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S2818 - Requires the disclosure of the transfer of certain assets of healthcare facilities and would provide penalties for failing to file healthcare facility ownership information.
Joshua B. Miller
Last updated 4 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES - Requires the disclosure of the transfer of certain assets of healthcare facilities and would provide penalties for failing to file healthcare facility ownership information.
STATUS
Engrossed
S2850 - Updates the existing Toxic Packaging Act by delaying the ban on PFAS in food packaging until January 1, 2025, and in processing agents until July 1, 2027.
Bridget G. Valverde, Melissa A. Murray, Matthew L. LaMountain
Last updated 3 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- TOXIC PACKAGING REDUCTION ACT - Updates the existing Toxic Packaging Act by delaying the ban on PFAS in food packaging until January 1, 2025, and in processing agents until July 1, 2027.
STATUS
Passed
S2808 - Requires that developers of ground-mounted solar systems submit a plan for decommissioning to be held on file by the municipality and requires DEM, with the office of energy resources, make publicly available model decommissioning plans.
Bridget G. Valverde, David P. Tikoian, Matthew L. LaMountain
Last updated 3 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- SOLAR DECOMMISSIONING PLANS - Requires that developers of ground-mounted solar systems submit a plan for decommissioning to be held on file by the municipality and requires DEM, with the office of energy resources, make publicly available model decommissioning plans.
STATUS
Passed
S2859 - IN ACCORDANCE WITH RHODE ISLAND GENERAL LAWS SECTION 16-7-44 APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF $125,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS OF THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND ALL COSTS RELATED THERETO
Jacob Bissaillon, Dominick J. Ruggerio, Ana B. Quezada
Last updated 4 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
This act serves as the enabling act required by § 16-7-44 of the general laws in order for the principal and interest on bonds issued in support of school housing projects to be eligible for state housing aid reimbursement.
STATUS
Passed
S2820 - Substitutes the current lists of controlled substances in the general laws with the current version of title 21 of the code of federal regulations.
Bridget G. Valverde, Dawn Euer, Alana DiMario
Last updated 3 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT - Substitutes the current lists of controlled substances in the general laws with the current version of title 21 of the code of federal regulations.
STATUS
Passed
S2244 - SENATE RESOLUTION EXTENDING DEEPEST SYMPATHY ON THE PASSING OF MADELINE MONTANARO
Hanna M. Gallo, Valarie J. Lawson, Joshua B. Miller
Last updated 8 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Senate Resolution Extending Deepest Sympathy On The Passing Of Madeline Montanaro
STATUS
Passed
S2069 - Caps the total amount that a covered person is required to pay for a covered prescription asthma inhaler to twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per thirty (30) day supply.
Melissa A. Murray, Pamela J. Lauria, Bridget G. Valverde
Last updated 8 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
INSURANCE -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS - Caps the total amount that a covered person is required to pay for a covered prescription asthma inhaler to twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per thirty (30) day supply.
STATUS
Introduced
S2063 - Increases the income range up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) and tax credit up to eight hundred fifty dollars ($850), for elderly and disabled persons who own or rent their homes.
Linda L. Ujifusa, Tiara T. Mack, Victoria Gu
Last updated 8 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
TAXATION -- PROPERTY TAX RELIEF - Increases the income range up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) and tax credit up to eight hundred fifty dollars ($850), for elderly and disabled persons who own or rent their homes.
STATUS
Introduced
S2262 - Creates a protective legal shield for healthcare providers, precluding any civil/criminal action by other states/persons against healthcare providers involving persons seeking access to transgender and reproductive healthcare services provided in RI.
Dawn Euer, Tiara T. Mack, Ryan William Pearson
Last updated 3 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HEALTHCARE PROVIDER SHIELD ACT - Creates a protective legal shield for healthcare providers, precluding any civil/criminal action by other states/persons against healthcare providers involving persons seeking access to transgender and reproductive healthcare services provided in RI.
STATUS
Passed
S2858 - AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $400,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RELATED DEMOLITION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND ALL COSTS RELATED THERETO, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 75% AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE AND PROVIDED THAT THE AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE REDUCED BY THE AMOUNT OF CERTAIN GRANTS RECEIVED FROM STATE BOND PROCEEDS, FROM THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OR FROM THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY
Jacob Bissaillon, Dominick J. Ruggerio, Ana B. Quezada
Last updated 3 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Authorizes Providence to issue not more than $400,000,000 general obligation bonds & notes to finance the construction, related demolition, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, landscaping, furnishing and equipping of schools throughout the city.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
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Senator from Rhode Island district SD-028
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Rhode Island Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Joshua B. Miller is from the State of West Virginia. He earned his B.A. in Political Science from West Virginia University in 2007. He was elected to the House of Delegates in 2016 to represent West Virginia's 66th district. He currently serves on several committees in the West Virginia Legislature, including Energy, Judiciary, Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse, and Small Business Entrepreneurship and Economic Development. Miller previously served as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in Morgan County.read less
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Rhode Island Senate from Rhode Island
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