Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session All Bills
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2416
Introduced
2/12/24
Refer
2/12/24
Senate Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study The Impact And Potential Economic Benefits Of Bail Reforms On Black Rhode Islanders And The State (creates An Eleven (11) Member Commission To Study The Impact And Potential Economic Benefits Of Bail Reforms On Black Rhode Islanders And The State, And Would Report Back By February 5, 2025, And Expire On April 5, 2025.)
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2417
Introduced
2/12/24
Refer
2/12/24
PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Creates a tenant bill of rights to the right to counsel, the right to habitability, the right to organize free, the right to be free from discrimination, the right to first refusal if the landlord decides to sell the property, and right to renew lease.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2418
Introduced
2/12/24
Refer
2/12/24
Report Pass
6/4/24
Engrossed
6/6/24
Engrossed
6/11/24
Passed
6/25/24
ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS - Allows non-affiliated party voters to vote in party primaries, without becoming an affiliated party voter.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2419
Introduced
2/12/24
Refer
2/12/24
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN - Criminalizes the knowing and intentional failure of a physician, nurse, or other licensed medical person to provide reasonable medical care and treatment to an infant born alive as a felony.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2420
Introduced
2/12/24
Refer
2/12/24
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- BORN-ALIVE INFANT PROTECTION ACT - Provides equal Medicare for infants born-alive as a result of abortion procedure/natural delivery with violations subject to criminal penalties for medical personnel/loss of license/civil action for damages.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2421
Introduced
2/12/24
Refer
2/12/24
ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS - Requires that only the mail ballot voter/spouse/court appointed guardian/cohabitant/or adult person related to the voter by blood or marriage, be allowed to physically mail the voted mail ballot.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2422
Introduced
2/12/24
Refer
2/12/24
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN - Amends the statute punishing child pornography by replacing the term "child pornography" with the term "child sexual abuse material."
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2423
Introduced
2/12/24
Refer
2/12/24
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- MEDICAL ETHICS DEFENSE ACT - Establishes the right of a medical practitioner, healthcare institution, or healthcare payer not to participate in or pay for any medical procedure or service this violates their conscience.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2424
Introduced
2/12/24
Refer
2/12/24
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PARENTS BILL OF RIGHTS ACT - Provides for a parents' bill of rights related to the health, education and welfare of their minor children.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2425
Introduced
2/12/24
Refer
2/12/24
ELECTIONS -- PRIMARIES FOR ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND FOR PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE - Spells out rules and regulations for the presidential preference primary elections, and would also provide rules for ranked choice voting tabulation, and results reporting by the secretary of state.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2426
Introduced
2/12/24
Refer
2/12/24
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS - Allows school committees to add item(s) not appearing in published notice to their agendas for purposes of discussion only if the revised agenda is filed with the secretary of state and posted on district website at least 48 hrs in advance of the meeting.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2427
Introduced
2/12/24
Refer
2/12/24
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- 2024 REAPPOINTMENT OF PERSONS SERVING IN POSITIONS REQUIRING ADVICE AND CONSENT ACT - Directs the governor to annually provide the senate with names of appointees to boards whose terms are expiring and who require advice and consent of the senate.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2428
Introduced
2/12/24
Refer
2/12/24
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS - Provides that any benefit that a beneficiary is entitled to shall be exempt from lien, attachment or garnishment and would not be transferable or assignable and provides provisions for disclaiming any such benefit.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2429
Introduced
2/12/24
Refer
2/12/24
Report Pass
6/6/24
Engrossed
6/11/24
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- OBSCENE AND OBJECTIONABLE PUBLICATIONS AND SHOWS - Establishes, as an affirmative defense to the crimes of circulating obscene publications or shows and selling or exhibiting obscene publications to minors, the person’s employment status as an employee of a school, museum, or library.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2430
Introduced
2/12/24
Refer
2/12/24
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1990 - Defines "anti-Semitism" for the state human affairs commission to use while investigating and working to resolve complaints of discrimination and for the commission against prejudice and bias to use in defining hate crimes.