Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session All Bills
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2671
Introduced
3/1/24
Refer
3/1/24
Report Pass
6/6/24
Engrossed
6/11/24
Enrolled
6/13/24
Passed
6/29/24
COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS -- ARBITRATION - Spells out additional notice provisions, fees and costs of the arbitration process, from initiation to default provisions and potential court sanctions for breach of the arbitration agreement.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2672
Introduced
3/1/24
Refer
3/1/24
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS - Prohibits any employer from denying any person employment based on a prior criminal conviction and prohibits state from disqualifying any person from any occupation for which a license is required based on a prior conviction.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2673
Introduced
3/1/24
Refer
3/1/24
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- RAILROAD, STEAMBOAT, AND BRIDGE POLICE - Provides any police report involving a railroad fatality and all communications between railroad employees not be made public. Additionally, it makes a violation of this section a misdemeanor.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2674
Introduced
3/1/24
Refer
3/1/24
EDUCATION -- COMPENSATION FOR STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS - Allows college athletes and prospects to enter into contracts receive compensation for use of their name, image and likeness rights and would prohibit colleges and athletic associations from interfering with such compensation rights.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2675
Introduced
3/1/24
Refer
3/1/24
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND CIVIL RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT ACT - Provides a remedy for any harm caused due to a deprivation or violation of rights by the State of Rhode Island or its political and/or administrative units or subdivisions, secured by the Constitution of the State of Rhode Island.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2676
Introduced
3/1/24
Refer
3/1/24
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Increases sentences for carrying a firearm when committing a crime of violence and for possessing a stolen firearm and requires that a person convicted of these offenses serve a period of time in which they would not be eligible for parole or probation.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2677
Introduced
3/1/24
Refer
3/1/24
Report Pass
6/6/24
Engrossed
6/11/24
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS - Allows expungement of multiple felony convictions for non-violent felonies10 years after sentence completed.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2678
Introduced
3/1/24
Refer
3/1/24
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- HAZING - Adds definitions to prohibition of hazing, make coaches and others responsible for knowingly failing to take reasonable measures to prevent hazing and would punish serious bodily injury by up to ten (10) years in imprisonment.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2679
Introduced
3/1/24
Refer
3/1/24
PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS - Provides for free APRA records, DOA manages all APRA Records, and uses an online database for records.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2680
Introduced
3/1/24
Refer
3/1/24
DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- THE RHODE ISLAND INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT - Codifies the federal legislation pertaining to the federal Indian child welfare act into state law.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2681
Introduced
3/1/24
Refer
3/1/24
Report Pass
6/11/24
Engrossed
6/13/24
Engrossed
6/13/24
Passed
6/29/24
INSURANCE -- UNFAIR CLAIMS SETTLEMENT PRACTICES ACT - Provides that any insurer refusing to honor a "direction to pay" executed by an insured for payment on a property damage benefit would constitute an unfair claims practice.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2682
Introduced
3/1/24
Refer
3/1/24
INSURANCE -- UNFAIR CLAIMS SETTLEMENT PRACTICES ACT - Provides that any insurer refusing to honor a "direction to pay" executed by an insured for payment of a property damage benefit constitutes an unfair claims practice.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2683
Introduced
3/1/24
Refer
3/1/24
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THREATS AND EXTORTION - Defines "public official" to include school personnel for purposes of the criminal prohibition against making threats to public officials.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2684
Introduced
3/1/24
Refer
3/1/24
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- STATE IDENTIFICATION CARDS FOR MINORS WITHOUT RESIDENCE ACT - Allows a minor between the ages of 14 - 17 without a permanent residence/in custody of the DCYF to get state identification card without a signature from parent, guardian or foster parent as well as a certified copy of minor's birth certificate at no cost
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2685
Introduced
3/1/24
Refer
3/1/24
Report Pass
6/4/24
Engrossed
6/6/24
Refer
6/7/24
INSURANCE -- CASUALTY INSURANCE RATING - Prohibits an insurance carrier from assessing a premium surcharge against an insured for making an inquiry regarding the terms of their policy.