Rhode Island Rep. Katherine S. Kazarian

RI - Corporations (House)

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RI - Labor (House)

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RI - Municipal Government and Housing (House)

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RI - Rules (House)

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RI - Special Legislation (House)

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RI - State Government and Elections (House)

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RI - HB5883 AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- ABUSIVE LITIGATION (Prohibits abusive litigation context of domestic violence or stalking and allow the court to dismiss a case upon finding, by preponderance of the evidence, that the person who filed the case is abusing the system.)

RI - HB5887 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- POWER OF OFFICERS TO ADMINISTER OATHS (Adds active magistrates and retired and active justices of the worker's compensation court to those public officers and employees authorized to administer oaths within the State of Rhode Island.)

RI - HB6253 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS (Provides any teacher who is certified in special education – severe intellectual disability, is automatically certified to teach in pre-schools.)

RI - HB5948 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Transfers the tax exemption classification to a surviving spouse until remarriage or death.)

RI - HB5206 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD LIMITS -- WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS ON ROUTE 114 A EAST PROVIDENCE (Prohibits commercial motor trucks, with a gross weight rating of twenty-six thousand one pounds (26,001 lbs.) or more, from traveling on Route 114 A, East Providence between Pawtucket Avenue and the Massachusetts state line.)

RI - HB5396 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATIONAL EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Provides for an appropriation by the general assembly in the amount of two million dollars ($2,000,000) to the various school districts and municipalities to employ additional social workers.)

RI - HB5468 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Allows a deduction from federal adjusted gross income for interest payments on outstanding student loans.)

RI - HR5405 JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $200,000 TO THE BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF RHODE ISLAND (BIARI) (This joint resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $200,000 to the Brian Injury Association of Rhode Island (BIARI).)

RI - HB5656 AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- TREE WARDENS (Requires an electric distribution company, pursuant to a vegetation management plan approved by the DPUC, to carry out vegetation management activities for vegetation clearing around utility infrastructure along public and private rights of way.)

RI - HB5234 AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- NOMINATION OF PARTY AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES (Requires that candidates seeking offices of governor/lieutenant governor/secretary of state/attorney general/treasurer be five (5) year residents of the state as of declaration of candidacy filing date.)

RI - HB6478 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts the Brain Injury Association of Rhode Island, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, located at 1017 Waterman Avenue within the city of East Providence on tax assessor's map 607, Block 11, Parcel 4)

RI - HB6026 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Enables the city of East Providence to offer tax amnesty for two (2) separate sixty (60) day periods for fiscal years 2023 and 2024 for waiver of interest and penalties on overdue tangible tax payments and motor vehicle tax payments.)

RI - HR6282 HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING APRIL 24, 2023, AS "ARMENIAN GENOCIDE REMEMBRANCE DAY" TO COMMEMORATE THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE OF 1915 TO 1923, AND IN HONOR OF ARMENIAN-AMERICANS

RI - HB5258 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- TRADE IN ANIMAL FUR PRODUCTS ACT (Prohibits the sale, offer of sale, trade or distribution of fur products as defined and would make violations punishable by a civil fine.)

RI - HB5232 AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE LICENSES (Allows manufacturer-wineries to sell up to three (3) drinks of wine for on-site consumption or three (3) bottles of wine for off-site consumption or three (3) bottles of wine for off-site consumption.)

RI - HB5605 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Adopts a new tax rate for Class 2 property. Requires tax rate change to be applied at the same percentage rate change for all classes.)

RI - HB6165 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Enables the city of East Providence to offer tax amnesty for two (2) separate sixty (60) day periods for fiscal years 2023 and 2024 for waiver of interest and penalties in an amount not to excide $10,000 on overdue real property tax payments.)

RI - HR5072 HOUSE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND THANKING SANDY M. BARONE FOR ALL SHE HAS DONE FOR THE PEOPLE OF EAST PROVIDENCE, BARRINGTON AND THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - HR6297 JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $28,000,000 TO OLNEYVILLE HOUSING CORPORATION (DBA ONE NEIGHBORHOOD BUILDERS), IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CROSSROADS RI, FOSTER FORWARD, AND FAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $28,000,000 to Olneyville Housing Corporation (dba ONE Neighborhood Builders), in partnership with Crossroads RI, Foster Forward, and Family Service of Rhode Island.)

RI - HB5781 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Includes siblings/grandchildren/care recipient for temporary caregiver benefits of 12 weeks/Increases weekly dependent's allowances from $10 to $20 or 7% of benefit rate whichever is greater. Effective January 1, 2024.)

RI - HB5006 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN -- EQUALITY IN ABORTION COVERAGE (Provides for abortion coverage in the Medicaid program and repeal the abortion coverage exclusion for state employee insurance plans.)

RI - HB5018 AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Diane Louise Ricciardi to join Vanessa Rose DiPilato and Nicholas Landmark Nybo in marriage on or about June 24, 2023, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island.)

RI - HB5020 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RECOGNITION OF NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES (Provides a procedure for a Native American tribe to petition the state for recognition.)

RI - HB5021 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RECOGNITION OF NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES (Recognizes the Seaconke Wampanoag tribe as a Native American Indian tribe.)

