The committee meets tomorrow, Tuesday, May 3, at the rise of the Senate session (sometime after 4:45 p.m.) in Room 313 on the third floor of the State House.
Among the bills on the calendar are:
• 2022-S 2718 — Sponsored by Sen. Ana B. Quezada (D-Dist. 2, Providence), this bill would amend the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights to provide greater accountability in the disciplinary process over law enforcement.
• 2022-S 2379 — This bill sponsored by Sen. Jonathon Acosta (D-Dist. 16, Central Falls, Pawtucket) specifies and restricts the use of excessive physical force by peace officers, creates a civil action for constitutional rights violations, imposes a duty to intervene on officers on the scene and requires the reporting of incident information.
• 2022-S 2629 — Sponsored by Sen. John P. Burke (D-Dist. 9, West Warwick), this bill mandates that police officers qualify in the use of firearms in both daylight and nighttime conditions twice annually and that correctional officers qualify annually instead of once every two years.
The committee also meets Thursday, May 5, at the rise of the Senate in Room 313 for hearings on a variety of bills, including:
• 2022-S 2349 — Sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Michael J. McCaffrey (D-Dist. 29, Warwick), this bill amends the Hospital Conversions Act to require the transacting parties or a new hospital seeking conversion to supply additional information on staffing levels, pension plans and community impact for review by the Department of Health and the Attorney General.
• 2022-S 2102 — This bill sponsored by Sen. Dawn Euer (D-Dist. 13, Newport, Jamestown) would repeal the laws that establish the Health Services Council and amend several provisions relative to the review process of the Hospital Conversion Act pertaining to maintenance of services and required disclosures.
• 2022-S 2787 — Sponsored by Sen. Stephen R. Archambault (D-Dist. 22, Smithfield, North Providence, Johnston), this bill creates a dedicated District Court calendar for treatment and sentencing alternatives to eligible defendants deemed to suffer from serious and persistent mental illness.
Both meetings will be streamed live at https://www.rilegislature.gov/CapTV/Pages/default.aspx. They will be televised by Capitol Television, which can be seen on Cox Communications on Channels 15 and 61 for high definition, i3Broadband (formerly Full Channel) Channel 15 and on Channel 34 on Verizon.