Rhode Island State Representative

Megan Cotter 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 H7015

Introduced
1/5/24  
Refer
1/5/24  
Report Pass
5/29/24  
Engrossed
6/11/24  
Engrossed
6/13/24  
Clarifies the types of electrical services that require an electrical contractor's license.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7018

Introduced
1/5/24  
Prohibits utility companies from limiting eligibility of net metering site based on prior consumption and requires excess energy not consumed to be credited to consumer. Also amends definition of excess renewable net-metering credit.
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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 H7033

Introduced
1/5/24  
Provides the executive office of health and human services would submit to the US Department of Health and Human Services a state plan to set rates for chiropractic services.
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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 H7037

Introduced
1/5/24  
Exempts from the sales tax scalp hair prosthesis or wigs that are necessary due to hair loss from a medical condition.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7048

Introduced
1/5/24  
Requires sentencing court to consider whether defendant is parent of child, or caregiver of elderly, disabled or terminally ill person whose well-being would be adversely affected by the person's incarceration and if so, shall impose a non-jail sentence.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7057

Introduced
1/5/24  
Refer
1/5/24  
Report Pass
6/10/24  
Engrossed
6/11/24  
Engrossed
6/13/24  
Provides that upon application, and good cause, the state may waive the bonding requirement for certified minority business enterprises or women owned businesses.
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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 H7063

Introduced
1/5/24  
Incorporates universal design principals into new construction of low- and moderate-income housing to provide greater accessibility for persons with disabilities.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7070

Introduced
1/5/24  
Requires state use actual residences of persons in government custody for redistricting purposes. Information would be collected by the department of corrections and forwarded to the secretary of state to be utilized for redistricting.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7083

Introduced
1/10/24  
Adopts the model compact for the physician assistant's licensure compact in Rhode Island.
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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.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7095

Introduced
1/10/24  
Establishes a digital electronics right to repair, which would allow for digital electronic equipment and parts that are sold in this state on or after January 1, 2025, to be repaired at an independent repair provider.