All Bills - Rhode Island 2023 Regular Session
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Rhode Island 2023 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0490
Introduced
3/7/23
Refer
3/7/23
Establishes the Higher Education Opportunities for Students with Disabilities Act.
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Rhode Island 2023 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0491
Introduced
3/7/23
Refer
3/7/23
Establishes language academies for non-English proficient students and also establishes the Rhode Island education revitalization fund to provide funding to the language academies.
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Rhode Island 2023 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0492
Introduced
3/7/23
Refer
3/7/23
Report Pass
4/26/23
Engrossed
5/2/23
Refer
5/3/23
Requires children's cabinet to establish benchmarks/strategies/costs to improve compensation for early educators/implement pilot program for wage supplements/early educator registry by DHS.
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Rhode Island 2023 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0493
Introduced
3/7/23
Refer
3/7/23
Establishes the Failing School Choice Act and permits students at failing schools to enroll in any public school and also establishes the Rhode Island education revitalization fund to provide funding to the school choice program.
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Rhode Island 2023 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0494
Introduced
3/7/23
Refer
3/7/23
Report Pass
6/7/23
Passed
6/19/23
Repeals the requirement that the school committee policy manual be kept in the school library, public library and administrative building and require that the manual be available on the school district website.
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Rhode Island 2023 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0495
Introduced
3/7/23
Refer
3/7/23
"Pupil Transportation Vehicle" to be and constructed to seat not more than ten (10) passengers including the operator, rather than the existing limit of eight (8) passengers.
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Rhode Island 2023 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0496
Introduced
3/7/23
Refer
3/7/23
Report Pass
6/7/23
Engrossed
6/8/23
Enrolled
6/12/23
Passed
6/19/23
Revises the course requirements for the fast-track principal certification program.
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Rhode Island 2023 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0497
Introduced
3/7/23
Refer
3/7/23
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.
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Rhode Island 2023 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0498
Introduced
3/7/23
Refer
3/7/23
Requires publishers to provide electronic book licenses to libraries and schools on reasonable terms, when a publisher offers to license electronic books and digital audiobooks to the public in Rhode Island.
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Rhode Island 2023 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0499
Introduced
3/7/23
Refer
3/7/23
Incorporates ethical energy standards to the 2021 Act on Climate.
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Rhode Island 2023 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0500
Introduced
3/7/23
Refer
3/7/23
Report Pass
6/6/23
Engrossed
6/13/23
Refer
6/14/23
Permits residents on ponds in Coventry with a capacity in excess of 170 acres of water, to alter, repair, modify, or replace a dock on the pond by seeking approval only from DEM and the town of Coventry.
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Rhode Island 2023 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0501
Introduced
3/7/23
Refer
3/7/23
Creates the position of a full-time staff attorney for the CRMC. The staff attorney reports directly to the executive director and is not permitted to engage in the practice of law. The staff attorney may not represent the council.
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Rhode Island 2023 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0502
Introduced
3/7/23
Refer
3/7/23
Report Pass
5/31/23
Engrossed
6/8/23
Refer
6/9/23
Establishes the Rhode Island lake management program and a restricted receipt account as a find within the department of environmental management to aid with lake and pond management issues relating to the control of aquatic invasive plants.
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Rhode Island 2023 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0503
Introduced
3/7/23
Refer
3/7/23
Creates the "department of energy transformation planning" chapter within the division of public utilities to implement long-term distribution system planning.
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Rhode Island 2023 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0504
Introduced
3/7/23
Refer
3/7/23
Report Pass
3/29/23
Engrossed
4/4/23
Refer
4/5/23
Establishes the renewable ready program which is designed to promote responsible siting and development of renewable energy on certain enumerated sites such as formerly contaminated sites. Projects would be funded through the infrastructure bank.