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All 25,118 Active 7,678 In committee 7,673 Passed 5,917 Signed 4,510 Failed 6,972

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Feb 1, 2023

SB 131: 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.)

02/01/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Feb 1, 2023

SR 147: JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE (GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TO APPEAR JOINTLY ON THE BALLOT) (Requires submission to voters election constitutional amendment requiring governor/lieutenant governor to run as a team in elections commencing in 2026.)

02/01/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Feb 1, 2023

SB 78: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Exempts from the sales and use tax the sale of beer and malt beverages at retail.)

02/01/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Feb 1, 2023

SB 127: AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (Limits the governor to one thirty (30) day renewal of a declaration of emergency without a joint resolution of the general assembly.)

02/01/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Feb 1, 2023

SB 94: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Repeals § 16-7-34.3, reimbursement for public housing students. Adds similar language to § 16-7.2-6.)

02/01/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · House Jan 19, 2023

HB 5199: AN ACT RELATING TO MAKING REVISED APPROPRIATIONS IN SUPPORT OF FY 2023

01/19/2023 Introduced, referred to House Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Jan 18, 2023

SB 22: AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' HOME (Reduces the assessment against a resident's net income from eighty percent (80%) to fifty percent (50%).)

01/18/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Jan 18, 2023

SB 16: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMPREHENSIVE PFAS BAN ACT OF 2023 (Prohibits use of PFAS in carpets, upholstered furniture, textile furnishings, apparel, cosmetics, juvenile products, cookware, firefighting foam and gives authority to the department of environmental management to regulate and the use.)

01/18/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Jan 18, 2023

SB 17: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (Amends "Former Spouse Divorced" to include married for ten or more years and required by court order to support post divorce.)

01/18/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · House Jan 11, 2023

HB 5041: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FOUNDATION LEVEL SCHOOL SUPPORT (Extends the time by which the Town of Barrington must commence certain construction projects in order to qualify for an increase in the school housing aid ratio.)

01/11/2023 Introduced, referred to House Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · House Jan 6, 2023

HB 5008: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES - REEMPLOYMENT OF POLICE OFFICERS (Exempts retired police officers from the seventy-five (75) day rule which restricts employment for retirement purposes, when they work private details for a nongovernmental entity.)

01/06/2023 Introduced, referred to House Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Jan 4, 2023

SR 1: SENATE 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

01/04/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar