S2935 - Allows the attorney general to investigate and bring an enforcement action against persistent fraud or illegality in the carrying on, conducting, or transaction of business or governmental activity.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Dawn Euer
Last updated 3 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL - Allows the attorney general to investigate and bring an enforcement action against persistent fraud or illegality in the carrying on, conducting, or transaction of business or governmental activity.
STATUS
Vetoed
S2643 - Requires landlords to list all mandatory fees when advertising any residential property for rent as well as on the first page of any lease. Prohibits a landlord from charging a convenience fee when the tenant pays rent.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Tiara T. Mack
Last updated 3 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Requires landlords to list all mandatory fees when advertising any residential property for rent as well as on the first page of any lease. Prohibits a landlord from charging a convenience fee when the tenant pays rent.
STATUS
Passed
S2517 - Establishes the Failing School Choice Act, to permit students at failing schools to enroll in any public school. It also establishes the Rhode Island education revitalization fund to provide funding to the school choice program.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Thomas J. Paolino
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
EDUCATION -- FAILING SCHOOL CHOICE ACT - Establishes the Failing School Choice Act, to permit students at failing schools to enroll in any public school. It also establishes the Rhode Island education revitalization fund to provide funding to the school choice program.
STATUS
Introduced
S2086 - Prohibits healthcare entities from interfering with a patient's right to choose to obtain a clinician-administered drug from their provider or pharmacy of choice.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Linda L. Ujifusa, Joshua B. Miller, Bridget G. Valverde
Last updated 3 months ago10 Co-Sponsors
INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Prohibits healthcare entities from interfering with a patient's right to choose to obtain a clinician-administered drug from their provider or pharmacy of choice.
STATUS
Passed
S2083 - 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 National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX).
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Pamela J. Lauria, Valarie J. Lawson, Bridget G. Valverde
Last updated 3 months ago10 Co-Sponsors
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 National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX).
STATUS
Passed
S2583 - Provides that the city of Woonsocket not be required to accept additional residential properties subject to the alternative tax assessment due to its stock of affordable housing meeting the 10% housing requirement.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Roger A. Picard
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES - Provides that the city of Woonsocket not be required to accept additional residential properties subject to the alternative tax assessment due to its stock of affordable housing meeting the 10% housing requirement.
STATUS
Introduced
S2214 - Exempts out-of-state businesses and their employees performing services, during declared state or federal disasters or emergencies, from state or local business requirements, as well as state or local taxes or fees.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mark P. McKenney, Virginia Susan Sosnowski, Roger A. Picard
Last updated 3 months ago5 Co-Sponsors
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- FACILITATING BUSINESS RAPID RESPONSE TO STATE DECLARED DISASTER ACT OF 2024 - Exempts out-of-state businesses and their employees performing services, during declared state or federal disasters or emergencies, from state or local business requirements, as well as state or local taxes or fees.
STATUS
Passed
S2273 - Requires businesses that offer automatic subscription renewals/continuous service offers to provide consumers with notice to the consumer prior to their engagement in the contract along with notice of renewal of subscription/cancellation info. eff. 1/1/25
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Dawn Euer, Matthew L. LaMountain, John P. Burke
Last updated 4 months ago8 Co-Sponsors
COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- UNFAIR SALES PRACTICES - Requires businesses that offer automatic subscription renewals/continuous service offers to provide consumers with notice to the consumer prior to their engagement in the contract along with notice of renewal of subscription/cancellation info. eff. 1/1/25
STATUS
Engrossed
S2773 - Denies the right of footway, except within one hundred (100) yards of the Pawtuxet River in the cities of Warwick and Cranston and except in connection with a right to pass with carriages to be acquired by prescription or adverse use.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Matthew L. LaMountain, Joshua B. Miller
Last updated 3 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
PROPERTY -- BY POSSESSION AND PRESCRIPTION - Denies the right of footway, except within one hundred (100) yards of the Pawtuxet River in the cities of Warwick and Cranston and except in connection with a right to pass with carriages to be acquired by prescription or adverse use.
STATUS
Engrossed
S2058 - Increases the federal adjusted gross income threshold for modification for taxable social security income. Amends references to federal adjusted gross income as pertains to modification of taxable retirement income from certain pension plans or annuities.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Walter S. Felag, Virginia Susan Sosnowski, Frank S. Lombardi
Last updated 8 months ago9 Co-Sponsors
TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX - Increases the federal adjusted gross income threshold for modification for taxable social security income. Amends references to federal adjusted gross income as pertains to modification of taxable retirement income from certain pension plans or annuities.
STATUS
Introduced
S2612 - Requires that any insurance contract issued, amended or renewed on or after January 1, 2025, that provides hospital, medical or surgical coverage shall provide coverage for medically necessary treatment of mental health or substance use disorders.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Linda L. Ujifusa, Meghan E. Kallman, Joshua B. Miller
Last updated 7 months ago10 Co-Sponsors
INSURANCE -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS - Requires that any insurance contract issued, amended or renewed on or after January 1, 2025, that provides hospital, medical or surgical coverage shall provide coverage for medically necessary treatment of mental health or substance use disorders.
STATUS
Introduced
S2929 - Creates the Rhode Island baby bond trust to provide investment funds to children born to families with public health insurance or no insurance living in Rhode Island.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Melissa A. Murray, Valarie J. Lawson, Jonathon Acosta
Last updated 6 months ago10 Co-Sponsors
PUBLIC FINANCE -- RHODE ISLAND BABY BOND TRUST - Creates the Rhode Island baby bond trust to provide investment funds to children born to families with public health insurance or no insurance living in Rhode Island.
STATUS
Introduced
S2559 - Changes the name of The College Crusade Scholarship to the Onward We Learn Scholarship and provide that those scholarships would not be considered federal or financial aid with regard to the Promise Scholarship or Hope Scholarship Pilot Program.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Sandra Cano, Bridget G. Valverde, Valarie J. Lawson
Last updated 7 months ago10 Co-Sponsors
EDUCATION -- THE COLLEGE CRUSADE SCHOLARSHIP - Changes the name of The College Crusade Scholarship to the Onward We Learn Scholarship and provide that those scholarships would not be considered federal or financial aid with regard to the Promise Scholarship or Hope Scholarship Pilot Program.
STATUS
Introduced
S2560 - Relieves East Providence from providing any educational/financial resources to children in the CRAFT program or other Bradley Hospital programs. Requires the school district of origin where the student was last registered to bear this responsibility.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Valarie J. Lawson, Robert Britto, Pamela J. Lauria
Last updated 7 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
EDUCATION -- RESIDENCE OF CHILDREN FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES - Relieves East Providence from providing any educational/financial resources to children in the CRAFT program or other Bradley Hospital programs. Requires the school district of origin where the student was last registered to bear this responsibility.
STATUS
Introduced
S2563 - Allows a modification to federal adjusted gross income of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) of social security income for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2024.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Walter S. Felag, Frank S. Lombardi, David P. Tikoian
Last updated 7 months ago7 Co-Sponsors
TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX - Allows a modification to federal adjusted gross income of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) of social security income for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced