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Chapter 42-1 - Sovereignty and Jurisdiction of State
Chapter 42-2 - Federal Lands
Chapter 42-3 - Counties
Chapter 42-4 - State Emblems
Chapter 42-4.1 - Rhode Island State Yacht “Courageous”
Chapter 42-4.2 - Category One Memorial Items
Chapter 42-5 - Standard and Daylight Saving Time
Chapter 42-5.1 - Rhode Island Policy and Its Diverse Cultures
Chapter 42-6 - Departments of State Government
Chapter 42-6.1 - Governor’s Commerce and Workforce Coordination Cabinet
Chapter 42-6.2 - 2021 Act on Climate
Chapter 42-7 - Executive Department
Chapter 42-7.1 - The Comprehensive Substance Abuse Administrative Act of 1992 [Repealed.]
Chapter 42-7.2 - Office of Health and Human Services
Chapter 42-7.3 - Department of Public Safety
Chapter 42-7.4 - The Healthcare Services Funding Plan Act
Chapter 42-8 - Department of State -
Chapter 42-8.1 - State Archives -
Chapter 42-8.2 - State Register -
Chapter 42-9 - Department of Attorney General -
Chapter 42-9.1 - Office of Health Care Advocate -
Chapter 42-9.2 - Office of Elder Justice Prosecution Unit -
Chapter 42-9.3 - Office of Civil Rights Advocate -
Chapter 42-10 - Treasury Department
Chapter 42-10.1 - Public Finance Management Board
Chapter 42-11 - Department of Administration
Chapter 42-11.1 - Prompt Payment by Department of Administration
Chapter 42-11.2 - Affordable Housing Opportunity
Chapter 42-11.3 - Motor Vehicles Owned by a Governmental Body
Chapter 42-11.4 - The Rhode Island Municipal Infrastructure Grant Program
Chapter 42-12 - Department of Human Services
Chapter 42-12.1 - Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals
Chapter 42-12.2 - Independent Living Services and Centers
Chapter 42-12.3 - Health Care for Children and Pregnant Women
Chapter 42-12.4 - The Rhode Island Medicaid Reform Act of 2008
Chapter 42-12.5 - Licensing and Monitoring of Child Daycare Providers
Chapter 42-13 - Department of Transportation
Chapter 42-13.1 - The Rhode Island Bridge Replacement, Reconstruction, and Maintenance Fund
Chapter 42-14 - Department of Business Regulation
Chapter 42-14.1 - Department of Business Regulation — Medical Malpractice Insurance
Chapter 42-14.2 - Department of Business Regulation — Automobile Wrecking and Salvage Yards
Chapter 42-14.3 - Public Utilities Commission
Chapter 42-14.4 - Department of Business Regulation — Apartment Listing Services
Chapter 42-14.5 - The Rhode Island Health Care Reform Act of 2004 — Health Insurance Oversight
Chapter 42-14.6 - Rhode Island All-Payer Patient-Centered Medical Home Act
Chapter 42-15 - Department of Education [Repealed.]
Chapter 42-16 - Department of Labor [Repealed.]
Chapter 42-16.1 - Department of Labor and Training
Chapter 42-17 - Department of Agriculture and Conservation
Chapter 42-17.1 - Department of Environmental Management
Chapter 42-17.2 - Ski Tramways
Chapter 42-17.3 - Environmental Standards Board [Repealed.]
Chapter 42-17.4 - Wastewater Treatment Plants
Chapter 42-17.5 - Natural Heritage Preservation Program
Chapter 42-17.6 - Administrative Penalties for Environmental Violations
Chapter 42-17.7 - Administrative Adjudication for Environmental Matters
Chapter 42-17.8 - The Rhode Island Environmental Compliance Incentive Act
Chapter 42-17.9 - Preservation of State Open Space
Chapter 42-17.10 - Enforcement of Certain Natural Resource Violations
Chapter 42-18 - Department of Health
Chapter 42-18.1 - Formulary Commission [Repealed.]
Chapter 42-19 - Department of Employment and Training [Repealed.]
Chapter 42-20 - Administration of State Departments
Chapter 42-21 - Effect of Transfer of Functions Between Departments
Chapter 42-22 - Committee on Accounts and Records
Chapter 42-23 - Commission on Interstate Cooperation
Chapter 42-24 - Commission on Uniform State Laws
Chapter 42-25 - State Census [Repealed.]