RI - HB5038 AN ACT RELATING TO RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS (Restores the cost of living allowance (COLA) to state employees, and/or their beneficiaries, who retired prior to July 1, 2012.)

RI - HB5040 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (Adds a section which allows substitute teachers and post-retirement employees to exceed the ninety (90) day cap on post-retirement employment if certain conditions are met.)

RI - HB5044 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HARM REDUCTION CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND PILOT PROGRAM (Extends the expiration date of the Harm Reduction Center Advisory Committee and Pilot Program by two years, from March 1, 2024, to March 1, 2026.)

RI - HB5050 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- LABOR AND PAYMENT OF DEBTS BY CONTRACTORS (Amends the definition of public works so that it would include any public works projects performed for any city or town or quasi-municipal entity and the state and any quasi-state entity.)

RI - HB5097 AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- HEALTH CARE FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED RESIDENTS ACT (Increases the income eligibility limit for medical assistance coverage for seniors and disabled individuals from one hundred percent (100%) to one hundred thirty-eight percent (138%) of the federal poverty level.)

RI - HB5106 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENTS OF STATE GOVERNMENT (State websites to comply with WCAG 2.1 standards by July 1, 2028.)

RI - HB5118 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts real and tangible personal property of a municipal and school district employee, with ten (10) years of employment, at a rate of fifty percent (50%) of the property tax bill or $5,000, whichever is greater.)

RI - HB5128 AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' HOME (Allows cold war, veteran administration connected disability, and RI national guard with less than 90 days service admission into veterans' home.)

RI - HB5129 AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- VETERANS' AFFAIRS (Provides that every city and town must maintain a municipal veterans' service officer. Also authorizes a $100,000 appropriation to be used for support and outreach for veterans.)

RI - HB5141 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.)

RI - HB5142 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HIGH HEAT WASTE FACILITY ACT OF 2023 (Provides for a prohibition on any new high-heat waste facility.)

RI - HB5149 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- HOMICIDE (Abolishes penalty of life without parole and amends/repeals all sections of general laws regulating prisoners serving a sentence of life without parole. It would have prospective and retroactive effect for any offense committed after January 1, 1991.)

RI - HB5160 AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- LICENSED ACTIVITIES -- LENDERS AND LOAN BROKERS -- CHECK CASHING (Repeals the provisions of the general laws allowing deferred deposit providers, also known as "payday lenders.")

RI - HB5161 AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- GROCERY STORES (Creates a new chapter related to grocery stores, specifically limiting the number of self-service checkout units.)

RI - HB5174 AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL (Provides a definition of the recognizable high tide line for the public's rights and privileges of the shore.)

RI - HB5177 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- EMBRYO SAFETY AND STORAGE (Creates the "Embryo Safety and Storage Act of 2023" and requires the department of health to regulate and license embryo storage facilities.)

RI - HB5178 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- FOOD ALLERGY AWARENESS IN FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS (Requires food service establishments to add an additional warning to their menus relative to food allergens and impose a civil penalty on those establishments that fail to include the required warnings on its menus.)

RI - HB5190 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- CODE OF ETHICS (Requires a public official or employee to disclose any and all unsatisfied default judgments of credit card debt, in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000), on their financial statement.)

RI - HB5191 AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES (Provides that starting December 2024, renewal fee for a pharmacist shall not be more than $250, that fee for nonresident pharmacy license not be less than $625 and pharmacy intern licenses valid for 5 years and technician licenses valid for 2 years.)

RI - HB5193 AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- RHODE ISLAND CHILDCARE ESSENTIAL ACT (Creates the Rhode Island Child Care Assistance Program that governs both family eligibility for the state’s child care subsidy program and the rates paid to child care providers serving families receiving a subsidy.)

RI - HB5205 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY TAX RELIEF (Clarifies the definition of the term "disabled" for purposes of obtaining property tax relief.)

RI - HB5226 AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- ADOPTION OF CHILDREN (Creates a new section which provides a streamlined adoption process for children born through assisted reproduction and who need adoption to confirm, not establish, their legal parentage to protect them against discrimination in all jurisdictions.)

RI - HB5230 AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- HARBORS AND HARBOR LINES (Permits towns and cities to regulate all houseboats within their jurisdiction.)

RI - HB5238 AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- COOPERATION WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT (Authorizes members of an individual's family and legally responsible adults to receive payment for delivering home and community based services to developmentally disabled adults and children with special needs.)

RI - HB5255 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- BENEFIT DETERMINATION AND UTILIZATION REVIEW ACT (Prohibits health benefit plans reviewing prescriptions for opioid addiction treatment.)

RI - HB5256 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Removes the sunset provision of all statutory law requiring coverage for the treatment of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute onset neuropsychiatric syndrome.)

RI - HB5261 AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Changes zoning distance notice requirements and requires website and social media hearing notice postings.)

RI - HB5281 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Caps amount payable for 30 day supply of equipment/supplies for insulin administration/glucose monitoring at $25 or equipment designed to last more than 30 days with no deductible commencing January 1, 2024.)

RI - HB5283 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- MAMMOGRAMS AND PAP SMEARS -- COVERAGE MANDATED (Mandates insurance coverage for any additional screenings deemed medically necessary for any person who has received notice of dense breast tissue.)

RI - HB5298 AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- JUDGMENTS, ORDERS, AND DECREES -- INTEREST IN CIVIL ACTIONS (Provides that pre- and post-judgment interest on civil actions begin on the date of the filing of the civil action and be calculated based upon a rate equal to the coupon issue yield equivalent.)

RI - HB5300 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- ASSAULT WEAPONS (Bans the possession, sale, and transfer of assault weapons. Possession of assault weapons owned on the effective date of this act would be "grandfathered". Violations are punishable by a fine or imprisonment.)

RI - HB5334 AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES -- HAPPY HOUR (Allows happy hour drink specials served in conjunction with meals prepared on the premises sufficient to constitute breakfast, lunch or dinner, excluding snacks.)

RI - HB5344 AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- OLD GROWTH FOREST PROTECTION ACT (Prohibits forestry operations on state and any municipality owned land relating to old growth forests enforced by DEM with violation punishable by fines.)

RI - HB5345 AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- AGRICULTURAL FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT (Provides that Rhode Island assents to the provisions of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act relative to the Preventive Controls for Animal Food Regulation (PCAF) regulations.)

RI - HB5349 AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES (Amends the conditions upon which a nurse would be exempt from certain licensing requirements to include eligibility to practice before taking and receiving results of the NCLEX exam.)

RI - HB5350 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Limits the copayment or coinsurance requirement on specialty drugs to one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for a thirty (30) day supply.)

RI - HB5351 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Mandates insurance policies, provides coverage to diagnose & treat infertility for women between 25 & 42 years, including pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) in conjunction with in vitro fertilization (IVF).)

RI - HB5357 AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL CARE (Prohibits a medical training program from using live animals if another accredited training program in the same medical discipline does not use animals or if an alternative teaching method exists.)

RI - HB5360 AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDERS (Prohibits sheriffs from charging/accepting fees from any Rhode Island law enforcement agency for service of any temporary or 1-yr extreme risk protection order. Requires sheriffs to accept petitions/summons, by email, facsimile or other electronic means.)

RI - HB5361 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Further delineates the definitions of felony, misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor.)

RI - HB5364 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- PUBLIC UTILITIES (Increases penalties for damages to electric/cellular communication lines from $3,000 to $50,000/imprisonment from 2 to 10 years, or both/requires restitution for economic harm/increases water supply systems imprisonment to 10 years plus.)

RI - HB5371 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Allows individuals employed in domestic service or in or about a private home to be included as an employee, for purposes of minimum wages law.)

RI - HB5372 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - PAYMENT OF WAGES (Provides for contractor liability for debts owed to an employee or third party on the wage claimants behalf, incurred by a subcontractor.)

RI - HB5373 AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS (Extends IOD benefits to police officers/firefighters suffering from post-traumatic stress injuries/provides municipal police/firefighters retiring due to PTSI accidental disability retirement allowance.)

RI - HB5374 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS (Allows participating municipalities to elect to its employees the deferred compensation plans offered by the state.)

RI - HB5380 AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- HOLIDAYS (Establishes June 19th as a state holiday, to be known as "Juneteenth National Freedom Day".)

RI - HB5392 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Eliminates the so-called "marriage penalty tax" by allowing a tax credit for the difference in taxes computed as married individuals filing jointly in excess of the amount of tax for taxpayers filing as individuals.)

RI - HB5400 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (Requires state human services providers to pay employees $ 25 per hour and schedule for incremental raises for existing employees annually adjusted for inflation. eff 7/1/24)

RI - HB5411 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Directs PUC to extend utility termination moratorium for gas/electricity from April 15 to May 1, of each year with discretion to respond to emergency/ economic conditions/customers' needs.)

RI - HB5434 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Requires the safe storage of firearms and would provide civil penalties and criminal penalties for violations.)

RI - HB5435 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- DNA DETECTION OF SEXUAL AND VIOLENT OFFENDERS (Requires the state crime laboratory to conduct an audit of DNA samples in the DNA databank to ascertain the rate of compliance with DNA recording requirements.)

RI - HB5445 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES (Prohibits an employer, employment agency, labor organization, or employee from directly or indirectly committing any act declared to be an unlawful employment practice or the employee or employer may be held personally liable.)

RI - HB5452 AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- HOLIDAYS (Changes the name of the holiday on the second Monday of August from Victory Day to Peace and Remembrance Day)

RI - HB5470 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Raises the earned-income tax credit from fifteen percent (15%) to fifty percent (50%) for the tax years 2024 and beyond.)

RI - HB5475 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Removes the exemption from the state hotel tax for residences rented in their entirety.)

RI - HB5476 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES--LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Exempts from the sales and use tax the sale of animal supplies, food and related products.)

RI - HB5477 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires every individual or group health insurance contract effective on or after January 1, 2024, to provide coverage to the insured and the insured's spouse and dependents for all FDA-approved contraceptive drugs, devices and other products.)

RI - HB5489 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ORGAN DONORS IN DISABILITY INCOME, LIFE AND LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE ACT (Adds a new chapter which defines "living donor" and prohibits insurers from denying health insurance, including disability insurance and long-term care disability insurance on the basis of individual's status as a "living donor".)

RI - HB5501 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Allows schools to maintain on-site an undesignated supply of glucagon for emergency purposes. Provides for training of all school employees in the basics of diabetes care and allows for further training of delegated care aides for students with diabetes.)

