I have introduced these bills during the 2024 legislative session:
Senate Bill No. 2070 ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE — ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Prohibits an insurance company from imposing any cost-sharing requirements for any diagnostic or supplemental breast examinations.)
Senate Bill No. 2118 ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE — COURTS — JUDICIAL SELECTION (Requires individuals seeking a judicial nomination to reapply to JNC every 5 years and make those individuals selected as finalists, eligible only for the court in which they applied and were chosen during the five years following their selection.)
Senate Bill No. 2170 ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION — INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT (Limits investment tax credit to manufacturers. Requires determination of goals, objectives and effectiveness of the credit. Repeals the specialized investment tax credit.)
Senate Bill No. 2277 ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT — 2025 BATTERY-POWERED LEAF BLOWER PILOT REBATE AND EDUCATION PROGRAM (Establishes a new chapter for the 2024 Battery Powered Leaf Blower Pilot Rebate and Education Program.)
Senate Bill No. 2279 ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS — CONSUMER CHECKING ACCOUNTS (Establishes Rhode Island consumer checking accounts to insure the availability of low-cost, low-volume basic checking services for citizens of the state.)
Senate Bill No. 2283 ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT — GOVERNOR’S WORKFORCE BOARD RHODE ISLAND (Creates a civic apprenticeship program for recent Rhode Island high school graduates to gain work experience working in Rhode Island state departments.)
Senate Bill No. 2362 ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION — PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of the Providence Preservation Society.)
Senate Resolution No. 2363 ENTITLED, JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PROVIDE STATE AID IN AN AMOUNT NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE REQUIREMENTS OF RHODE ISLAND GENERAL LAWS § 45-13-5.1 (This resolution would authorize an appropriation in an amount necessary to carry out the requirements of Rhode Island General Laws § 45-13-5.1.)
Senate Bill No. 2394 ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY — LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES (Allows the healthcare facility to conduct human-subject research on patients subject to 21 C.F.R. Pt 50 and/or 45 C.F.R. Pt 46 (relating to the informed consent of human subjects).)
Senate Bill No. 2427 ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT — 2024 REAPPOINTMENT OF PERSONS SERVING IN POSITIONS REQUIRING ADVICE AND CONSENT ACT (Directs the governor to annually provide the senate with names of appointees to boards whose terms are expiring and who require advice and consent of the senate.)
Senate Resolution No. 2443 ENTITLED, JOINT RESOLUTION JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION — REMOVING PROVISIONS PROVIDING FOR ELECTION BY PLURALITY (This Joint Resolution would propose to the voters of the state a constitutional amendment which would remove from the Constitution the provision of Article IV, Section 2, that provide for election by plurality.)
Senate Bill No. 2444 ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CITIES AND TOWNS — COUNCILS AND GOVERNING BODIES (Provides that the Interlocal Risk Management trust would be subject to the department of business regulation and the attorney general conducting investigations of trust practices in the areas of health insurance and workers’ compensation insurance.)
Senate Resolution No. 2482 ENTITLED, SENATE RESOLUTION CONDEMNING ANTISEMITISM IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND BEYOND
Senate Bill No. 2513 ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION — HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Requires all public schools to screen students for behavioral health concerns by June 30, 2025, and thereafter, all students in the third grade, eighth grade, and students who enroll from a district outside of the state.)
Senate Bill No. 2569 ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION — FOUNDATION LEVEL SCHOOL SUPPORT [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 — THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT (Changes the formula to determine the state’s share of educational cost by adding 3 new variables to the formula.)