Rhode Island Sen. Michael J. McCaffrey (D)

RI - SB195 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Increases the criminal penalties for wage theft and employee misclassification.)

RI - SB14 AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS - SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows governor to designate any person, upon application, 18 years old or older to solemnize marriages within this state on a particular day upon payment of a $25 fee to the secretary of state.)

RI - SB678 AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - COURTS - DISTRICT COURT (Creates within the district court a dedicated calendar offering treatment and sentencing alternatives to eligible defendants deemed to suffer from serious and persistent mental illness to be known as the "Mental Health Treatment Calendar".)

RI - SB519 AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- RHODE ISLAND T.F. GREEN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (Renames the state airport in Warwick from "T.F. Green state airport" to "Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport.")

RI - SB886 AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- RHODE ISLAND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES REPORTING (Authorizes the reopening of a dissolved campaign account and fund upon notice to the board of elections.)

RI - SR894 SENATE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING BISHOP HENDRICKEN GRADUATE KWITY PAYE ON BEING SELECTED BY THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS WITH THE 21ST PICK IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE 2021 NFL DRAFT

RI - SR15 JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE -- PROCEDURE TO FILL VACANCY IN OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, ATTORNEY GENERAL OR GENERAL TREASURER (This joint resolution would present to the electors a Rhode Island constitutional amendment which would create a procedure to fill vacancies in the offices of secretary of state, attorney general or general treasurer.)

RI - SB381 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS (Provides that health insurance policies that provide prescription drug coverage not include an annual or lifetime dollar limit on drug benefits.)

RI - SB957 AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS (Removes the requirement that a credit bureau, at a minimum, utilizes at least one additional identifier to confirm the identity of the person who is the subject of the credit inquiry.)

RI - SB541 AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- FISCAL NOTES (Establishes special requirements for fiscal impact statements relative to the department of corrections.)

RI - SB919 AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - SUPREME COURT - COURTS (Removes all references to "and Providence Plantations" in statutes relating to the judiciary, in accordance with the constitutional amendment approved by the voters on November 3, 2020.)

RI - SB266 AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Maryellen Goodwin to join Katiuska Pérez and Brian Parker in marriage on or about September 3, 2021, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.)

RI - SR950 SENATE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THAT THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL ARMED FORCES COERCED MANY WOMEN, ESPECIALLY KOREAN WOMEN, INTO SEXUAL SLAVERY DURING ITS OCCUPATION OF MOST OF ASIA AND MANY PACIFIC ISLANDS FROM THE 1930S TO THE END OF WORLD WAR II

RI - SB965 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Provides for a judge emeritus license plate for the retired family court judge, Stephen J. Capineri.)

RI - SB554 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Authorizes the issuance of special motor vehicle registration plates for the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RISPCA).)

RI - SB155 AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- SINGLE-USE PLASTIC STRAWS (Prohibits a food service establishment from providing a consumer with a single-use plastic straw, unless the consumer requests such a straw.)

RI - SB518 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Delineates the definitions of felony, misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor.)

RI - SB882 AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MECHANICS' LIENS (Provides that any arbitration award issued shall be binding in the mechanics' lien action and shall be res judicata. The court may award reasonable attorneys' fees in its discretion to the prevailing party.)

RI - SB719 AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - CONFIDENTIALITY OF HEALTH CARE COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ACT (Amends the definition of "authorized representative" in the confidentiality of health care communications and information act.)

RI - SB542 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINALS -- CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- PAROLE (Provides that for parole violations that don't involve a new criminal offense, the right to a final parole revocation hearing not involving new criminal offenses may be waived if the violator admits to the violation and accepts the sanctions imposed.)

RI - SB722 AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS - DEATH BY WRONGFUL ACT (Allows recovery of damages for the emotional distress, grief, and loss of enjoyment of life as a result of the wrongful death of a spouse, a parent or a son or daughter.)