RI - HB5510 AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION (Makes all sexual abuse or exploitation of a child causes of action not subject to statute of limitations whether lapsed or time-barred.)

RI - HB5523 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS (Awards all members of the state pension system a three percent (3%) annual benefit adjustment (COLA).)

RI - HB5533 AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- POWERS AND OPERATIONS (Amends outdated provisions of the banking statutes and the home loan protection act, adds consumer protections, including minimum capital requirements and limits on investments, for currency transmitters, including crypto currency..)

RI - HB5542 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- CASUALTY INSURANCE GENERALLY -- LIQUID FUEL COVERAGE (Requires that casualty insurance policies provide coverage for property damage on the insured's property caused by or in response to a release of heating oil from a residential liquid fuel tank.)

RI - HB5543 AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE (Provides amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code for emerging technologies. Effective 1/1/2024.)

RI - HB5556 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- UNIFORM TELEHEALTH ACT (Allows an out-of-state health care practitioner to provide telehealth services to a patient located in this state if the services are consistent with the practitioner's scope of practice and state and federal professional standards.)

RI - HB5558 AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Provides that the trapping and subsequent release of any unowned feral or free roaming cat for the purpose of spaying or neutering of the cat would not be considered abandonment.)

RI - HB5560 AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- CONSUMER ENFORCEMENT OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE WARRANTIES (Enhances the rights of consumers by adding the requirement that the vendor or manufacturer maintain records of any reported defects or repairs of a device, making it easier for a consumer to enforce their rights under the law.)

RI - HB5570 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- INDICTMENTS, INFORMATIONS AND COMPLAINTS (Provides for a ten (10) year statute of limitations for the violation of second degree sexual assault.)

RI - HB5581 AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- HOUSE COMMITTEE OF THE REPEALER (Creates house committee of the repealer to compile suggestions for repeal of statutes, regulations, and executive orders received from citizens, businesses, and government agencies, including, but not limited to, those that are archaic and out of date.)

RI - HB5588 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Raises minimum wage on January 1, 2026 and each January 1 thereafter, by the percentage increase in the CPI-U, as published by the US Dept. of Labor Statistics, as of August of the previous year over the level as of August of the year preceding that year.)

RI - HB5590 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Commencing 1/1/24, gradually increases the minimum wage for employees receiving gratuities from the current ($3.89) to ($14.95) by 1/1/28 and on 1/1/29 the minimum wage shall be no less than the minimum wage established by the minimum wage law.)

RI - HB5591 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Eliminates repealed statute references and create a mechanism for employees to enforce their existing right to continuation of medical benefits and annual report by DLT.)

RI - HB5594 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- LABOR AND PAYMENT OF DEBTS BY CONTRACTORS (Requires a contractor, subcontractor or public body to include offsite fabrication work in weekly certified prevailing wage records.)

RI - HB5595 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- LABOR AND PAYMENT OF DEBTS BY CONTRACTORS (Provides that offsite fabrication work for public works projects be subject to the prevailing wage and reporting requirements thereto.)

RI - HB5613 AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- RESIDENCE OF INDIVIDUALS IN GOVERNMENT CUSTODY ACT (Requires state use actual residences of persons in government custody for redistricting purposes. Information would be collected by the department of corrections and forwarded to the secretary of state to be utilized for redistricting.)

RI - HB5616 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS (Requires public bodies to offer translation services for all open meetings of said bodies.)

RI - HB5621 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RIDESHARE VEHICLE SURCHARGE (Implements a $0.75 surcharge on fares charged by rideshare companies and also requires that the surcharges be deposited in a restricted account to be used for street improvements in the municipality where the fare originated.)

RI - HB5639 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FEDERAL AID (Establishes new programs for free breakfast and lunch meals in all public schools.)

RI - HB5640 AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES (Increases the amount forwarded to Rhode Island Legal Services from court filing fees for the entry of every petition, complaint or action in district, superior and family court.)

RI - HB5644 AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM (Amends the Rhode Island Works Program to expand and increase benefits under the program.)

RI - HB5685 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCE (Requires the clerk of the court to return any bail money posted to the defendant or the person who provided the bail money at the time of judgment of the case and that the money shall not be used to pay costs, fines or restitution or any other assessment.)

RI - HB5686 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SENTENCE AND EXECUTION (Requires sentencing court to consider whether defendant is parent of child, or caregiver of elderly, disabled or terminally ill person whose well-being would be adversely affected by the person’s incarceration and if so, shall impose a non-jail sentence.)

RI - HB5697 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Mandates that the clerk of the district court automatically also seal individual counts of criminal complaints upon dismissal pursuant to rule 48(a) of the rules of criminal procedure for district court.)

RI - HB5701 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS RULES (Provides additional exception to prohibition on usage of wireless communication device while driving and clarifies that use for purpose of navigation must be while the device is mounted or otherwise affixed to vehicle and not held in the motorist’s hand.)

RI - HB5702 AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE-- COURTS -- DOMESTIC ASSAULT (Provides the office of attorney general with the authority to prosecute any violation of a protective order.)

RI - HB5721 AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- NOMINATION OF PARTY AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES (Amends the period for declarations of candidacy and changes the date of primary election.)

RI - HB5737 AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT (Amends the interstate nurse licensure compact and adopts an enhanced and more comprehensive version of the compact, to allow nurses to hold a multi-state license allowing them to practice across state lines without having to obtain multiple licenses.)

RI - HB5757 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT -- SHERRY'S LAW (Increases minimum sentence for first and second degree sexual assault and provides first 10 years of a sentence for first degree sexual assault and first 5 years for second degree sexual assault, not be subject to a suspension or deferment of sentence.)

RI - HB5761 AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE AND SALE -- MEDIATION CONFERENCE (Removes the sunset provision relative to mediation coverage prior to mortgage foreclosures.)

RI - HB5768 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES (Requires curriculum related to the dangers of marijuana-impaired driving such as the course provided by AAA or similar equivalent to be added to the curriculum for driver education once it has been approved by the state board of education.)

RI - HB5777 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SUPPORT AND ACCESS TO BILINGUAL EDUCATION ACT (Creates a new chapter for the support and access to bilingual education. It creates a dual language program fund to be administered by the department of education. Local education agencies would be eligible to apply to the department for funding.)

RI - HB5784 AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCT OPERATIONS (Creates a new motor vehicle registration for "forestry vehicles"/provides that forest product operations are permitted uses within all zoning districts of a municipality except where prohibited.)

RI - HB5790 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND PRE-KINDERGARTEN EDUCATION ACT (Creates public, high quality pre-kindergarten education programs which are available to all children ages three (3) and four (4) throughout Rhode Island to increase children’s school readiness.)

RI - HB5798 AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (Increases the daily rate of payments to nursing facilities by twenty percent (20%) for single occupancy rooms to include private bathrooms.)

RI - HB5801 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL PRODUCTION TAX CREDITS (Add a "national touring production" to the productions that are considered an "accredited theater production" for purposes of musical and theatrical production tax credits and extends the sunset of the credits to July 1 2027.)

RI - HB5808 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- RHODE ISLAND WOMEN'S EQUITY INCENTIVE ACT OF 2023 (Creates the Rhode Island Women’s Equity Incentive Act of 2023 to address the inequalities experienced by women in the workforce by offering tax credits up to $2,500 per year to eligible businesses which create full-time jobs for women.)

RI - HB5813 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- INSPECTION OF MOTOR VEHICLES (Extends the time for an inspection of a new motor vehicle from two (2) years to seven (7) years.)

RI - HB5839 AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- RHODE ISLAND BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT (Makes numerous technical amendments to the statutes on taxes and corporations, associations and partnerships.)

RI - HB5863 AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Provides amendments to multiple sections of law related to the marine fisheries council.)

RI - HB5869 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES (Sepsis and septic shock best practices for hospital and emergency care facilities.)

RI - HB5892 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Adds rifles and shotguns to the types of firearms that require a trigger lock to be included with any purchase.)

RI - HB5893 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Prohibits purchases of more than one firearm in any thirty (30) day period.)

RI - HB5894 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Requires purchasers of firearms, to take and pass a basic firearm safety test and requires the firearm test administered by DEM be updated every two years, as deemed appropriate and repeals § 11-47-35.2.)

RI - HB5895 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THREATS AND EXTORTION (Establishes the criminal offense of menacing as a misdemeanor and punishable by a year in person or fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

RI - HB5899 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RADON CONTROL (Requires landlords to conduct a radon test of all residential rental properties every five (5) years. Short-term residential rentals would be excluded from radon testing requirements.)

RI - HB5911 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- INDICTMENTS, INFORMATIONS AND COMPLAINTS (Includes the offense of second-degree sexual assault among the offenses to which there shall be no statute of limitations and provides for a ten (10) year statute of limitations for third-degree sexual assault.)

RI - HB5912 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Requires law enforcement to submit any firearm seized in any investigation to the state crime laboratory and the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms (BATF) for testing and tracing.)

RI - HB5931 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HAZARD PAY AND PROTECTION FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS (Creates hazard pay for essential services during a public health crisis as issued by the governor.)

RI - HB5946 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS IN GOVERNMENT -- LEAD HAZARD MITIGATION (Requires that property owners implement lead hazard mitigation for pre-1978 rental dwelling units that are comprised of two (2) or three (3) units, one of which is occupied by the property owner.)

RI - HB5947 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts from taxation the real, tangible and personal property of micro-businesses. This act also defines a micro-business as having ten (10) or fewer employees.)

RI - HB5957 AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- NOMINATION OF PARTY AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES (Allows the board of elections to establish rules and regulations for objections to nomination papers and would allow the board seven (7) days to conduct a hearing.)

RI - HB5959 AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Allows citizens of a city or town who are at least sixteen (16) years of age to register to vote and to vote in school committee elections in municipalities where school committees are elected entities.)

RI - HB5962 AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- RHODE ISLAND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES REPORTING (Raises aggregate reporting to $200, individual/PAC contributions to $2,000. Defines FMV/accounts payable. Prohibits financing to candidates owing fines to BOE. Exempts candidates from aggregate reporting. Provides public financing for primaries in 2026.)

RI - HB5964 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- DAY CARE PROGRAMS STATE PURCHASES (Provides preference to businesses which possess a stated child care policy for its employees who contract with a governmental body for state purchases.)