Chapter 42-26 - Public Safety Grant Administration Office
Chapter 42-26.1 - Foreign Trade Zones
Chapter 42-26.2 - Safeguarding Federalism in Trade Act
Chapter 42-27 - Atomic Energy Commission
Chapter 42-28 - State Police
Chapter 42-28.1 - Municipal Police — Incentive Pay
Chapter 42-28.2 - Police Officers — Commission on Standards and Training
Chapter 42-28.3 - Aptitude and Psychological Tests for Law Enforcement Candidates
Chapter 42-28.4 - Municipal Firefighters — Incentive Pay
Chapter 42-28.5 - Division of Drug Control — Incentive Pay [Repealed.]
Chapter 42-28.6 - Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights
Chapter 42-28.7 - Fingerprinting of Minors
Chapter 42-28.8 - Protection of Children
Chapter 42-28.9 - Mounted Video/Audio Surveillance Cameras
Chapter 42-28.10 - Statewide Public Safety Computer Aided Records Management SystemHistory of Section.
Chapter 42-29 - Sheriffs
Chapter 42-29.1 - Sheriffs — Incentive Pay [Repealed.]
Chapter 42-30 - Justices of the Peace
Chapter 42-30.1 - Uniform Law on Notarial Acts
Chapter 42-31 - Commissioners
Chapter 42-32 - Science and Research Council
Chapter 42-33 - Commission on Discovery and Utilization of Public Rights-Of-Way [Repealed.]
Chapter 42-34 - Industrial-Recreational Building Authority
Chapter 42-35 - Administrative Procedures
Chapter 42-35.1 - Small Business Regulatory Fairness in Administrative Procedures
Chapter 42-36 - Annual Reports
Chapter 42-37 - New England State Police Compact
Chapter 42-38 - Recreational Building Authority [Repealed.]
Chapter 42-39 - New England Interstate Planning Compact
Chapter 42-40 - Interchange of Government Employees
Chapter 42-41 - Budgeting, Appropriation and Receipt of Federal Monies
Chapter 42-42 - Consumers’ Council [Repealed.]
Chapter 42-43 - Rhode Island Board for the Classification of Motion Pictures [Repealed.]
Chapter 42-44 - Department of Community Affairs [Repealed.]
Chapter 42-44.1 - Sewage and Water Supply Failure Fund
Chapter 42-45 - Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission
Chapter 42-45.1 - Antiquities Act of Rhode Island
Chapter 42-46 - Open Meetings
Chapter 42-47 - Commission on State Government Internships [Repealed.]
Chapter 42-47.1 - State Government Internship Program
Chapter 42-48 - Council of Economic Advisors [Repealed.]
Chapter 42-49 - Little State Houses
Chapter 42-50 - Substance Abuse Advisory Council [Repealed.]
Chapter 42-50.1 - Substance Abuse Treatment Services Conference [Repealed.]
Chapter 42-51 - Governor’s Commission on Disabilities
Chapter 42-52 - Council of Environmental Quality [Repealed.]
Chapter 42-53 - Rhode Island Self-Help Housing Authority
Chapter 42-54 - Rhode Island Bicentennial Foundation [Repealed.]
Chapter 42-55 - Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation
Chapter 42-55.1 - Housing Trust Fund
Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department
Chapter 42-56.1 - Correctional Officers’ Incentive Pay Plan
Chapter 42-56.2 - Federal Surplus Property — Acquisition
Chapter 42-56.3 - The Healthy Pregnancies for Incarcerated Women Act
Chapter 42-57 - Fort Adams Foundation
Chapter 42-58 - American and Canadian French Cultural Exchange Commission
Chapter 42-59 - Commission on Foster Child Placement [Repealed.]
Chapter 42-60 - Energy Crisis Management
Chapter 42-60.1 - Fluorescent Lamp Ballast Standards
Chapter 42-61 - State Lottery
Chapter 42-61.1 - Prizes and Gift Act
Chapter 42-61.2 - Video Lottery Games, Table Games and Sports Wagering
Chapter 42-61.3 - Casino Gaming
Chapter 42-62 - Catastrophic Health Insurance Plan Act
Chapter 42-63 - Economic Development Department [Repealed.]