RI - SB603 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS (Provides that public bodies not be required to hold open-forum sessions on any topic not on the meeting notice and limits comment on any topic not previously posted.)

RI - SB188 AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Amends the uniform controlled substances act and reclassifies simple possession of ten grams (10g) or less of certain controlled substances as a misdemeanor punishable as a two (2) year misdemeanor rather than a felony.)

RI - SB543 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - OPEN MEETINGS (Amends multiple sections relating to open meetings relating to using technology to observe meetings, calculation of quorums, closed meeting procedures and notice requirements.)

RI - SB724 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE - STATE FUNDS (Adds the Judiciary's Indirect Cost Recovery/Supreme Court, Victims' Rights Information, RI Supreme Court Disciplinary Counsel and Small Claims Mediation accounts to the list of restricted receipt accounts which are not subject to indirect cost recovery.)

RI - SB914 AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE - RHODE ISLAND FREEDOM TO FISH AND MARINE CONSERVATION ACT (Establishes baseline shellfish harvest targets and a timeline to accomplish the restoration targets of quahog, oyster, and bay scallop populations.)

RI - SB887 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR -- ORGANIZATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES (Requires that if state employee unions are engaged in contract negotiations and/or utilizing the dispute resolution process, all terms and conditions in the collective bargaining agreement shall continue to remain in effect.)

RI - SB307 AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING AND PLANNING BOARDS (Amends the voting requirements of planning and zoning boards.)

RI - SB607 AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- THE PERMANENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING ACT (Extends the long-term air-quality monitoring program at T.F. Green Airport to July 31, 2024.)

RI - SB417 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - WEAPONS (Defines rifle and shotguns as weapons and makes unlawful possession of a loaded rifle/shotgun in public with exceptions punishable up to five (5) years in prison or a $5,000 fine.)

RI - SB718 AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Requires a landlord to obtain and have in full force and effect a general liability policy of at least one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for those persons injured on the premises due to the negligence of the landlord.)

RI - SB795 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL (Requires general treasurer to allocate thirty percent (30%) of all settlement proceeds from a multi-state initiative to the attorney general restricted account.)

RI - SB288 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Makes permanent the exemption from taxation for certain residential property developments which have not been completed or, if completed, have not been sold and occupied.)

RI - SB443 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE HOSPITAL CONVERSIONS ACT (Requires the transacting parties/new hospital seeking conversion to supply additional information in application for review by the DOH/DAG relating to staffing levels/pension plans/community impact.)

RI - SB465 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE -- SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT (Provides that the public schools shall be responsible for attendance data monitoring and detection of emergent truant behavior.)

RI - SB57 AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL STATE OFFICES (Requires a special election to fill a vacancy in the office of secretary of state, attorney general or general treasurer if more than one year is left in the term of office.)

RI - SB1 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Gradually increase the minimum wage from eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) per hour to fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour, over 4 years.)

RI - SB2 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- NURSING HOME STAFFING AND QUALITY CARE ACT (Mandates minimum staffing levels and standards for quality care for nursing homes and their residents.)

RI - SB3 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Prohibits insurance companies from varying the premium rates charged for a health coverage plan based on the gender of the individual policy holder, enrollee, subscriber, or member.)

RI - SB6 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - RIGHTS OF NURSING HOME PATIENTS (Department of health to promulgate rules and regulations for essential caregivers at nursing homes during a declared emergency.)

RI - SB7 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE HOSPITAL CONVERSION ACT (Provides a one year moratorium on hospital conversions involving for-profit corporations as acquiree or acquiror.)

RI - SB13 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION (Provides that the council on elementary and secondary education would not grant approval for the creation or expansion of any new charter school until after the 2022, 2023, 2024 school year.)

RI - SB16 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - HARM REDUCTION CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND PILOT PROGRAM (Creates pilot program to establish harm reduction centers where use of pre-obtained controlled substances may occur under supervision of health care professionals.)

