| H5046 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires mandatory training standards for police officers and trainees, in identifying, responding, and handling all incidents involving any person with a developmental disability.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-31
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| H5179 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that no pregnant applicant for medical insurance coverage be denied coverage due to her pregnancy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-31
To House Corporations Committee |
| H5132 | Intro
Sine Die | Cuts in half the amount of property and personal injury motor vehicle mandatory insurance coverage that taxicab companies are required to maintain on their vehicles.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-31
To House Corporations Committee |
| H5056 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires businesses with drive-through windows to install hard-of-hearing equipment at the ordering station.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-31
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| H5096 | Intro
Sine Die | Entitles criminal defendants charged with enumerated serious criminal offenses to a bail hearing within four (4) calendar days of initial court appearance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-31
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5109 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits insurance companies from varying the premium rates charged for a health coverage plan based on the gender of the individual policy holder, enrollee, subscriber, or member.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-31
To House Corporations Committee |
| H5286 | Intro
Sine Die | Defines as "disabled," persons receiving veterans' affairs disability benefits paid by the federal government for purposes of property tax relief.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-27
To House Finance Committee |
| H5253 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the resource recovery corporation to pay the town of Johnston annually six million dollars ($6,000,000) in addition to any other tipping fees paid to the town by the corporation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
To House Finance Committee |
| H5236 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs profits from the state lottery into a restricted receipt account to be disbursed as state aid to education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
To House Finance Committee |
| H5246 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts from taxation the value of any medal given and prize money earned resulting from Olympic competition.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
To House Finance Committee |
| H5239 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that the office of auditor general be responsible for analyzing and reporting the impact of new or expanded charter schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
To House Finance Committee |
| H5245 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases state income tax deductions for individuals from $500 to $1,000 and from $1,000 to $2,000 for joint returns for contributions to tuition savings program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
To House Finance Committee |
| H5049 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs council on elementary and secondary education to recommend to the commissioner of education a curriculum that allows students successful careers in computer science.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-25
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H5045 | Intro
Sine Die | Transportation services are to be provided to students residing two (2) or more miles from school.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-25
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H5048 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for professional development opportunities relating to reading disabilities and would require two (2) hours of professional development instruction pertaining to reading disabilities for certain general education teachers and specialists.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-25
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H5190 | Intro
Sine Die | House Resolution Respectfully Requesting The Rhode Island Attorney General And Rhode Island State Police To Release All Reports Regarding 38 Studios
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-25
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5036 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits lobbyists from making any political contributions to any member of the general assembly from January 1 through July 1 in any year, unless the general assembly adjourns for the year prior to July 1.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-24
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5012 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for a dispute resolution process for emergency services and surprise bills for medical services performed by nonparticipating (out-of-network) health care providers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-24
To House Corporations Committee |
| H5094 | Intro
Sine Die | Enables the general assembly in grand committee to fill a vacancy in the office of the lieutenant governor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-24
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5032 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits price-gouging of prescribed drugs or pharmaceuticals in times of market emergency or market shortages and makes violators guilty of a felony and subject to injunctive relief.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-24
To House Corporations Committee |
| H5031 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that any rate increase with respect to electric distribution companies would be no greater than the increase in the Consumer Price Index or five and one-half percent (5.5%), whichever is greater.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-24
To House Corporations Committee |
| H5111 | Intro
Sine Die | House Resolution Opposing United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-24
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5041 | Intro
Sine Die | Codifies into law Carcieri's "Illegal Immigration Control Order" which would require the DOA to order the dept to utilize the E-Verify progress to verify the employment eligibility of new hires & businesses doing business for the department.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-24
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| H5181 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution Of The State (governor And Lieutenant Governor To Appear Jointly On The Ballot) (amends The Constitution So That In The Year 2022 And Th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-24
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5030 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits utility rate increases in excess of two and one-half percent (2.5%) over any twenty-four (24) month period.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-24
To House Corporations Committee |
| H5011 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution Of The State - Four Year Terms And Term Limits For Representatives And Senators
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-24
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5095 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows a classified employee, whose position is not fully funded through federal loans and/or grants to seek the nomination of or to be a candidate for elective state office.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-24
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5171 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the exemption for the motor vehicle excise tax from five hundred dollars ($500) to six thousand dollars ($6,000) commencing on fiscal year 2018.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-19
To House Finance Committee |
| H5043 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits cities and towns to apply the unused excise tax exemption afforded a qualifying veteran to the tax paid on a leased vehicle.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-19
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| S0036 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes office of inspector general which would be charged with preventing fraud and mismanagement of public funds, regardless of their source and would oversee all state programs and operations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0054 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the E-Verify compliance act which would require all non-governmental employers within the state with three (3) or more employees to apply to participate in the federal E-Verify program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5084 | Intro
Sine Die | Restores provisions of chapter 16.2 of title 23 as well as all of chapter 16.3 of title 23, which were repealed or deleted in the 2015 Budget Act, relating to definitions, licensing, and the operation of medical laboratories.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-18
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S0083 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides a detailed process by which a proponent of a voter initiative and referendum proposal would present the proposal to the secretary of state, the general assembly and the governor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-18
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| S0050 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires registration of those individuals who provide personal care assistant services to a consumer and authorizes the department of health to supervise and investigate compliance with certain issues.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5143 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes "The Get On Your Feet Loan Forgiveness Program" in Rhode Island, to assist recent college and university graduates from certain schools in the repayment of their student loans.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-18
To House Finance Committee |
| S0047 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes several changes to department of health's authority to mandate certain vaccinations, reinstates philosophical exemption to vaccinations, and requires public hearings when changes to required vaccinations are proposed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-18
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S0084 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution Of The State (initiative And Referendum) (this Joint Resolution Proposes An Amendment To The State Constitution, By Establishing A Voter...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-18
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| S0045 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that corporations with less than fifty (50) employees shall not be subject to the four hundred dollar ($400) minimum corporate tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| H5087 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the collection of a sales or use tax on that portion of a motor vehicle lease payment representing taxes payable by the lessor on the leased motor vehicle.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To House Finance Committee |
