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S2832 - Provides additional exception to prohibition on usage of wireless communication device while driving and clarifies that use for purpose of navigation must be while the device is mounted or otherwise affixed to vehicle and not held in the motorist’s hand.
Virginia Susan Sosnowski, Jacob Bissaillon, Louis P. Dipalma
Last updated 6 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS RULES - Provides additional exception to prohibition on usage of wireless communication device while driving and clarifies that use for purpose of navigation must be while the device is mounted or otherwise affixed to vehicle and not held in the motorist’s hand.
STATUS
Introduced
S2853 - Requires that public utilities plan utility work in accordance with the state transportation improvement program schedules when working on state roads.
Robert Britto, Frank A. Ciccone, Louis P. Dipalma
Last updated 3 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND UTILITY FAIR SHARE ROADWAY REPAIR ACT - Requires that public utilities plan utility work in accordance with the state transportation improvement program schedules when working on state roads.
STATUS
Engrossed
S2869 - Requires the director of the department of health to provide guidance to non-governmental employers and the public on acquiring opioid antagonist medication and training for its use.
Jacob Bissaillon, Alana DiMario, Joshua B. Miller
Last updated 6 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016 - Requires the director of the department of health to provide guidance to non-governmental employers and the public on acquiring opioid antagonist medication and training for its use.
STATUS
Introduced
S2896 - Provides conditions which persons paid to recover or assist in recovering reported property must comply with.
Robert Britto, Melissa A. Murray, Alana DiMario
Last updated 3 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- UNCLAIMED INTANGIBLE AND TANGIBLE PROPERTY - Provides conditions which persons paid to recover or assist in recovering reported property must comply with.
STATUS
Passed
S2885 - Permits hybrid cannabis cultivators to advertise regarding cannabis products during the transitional period.
Jacob Bissaillon, Joshua B. Miller, Matthew L. LaMountain
Last updated 3 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND CANNABIS ACT - Permits hybrid cannabis cultivators to advertise regarding cannabis products during the transitional period.
STATUS
Passed
S2900 - Directs employers to take certain actions to protect their employees who are exposed to extreme hot and cold temperatures.
Louis P. Dipalma, Frank S. Lombardi, Joshua B. Miller
Last updated 6 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EXTREME TEMPERATURE WORKER PROTECTION ACT - Directs employers to take certain actions to protect their employees who are exposed to extreme hot and cold temperatures.
STATUS
Introduced
S2872 - Requires coverage for residential/inpatient mental health services for detox/stabilization/substance abuse disorders without preauthorization or be subject to concurrent review during the first 28 days.
Joshua B. Miller, Valarie J. Lawson, Louis P. Dipalma
Last updated 4 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMPREHENSIVE DISCHARGE PLANNING - Requires coverage for residential/inpatient mental health services for detox/stabilization/substance abuse disorders without preauthorization or be subject to concurrent review during the first 28 days.
STATUS
Engrossed
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.
Alana DiMario, Pamela J. Lauria, Jacob Bissaillon
Last updated 3 months ago
10 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
S2327 - Eliminates the sunset provision for the motion picture production tax credit.
Louis P. Dipalma, Joshua B. Miller, Frank A. Ciccone
Last updated 7 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
TAXATION -- MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION TAX CREDITS - Eliminates the sunset provision for the motion picture production tax credit.
STATUS
Introduced
S2298 - Requires the chief resilience officer (CRO) and a resiliency office within the department of environmental management (DEM) be charged with the creation, maintenance and updating of the state's resiliency and community recovery program.
Victoria Gu, Bridget G. Valverde, Alana DiMario
Last updated 3 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- ACT ON COASTS -- COASTAL RESILIENCY - Requires the chief resilience officer (CRO) and a resiliency office within the department of environmental management (DEM) be charged with the creation, maintenance and updating of the state's resiliency and community recovery program.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Rhode Island district SD-028
COMMITTEES
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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