RI - SB37 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - PLASTIC WASTE REDUCTION ACT (Creates the "Plastic Waste Reduction Act" designed to reduce the use of plastic bags by retail establishments by offering recyclable bag options and providing penalties for violations.)

RI - SB38 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- BALLOONS (Prohibits the release of balloons inflated with lighter-than-air gas.)

RI - SB40 AN ACT RELATING TO ENABLING THE STATE LOTTERY DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE TO CONTRACT WITH IGT GLOBAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION AND TWIN RIVER (Enables the state lottery division of the department of revenue to enter into a contract extension with IGT Global Solutions Corporation and contract extensions with Twin River and affiliates of Twin River.)

RI - SB42 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION (Defines light duty, non-emergency and zero emission vehicles and requires the state to convert its fleet of vehicles to no less than fifty percent (50%) of vehicles in those categories by the year 2029.)

RI - SB55 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HOSPITAL WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT (Establishes procedures for employees to file complaints with hospital or director of department of health, for assaultive behavior or other violation of law occurring on hospital grounds and require hospitals to institute safety training for employees.)

RI - SB56 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - PRESERVATION OF FAMILIES WITH DISABLED PARENT ACT (Precludes a parent's disability from serving as the sole basis for the state to institute an investigation of the disabled parent's family.)

RI - SB63 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - DEPARTMENTS OF STATE GOVERNMENT (Requires that the secretary of EOHHS, the secretary of commerce of the commerce corporation and the commissioners of elementary and secondary education and postsecondary education be appointed subject to the approval of the senate.)

RI - SB67 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE EMBLEMS (This act would designate "Northern Star Coral" as the official state coral.)

RI - SB76 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE CIVIC LITERACY ACT (Requires that commencing with the graduating class of 2022 and all subsequent graduating classes thereafter, all high school students attending public schools shall fulfill at least one-half credit or course requirement in civics education.)

RI - SB78 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- 2021 ACT ON CLIMATE (Establishes a statewide greenhouse gas emission reduction mandate.)

RI - SB79 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION (Removes the requirement that the scholarship program cease with the enrollment of the high school graduating class of 2021 at the community college of Rhode Island.)

RI - SB84 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Establishes the duty of the commission and the division of public utilities to ensure affordability and sustainability for basic care necessities.)

RI - SB88 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RIGHTS AND DUTIES TEACHERS GENERALLY - SEPTEMBER 11 CLASSROOM MOMENT OF SILENCE (Allows teachers in all grades to provide the opportunity for students to observe a brief moment of silence on every September 11.)

RI - SB92 AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - PAYMENTS TO FIRE COMPANIES (Provides for an appropriation of state funds to cities and towns who are members of the Narragansett Bay marine task force (NBMTF) for the maintenance of boats providing services to Narragansett Bay.)

RI - SB105 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ACT (Requires the department of environmental management to create environmental justice areas.)

RI - SB107 AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- PFAS IN DRINKING WATER, GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE WATERS (Requires DOH to establish maximum contaminate levels of PFSA in drinking water and to set interim standards. Also requires DEM to set standards for PFSA in ground- and surface waters. Defines PFSA as hazardous substances.)

RI - SB110 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - PFAS IN FOOD PACKAGING (Prohibits PFAS, a class of fluorinated organic chemicals, from being used in food packaging.)

RI - SB111 AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- GENETIC COUNSELORS LICENSING ACT (Provides a statutory framework for the licensing and regulation of genetic counselors.)

RI - SB112 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ELECTRONIC MONITORING IN NURSING AND ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES (Allows for the use of electronic monitoring of a resident’s room or private living unit within a nursing home or assisted living facility.)

RI - SB122 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY--POLICE RELATIONSHIP ACT OF 2015 (Data collection on police traffic stops and/or searches. Requires appointment of community review board.)

RI - SB154 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ECONOMIC AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE ACT OF 2021 (Establishes a fee on companies that sell fossil fuels in Rhode Island and establishes a fund to disburse the collected funds.)

