more years prior to selection with a professional background in certain enumerated areas.
Ensures that more developmentally disabled adults can self-direct the care they need and want, by incorporating collective bargaining rights into the self-directed supports program.
