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04/02/2020
General Assembly sessions, hearings canceled through April 10
The House and Senate sessions and all committee hearings for the week of April 6-April 10 have been canceled in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.  
03/26/2020
Legislative leaders approve up to $300 million in emergency cash flow borrowing
Legislative leaders today approved an emergency measure to borrow up to $300 million to shore up cash flow problems resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and allow the state to continue to provide vital services.


  
03/24/2020
Rep. O'Brien calls on governor to start clinical trials on drugs to treat COVID-19
Rep. William W. O’Brien is calling on the governor to begin clinical trials of drugs that are being found to be effective against the COVID-19 virus after reading about a recently released peer-reviewed medical study.


  
03/23/2020
Senator Lombardi urges Honeywell to hire restaurant and hospitality workers to fill new positions
Welcoming the news that a Smithfield company is ramping up its production of face masks, Rep Sen. Frank S. Lombardi (D-Dist. 26, Cranston) is urging Honeywell to draw from restaurant and hospitality workers who have lost their jobs for the company’s new hires.


  
03/12/2020
Rep. Abney and Sen. DiPalma’s motion picture tax credit bill passes General Assembly
Rep. Marvin L. Abney (D-Dist. 73, Newport, Middletown) and Sen. Louis P. DiPalma’s (D-Dist. 12, Middletown, Little Compton, Newport, Tiverton) legislation (2020-H 7247A / 2020-S 2326A) that amends the state’s motion picture tax credit program passed the General Assembly.



  
03/11/2020
Rep. Amore bill that excludes chronic intractable pain from medication prescribing guidelines passed by House
Rep. Gregg Amore’s (D-Dist. 65, East Providence) legislation (2020-H 7398) that would exclude chronic intractable pain from the definition of “acute pain management” for the purposes of prescribing opioid medication was passed by the House of Representatives.


  
03/10/2020
Minimum wage increase signed into law
With the governor’s signature, legislation sponsored by Sen. Erin Lynch Prata and Rep. David A. Bennett to raise the state’s minimum wage by $1 to $11.50 an hour on Oct. 1 has become law.
  
03/09/2020
Bipartisan bill aims to protect Rhode Islanders from prosecution over shoreline access
Rep. Terri Cortvriend and House Minority Leader Blake A. Filippi have proposed legislation to prevent the criminal prosecution of anyone who attempts to exercise their constitutional shoreline rights on a sandy or rocky shore within 10 feet of the most recent high tide line.