RI - SB167 AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG COST PROTECTION (Prohibits the state, ERISA or any health plans to purchase referenced drugs for a cost higher than the referenced rate.)

RI - SB170 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS (Limits health insurance carriers that provide coverage for prescription insulin drugs used to treat diabetes to forty dollars ($40) for a copayment for a thirty (30) day supply of medically necessary insulin.)

RI - SB183 AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Imposes a moratorium on non-essential evictions/mortgage foreclosures during a state of emergency declared by the governor relating to residential property and establishes an eviction diversion program to resolve landlord-tenant eviction disputes.)

RI - SB185 AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS -- EARLY VOTING (Authorizes early voting for registered and eligible electors, in all elections for the twenty (20) days before an election at designated city and town locations, with advance public notice regulated by rules promulgated by the state board of elections.)

RI - SB187 AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL (Authorizes the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, to appoint an executive director of coastal resources management to act as a liaison to the director of the department of environmental management to plan and manage coastal resources.)

RI - SB197 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - VIDEO-LOTTERY GAMES, TABLE GAMES AND SPORTS WAGERING (Establishes player self-exclusion program with winnings collected from self-excluded players going to RICPG for research/education/prevention of teenage gambling addiction.)

RI - SB210 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM (Requires the department of elementary and secondary education, in collaboration with RI resource recovery corporation, to make educational resources available regarding litter prevention/recycling awareness to elementary/middle school students.)

RI - SB226 AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM (Provides for adjustments to the payment standard for cash assistance.)

RI - SB252 AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE EDWARD O. HAWKINS AND THOMAS C. SLATER MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACT (Expands the definition of "qualifying patient" to include any animal having a debilitating medical condition as determined by a veterinarian for purposes of a prescription for medical marijuana.)

RI - SB263 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN (Raises the legal age for individuals to be sold or delivered certain tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery systems products from eighteen (18) years of age to twenty-one (21) years of age.)

RI - SB289 AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- OFFICE OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES -- STATE AID TO LIBRARIES (Amends various sections relating to libraries to remove outdated provisions and update language to reflect current practices affecting library technology.)

RI - SB294 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- TAX AMNESTY (Creates a ninety (90) day tax amnesty program in the state fiscal year 2021-2022)

RI - SB298 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Exempts from sales tax the trade-in values of motorcycles.)

RI - SB304 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNANTICIPATED OUT-OF-NETWORK BILLS FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES (Protects people with health insurance from surprise medical bills for emergency and other services by requiring a non-participating health care provider to bill an insured party only for a co-payment, or deductible.)

RI - SB305 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ALCOHOLISM (Requires the dept of behavioral healthcare/developmental disabilities/hospitals to coordinate with the DOH to propose revisions to chapter 1.10 and 10.1 of title 23, including updates and revisions of statutory language and evidence-based best practices.)

RI - SB308 AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Increases penalties for animal cruelty.)

RI - SB309 AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Prohibits a person convicted of unnecessary cruelty to animals from owning or exercising control of an animal for life and be subject to fine of $1000 for each violation of this act.)

RI - SB310 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- PUBLIC RECORDS ADMINISTRATION (Establishes public records administration program for the custody/disposal of state public records assisted by an advisory commission.)

RI - SB312 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - PROBATION AND PAROLE SUPPORT (Repeals court costs against all defendants who plead nolo contendere, guilty or are found guilty of certain crimes.)

RI - SB313 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- LITTER CONTROL AND RECYCLING (Prohibits littering upon private property owned by another person.)

RI - SB314 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES (Grants a judge or magistrate the discretion to impose the requirement of blood and/or urine testing or the use of the ignition interlock system.)

RI - SB326 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Adds one new income tax bracket for purposes of state income taxation.)

RI - SB327 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SUGARY DRINKS TAX (Imposes a tax of .015 cents/per oz on the sale of bottled sugary drinks/syrups/powders from which a sugary drink may be derived with tax collected deposited into the Retail SNAP Incentive Fund effective 1/1/22.)

