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Senate Bill No. 1060
BY Ciccone, Burke, Patalano, Tikoian, Raptakis
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Clarifies several workers' compensation court authority for injuries to sworn employees (police/fire).)
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05/09/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor and Gaming
05/16/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/21/2025)
Senate Bill No. 849
BY DiPalma, Ciccone, Gu, Gallo, Tikoian, Lawson
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS (Establishes a reimbursement system for a municipalities cost of training public safety personnel when they are hired by a different municipality or public safety agency within Rhode Island within 3 years of receiving the public safety training.)
{LC2027/1}
03/19/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government
05/16/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/22/2025)
Senate Bills of Interest
Senate Bill No. 93
BY Ciccone, Burke, LaMountain, Dimitri
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- OPTIONAL RETIREMENT FOR MEMBERS OF POLICE FORCE AND FIREFIGHTERS (Allows police and firefighters to retire with 20 years of service and attained 57 years of age based on their highest 3 years consecutive compensation.)
{LC1014/1}
01/31/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance
05/02/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
05/06/2025 Meeting postponed (05/08/2025)
Senate Bill No. 108
BY Ujifusa, Tikoian, Lawson, Euer, Pearson, Valverde, Morgan, Ciccone, Felag, Mack
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- STATE FORESTS AND FORESTRY PROJECTS (Directs the general assembly to fund ten full time equivalent positions in FY 2026 to support DEM's efforts in the areas of forestry and forestry projects.)
{LC142/1}
01/31/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance
03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2025)
04/03/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Senate Bill No. 241
BY Felag, Sosnowski, DiMario, Lauria, Valverde, Kallman
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- CONSUMER PFAS BAN ACT OF 2024 (Prohibits a manufacturer from manufacturing, knowingly selling, offering for sale, distributing for sale or distributing for use in the state any firefighting personal protective equipment containing intentionally-added PFAS as of January 1, 2027.)
{LC976/1}
02/13/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture
02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2025)
03/05/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
03/28/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/02/2025)
04/02/2025 Committee recommends passage
04/03/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/10/2025)
04/10/2025 Senate read and passed
04/11/2025 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources
Senate Bill No. 410
BY LaMountain, Lawson
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- OPTIONAL RETIREMENT FOR MEMBERS OF POLICE FORCE AND FIREFIGHTERS (Changes the retirement allowance based on accrued benefits.)
{LC1728/1}
02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance
05/02/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/08/2025)
05/08/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Senate Bill No. 411
BY LaMountain, Murray, Vargas, Lawson
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- OPTIONAL RETIREMENT FOR MEMBERS OF POLICE FORCE AND FIREFIGHTERS (Affords an option for police and firefighters to receive retirement allowances, without reduction, who seek retirement after twenty (20) years of service upon reaching age fifty-seven (57).)
{LC1275/1}
02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance
05/02/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/08/2025)
05/08/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Senate Bill No. 458
BY Ciccone, Tikoian, Urso
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- CANCER BENEFITS FOR FIRE FIGHTERS (Makes the provisions of §§ 45-19.1-3 and 45-19.1-4, benefits for firefighters with cancer, effective regardless of any general, special or specific law, or any charter and/or municipal ordinance to the contrary.)
{LC1786/1}
02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance
05/09/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/13/2025)
05/13/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Senate Bill No. 475 SUB A
BY Dimitri, Ciccone, Thompson, Britto, LaMountain, Raptakis, Appollonio, Patalano, Burke, McKenney
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS REQUIRED AT PUBLIC PLACES AND HEALTHCARE FACILITIES -- DAVID CASEY ACT (Requires public or private golf courses to have an automated external defibrillator on the premises.)
{LC1384/A/1}
02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2025)
03/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
04/18/2025 Scheduled for consideration
04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/24/2025)
05/02/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/06/2025)
05/05/2025 Proposed Substitute
05/06/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
05/07/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/13/2025)
05/13/2025 Senate passed Sub A
05/14/2025 Referred to House Health & Human Services
05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/20/2025)
Senate Bill No. 671
BY Bissaillon, Britto, DiMario, Urso
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (Provides that any disaster response worker shall, in the course of their duties, be considered a state employee and be entitled to all rights in like manner as state employees.)