Chapter 42-63.1 - Tourism and Development
Chapter 42-63.2 - Child Day Care Facilities in Industrial Parks
Chapter 42-63.3 - Socially Responsible Corporations [Repealed.]
Chapter 42-63.4 - New Shoreham Tourism Council, Inc.
Chapter 42-63.5 - Providence Place Project
Chapter 42-64 - Rhode Island Commerce Corporation
Chapter 42-64.1 - Economic Development Assistance
Chapter 42-64.2 - Rhode Island Public Rail Corporation Act
Chapter 42-64.3 - Distressed Areas Economic Revitalization Act
Chapter 42-64.4 - Economic Development Reporting
Chapter 42-64.5 - Jobs Development Act
Chapter 42-64.6 - Jobs Training Tax Credit Act
Chapter 42-64.7 - MILL Building and Economic Revitalization Act [Repealed.]
Chapter 42-64.8 - Urban Infrastructure Commission
Chapter 42-64.9 - Mill Building and Economic Revitalization Act
Chapter 42-64.10 - Quonset Development Corporation
Chapter 42-64.11 - Jobs Growth Act
Chapter 42-64.12 - Eminent Domain
Chapter 42-64.13 - Rhode Island Regulatory Reform Act
Chapter 42-64.14 - The I-195 Redevelopment Act of 2011
Chapter 42-64.15 - Made in Rhode Island Manufacturing Collaborative of 2013
Chapter 42-64.16 - The Innovate Rhode Island Small Business Program
Chapter 42-64.17 - Long-Term Economic Development
Chapter 42-64.18 - Council of Economic Advisors
Chapter 42-64.19 - Executive Office of Commerce
Chapter 42-64.20 - Rebuild Rhode Island Tax Credit
Chapter 42-64.21 - Rhode Island Tax Increment Financing
Chapter 42-64.22 - Tax Stabilization Incentive
Chapter 42-64.23 - First Wave Closing Fund
Chapter 42-64.24 - I-195 Redevelopment Project Fund
Chapter 42-64.25 - Small Business Assistance Program
Chapter 42-64.26 - Stay Invested in RI Wavemaker Fellowships
Chapter 42-64.27 - Main Street Rhode Island Streetscape Improvement Fund
Chapter 42-64.28 - Innovation Initiative
Chapter 42-64.29 - Industry Cluster Grants
Chapter 42-64.30 - Anchor Institution Tax Credit
Chapter 42-64.31 - High School, College, and Employer Partnerships
Chapter 42-64.32 - Air Service Development Fund
Chapter 42-64.33 - The Rhode Island Small Business Development Fund
Chapter 42-64.34 - The Department of Housing
Chapter 42-65 - American and Irish Cultural Exchange Commission
Chapter 42-66 - Office of Healthy Aging
Chapter 42-66.1 - Security for Housing for the Elderly Act
Chapter 42-66.2 - Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Elderly Act
Chapter 42-66.2.1 - Rhode Island Best Rx Prescription Drug Discount Program for the Uninsured
Chapter 42-66.3 - Home and Community Care Services to the Elderly
Chapter 42-66.4 - Long-Term Health Care — Removal from a Skilled Nursing And/or Intermediate Care Facility
Chapter 42-66.5 - Care Management Services — Pilot Program [Repealed.]
