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05/27/2021
Nursing Home Staffing and Quality Care Act signed into law
The Nursing Home Staffing and Quality Care Act, sponsored by Senate Majority Whip Maryellen Goodwin and Rep. Scott A. Slater to set miniumum stafing levels for Rhode Island nursing homes, has been signed into law by Gov. Dan McKee, two days after General Assembly passage.



  
05/25/2021
General Assembly approves legislation to develop statewide standards in consumer education
The General Assembly today passed legislation introduced by Deputy Majority Whip Mia A. Ackerman (D-Dist. 45, Cumberland, Lincoln) and Sen. Sandra Cano (D-Dist. 8, Pawtucket) that would require statewide standards in consumer education.

  
05/25/2021
General Assembly OKs legislation to rename airport Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport
The General Assembly today passed legislation (2021-S 0519, 2021-H 6051) introduced by Majority Leader Michael J. McCaffrey (D-Dist. 29, Warwick) and House Speaker Pro Tempore Brian Patrick Kennedy (D-Dist. 38, Hopkinton, Westerly) that would rename the state airport “Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport.”

  
05/25/2021
Assembly OKs bill making RI Promise permanent
The General Assembly has approved legislation sponsored by House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi and Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio to permanently enact the Rhode Island Promise program, which provides up to two years of free tuition for eligible Rhode Islanders at Community College of Rhode Island.


  
05/25/2021
House passes Rep. Williams’ bill that establishes African American History Education in public schools
The House of Representatives tonight passed Rep. Anastasia P. Williams’ (D-Dist. 9, Providence) legislation (2021-H 5697aa) that would incorporate African Heritage History Education in all Rhode Island elementary and secondary schools.


  
05/21/2021
Legislation signed into law to help Rhode Islanders get back to work
Legislation sponsored by Senate Majority Whip Maryellen Goodwin and Rep. Carol Hagan McEntee to get more Rhode Islanders back to work was signed into law today.


  
05/20/2021
After General Assembly passage, minimum wage bill signed into law
Legislation will gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 over four years
 
Legislation sponsored by Rep. David A. Bennett and Sen. Ana B. Quezada to  raise the minimum wage in Rhode Island from $11.50 to $15 over the next four years was signed into law by Gov. Dan McKee today, two days after passage by the General Assembly.


  
05/19/2021
Rep. Casimiro’s bill that bans child marriages in Rhode Island passes the House
Rep. Julie A. Casimiro’s (D-Dist. 31, North Kingstown, Exeter) legislation (2021-H 5387A) which bans child marriages in Rhode Island passed the House of Representatives.


  
05/19/2021
House OKs bill naming northern star coral RI’s official state coral
The House of Representatives has passed legislation (2021-H 5415) sponsored by Rep. Terri Cortvriend (D-Dist. 72, Portsmouth, Middletown) to make the northern star coral — that’s Astrangia poculata, to marine biologists — the official state coral of Rhode Island.  
05/18/2021
Senate OKs measure to protect hospital employees from violence, harassment on the job
The Senate today approved legislation sponsored by Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio to help protect hospital staff from violence and harassment at work.


  
05/11/2021
House passes amended legislation strengthening IGT/Bally’s agreement
Amended legislation to strengthen the agreement between the State of Rhode Island and IGT and Twin River, now Bally’s Corporation, has been approved by the House of Representatives.