{LC989/1}
03/07/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance
Senate Bill No. 751
BY Bissaillon, Ciccone, Dimitri, Felag, Urso
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- NOTIFICATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS AFTER EXPOSURE TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES (Amends the definition of infectious diseases to include the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).)
{LC902/1}
03/07/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor and Gaming
03/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2025)
03/26/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Senate Bill No. 793
BY Gu, DiPalma
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE-- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Increases individual, group, and Medicaid insurance rates of reimbursement for ambulance and wheelchair van services to be equal to reimbursement rates provided by Medicare for the same medical services.)
{LC2439/1}
03/14/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
05/09/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/13/2025)
05/13/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Senate Bill No. 794
BY DiMario, Murray, Lauria, Valverde, Ujifusa, Thompson, Urso, Appollonio, Bissaillon
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Authorizes emergency medical service agencies to transport individuals to alternative facilities for treatment and permits licensed providers for mental health disorders to treat patients within the community.)
{LC1167/1}
03/14/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
05/09/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/13/2025)
05/13/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Senate Bill No. 849
BY DiPalma, Ciccone, Gu, Gallo, Tikoian, Lawson
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS (Establishes a reimbursement system for a municipalities cost of training public safety personnel when they are hired by a different municipality or public safety agency within Rhode Island within 3 years of receiving the public safety training.)
{LC2027/1}
03/19/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government
05/16/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/22/2025)
Senate Bill No. 856
BY Ciccone, Patalano, DiPalma, Tikoian, Burke
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FIREFIGHTERS' ARBITRATION (Provides that all contractual provisions in a firefighters collective bargaining agreement continue until a successor agreement has been reached or an interest arbitration award has been rendered.)
{LC2477/1}
03/19/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor and Gaming
04/19/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/23/2025)
04/25/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/30/2025)
04/30/2025 Committee recommends passage
05/01/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/06/2025)
05/06/2025 Senate read and passed
05/07/2025 Referred to House Labor
Senate Bill No. 916
BY Burke
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF STATE FIRE MARSHAL (Creates a voluntary program through which registrants of electric and hybrid motor vehicles can request stickers to affix to enclosures housing such vehicles to promote first responders' safety in responding to electrical fires.)
{LC2614/1}
03/27/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs
03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/02/2025)
04/02/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Senate Bill No. 975
BY de la Cruz, Valverde, Rogers
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (Provides medical assistance coverage for medical services provided qualifying eligible recipients for community based care.)
{LC2674/1}
04/16/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
05/09/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/13/2025)
05/13/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Senate Bill No. 1060
BY Ciccone, Burke, Patalano, Tikoian, Raptakis
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Clarifies several workers' compensation court authority for injuries to sworn employees (police/fire).)
{LC2841/1}
05/09/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor and Gaming
05/16/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/21/2025)
House Bills of Interest
House Bill No. 5019
BY Speakman, Casey, Knight, Noret, Read, Kislak, Cortvriend, Bennett, Boylan, McGaw
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- CONSUMER PFAS BAN ACT OF 2024 (Prohibits a manufacturer from manufacturing, knowingly selling, offering for sale, distributing for sale or distributing for use in the state any firefighting personal protective equipment containing intentionally-added PFAS as of January 1, 2027.)
{LC119/1}
01/10/2025 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources
01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/06/2025)
02/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
02/21/2025 Scheduled for consideration (02/27/2025)
02/27/2025 Committee recommends passage
02/28/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/06/2025)
03/06/2025 House read and passed
03/21/2025 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture
04/18/2025 Scheduled for consideration
04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/23/2025)
05/02/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/07/2025)
05/07/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence
House Bill No. 5048
BY Azzinaro, Fellela, Serpa, Casimiro, Kennedy, Corvese
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Creates special motor vehicle registration plates for vehicles based on the not-for-profit entity Rhode Island Fire Chiefs Honor Flight Hub.)
{LC39/1}
01/15/2025 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation
01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/06/2025)
02/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
House Bill No. 5075
(Governor)
BY Abney
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MAKING REVISED APPROPRIATIONS IN SUPPORT OF FY 2025
{LC671/1}
01/16/2025 Introduced, referred to House Finance
House Bill No. 5076
(Governor)
BY Abney
ENTITLED, AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE STATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2026
{LC670/1}
01/16/2025 Introduced, referred to House Finance
House Bill No. 5100 SUB A
BY Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Kazarian, Ackerman, Alzate, Morales, Serpa, Kennedy, Giraldo, Voas
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE -- ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT (Authorizes municipalities to make an emergency declaration under limited circumstances to allow for the construction and use of SAVE Units on a temporary basis which have specialized requirements and exemptions from the state fire and building codes.)
{LC705/A/1}
01/22/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing
01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/04/2025)
02/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
02/21/2025 Scheduled for consideration (02/27/2025)
02/21/2025 Proposed Substitute
02/27/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
02/28/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/04/2025)
03/04/2025 House passed Sub A
03/21/2025 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government
House Bill No. 5133
BY Bennett, Corvese, Lombardi, Hull, Read, Noret, Fascia, Casimiro, Azzinaro, O'Brien
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FIREFIGHTERS' ARBITRATION (Provides that all contractual provisions in a firefighters collective bargaining agreement continue until a successor agreement has been reached or an interest arbitration award has been rendered.)
{LC89/1}
01/22/2025 Introduced, referred to House Labor
03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/02/2025)
04/02/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
House Bill No. 5157 SUB A
BY Cotter, Bennett, Casimiro, Morales, Potter, Solomon, McNamara, Speakman, Fogarty, Slater
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (Provides that any disaster response worker shall, in the course of their duties, be considered a state employee and be entitled to all rights in like manner as state employees.)
{LC543/A/2}
01/24/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations
02/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/11/2025)
02/11/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
02/28/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/04/2025)
02/28/2025 Proposed Substitute
03/04/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
03/28/2025 Scheduled for reconsideration (04/01/2025)
03/28/2025 Proposed Substitute
04/01/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
04/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/22/2025)
04/22/2025 House passed Sub A
05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Finance
House Bill No. 5175
BY Edwards, Casey, Casimiro, Diaz, Messier, Ackerman, Shanley, Noret, Hull, Read
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- NOTIFICATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS AFTER EXPOSURE TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES (Amends the definition of infectious diseases to include the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).)
{LC789/1}
01/24/2025 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services
02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
02/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
House Bill No. 5193
BY Read, Noret, Casimiro, Edwards, Serpa, Hull, Corvese, Casey, Azzinaro, Phillips
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF STATE FIRE MARSHAL (Creates a voluntary program through which registrants of electric and hybrid motor vehicles can request stickers to affix to enclosures housing such vehicles to promote first responders' safety in responding to electrical fires.)
{LC848/1}
01/24/2025 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections
02/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/12/2025)
02/12/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
House Bill No. 5230
BY McEntee, Craven, Noret, Hull, Read, Edwards, Dawson, O'Brien, Finkelman, Caldwell
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- OPTIONAL RETIREMENT FOR MEMBERS OF POLICE FORCE AND FIREFIGHTERS (Affords an option for police and firefighters to receive retirement allowances, without reduction, who seek retirement after twenty (20) years of service upon reaching age fifty-seven (57).)
{LC915/1}
01/29/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing
03/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2025)
03/27/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
House Bill No. 5268
BY Spears, Cotter, Noret, Fogarty, Stewart, Boylan, Speakman, McNamara, Tanzi, Kislak
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- HOME-FIT DWELLING UNITS (Creates the home-fit dwelling units act to apply to all new construction of covered dwelling units to incorporate design features that provide safe and convenient use of to the greatest extent feasible, regardless of age or physical ability.)
{LC1092/1}
01/31/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing
04/04/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/10/2025)
04/10/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
House Bill No. 5271
BY Casey, Noret, Craven, O'Brien, Dawson, Read, Corvese, Solomon, Casimiro, Lima
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES (Authorizes retired police officers and firefighters to earn income in addition to their earnable compensation; provided that, the amount would not exceed 5 times the rate of earnable compensation currently in force.)
{LC812/1}
01/31/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing
03/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2025)
03/27/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
House Bill No. 5372
BY Craven, O'Brien, Shanley
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS (Includes police officers to fire fighters who are unable to perform duties as a result of heart disease, stroke or hypertension to be presumed to have suffered an in-the-line-of-duty disability, unless contrary evidence is presented.)
{LC1305/1}
02/07/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing
03/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2025)
03/27/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
House Bill No. 5471
BY Craven, Corvese, Shanley
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- OPTIONAL RETIREMENT FOR MEMBERS OF POLICE FORCE AND FIREFIGHTERS (Provides an option for members to receive retirement allowances, without reduction, after twenty (20) years of service upon reaching age fifty-seven (57).)
{LC1395/1}
02/12/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing
03/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2025)
03/27/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
House Bill No. 5700
BY O'Brien
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- OPTIONAL RETIREMENT FOR MEMBERS OF POLICE FORCE AND FIREFIGHTERS (Changes the retirement allowance based on accrued benefits.)
{LC1607/1}
02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing
03/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2025)
03/27/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
House Bill No. 5701
BY Edwards, Casey, Diaz, Kennedy, Casimiro, Bennett, Ackerman, McEntee, Fogarty, Shanley
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- CANCER BENEFITS FOR FIRE FIGHTERS (Makes the provisions of §§ 45-19.1-3 and 45-19.1-4, benefits for firefighters with cancer, effective regardless of any general, special or specific law, or any charter and/or municipal ordinance to the contrary.)
{LC1606/1}
02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing
03/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2025)
03/27/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
House Bill No. 5767
BY Solomon, Bennett, Baginski, Casey, Casimiro
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS (Removes the definition of "totally and permanently disabled" from the general law affording college tuition paid by the state to the spouse and children of active members of the police force who are killed or disabled during duty.)
{LC1608/1}
02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Finance
03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/10/2025)
04/10/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
House Bill No. 5772
BY McEntee, Spears, Fogarty, Cotter, Donovan, Azzinaro, Kennedy, Edwards, Caldwell, Noret
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE-- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Increases individual, group, and Medicaid insurance rates of reimbursement for ambulance and wheelchair van services to be equal to reimbursement rates provided by Medicare for the same medical services.)
{LC1241/1}
02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Finance
04/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/30/2025)
04/30/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
House Bill No. 5781
BY Cotter
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- STATE FORESTS AND FORESTRY PROJECTS (Directs the general assembly to fund ten full time equivalent positions in FY 2026 to support DEM's efforts in the areas of forestry and forestry projects.)
{LC540/1}
02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Finance
05/09/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/13/2025)
05/13/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
House Bill No. 5804 SUB A as amended
BY Shekarchi, Casey, Tanzi, Blazejewski, Speakman, Cotter, Dawson, Stewart, Finkelman, Hull
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEATH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE (Amends the composition of the building code standards committee and would make several technical amendments relative to the building code office and would establish a state building code office within the office of state fire marshal.)
{LC2164/A/1}
02/27/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing
03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2025)
03/20/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
05/02/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/06/2025)
05/02/2025 Proposed Substitute
05/06/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
05/09/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/15/2025)
05/15/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment)
House Bill No. 5950 as amended
(by request)
BY Slater
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS (Establishes a reimbursement system for a municipalities cost of training public safety personnel when they are hired by a different municipality or public safety agency within Rhode Island within 3 years of receiving the public safety training.)
{LC2047/1}
02/28/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing
03/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2025)
03/27/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
04/04/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/10/2025)
04/10/2025 Committee recommends passage
04/25/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/29/2025)
04/29/2025 House passed as amended (floor amendment)
05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government
House Bill No. 5953
BY Tanzi, Cotter, Speakman, Alzate, Carson, Cortvriend, Felix, Hull, Sanchez, Potter
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (Provides for warming center and cooling center alerts to trigger certain procedures municipalities shall follow during extreme heat or cold to help at-risk individuals with resources including, but not limited to, warming and cooling centers.)
{LC2064/1}
02/28/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing
03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/02/2025)
04/02/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
House Bill No. 6004
BY Cortvriend, McGaw, Finkelman, Carson
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (Provides the general assembly make an annual appropriation of not less than eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) to the Rhode Island emergency management agency to assist with emergency communications during major or multiple emergency incidents.)
{LC1609/1}
02/28/2025 Introduced, referred to House Finance
03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/09/2025)
04/09/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
House Bill No. 6137
(by request)
BY Noret, Read, Serpa, Chippendale, Roberts, Nardone
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Creates a special registration plate for the private passenger motor vehicle for former fire chief of the Hopkins Hill Fire District, Frank M. Brown, Jr.)
{LC2604/1}
03/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation
04/04/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/09/2025)
04/09/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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