Chapter 42-66.6 - Long-Term Care Assessment and Care Management Services
Chapter 42-66.7 - Long-Term Care Ombudsperson Act of 1995
Chapter 42-66.8 - Rhode Island Assisted Housing Living Waiver
Chapter 42-66.9 - Housing for the Elderly — Emergency Generators Required
Chapter 42-66.10 - Elder Health Insurance Consumer Assistance Program
Chapter 42-66.11 - The Aging in Community Act of 2014
Chapter 42-66.12 - The Rhode Island Aging and Disability Resource Center
Chapter 42-66.13 - Supported Decision-Making Act
Chapter 42-67 - Oversight Commission
Chapter 42-68 - Intergovernmental Relations Council
Chapter 42-69 - Schooner Ernestina/Morrissey Commission
Chapter 42-70 - The Oliver H. Stedman Government Center
Chapter 42-71 - American and Italian Cultural Exchange Commission
Chapter 42-72 - Department of Children, Youth and Families
Chapter 42-72.1 - Licensing and Monitoring of Child Placing Agencies, Child Caring Agencies, Foster and Adoptive Homes, and Children’s Behavioral Health Programs
Chapter 42-72.2 - Family Support Program
Chapter 42-72.3 - Project Early Start
Chapter 42-72.4 - Compulsory School Attendance — Children Under State Care -
Chapter 42-72.5 - Children’s Cabinet -
Chapter 42-72.6 - The Rhode Island Training School for Youth Comprehensive Educational Programming Act -
Chapter 42-72.7 - Coordination of Children’s Community Social Services, Education, and Mental Health Services — Pilot Program -
Chapter 42-72.8 - Department of Children, Youth and Families’ Higher Education Opportunity Incentive Grant -
Chapter 42-72.9 - Children’s Right to Freedom from Restraint Act -
Chapter 42-72.10 - Department of Children, Youth and Families — Foster Parents’ Bill of Rights
Chapter 42-72.11 - Administrative Penalties for Childcare Licensing Violations
Chapter 42-72.12 - Preservation of Families with Disabled Parent ActHistory of Section.
Chapter 42-73 - Child Advocate Office -
Chapter 42-74 - Children’s Code Commission -
Chapter 42-75 - Council on the Arts -
Chapter 42-75.1 - Voluntary Support of Arts and Tourism -
Chapter 42-75.2 - Allocation for Art for Public Facilities Act -
Chapter 42-76 - The J. Joseph Garrahy Judicial Complex -
Chapter 42-77 - Minority Groups Advisory Commission -
Chapter 42-77.1 - Black Achievers Commission -
Chapter 42-77.2 - Black Regiment Monument Commission
Chapter 42-78 - Cultural Coordinating Council -
Chapter 42-79 - Heritage Commission [Repealed.] -
Chapter 42-80 - Prejudice and Bias Commission Act -
Chapter 42-80.1 - Religious Freedom Restoration Act -
Chapter 42-81 - Petroleum Allocation Act -
Chapter 42-82 - Farmland Preservation Act -
Chapter 42-83 - American and Polish Cultural Exchange Commission -
Chapter 42-84 - Forms Management Center Act -
Chapter 42-84.1 - Paperwork Reduction [Repealed.] -
Chapter 42-85 - Coordinating Council for State Library, Archival, and Information Services [Repealed.] -
Chapter 42-86 - Film Commission [Repealed.] -
Chapter 42-87 - Civil Rights of People with Disabilities -
Chapter 42-88 - The J. Howard Mcgrath Judicial Complex -
Chapter 42-89 - The Frank Licht Judicial Complex -
Chapter 42-90 - Disclosure of Names of State Government Consultants -
Chapter 42-91 - Small Business Advocacy Council -
Chapter 42-92 - Equal Access to Justice for Small Businesses and Individuals -
Chapter 42-93 - Rhode Island Health Industries Development Council [Repealed.] -
Chapter 42-94 - Department of Workers’ Compensation [Repealed.] -
Chapter 42-95 - Providence River Relocation — Memorial Boulevard Extension Project -
Chapter 42-96 - Neighborhood Crime Prevention Act -
Chapter 42-97 - Rhode Island Artifacts, Artworks and Exhibition Objects [Repealed.] -
Chapter 42-98 - Energy Facility Siting Act -
Chapter 42-99 - Convention Center Authority Act -
Chapter 42-100 - State Poet
Chapter 42-100.1 - Historian Laureate of Rhode Island
Chapter 42-101 - The James W. Leighton Judicial Complex
Chapter 42-102 - Governor’s Workforce Board Rhode Island
Chapter 42-103 - Waste Facilities Siting
Chapter 42-104 - The William P. Robinson, Jr., Building
Chapter 42-105 - Newport and Bristol County Convention and Visitors’ Bureau
Chapter 42-106 - Rhode Island Aqua Fund
Chapter 42-107 - American and Portuguese Cultural Exchange Commission
Chapter 42-108 - Comprehensive Criminal/Juvenile Justice Information System Act [Repealed.]
