Rhode Island State Senator

Valarie Lawson 2024 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 8)

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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2516

Introduced
3/1/24  
Refer
3/1/24  
Report Pass
5/14/24  
Engrossed
5/21/24  
Refer
5/23/24  
Report Pass
5/28/24  
Enrolled
6/6/24  
Requires RIDE to develop type 1 diabetes informational materials for the parents and guardians of students that will be posted publicly on RIDE's website.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2528

Introduced
3/1/24  
Adds the Rhode Island teacher of the year as a voting member on the Rhode Island Board of Education.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2530

Introduced
3/1/24  
Refer
3/1/24  
Report Pass
5/14/24  
Engrossed
5/21/24  
JOINT RESOLUTION SUPPORTING CONTINUED FOCUS AND ACTIONS FOR IMPROVED COORDINATION BETWEEN AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD AND EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2531

Introduced
3/1/24  
Increases the number of state child care licensing inspectors to meet the national recommended average of one inspector for every fifty (50) to sixty (60) child care providers.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2547

Introduced
3/1/24  
Submits 2024 capital development program requesting the issuance of $100,000,000 in general obligation bonds to the voters for approval at the November 8, 2024, general election.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2549

Introduced
3/1/24  
Provides that the $5,500,000 appropriation to the infrastructure bank from the 2023 budget act be allocated for eligible municipal infrastructure grant program projects.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2551

Introduced
3/1/24  
Extends the time for which a student may enroll in order to qualify for the Promise Scholarship or the Hope Scholarship up to one year after high school graduation.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2558

Introduced
3/1/24  
Adds multilingual learners into the determination of high-need students and provides a student success factor of twenty-five percent (25%) of the core instruction per-pupil amount and repeals the categorical funding for these students.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2559

Introduced
3/1/24  
Refer
3/1/24  
Changes the name of The College Crusade Scholarship to the Onward We Learn Scholarship and provide that those scholarships would not be considered federal or financial aid with regard to the Promise Scholarship or Hope Scholarship Pilot Program.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2560

Introduced
3/1/24  
Relieves East Providence from providing any educational/financial resources to children in the CRAFT program or other Bradley Hospital programs. Requires the school district of origin where the student was last registered to bear this responsibility.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2563

Introduced
3/1/24  
Allows a modification to federal adjusted gross income of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) of social security income for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2024.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2565

Introduced
3/1/24  
Refer
3/1/24  
Report Pass
6/10/24  
Engrossed
6/12/24  
Enrolled
6/13/24  
Provides the state's share of the basic program and approved expenditures would be paid to the city of East Providence in twelve (12) monthly installments.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2566

Introduced
3/1/24  
Increases the daily rate of payments to nursing facilities by twenty percent (20%) for single occupancy rooms to include private bathrooms.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2575

Introduced
3/1/24  
Establishes a child tax credit of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per dependent.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2586

Introduced
3/1/24  
Increases surcharge amounts to the state, eliminates excise taxes and increases the surcharge remitted to the state for violators making false reports.