Legislative Updates
2022
Requires the general assembly appropriate funds to the state librarian for the purpose of caring for, preserving and cataloguing property in the state in the keeping of the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society.
- Senator Tiara T. Mack
- Senator Samuel W. Bell
- Senator Jonathon Acosta
- Senator Ana B. Quezada
- Senator Meghan E. Kallman
- Senator Kendra Anderson
- Senator Jeanine Calkin
- Senator Cynthia Mendes
- 04-07-2022
Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs
- 04-27-2022
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
2021
Requires that all meetings closed to the public be recorded by audio tape or other audio recording device.
- Representative Brian C. Newberry
- 01-15-2021
Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
- 02-02-2021
Committee transferred to House State Government & Elections
- 02-05-2021
Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- 03-24-2021
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Requires Internet service providers to follow Internet service neutrality requirements.
- Representative Joseph J. Solomon, Jr.
- Representative Katherine S. Kazarian
- 01-22-2021
Introduced, referred to House Corporations
- 02-02-2021
Committee transferred to House Innovation, Internet, & Technology
- 02-23-2021
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Establishes the eleven (11) member broadband council to create a plan to increase the use of broadband service in the state. The council would include a library representative.
- Representative Deborah Ruggerio
- Representative Christopher R. Blazejewski
- Representative Katherine S. Kazarian
- Representative Terri Cortvriend
- Representative Lauren H. Carson
- Representative Michelle E. McGaw
- 01-25-2021
Introduced, referred to House Corporations
- 02-02-2021
Committee transferred to House Innovation, Internet, & Technology
- 02-23-2021
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- 05-26-2021
Proposed Substitute (05/27/2021)
- 05-27-2021
Committee recommends passage of Sub A
- 05-28-2021
Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2021)
- 06-03-2021
House passed Sub A
- 06-04-2021
Referred to Senate Commerce
Amends various sections relating to libraries to delete outdated provisions and update language to reflect current practices affecting library technology, and would increase from two (2) years to five (5) years the award of the statewide reference resource center contract.
- Representative Jacquelyn M. Baginski
- Representative Brandon C. Potter
- Representative Deborah Ruggerio
- 02-24-2021
Introduced, referred to House Finance
- 03-11-2021
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- 06-21-2021
Scheduled for consideration (06/23/2021)
- 06-23-2021
Committee recommends passage
- 06-23-2021
Placed on House Calendar (06/25/2021)
- 06-25-2021
House read and passed
- 06-28-2021
Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/30/2021)
- 06-30-2021
Senate passed in concurrence
- 07-07-2021
Transmitted to Governor
- 07-09-2021
Signed by Governor
Requires the office of diversity, equity and opportunity (ODEO) to create and for all state and municipal employees to receive annual training in cultural competency.
- Representative Joshua J. Giraldo
- Representative Evan P. Shanley
- Representative Karen Alzate
- Representative Anastasia Williams
- 02-24-2021
Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections
- 03-11-2021
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Amends the "open meetings act" to allow virtual meetings and participation by electronic communication until July 2023.
- Representative Alex Marszalkowski
- 02-24-2021
Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections
- 03-10-2021
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- 06-11-2021
Scheduled for hearing (06/14/2021)
- 06-11-2021
Proposed Substitute
- 06-14-2021
Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study
- 06-19-2021
Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2021)
- 06-19-2021
Proposed Substitute
- 06-22-2021
Committee recommends passage of Sub A
- 06-23-2021
Placed on House Calendar (06/25/2021)
- 06-25-2021
House passed Sub A
Requires live streaming, over the Internet, of any open meeting of every municipal and state public body, including the executive departments.
- Representative Blake A. Filippi
- Representative Brian C. Newberry
- Representative Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung
- Representative June Speakman
- Representative Robert D. Phillips
- Representative Kathleen A. Fogarty
- Representative Rebecca M. Kislak
- Representative Jason Knight
- Representative Mia A. Ackerman
- Representative Evan P. Shanley
- 02-24-2021
Introduced, referred to House State Government & Election
- 03-24-2021
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Provides increases in the minimum wage commencing July 1, 2021,to $13.00 per hour with a $1.00 increase to that amount on July 1, 2022,and on July 1, 2023.
- Representative Marcia Ranglin-Vassell
- Representative Edith H. Ajello
- Representative Jean P. Barros
- Representative Rebecca M. Kislak
- Representative Kathleen A. Fogarty
- Representative Liana Cassar
- Representative Karen Alzate
- Representative Brianna E. Henries
- 02-25-2021
Introduced, referred to House Labor
- 03-10-2021
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Increases the minimum wage by using an annual fixed amount, increasing it one dollar per hour in 2022, 2023 and 2024,until January 1, 2025, where it reaches to fifteen dollars per hour, then raised annually thereafter by using the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W).
- Representative Marcia Ranglin-Vassell
- Representative Brianna E. Henries
- Representative K. Joseph Shekarchi
- Representative David A. Bennett
- Representative Edith H. Ajello
- Representative Kathleen A. Fogarty
- Representative Liana Cassar
- Representative Jean P. Barros
- 02-25-2021
Introduced, referred to House Labor
- 03-10-2021
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Provides that public bodies not be required to hold open-forum sessions on any topic not on the meeting notice and limits comment on any topic not previously posted.
- Representative Joseph M. McNamara
- 03-26-2021
Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections
- 04-12-2021
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- 06-28-2021
Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/30/2021)
- 06-30-2021
Committee recommended measure be held for further study