2022) (Implements technical corrections to the transition rules for transactions governed by 2024 Public Laws Chapters 65 and 66 regarding security interests in emerging technologies.
Raises the amount of life insurance the state provides at no charge to Rhode Island National Guard members called up for federal duty to five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).
Maddy summarySB 1133 reclassifies unauthorized use or theft of gift cards as larceny or forgery under state law. It makes it a crime to steal or use a gift card without consent (under $1,500) or alter a gift card, subjecting offenders to larceny penalties (up to $1,000 fine or 1 year in jail) or forgery penalties. For amounts exceeding $1,500 or repeated offenses within six months, penalties escalate to standard larceny charges. This directly affects gift card holders (who may be defrauded), card issuers, and retailers, by treating gift card fraud as equivalent to traditional property theft under Chapter 6-59. The bill takes effect upon passage.
Enacts the Kayden's Law setting guidelines and training for courts, judges and other professionals who make recommendations or decisions about visitation, custody, and placement of children when there are allegations of abuse.
Maddy summarySB 879 expands eligibility for disabled veterans license plates to include veterans aged 75 or older with a 70% combined service-connected disability rating. Currently, veterans must have a 100% disability rating, be deemed "individually unemployable," or qualify under specific historical provisions to receive the registration fee exemption. This bill adds the 75+ age group with a 70% disability as a new qualifying category. It directly affects veterans in this specific demographic who previously did not meet existing criteria for the exemption. The change would allow them to receive the same license plate benefits and fee exemption as other qualifying disabled veterans.
Maddy summarySB 475, the "David Casey Act," requires public and private golf courses to have an automated external defibrillator (AED) on-site. This law expands existing requirements for AEDs at healthcare facilities and other public places (like schools, restaurants, and sports arenas) to specifically include golf courses. The bill mandates that all golf courses, regardless of whether they are publicly or privately operated, must maintain an AED accessible for immediate use in emergencies. This policy change directly affects golf course operators by adding a new safety equipment requirement.
Requires all lifeguards, and park rangers, to be trained in administering opioid antagonists, and would require all public beaches to keep available a minimum of four doses of opioid antagonist.
Maddy summarySB 1002 amends Rhode Island's Rebuild Rhode Island tax credit program by increasing the maximum tax credit for one specific project from $15 million to $25 million. This exception applies solely to the I-195 redevelopment project approved by the Commerce Corporation under a December 2018 agreement. All other projects remain subject to the standard $15 million cap, and the bill clarifies that phased or multi-project developments cannot exceed this limit across all phases. The change directly affects developers seeking tax credits for the I-195 land project while maintaining existing eligibility requirements for other qualified developments.
Denies the right of footway, except within one hundred (100) yards of the Pawtuxet River in the cities of Warwick and Cranston and excepts in connection with a right to pass with carriages, to be acquired by prescription or adverse use.
Allows a clinical laboratory, that is incorporated in the State of Rhode Island, to analyze blood samples, from children under the age of six (6) years, for blood lead levels.
