Rhode Island State Representative

June Speakman 2024 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7019

Introduced
1/5/24  
Refer
1/5/24  
Report Pass
5/15/24  
Engrossed
5/23/24  
Establishes "workplace readiness week". It requires all public high schools, including charter schools, to annually observe that week by providing information to students on their rights as workers and specifies the topics that must be covered.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7022

Introduced
1/5/24  
Refer
1/5/24  
Report Pass
6/10/24  
Engrossed
6/11/24  
Engrossed
6/13/24  
Engrossed
6/13/24  
Requires the chief resilience officer (CRO) be charged with creation/maintenance/updating of the state's resiliency/recovery program along with climate change resiliency plan with ocean/riverine coasts resilience advisory board.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7023

Introduced
1/5/24  
Reduces equitable relationships between packaging producers and local governments and communities by establishing the Package Reduction and Recycling Program.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7031

Introduced
1/5/24  
Repeals the provision that requires new applicants for employment under this section to pay the expense for their background checks.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7035

Introduced
1/5/24  
Appropriates $1,875,000 for the creation of a 9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline within the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals (BHDDH).
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7036

Introduced
1/5/24  
Establishes a new categorical funding category for civics education.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7046

Introduced
1/5/24  
Refer
1/5/24  
Report Pass
6/5/24  
Engrossed
6/10/24  
Prohibits an educational institution or school district from accessing or using location data for tracking a student's institutional device or personal device, except in limited circumstances.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7047

Introduced
1/5/24  
Amends the current law on controlled substances to permit a person to be in possession of less than one ounce of psilocybin and permits psilocybin to be securely cultivated within a person's residence for personal use.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7053

Introduced
1/5/24  
Refer
1/5/24  
Report Pass
6/11/24  
Permits those persons with felony convictions to have up to six misdemeanor offenses expunged from their criminal record.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7056

Introduced
1/5/24  
Prohibits force-feeding to create a force-fed poultry product nor hire another to engage in force feeding of a poultry product. Violations would be subject to a civil penalty of $500.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7062

Introduced
1/5/24  
Refer
1/5/24  
Report Pass
2/1/24  
Engrossed
2/14/24  
Refer
3/1/24  
Report Pass
6/11/24  
Engrossed
6/14/24  
Engrossed
6/14/24  
Amends several sections of law relating to zoning ordinances to provide uniform zoning standards for accessory dwelling units.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7067

Introduced
1/5/24  
Authorizes the division of motor vehicles to issue special license plates in recognition of The Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7079

Introduced
1/9/24  
HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF OWEN RICHARD ZIMMER
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7080

Introduced
1/9/24  
HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF ARMAND A. TEIXEIRA, ESQ.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7091

Introduced
1/10/24  
Refer
1/10/24  
Report Pass
5/29/24  
Engrossed
6/5/24  
Engrossed
6/11/24  
Repeals the authority of the health insurance commissioner to enforce any act of Congress/decision of federal court invalidating or repealing the prohibition of annual lifetime limits on health insurance in this state.