Home › Rhode Island › Bills

Bills

Rhode Island Bills

Track legislation and stay informed about the bills that matter to you.

State Legislature US Congress

All 25,118 Active 5 In committee 20,549 Passed 5,917 Signed 4,510 Failed 6,972

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 15, 2022

HB 7291: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES (Would gradually increase the amount of the pension benefits of all Central Falls Retirees covered by the retirees' settlement agreement to one hundred percent of their base pension benefit.)

03/15/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 15, 2022

HB 7629: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- INSURANCE BENEFITS (Entitles correctional officers with twenty-five (25) years of service and who are at least fifty-five (55) years of age to a non-Medicare-eligible retiree health care insurance benefit.)

03/15/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 15, 2022

HB 7124: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (Increases retirement credits from 1% to 2% of annual salary per-year of service for teachers, state employees, and municipal workers in the Municipal Employees' Retirement System (MERS). Applies to a member's service on and after July 1, 2022.)

03/15/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 15, 2022

SB 2289: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS (SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Authorizes school administration to issue an out-of-school suspension if student is a threat to safety of students, teachers, or administrators; or guilty of violating school regs on alcohol, drugs or controlled substances, or weapons.)

03/15/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 15, 2022

HB 7958: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES (Authorizes driver education schools to offer the driver training curriculum in an instructor-led virtual format.)

03/15/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 15, 2022

SB 2173: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Requires that one third of all Rhode Island teachers, each year for the next 3 years, be trained in the basic emergency and response skills curriculum ("BEARS"), specifically in hand-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation/Heimlich maneuver/bleeding control.)

03/15/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 15, 2022

HB 7836: AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- REGULATION OF SALES (Permits the DMV, in its discretion, to issue digital driver’s license(s) and identification card(s) to be stored on a person's portable electronic device and to be viewed or verified by a person to whom access is allowed.)

03/15/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 15, 2022

SB 2371: AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACT (Persons engaged in medical marijuana business to submit to criminal record check. Felon to be denied medical marijuana business license.)

03/15/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 15, 2022

HB 7646: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS (Provides a retired teacher with 4% COLA increase for 10 years, reduced by every COLA year received, on the first $60,000 of retirement allowance. After totaling 10 years of adjustments, the annual increase shall be reduced to 3% until death.)

03/15/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 15, 2022

HB 7239: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97-THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Effective January 1, 2023, the current COLA suspension schedule would be replaced with a fractional annual COLA of twenty-five percent (25%) of the COLA declared for that plan year, as it pertains to retired teachers, state and municipal employees.)

03/15/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 15, 2022

SB 2197: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE RHODE ISLAND RARE DISEASE MEDICATION ACCESSIBILITY, AFFORDABILITY AND REINSURANCE ACT (Establishes within the EOHHS a rare disease medication reinsurance program fund in consultation with an advisory council, to assure equitable financing and facilitate access to medication for rare diseases.)

03/15/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 15, 2022

SB 2040: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SEIZURE SAFE SCHOOLS ACT (Requires the departments of elementary and secondary education and health to adopt policies/ rules/regulations for the administration of seizure rescue medications for children who have been medically identified as having epilepsy/seizure disorder.)

03/15/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study