Rep. Nathan Biah

Primary HB 5300

In committee · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS--JUDICIAL SELECTION (Requires the judicial nominating commission to include certain questions on application/retain race, nationality, ethnicity, and gender data/classifies application as public record with opt out provision.)

In committee Feb 23, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 5272

In committee · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PSYCHOLOGISTS (Includes licensed school psychologists under the provisions of the general laws governing the regulations of psychologists.)

In committee Feb 23, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 5246

In committee · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WORKPLACE SAFETY ACT (Provides that any law or regulation which protects a person from exposure to second hand smoke would also provide protection from exposure to second-hand marijuana smoke, regardless of how the smoke was generated.)

In committee Feb 23, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 5377

In committee · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES (Permits the district court to issue probationary operator’s licenses to those who had their licenses suspended, under certain conditions and for reasons of extreme hardship. Offenses involving alcohol, injury or death would be ineligible.)

In committee Feb 23, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 5297

In committee · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION (Requires judicial nominating commission actively and aggressively solicit attorneys of color to apply for judicial appointments.)

In committee Feb 23, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 5298

In committee · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE --COURTS -- JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION (Requires that the judicial nominating commission be composed of at least three (3) members of color.)

In committee Feb 23, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 5251

In committee · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PRESCRIPTIONS (Limits health insurance carriers that provide coverage for prescription insulin drugs used to treat diabetes to fifty ($50) dollars copayment for a thirty (30) day supply of medically necessary insulin.)

In committee Feb 23, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 5264

In committee · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - WORKERS' COMPENSATION - OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES (Classifies as an occupational disease any disability or quarantine resulting from COVID-19 or other viral infection classified by an executive order during a declared state of emergency, subject to certain requirements.)

In committee Feb 10, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 5303

In committee · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- EQUITY PRACTICE (Deletes all uses of the word master as it relates to courts and replaces it with the word arbiter.)

In committee Feb 9, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 5294

In committee · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - EXPLOSIVES AND FIREWORKS (Limits the sale of fireworks to one week prior to and including the 4th day in July, and may only be used, exploded, or cause to exploded between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.)

In committee Feb 9, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track