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The Rhode Island State House, where the House of Representatives on Friday evening was debating a record state budget proposal of $14.13 billion. Extending the lead-paint registration requirement
Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee -- joined by Lt. Governor Sabina Matos, House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi and other elected leaders and advocates -- recently passed legislative and budget initiatives ...
The House passed along the bill to the Senate on Nov. 19, however, there’s just a short time left in the legislative session, so it’s unclear if a vote will be scheduled in time.
In May 2021, the RI House of Representatives passed a pathway to the $15 minimum wage which will gradually increase the minimum wage from its current $11.50 an hour to $15 by January 1, 2025. [ 14 ] In the 2021 legislative session, Morales introduced several bills related to labor rights.
The State of Rhode Island General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. A bicameral body, it is composed of the lower Rhode Island House of Representatives with 75 representatives, and the upper Rhode Island Senate with 38 senators. Members are elected in the general election immediately preceding the beginning of ...
Enrique G. Sanchez (born July 10, 1996) is an American politician representing the 9th district in the Rhode Island House of Representatives. [1] A member of the Democratic Party, he was first elected in November 2022. [1] Sanchez serves on the House Corporations Committee and the House Special Legislation Committee.
The Rhode Island House of Representatives is the lower house of the Rhode Island General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Rhode Island, the upper house being the Rhode Island Senate. It is composed of 75 members, elected to two-year terms from 75 districts of equal population.
Once a bill passes either the House or Senate, it then crosses over to the other chamber and has to go through the same process. Every year, there are bills that pass the Senate but die in the ...