RI - SB336 AN ACT ADOPTING THE RULES OF THE SENATE FOR YEARS 2021-2022

RI - SB349 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FINANCIAL LITERACY (Requires the council on elementary and secondary education, in consultation with the RI department of education, to develop and approve statewide academic standards for the instruction of consumer education in public high schools no later than 12/31/2021.)

RI - SB378 AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES (Increases the reimbursement rates to be paid by the department of human services and the department for children, youth, and families, for licensed child care centers and family child care homes.)

RI - SB383 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- THE MARYELLEN GOODWIN COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING ACT (Insurance coverage for prostate/colon cancer screening.)

RI - SB392 AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM LAW -- RESALE OF UNITS (Allows a condominium association to impose a fee of up to one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) for preparation of a resale certificate.)

RI - SB401 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SAFETY RESPONSIBILITY ADMINISTRATION -- SECURITY (Makes changes to the motor vehicles laws by repealing the sections that require the filing of security or bond with the DMV following a motor vehicle accident in which the operator of the vehicle does not have insurance.)

RI - SB419 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - WEAPONS (Defines "electric arm" subjects to various protections of firearms/removes stun gun from the prohibited weapons list.)

RI - SB428 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION (Requires office of diversity, equity and opportunity to create material for annual government employee training.)

RI - SB429 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- BUILDING SERVICE WORK (Requires that janitors and security guards employed, pursuant to state contracts worth more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) of janitorial or security services, be paid a standard compensation rate.)

RI - SB434 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- HEALTHY AND SAFE FAMILIES AND WORKPLACE ACT (Grants paid sick leave and safe leave benefits to construction employees who work under multi-employer collective bargaining agreements, provided that certain conditions are met.)

RI - SB442 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- THREE WHEEL VEHICLES (Provides that three (3)-wheeled motorcycles be included under the licensing requirements of the department of motor vehicles. Effective March 1, 2022.)

RI - SB460 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT (Increases the maximum amount of days for substitute teachers and athletic coaches from 90 days to 120 days.)

RI - SB466 AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Waives the adoption fee to adopt a dog or cat from a public animal shelter for a veteran that presents a current and valid driver’s license or identification card with the word “veteran” printed on its face.)

RI - SB472 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING (Increases maximum aggregate amount of community remote net-metering systems from 30 MW to 90 MW requires and reallocate 40 MW to low/moderate households on and after 1/2/22 on first come/first serve basis.)

RI - SB482 AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- EMERGENCY VOLUNTEER HEALTH PRACTITIONERS ACT (Provides that volunteer health practitioners from other states be permitted to provide medical/veterinary services and have limited immunity and be treated as if state employees for workers' compensation purposes during period of declared emergency.)

RI - SB493 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE HOSPITAL CONVERSION ACT (Expands health services council to twenty-four (24) members and amends hospital conversion act.)

RI - SB494 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE (Requires drug companies disclose to office of the health insurance commissioner acquisition costs of drugs approved by FDA, if acquisition cost is at least $100 for 30 day supply and requires disclosure of rebates, price protection payments.)

RI - SB498 AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG AFFORDABILITY BOARD - GROUP PURCHASING BOARD FOR RX WE CAN AFFORD (Create a prescription drug affordability board composed of representatives of affected stakeholders designated to investigate and comprehensively evaluate drug prices for Rhode Islanders and possible ways to reduce them to make them more affordable.)

RI - SB501 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT (Requires third-party hosting platform to register short-term rental units for rent with dept. Of regulation or cannot conduct business in the state and imposes fines for listing unregistered units. DBR to create database for registered short term rentals.)

RI - SB503 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Allows for the sealing of records pertaining to cases for which a person is acquitted or otherwise exonerated from a charged offense and eliminates the one hundred dollar ($100) fee for the expungement of a criminal record.)

RI - SB504 AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - HOTELS - UNLICENSED RENTALS ACT (Establishes rules and regulations concerning rentals of residences for less than thirty (30) days.)

RI - SB511 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCE (Establishes procedures for the supreme/superior/district courts to establish non-monetary bail/pretrial release of detainees.)

RI - SB513 AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS - DEATH BY WRONGFUL ACT (Allows recovery of damages for the emotional distress, grief, and loss of enjoyment of life as a result of the wrongful death of a spouse, a parent or a son or daughter.)

RI - SB534 AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY (Authorizes the potential appointment of pro bono attorneys, supervised law students and from a list maintained by the DEM to act as animal advocates in animal cruelty and abuse cases, at the court's discretion, to serve the interests of justice.)

RI - SB536 AN ACT RELATING TO DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT (Prohibits any questioning of a juvenile who is suspected of delinquent or criminal behavior, unless the parent of guardian of the juvenile is present, or unless an attorney is present or the juvenile and their parents have waived their presence.)

RI - SB544 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MUNICIPAL POLICE ARBITRATION (Provides all provisions in collective bargaining agreement continue until successor agreement reach or interest arbitration award rendered.)

RI - SB547 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FIREFIGHTERS' ARBITRATION (Provides all provisions in collective bargaining agreement continue until successor agreement reach or interest arbitration award rendered.)

RI - SB549 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES (Provides an exception to competitive bidding for local, minority and woman-owned businesses. Provides a waiver of compliance to contractors for the inclusion of minority-owned businesses in all procurements and construction projects.)

RI - SB558 AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- JOINT COMMITTEE -- BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES, AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS (Directs the department of transportation to install signs along the Purple Heart Trail, commemorating and identifying the Purple Heart Trail, by August 7, 2021, which day is National Purple Heart Day.)

RI - SB568 AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- CANNABIS AUTHORIZATION, REGULATION AND TAXATION (Establishes Cannabis Control Commission to regulate all aspects of cannabis production and distribution.)

RI - SB570 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- DUTIES OF UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (Requires every electric distribution company and natural gas distribution company to submit to the division of public utilities and carriers an emergency response plan for review and approval.)

RI - SB613 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- REAL JOBS RHODE ISLAND ACT (Establishes the real jobs Rhode Island program in order to create an industry led system to advance the skills of the state's workforce, grow the state's economy and increase sustainable employment for middle class working families.)

RI - SB629 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS-RENEWABLE ENERGY (Increases the percentage of retail electricity sales from renewable energy sources.)

RI - SB672 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (Creates an action authorizing any person who has been sentenced to imprisonment greater than one year subsequent to being wrongfully convicted of a criminal offense to petition court for an award of compensation and damages, including attorney’s fees.)

RI - SB680 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- ADJUDICATION OF TRAFFIC OFFENSES (Removes the $25.00 limit on tuition for a motorist to attend a driver education course, and would allow a judge or magistrate to delay the imposition of a suspension or revocation of a driver's license or registration for a period up to 30 days.)

RI - SB681 AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- FREEWAYS (Eliminates the provision a person who solicits a ride in a motor vehicle or backs up a motor vehicle on a freeway is guilty of a misdemeanor. Adds $100 fine for advertising a motor vehicle for sale on a state highway to the schedule of violations.)

RI - SB687 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES' ARBITRATION (Establishes new factors for the interest contract arbitration board for municipal employee unions to consider in rendering a decision the board power to render an award over all negotiated matters, including the expenditure of money.)

RI - SB706 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION -- EXEMPTIONS (Includes the real and tangible personal property of St. John Baptist De La Salle Institute, d/b/a La Salle Academy, a Rhode Island domestic nonprofit corporation, located in Providence, Rhode Island, on the list of properties exempt from taxation.)

RI - SB733 AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE ON PARTICULAR ACTIONS - CONTRIBUTION AMONG JOINT TORTFEASORS (Limits credit of tortfeasor to amount paid by released tortfeasor.)

RI - SB736 AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION (Products liability defense of subsequent alteration eliminated.)

RI - SB740 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - ABUSE IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Removes the "intentional" element in the definition of "abuse" and "neglect" in the abuse in health care facilities' law..)

RI - SB764 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Excludes from income up to ten thousand two hundred dollars ($10,200) of unemployment compensation paid in tax year 2020 for any individual or married couple with an adjusted gross income less than one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000).)

RI - SB767 AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION (Allows the EOHHS to use appropriated funds to support graduate medical education programs and research and directs the secretary of EOHHS to determine the appropriate Medicaid payment mechanism in order to make the payments annually.)

RI - SB787 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF COMMERCE (Creates a deputy secretary of commerce and housing within the executive office of commerce to oversee housing initiatives and develop a housing plan.)

RI - SB834 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT (Eliminates the marital sexual assault exception when a victim is incapacitated, disabled, or helpless.)

RI - SB850 AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY --- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS (Names the fishing pier at Rocky Point state park in Warwick after the former department of environmental management deputy director, Larry Mouradjian.)

RI - SB851 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (For purposes of teachers' retirement benefits, amends the definition of "former spouse divorced" to include someone who was married to a deceased member for 10+ years and the deceased member was required by court order to contribute support post-divorce.)

RI - SB852 AN ACT ESTABLISHING A REAPPORTIONMENT COMMISSION (Creates an eighteen (18) member special commission on reapportionment whose purpose is to draft and to report to the general assembly an act to reapportion the districts of the general assembly and the state's United States Congressional districts.)

RI - SB859 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS (Provides that health insurance contributions made by enrollees for cost sharing requirements include those amounts paid by the enrollee or another person on behalf of the enrollee.)

RI - SB872 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- TRANSPORTATION EMISSIONS AND MOBILE (TEAM) COMMUNITY ACT (Establishes the Transportation Emission and Mobile (Team) Community Act intended to limit and reduce indirect carbon dioxide emissions throughout the state while promoting the purposes of the transportation climate initiative program.)

RI - SB873 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS - THE GREEN BUILDINGS ACT (Effective December 31, 2020, terminates the requirement of utilizing green building standards for new public buildings construction projects.)

RI - SB874 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS - CORROSION PREVENTION AND MITIGATION WORK REQUIREMENTS (Requires all contractors and subcontractors who perform construction, alteration, demolition, installation, repair or maintenance work, pursuant to public works contracts, to comply with industry standards for infrastructure corrosion prevention.)

RI - SB875 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (Enables school teachers, state and municipal employees to retire earlier.)

RI - SB876 AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES OMBUDSPERSON ACT OF 2021 (Creates a developmental disabilities ombudsperson program to be administratively attached to the department of administration.)

RI - SB904 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - PUBLIC - PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM (Creates a 7 member oversight commission to approve all requests for proposals submitted for public-private partnership construction of transportation facilities.)

RI - SB908 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Requires that the Rhode Transit Authority impose no fares and/or charges for service provided to the general public. Effective January 1, 2022.)

RI - SB937 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS COMPENSATION -- BENEFITS (Creates a new formula for determining a totally and partially disabled injured workers' weekly benefit entitlement. It also eliminates the current ambiguity in an injured workers' entitlement, when he or she suffers a recurrence of disability.)

RI - SB938 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (Prohibits the sale or offer for sale of any flavored electronic nicotine delivery system.)

RI - SB947 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Repeals § 28-12-9 of the general laws which provides that the director of labor and training may approve of wages below the minimum wage for those persons whose earning capacity is impaired due to physical or mental disability.)

RI - SB954 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATEWIDE BODY-WORN CAMERA PROGRAM (Creates a statewide body-worn camera program for police departments in the state.)

RI - SB959 AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS -- RHODE ISLAND COMMERCIAL RECEIVERSHIP ACT (Creates temporary non-liquidating receivership program for businesses with substantial revenue decline after declared emergency/suspended/ceased substantial part of operation resulting by emergency police/regulatory powers.)

RI - SR8 SENATE RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE ACTS OF VIOLENCE AND INSURRECTION COMMITTED AT THE SEAT OF OUR COUNTRY'S DEMOCRACY AND CALLING FOR THE REMOVAL OF PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP

RI - SR17 SENATE RESOLUTION EXTENDING CONDOLENCES AND RECOGNIZING THE 400,000 AMERICANS WHO HAVE PASSED AS A RESULT OF COVID-19

RI - SR19 SENATE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING PRESIDENT-ELECT JOSEPH BIDEN, JR., AND VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT KAMALA HARRIS

RI - SR84

RI - SR146 SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF GEOFFREY S. WESTON

RI - SR245 SENATE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY JUSTICE REINVESTMENT PROPOSALS AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REDUCING THE INCARCERATION OF WOMEN (Creates a 13 member commission to study justice reinvestment proposals and provide recommendations for reducing the incarceration of women, and would report back five months after passage, and expire on January 5, 2023.)

RI - SR332 SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING FEBRUARY OF 2021, AS "BLACK HISTORY MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - SR336 SENATE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE RULES OF THE SENATE FOR YEARS 2021-2022

RI - SR564 SENATE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING DANIEL J. MCKEE ON BECOMING THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - SR565 SENATE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MARCH 8, 2021, AS "INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - SR567 SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF BRIAN FEENEY

RI - SR616 SENATE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE HONORABLE KATHLEEN CONNELL ON HER RETIREMENT AS THE RHODE ISLAND STATE DIRECTOR FOR THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED PEOPLE (AARP) AND THANKING AND HONORING HER FOR HER MANY YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE

RI - SR626 SENATE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE CELEBRATION OF ST. PATRICK'S DAY

RI - SR628 SENATE RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THAT THE RHODE ISLAND AUDITOR GENERAL'S OFFICE CONDUCT A THOROUGH REVIEW OF THE KENT COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY (KCWA)

RI - SR784 SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING APRIL, 2021, TO BE "FINANCIAL LITERACY MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - SR810 JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL COMMISSION TO BE KNOWN AS "THE RHODE ISLAND SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL (RI 250TH) COMMISSION"

RI - SR813 SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST SYMPATHY ON THE PASSING OF RETIRED PROVIDENCE POLICE DETECTIVE STEPHEN J. SPRINGER

RI - SR818 SENATE RESOLUTION HONORING LEO D. COVAS, ESQ., FOR HIS YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE RHODE ISLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

RI - SR845 SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING APRIL 24, 2021, AS "ARMENIAN GENOCIDE REMEMBRANCE DAY" TO COMMEMORATE THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE OF 1915 TO 1923, AND IN HONOR OF ARMENIAN-AMERICANS

RI - SR846 SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF EDWARD J. MORGAN

RI - SR889 SENATE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING MAY 17-23, AS "QUAHOG WEEK 2021" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - SR906 SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 19TH OF 2021 AS "GREEK PONTIAN GENOCIDE REMEMBRANCE DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - SR913 SENATE RESOLUTION THANKING AND CONGRATULATING THE RHODE ISLAND COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE FOR THEIR HARD WORK IN ENSURING THAT EVERY RHODE ISLAND RESIDENT WAS COUNTED FOR THE 2020 UNITED STATES CENSUS

RI - SR952 SENATE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING JUNE 17, 2021, AS "ESSENTIAL WORKER APPRECIATION DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - SR970 SENATE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR JANET COIT ON HER NEW POSITION WITH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND THANKING HER FOR HER SERVICE AND MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AT DEM ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - SR978 SENATE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING DR. DAVID DOOLEY ON HIS RETIREMENT AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - SR1005 SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST SYMPATHY OF THE PASSING OF PATRICIA ANN DIPRETE