Senate Daily Introductions Bills Report
Introduced: 5/7/2021


Senate Bill No. 873
BY  DiPalma, Ruggerio, McCaffrey, Goodwin, Euer, Quezada, Miller, Pearson, Valverde, Goldin
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS - THE GREEN BUILDINGS ACT (Effective December 31, 2020, terminates the requirement of utilizing green building standards for new public buildings construction projects.)
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5/7/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture


Senate Bill No. 874
BY  Quezada, Euer, Seveney, Sosnowski, Pearson, McCaffrey, Miller, Valverde, Goldin
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS - CORROSION PREVENTION AND MITIGATION WORK REQUIREMENTS (Requires all contractors and subcontractors who perform construction, alteration, demolition, installation, repair or maintenance work, pursuant to public works contracts, to comply with industry standards for infrastructure corrosion prevention.)
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5/7/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture


Senate Bill No. 875
BY  Ciccone, McCaffrey, Cano, Sosnowski, Goodwin
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (Enables school teachers, state and municipal employees to retire earlier.)
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5/7/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance


Senate Bill No. 876
BY  DiMario, Goodwin, McCaffrey
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES OMBUDSPERSON ACT OF 2021 (Creates a developmental disabilities ombudsperson program to be administratively attached to the department of administration.)
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5/7/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services


Senate Bill No. 877
BY  DiMario, Valverde, Sosnowski, Acosta, Lawson, Mendes, Anderson, Kallman
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE (Prohibits insurance carriers from charging out-of-pocket expenses to the insured for expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic and mandates that all COVID-19 testing or vaccination is free.)
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5/7/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services


Senate Bill No. 878
BY  DiMario, Miller, Valverde, Sosnowski, Lawson, Mendes, Anderson, Kallman
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT – OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (Raises Rhode Island Medicaid primary care payment rates to not less than federal Medicare rates for the same service.)
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5/7/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services


Senate Bill No. 879
BY  Valverde, Miller, DiMario
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - PHARMACIES (Amends the definition of practice of pharmacy to include the administration of medications.)
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5/7/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services


Senate Bill No. 880
BY  DiPalma, Miller, Valverde, Lawson, Murray
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (Provides for a medical assistance rate review process. Further provides for a twenty-four (24) member advisory committee. Pursuant to the act, each provider rate would be reviewed at least once every five (5) years.)
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5/7/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services


Senate Bill No. 881
Chapter 146
BY  Lawson, Coyne
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT (Includes East Providence in the Northern Rhode Island regional tourism district.)
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5/7/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government


Senate Bill No. 882
BY  McCaffrey, Goodwin
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MECHANICS' LIENS (Provides that any arbitration award issued shall be binding in the mechanics' lien action and shall be res judicata. The court may award reasonable attorneys' fees in its discretion to the prevailing party.)
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5/7/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary


Senate Bill No. 883
BY  Lawson, Quezada, Cano, DiMario, Valverde, Seveney, Euer
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS (Requires all persons or entities collecting social security and other personal identification numbers to create and publicly display a privacy protection policy. Violations of this requirement would incur a civil penalty of five-hundred dollars ($500).)
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5/7/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary


Senate Bill No. 884
BY  Archambault
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- LIABILITY INSURANCE (Provides for insurance coverage for the loss of use of the rental motor vehicle provided that the rental car company can establish that their rental vehicle sustained damage and that the rental vehicle will require repair or is a total loss.)
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5/7/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary


Senate Bill No. 885
Act 068
BY  Felag
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Alec Dalton to join Olivia Phillips and Adam Dutra in marriage on or about October 16, 2021, within the Town of Bristol, Rhode Island.)
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5/7/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary


Senate Bill No. 886
BY  McCaffrey, Raptakis, Gallo, Ciccone
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- RHODE ISLAND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES REPORTING (Authorizes the reopening of a dissolved campaign account and fund upon notice to the board of elections.)
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5/7/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary


Senate Bill No. 887
BY  McCaffrey
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR -- ORGANIZATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES (Requires that if state employee unions are engaged in contract negotiations and/or utilizing the dispute resolution process, all terms and conditions in the collective bargaining agreement shall continue to remain in effect.)
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5/7/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor


Senate Resolution No. 888
Resolution 238
BY  Burke
ENTITLED, SENATE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE WEST WARWICK HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM ON WINNING THE RHODE ISLAND GIRLS VOLLEYBALL DIVISION II CHAMPIONSHIP
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5/7/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar


Senate Resolution No. 889
Resolution 239
BY  Euer, McCaffrey
ENTITLED, SENATE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING MAY 17-23, AS "QUAHOG WEEK 2021" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
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5/7/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar


Senate Bill No. 890
Act 074
BY  Picard
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Linda Fischer to join Breann Bouley and Brittany Dalpe in marriage on or about August 28, 2021, within the City of Pawtucket, Rhode Island.)
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5/7/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary




Total Bills: 18

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