S2568 - Excludes all overtime earned by an individual from adjusted gross income for tax years 2025 and 2026 and defines overtime as payment of at least 1½ times the rate of regular pay for hours worked over the standard forty (40) hours.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Roger A. Picard
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX - Excludes all overtime earned by an individual from adjusted gross income for tax years 2025 and 2026 and defines overtime as payment of at least 1½ times the rate of regular pay for hours worked over the standard forty (40) hours.
STATUS
Introduced
S2650 - Expands the deinstitutionalization subsidy aid program in the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals to include adoptive parent(s) or siblings(s).
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Leonidas P. Raptakis, David P. Tikoian, John P. Burke
Last updated 7 months ago7 Co-Sponsors
BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS - Expands the deinstitutionalization subsidy aid program in the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals to include adoptive parent(s) or siblings(s).
STATUS
Introduced
S2060 - AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $40,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE PURCHASE AND/OR ACQUISITION OF LAND AND BUILDINGS, CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, FURNISHING AND/OR EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 50% AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Hanna M. Gallo, Joshua B. Miller, Frank S. Lombardi
Last updated 8 months ago4 Co-Sponsors
Authorizes the City of Cranston to issue not to exceed $40,000,000 general obligation bonds.
STATUS
Introduced
S2720 - 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, 2025.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Robert Britto, Dominick J. Ruggerio, Joshua B. Miller
Last updated 6 months ago4 Co-Sponsors
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, 2025.
STATUS
Engrossed
S2829 - Defines 3 classes of electric bicycles, authorizes the DEM to determine allowable uses of electric bicycles at properties under the department's jurisdiction, allows Class 1 electric bicycles to legally access state bicycle trails or paths.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Dawn Euer
Last updated 3 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- ELECTRIC BICYCLES - Defines 3 classes of electric bicycles, authorizes the DEM to determine allowable uses of electric bicycles at properties under the department's jurisdiction, allows Class 1 electric bicycles to legally access state bicycle trails or paths.
STATUS
Passed
S2817 - Includes among the responsibilities of the office of state medical examiners, to provide a multidisciplinary team review of suicide deaths with a goal of reducing its prevalence by examining trends in demographic, geographic and community risk factors.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Sandra Cano
Last updated 3 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS - Includes among the responsibilities of the office of state medical examiners, to provide a multidisciplinary team review of suicide deaths with a goal of reducing its prevalence by examining trends in demographic, geographic and community risk factors.
STATUS
Passed
S2810 - Modifies reporting requirements regarding collisions between vehicles and wildlife where the vehicle has been substantially damaged.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
David P. Tikoian, Alana DiMario, Gordon E. Rogers
Last updated 3 months ago7 Co-Sponsors
FISH AND WILDLIFE -- DEER HUNTING - Modifies reporting requirements regarding collisions between vehicles and wildlife where the vehicle has been substantially damaged.
STATUS
Passed
S2742 - Modernizes all state library laws by eliminating the clearinghouse advisory committee, updating how the clearinghouse publishes its list of publications, reducing the number of physical copies and facilitating digital publication.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mark P. McKenney
Last updated 3 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
LIBRARIES -- STATE LIBRARY - Modernizes all state library laws by eliminating the clearinghouse advisory committee, updating how the clearinghouse publishes its list of publications, reducing the number of physical copies and facilitating digital publication.
STATUS
Passed
S2778 - Eliminates requirement of signing with an "X" for voters who cannot sign their name due to blindness, disability, or inability to read/write and establishes a timeframe for local boards to accept mail ballot applications delivered via the postal service.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jonathon Acosta, Ana B. Quezada, Alana DiMario
Last updated 3 months ago6 Co-Sponsors
ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS - Eliminates requirement of signing with an "X" for voters who cannot sign their name due to blindness, disability, or inability to read/write and establishes a timeframe for local boards to accept mail ballot applications delivered via the postal service.
STATUS
Passed
S2542 - Makes several amendments relative to the affordable clean energy security act establishing the act's priority over chapter 6.2 of title 42 (the "2021 act on climate").
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jessica de la Cruz, Gordon E. Rogers, Anthony Phillip Deluca
Last updated 7 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- AFFORDABLE CLEAN ENERGY SECURITY ACT - Makes several amendments relative to the affordable clean energy security act establishing the act's priority over chapter 6.2 of title 42 (the "2021 act on climate").
STATUS
Introduced
S2982 - Replaces the term "the drug naloxone" with the term "opioid antagonist" in chapters regulating life insurance policies and group life insurance policies.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Roger A. Picard
Last updated 3 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
INSURANCE -- LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES AND RESERVES - Replaces the term "the drug naloxone" with the term "opioid antagonist" in chapters regulating life insurance policies and group life insurance policies.
STATUS
Passed
S2378 - Requires the department of health to amend its rules and regulations that allow for DEA-registered pharmacies to transfer electronic prescriptions at a patient's request.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Alana DiMario, Pamela J. Lauria, Jacob Bissaillon
Last updated 3 months ago10 Co-Sponsors
FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT - Requires the department of health to amend its rules and regulations that allow for DEA-registered pharmacies to transfer electronic prescriptions at a patient's request.
STATUS
Passed
S2079 - Encourages and authorizes the department of health to adopt rules and regulations that lead to the more liberal utilization of buprenorphine.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Gordon E. Rogers, Jessica de la Cruz, Thomas J. Paolino
Last updated 8 months ago5 Co-Sponsors
FOOD AND DRUGS -- AUTHORIZATION FOR THE USE OF BUPRENORPHINE - Encourages and authorizes the department of health to adopt rules and regulations that lead to the more liberal utilization of buprenorphine.
STATUS
Introduced
S2043 - Adds climate change, sea-level rise and coastal resiliency to the analysis of data of the strategic plan for economic development policy. Adds director of DEM and executive director of CRMC to economic development planning council.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Pamela J. Lauria, Alana DiMario, Bridget G. Valverde
Last updated 3 months ago10 Co-Sponsors
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LONG-TERM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Adds climate change, sea-level rise and coastal resiliency to the analysis of data of the strategic plan for economic development policy. Adds director of DEM and executive director of CRMC to economic development planning council.
STATUS
Passed
S2889 - Defines who is eligible to bid at tax sales; Authorizes Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation to use excess funds collected under § 34-27-3.2 to purchase at tax sale owner-occupied residences.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jacob Bissaillon, Tiara T. Mack, Victoria Gu
Last updated 6 months ago5 Co-Sponsors
TAXATION -- TAX SALES - Defines who is eligible to bid at tax sales; Authorizes Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation to use excess funds collected under § 34-27-3.2 to purchase at tax sale owner-occupied residences.
STATUS
Introduced