RI - HB5965 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES--FOSTER PARENTS' BILL OF RIGHTS (Requires preparation of an annual summary report of all findings documenting all reports of suspected and/or verified violations of this chapter.)

RI - HB5977 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION (Funds the state crime victims compensation program through and additional two dollar ($2.00) fine on traffic violations, exclusive of violations related to the parking of vehicles.)

RI - HB5989 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Extends the sunset on the increase total amount of earnings a partial-unemployment ins. claimant can receive before being entirely disqualified for unemployment ins. benefits/increase in the amount of earnings when calculating a wkly rate to 6/30/25.)

RI - HB5993 AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (Requires the EOHHS secretary, annually, to increase the income amount used to determine eligibility by the department for a Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Program by an amount equal to the income level at or below 185% of the federal poverty level.)

RI - HB6001 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Authorizes the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority to enter into certain projects and procure related services including the Dorrance Street transit center, using design build contracting and progressive design build contracting.)

RI - HB6002 AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS - RHODE ISLAND TURNPIKE AND BRIDGE AUTHORITY (Mandates the RITBA to design a safety barrier or netting system on the Mount Hope Bridge, the Claiborne Pell Bridge, and the Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge by January 1, 2024, with construction commencing no later than June 30, 2024.)

RI - HB6005 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES (Increases the maximum state and municipal small purchase limits from $10,000 to $25,000 for construction projects and from $5,000 to $10,000 for all other state and municipal purchases.)

RI - HB6006 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (Provides a one-time allowance of five hundred dollars ($500) for eligible members of the employees' retirement system of Rhode Island.)

RI - HB6012 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- RHODE ISLAND WOMEN'S EQUITY INCENTIVE ACT OF 2023 (Creates the Rhode Island Women’s Equity Incentive Act of 2023 offering tax credits up to $3,500 per employee per year to eligible businesses.)

RI - HB6044 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE (Requires private insurers to reimburse child care service providers for therapy services offered through EOHHS certified Kids Connect/Therapeutic Childcare Services. This coverage would be effective January 1, 2024.)

RI - HB6045 AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- FUNERAL DIRECTOR/EMBALMER AND FUNERAL SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS (Provides for the creation, operation and duties of natural organic reduction facilities as cemetery corporations for the contained, accelerated conversion of human remains to soil.)

RI - HB6056 AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- ACT ON COASTS - COASTAL RESILIENCY (Establishes a chief resilience officer (CRO) charged with creation/maintenance/updating of the state's resiliency/recovery program along with climate change resiliency plan with ocean/riverine coasts resilience advisory board.)

RI - HB6060 AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT (Establishes a land use calendar within the superior court, effective January 1, 2024.)

RI - HB6063 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- COMMERCIAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY (Prohibits arrest of any person engaged in commercial sexual activity or massage without a license if they report to law enforcement, enumerated criminal offenses to include assault, sexual assault, homicide, robbery, larceny and the like.)

RI - HB6073 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF NURSING SERVICE AGENCIES (Establishes a cap on the rates that nursing service agencies can charge; protects clients from having their staff recruited/hired by a nursing service agency while providing services to them; updates training, report and other administrative details.)

RI - HB6077 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- HABILITATION PROCUREMENT PROGRAM (Provides that persons with disabilities be afforded participation opportunities in state funded and state directed public construction projects.)

RI - HB6082 AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Amends several sections of law relating to zoning ordinances to provide uniform zoning standards for accessory dwelling units.)

RI - HB6084 AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Creates the transit oriented development pilot program to encourage residential housing near convenient public transportation.)

RI - HB6085 AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RHODE ISLAND COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND LAND USE ACT (Amends the required contents of a comprehensive plan providing that the "implementation program" component of the requirements include a 5 year strategic plan to ensure that the comprehensive plan goals and policies are implemented in a timely fashion.)

RI - HB6087 AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Prohibits the requirement that a fee be paid for a rental application for real property.)

RI - HB6107 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- RESIDENTIAL RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM TAX CREDIT (Allows a taxpayer to donate residential renewable energy system tax credits to nonprofit organizations and subtract the corresponding amount of credits from federal adjusted gross income.)

RI - HB6121 AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- CORE STATE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS SERVICES SYSTEMS (Establishes a core state behavioral health crisis services system to be administered by the director of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals.)

RI - HB6122 AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- RHODE ISLAND CHILD CARE FOR ALL ACT (Creates the Office of Early Childhood Development and Learning to provide access to affordable, quality child care and to create a child care system that supports families, workers and the Rhode Island economy.)

RI - HB6129 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- PUBLIC DEFENDER (Establishes a new division of civil representation, within the office of the public defender that would provide legal representation to tenants in eviction proceedings.)

RI - HB6139 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SECOND LOOK SENTENCING ACT (Establishes the second look act and would permit incarcerated individuals to petition the sentencing court to consider a motion to reduce a sentence after the defendant has served at least 10 years of the sentence.)

RI - HB6140 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- COMMERCIAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY (Under certain circumstances, provides immunity from arrest and prosecution for prostitution, procurement of sexual conduct for a fee, loitering for prostitution and soliciting from motor vehicles for indecent purposes.)

RI - HB6148 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Creates an added 3% tax on taxable income in excess of $417,500 (in 2011 dollars)/ $557,000 (in 2023 dollars). Restricts the revenue generated by the tax to child care, education and infrastructure repairs and maintenance.)

RI - HB6150 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires health insurance coverage for the treatment of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for the prevention of HIV and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) to prevent HIV infection, commencing January 1, 2024.)

RI - HB6159 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS (Includes any costs paid by an enrollee or on behalf of the enrollee by a third party when calculating an enrollee’s overall contribution to any out-of-pocket maximum or cost sharing requirement under a health plan as of January 1, 2024.)

RI - HB6161 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SOLITARY CONFINEMENT REFORM ACT (Establishes the restrictive housing oversight committee ("committee") for the purpose of monitoring the use of restrictive housing (solitary confinement), as well as disciplinary and administrative confinement at the department of corrections.)

RI - HB6202 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- CONTRACTORS BONDS (Provides that upon application, and good cause, the state may waive the bonding requirement for certified minority business enterprises or women owned businesses.)

RI - HB6208 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSES -- VIOLATIONS (Removes the required one hundred fifty dollar ($150) reinstatement fee after a license revocation or suspension as well as the three hundred fifty dollar ($350) fee for certain driving under the influence traffic violations.)

RI - HB6221 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FOUNDATION LEVEL SCHOOL SUPPORT (Authorizes the state to enter into certain financing agreements with the Rhode Island health and educational buildings corporation.)

RI - HB6255 AN ACT AMENDING AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE STONE BRIDGE FIRE DISTRICT AND TO FURNISH A SUPPLY OF WATER FOR THE TOWN OF TIVERTON (Amends AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE STONE BRIDGE FIRE DISTRICT AND TO FURNISH A SUPPLY OF WATER FOR THE NEW TOWN OF TIVERTON, in order to clarify the eligibility of district residents to vote at district meetings.)

RI - HB6333 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- STATEWIDE TANGIBLE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION (Establishes a statewide exemption of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) from the tangible property tax beginning January 1, 2024.)

RI - HB6340 AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- FUNERAL DIRECTOR/EMBALMER AND FUNERAL SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS (Provides for the operation and duties of natural organic reduction for the contained, accelerated conversion of human remains to soil. A disposition facility would be used for either cremation or natural organic reduction.)

RI - HB6343 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MENSTRUATION LEAVE ACT (Grants leave of up to three (3) days per month to menstruating employees.)

RI - HB6413 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (Amends sections of law relating to retirement of various public employees and the calculation of their final average salary and service accruals.)

RI - HB6426 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE RHODE ISLAND LIFE SCIENCE HUB ACT (Creates the Rhode Island Life Science Hub, a quasi-public corporate body and agency of the state to coordinate life science initiatives on behalf of Rhode Island.)

RI - HB6452 AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- BY POSSESSION AND PRESCRIPTION (Repeals the provisions of § 34-7-4 regarding rights of footway being acquired by adverse possession.)

RI - HB6492 AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Authorizes the city of East Providence to grant a retailer's Class B license to property located at 136 Taunton Avenue, Map 106, Block 6, Parcel 15 of the applicable city of East Providence tax assessment map.)

RI - HB6508 AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Prohibits the declawing of cats by any surgical procedure to amputate or modify a portion of a cat's paw in order to remove the cat's claws. Does not apply to any procedure performed for a therapeutic purpose.)

RI - HB6523 AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS, COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS AND ESTHETICIANS (Decreases the number of hours needed for the issuance of a license for hairdresser and cosmetician licensing from 1,200 hours to 1,000 hours.)

RI - HR5005 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING PROFOUND SYMPATHY ON THE PASSING OF JANICE DIPRETE

RI - HR5030 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF BEVERLY A. POTTER

RI - HR5031 HOUSE RESOLUTION URGING ALL RHODE ISLANDERS TO JOIN TOGETHER IN STRONGLY CONDEMNING ANY AND ALL FORMS OF ANTISEMITISM

RI - HR5061 HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING REPRESENTATIVE BERNARD A. HAWKINS FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - HR5130 HOUSE RESOLUTION AMENDING THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE YEARS 2021 AND 2022 (This resolution would amend the house rules to use the electronic voting system to electronically record any member seconding a motion when multiple members second any motion.)

RI - HR5138 HOUSE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND THANKING DEBORAH L. PERRY FOR TWENTY-FOUR YEARS OF LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO YWCA RHODE ISLAND AND THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - HR5146 JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $1,000,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND COUNCIL FOR THE HUMANITIES FOR DIRECT GRANT FUNDING TO COMMUNITY CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT RHODE ISLAND (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $1,000,000 to the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities to continue efforts to support local cultural organizations throughout the State.)

RI - HR5224 HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS PERTAINING TO SERVICES AND COORDINATION OF STATE PROGRAMS RELATING TO OLDER ADULT RHODE ISLANDERS (Creates a 16 member commission to study and provide recommendations for services and the coordination of state programs for older adult Rhode Islanders, and report back by May 7, 2024, and expire on August, 2024.)

RI - HR5241 HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING JANUARY 23, 2023, TO BE "MATERNAL HEALTH AWARENESS DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - HR5271 HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING AND THANKING ELIZABETH BURKE BRYANT FOR TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS OF DEVOTED SERVICE AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF RHODE ISLAND KIDS COUNT

RI - HR5424 HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ANTI-LITTERING EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS (Creates a 9 member commission to study and make recommendations for the development and implementation of an anti-littering program for students, who would report back by February 2, 2024, and expire on April 2, 2024.)

RI - HR5478 JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $150,000 TO THE WOMEN'S FUND OF RHODE ISLAND (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $150,000 to Women’s Fund of Rhode Island to implement programs and initiatives that seek to close the gender wage, wealth, health, and leadership gaps.)

RI - HR6018 JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $5,000,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FOR THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, AND CONSERVATION OF FARMLANDS (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of five million dollars to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management for the preservation, protection, and conservation of Rhode Island farmlands.)

RI - HR6036 HOUSE RESOLUTION JOYOUSLY CELEBRATING THE 81ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE SEABEES ON MARCH 5, 2023

RI - HR6038 HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MARCH OF 2023, TO BE "WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - HR6088 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES AND AMENDING THE PURPOSE, NAME, AND MEMBERSHIP OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING ACT (This resolution would expand the purpose, amend the name and membership, and extend the reporting and expiration dates of the Commission from April 12, to June 7, 2025, and would expire on June 28, 2025.)

RI - HR6133 HOUSE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING THE 2ND ANNUAL “RI CRAFT BEER WEEK’ IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND ON MARCH 3RD THROUGH MARCH 12TH OF 2023

RI - HR6154 HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING DR. ANTHONY A. CALDAMONE ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT

RI - HR6163 JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE TASK FORCE TO IMPROVE THE LONG-TERM OUTCOMES AND REDUCE RECIDIVISM OF FEMALES WITHIN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE POPULATION (Creates a 19 member task force whose purpose it would be to improve outcomes and reduce recidivism of females in the criminal justice system, and who would report back by February 5, 2024, and expire on April 5, 2024.)

RI - HR6164 HOUSE RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE FROM THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES (DHS) IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS (DOC) ON CURRENT AND POTENTIAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMS FOR TRANSITIONING FEMALES IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THROUGH PRE- AND POST-RELEASE

RI - HR6190 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF BETTY JANE PERCIVAL

RI - HR6211 JOINT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE STATE TO ENTER INTO A FINANCING AGREEMENT RELATING TO SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION IN THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET (Authorizes the state to finance the construction of a new high school and facilities and all expenses incident thereto.)

RI - HR6226 HOUSE RESOLUTION THANKING AND HONORING AMERICA AND RHODE ISLAND'S VIETNAM WAR VETERANS FOR THEIR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE ON "VIETNAM VETERANS DAY"

RI - HR6227 HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING APRIL TO BE "HOLOCAUST & GENOCIDE AWARENESS MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - HR6245 HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING APRIL OF 2023, AS "NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - HR6246 HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING APRIL OF 2023, AS "CHILD SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - HR6251 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE HENRY C. ROSE

RI - HR6268 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE STEVEN E. SANTOS

RI - HR6302 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF ANTONIO J. LOPES

RI - HR6318 HOUSE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING "ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS' DAY" ON APRIL 26, 2023, AND THANKING ALL THE DEDICATED STAFF WHO WORK TIRELESSLY IN SUPPORT OF THE RHODE ISLAND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

RI - HR6322 HOUSE RESOLUTION REAFFIRMING THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND TAIWAN, WHILE SUPPORTING ENHANCED BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN AND TAIWAN'S PARTICIPATION IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

RI - HR6353 HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING MAY OF 2023, AS "BRAIN CANCER AND TUMOR AWARENESS MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - HR6362 HOUSE RESOLUTION WELCOMING THE NARRAGANSETT COUNCIL, BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, TO THE RHODE ISLAND STATE HOUSE FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THEIR 2022 "REPORT TO THE STATE"

RI - HR6437 HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING LUCY ROSE-CORREIA FOR RECEIVING THE "ORDEM DO DRAGOEIRO" (ORDER OF THE DRAGON TREE) ON BEHALF OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND FROM THE PRESIDENT OF CABO VERDE (CAPE VERDE) THE HONORABLE PRESIDENT JOSE MARIA PEREIRA NEVES

RI - HR6458 HOUSE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND HONORING FORMER SUPERINTENDENT OF PAWTUCKET PUBLIC SCHOOLS DR. CHERYL MCWILLIAMS ON HER RETIREMENT AFTER MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE CHILDREN AND THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET

RI - HR6472 HOUSE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING REGINA "GINA" MOURA ON THE OCCASION OF HER RETIREMENT AFTER MORE THAN 37 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - HR6501 HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING JUNE 12, 2023, TO BE "WOMEN VETERANS APPRECIATION DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - HR6504 HOUSE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AIMEE COUTO ON BEING NAMED THE 2024 "RHODE ISLAND TEACHER OF THE YEAR" BY THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

RI - HR6520 HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING ARMAND E. SABITONI ON HIS RETIREMENT AS GENERAL SECRETARY-TREASURER AFTER NEARLY TWENTY-TWO YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE LABORERS’ INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA