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Hanna M. Gallo · 975 bills · page 13 of 39
- SB 524 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SUBSTITUTE TEACHER FLAT RATE (Establishes a flat rate for certified and non-certified substitute teaching personnel statewide, at $250 and $300, respectively, and proposes using American Rescue Plan Act funds to cover the difference between the per diem rate by each school district.) Died
- SB 549 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SUPPORT AND ACCESS TO BILINGUAL EDUCATION ACT (Creates a new chapter for the support and access to bilingual education. It creates a dual language program fund to be administered by the department of education. Local education agencies would be eligible to apply to the department for funding.) Died
- SB 652 AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- RHODE ISLAND MARINA USERS' BILL OF RIGHTS (Establishes a marina users' bill of rights allowing recourse through the consumer protection unit of the Rhode Island attorney general's office as well as civil causes of action.) Died
- SB 523 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STAY INVESTED IN RI WAVEMAKER FELLOWSHIPS (Requires the commerce corporation to reserve ten (10) awards for qualified applicants who are employed by Early Intervention agencies as speech language pathologist, occupational therapists, physical therapist, or other qualified professions.) Died
- SB 638 AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Allows citizens of a city or town who are at least sixteen (16) years of age to register to vote and to vote in school committee elections in municipalities where school committees are elected entities.) Died
- SB 541 AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- STATE AID TO LIBRARIES (Requires that the state’s share to public libraries be fixed at twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount appropriated by the city or town in their budgets for fiscal year 2023, utilizing funds from the general fund or the American Rescue Plan Act.) Died
- SB 565 AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PROFESSIONAL LICENSING AND REGULATION OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS (Establishes prevailing standards and procedures for licensing speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Rhode Island.) Enacted
- SB 537 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL FUNDS AND PROPERTY (Directs the department of education to develop and adopt regulations for energy capable school buildings.) Died
- SB 498 AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- ELECTRONIC BOOK LICENSES TO LIBRARIES AND SCHOOLS (Requires publishers to provide electronic book licenses to libraries and schools on reasonable terms, when a publisher offers to license electronic books and digital audiobooks to the public in Rhode Island.) Died
- SB 496 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS (Revises the course requirements for the fast-track principal certification program.) Enacted
- SB 564 AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- AUDIOLOGY AND SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY INTERSTATE COMPACT (Adopts the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact and would establish a joint public agency known as the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Compact commission to administer the provisions of the compact between the states.) Died
- SB 482 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING (Establishes the office of early childhood development and learning to manage a statewide early learning system for children from birth through age five (5), and ensure all children enter school ready to learn.) Died
- SB 604 AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - COURTS -- ABUSIVE LITIGATION (Prohibits abusive litigation context of domestic violence or stalking and allow the court to dismiss a case upon finding, by preponderance of the evidence, that the person who filed the case is abusing the system.) Enacted
- SB 483 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS (Provides that school policies which provide for excused absences for participation in a sport or other extracurricular activity be amended and deemed to include attending agricultural fairs as an excused absence.) Enacted
- SB 34 AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- VOTING DISTRICTS AND OFFICIALS -- POLLING PLACE CAP (Increases the maximum number of voters that a polling place can accommodate from three thousand (3,000) to three thousand five hundred (3,500).) Died
- SB 490 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES (Establishes the Higher Education Opportunities for Students with Disabilities Act.) Died
- SB 386 AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- VOTING DISTRICTS AND OFFICIALS (Clarifies that the calculation for the total number of eligible voters to be served by the same polling place shall be established using active voters.) Died
- SB 384 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- LIGHTING EQUIPMENT AND REFLECTORS (Authorizes designated state and local election officials with supervisory responsibility over polling locations the use of amber flashing safety lights on their vehicles.) Died
- SB 473 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Requires employers in Rhode Island with thirty (30) or more employees would be required to list competitive salary ranges on their job postings on the company's hiring page or third-party websites like Glassdoor, LinkedIn, Indeed or other job boards.) Died
- SB 304 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS RULES (Adds grass/grass clippings to the items prohibited from being deposited or blown onto a highway or roadway.) Died
- SR 838 SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2023, TO BE "DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AWARENESS DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND Died
- SR 837 SENATE RESOLUTION THANKING AND HONORING AMERICA AND RHODE ISLAND'S VIETNAM WAR VETERANS FOR THEIR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE ON "VIETNAM VETERANS DAY" Died
- SB 463 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND PREKINDERGARTEN EDUCATION ACT (Develops a plan to expand public, high quality prekindergarten education programs available to all children ages three (3) and four (4) throughout Rhode Island to increase children’s school readiness and makes fund available to sustain all classrooms.) Died
- SR 459 SENATE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING MARCH OF 2023, AS "ARTS IN THE SCHOOLS MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND Died
- SB 792 AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- CERTIFICATION OF CHILDCARE AND YOUTH-SERVING WORKERS AND OPERATORS (Repeals the provision that requires new applicants for employment under this section to pay the expense for their background checks.) Died