Chapter 42-109 - Omnibus Substance Abuse Prevention Act
Chapter 42-110 - Chemical Purchasing Act
Chapter 42-111 - Bay State — Ocean State Compact
Chapter 42-112 - The Civil Rights Act of 1990
Chapter 42-113 - Rhode Island Housing and Conservation Trust Fund Act
Chapter 42-114 - Audio/Video Programming Advisory Committee
Chapter 42-115 - Community Resource Assistance Commission
Chapter 42-116 - Rhode Island Depositors Economic Protection Corporation
Chapter 42-117 - Expedited Permit Process
Chapter 42-118 - Commission on Professional Boxing, Wrestling, and Kick Boxing
Chapter 42-119 - Rhode Island Commission on Women and Girls
Chapter 42-120 - American and Cape Verdean Cultural Exchange Commission
Chapter 42-121 - Tipping Fee Commission [Repealed.]
Chapter 42-122 - Natural Areas Protection Act of 1993
Chapter 42-123 - The Zygmunt J. Friedmann Telecommunications Building
Chapter 42-124 - Special Legislative Commission on Equal Pay and Comparable Worth in Public and Private Employment
Chapter 42-125 - Rhode Island Greenways Act of 1995
Chapter 42-126 - East Bay Economic Initiative
Chapter 42-127 - Electronic Signatures and Records Act [Repealed.]
Chapter 42-127.1 - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act
Chapter 42-128 - Rhode Island Housing Resources Act of 1998
Chapter 42-128.1 - Lead Hazard Mitigation
Chapter 42-128.2 - Expedited Permitting for Affordable Housing
Chapter 42-128.3 - Housing Incentives for MunicipalitiesHistory of Section.
Chapter 42-129 - Persian Gulf War Information Relief Commission
Chapter 42-130 - Rural Development Council [Repealed.]
Chapter 42-131 - Intergovernmental Relations Council
Chapter 42-132 - Business Fast-Start Office
Chapter 42-133 - Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation Act
Chapter 42-134 - State Pharmaceutical Purchasing and Dispensing Coordinating Council [Repealed.]
Chapter 42-135 - State Pharmaceutical Purchasing and Dispensing Coordinating Council
Chapter 42-136 - Outdoor Lighting Control
Chapter 42-137 - The Select Commission on Race and Police-Community Relations Act
Chapter 42-138 - The Rhode Island Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
Chapter 42-139 - Executive Branch and Public Corporation Lobbying
Chapter 42-139.1 - The Rhode Island Lobbying Reform Act
Chapter 42-140 - Rhode Island Energy Resources Act
Chapter 42-140.1 - The Rhode Island Energy Efficiency and Resource Management Council
Chapter 42-140.2 - Distributed Generation
Chapter 42-140.3 - The Rhode Island Renewable Energy Coordinating Board
Chapter 42-140.4 - The Rhode Island Petroleum Savings and Independence Advisory Commission
Chapter 42-141 - Affordable Energy [Repealed.]
Chapter 42-142 - Department of Revenue
Chapter 42-143 - The Science and Technology Advisory Council
Chapter 42-144 - The University of Rhode Island Commission for Research Innovation
Chapter 42-145 - The American and Haitian Cultural Exchange Commission
Chapter 42-146 - The American and Panamanian Cultural Exchange Commission
Chapter 42-147 - The American and Jamaican Cultural Exchange Commission
Chapter 42-148 - Privatization of State Services
Chapter 42-149 - State Expenditures for Non-State Employee Services
Chapter 42-150 - The Community College of Rhode Island Twenty-First Century Work Force Commission [Expired.]
Chapter 42-151 - The Liberian Cultural Exchange Commission
Chapter 42-152 - Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Chapter 42-153 - Restricting Radio Frequency Identification Devices
Chapter 42-154 - Division of Elderly Affairs
Chapter 42-155 - Quasi-Public Corporations Accountability and Transparency Act
Chapter 42-156 - Underground Economy and Employee Misclassification Act
Chapter 42-157 - Rhode Island Health Benefit Exchange
Chapter 42-157.1 - Rhode Island Market Stability and Reinsurance Act
Chapter 42-158 - Freedom from Prone Restraint Act
Chapter 42-159 - Rhode Island Sailing Events Commission
Chapter 42-160 - Rhode Island Pay for Success ActHistory of Section.
Chapter 42-161 - Statewide Body-Worn Camera ProgramHistory of Section.
Chapter 42-162 - Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Program
Chapter 42-163 - The Rhode Island Broadband Development Program
Chapter 42-164 - Address Confidentiality Program [Effective January 1, 2023.]