Requires that the basic education program data collection information for students that attend career and technical education schools be charged to the receiving school district and not the sending school district.
Provide protection for the rights of professional, administrative and secretarial employees of the department of education to collectively bargain over all terms and conditions of employment.
Allows for the enactment of the dietitian licensure compact permitting a licensed dietitian from another state to become licensed within the state, and also permitting a dietitian licensed by the state to become licensed in another compact state.
Prohibits casualty insurers from assessing any premium surcharge or penalty against an insured solely for inquiring about the terms of the insured's policy.
Maddy summaryHB 5421 requires all school buses in the state to be equipped with live digital video monitoring systems that record license plates, location, time, and date of traffic violations. School districts must install these systems on new buses starting July 1, 2027, and on all buses by July 1, 2032. The systems enable remote monitoring of drivers passing stopped school buses, with violations documented through video evidence and processed via traffic tribunals. This directly affects school bus operators, drivers who violate stop-arm laws, and local governments handling enforcement and fines.
Maddy summaryHB 5709 modernizes the process for permanently disabled voters and long-term nursing home residents to automatically receive mail ballots for every election. It allows these voters to apply by submitting a simple form (affidavit) to their local election office, which will then send mail ballot applications to them without needing to reapply each election. The bill adds an online application option through the secretary of state’s portal and permits eligible voters to electronically return mail ballots using the same system as military and overseas voters, ensuring accessibility compliance. This directly affects voters with long-term disabilities or nursing home residency by simplifying their ballot access.
Provides that the “meetings” requirements from § 34-36.1-3.08 be applicable to condominiums created before July 1, 1982, and would permit remote participation in condominium meetings.
Creates process for condominium associations to give notice to and obtain approval from unit mortgage holders for certain association actions by mailing a written request for approval to the unit mortgagees via regular and certified mail.
Requires associations to provide unit owners within thirty (30) days notice of any increase in the deductible application to the association’s policy.
Authorizes the town of West Warwick to issue not more than $71,000,000 bonds and notes to finance the acquisition, construction, improvement, renovation, furnishing and equipping of schools and school facilities.
