| S2444 | Intro | Exempts residential property from the definition of vacant property provided the owner of the property is in the process of renovation and/or rehabilitation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2597 | Intro | Provides the method by which records are to be furnished relative to an employee's statement of earnings.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
Placed on Senate Calendar (05/24/2018) |
| S2440 | Intro | Requires the secretary of state to notify the appropriate elected official of a newly registered voter's most recent former place of residence, only if it is located outside of Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
Committee recommends passage |
| S2603 | Intro | Establishes special requirements for fiscal impact statements relative to the department of corrections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
Placed on Senate Calendar (05/24/2018) |
| S2291 | Intro | Provides that cell phone tracking notice and warrant requirements do not apply to location information obtained by court order intercepting wire/oral communications or pen registers/trap and trace devices.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
Committee recommends passage |
| S2026 | Engross | Includes a facility's potential detrimental impact on the community as a factor to be considered when approving the construction or operation of a solid waste management facility.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
Senate read and passed |
| H7560 | Engross | Eliminates the requirement that a waiver for fuel content standards be obtained from both weights and measures (DLT) and the department of environmental management (DEM).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
House read and passed |
| H7194 | Engross | Requires driver's instruction courses and tests to include instruction information on driver's responsible conduct and rights during a traffic stop.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
House read and passed |
| H8078 | Engross | Allows Daniel Ovoian to join Helen Trinh Pham and Steven Wood Criscione in marriage on or about June 2, 2018, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
Committee recommends passage in concurrence |
| S2308 | Intro | Excludes evaluations or other personnel records of public school employees from being deemed public records.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
Placed on Senate Calendar (05/24/2018) |
| H7910 | Intro | Exempts from the real estate conveyance tax the transfer of interests in any housing development, financed in whole or in part by federal low-income housing tax credits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
[Hearing: May 24]
To House Finance Committee |
| S2838 | Intro | Allows municipal water supply system and any regional water quality management district commission to enter into an agreement called a "transaction" effectively merging the entities and becoming a public utility.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
[Hearing: May 24]
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2778 | Intro | Provides a procedure for the seizure of any animal found to be abandoned, neglected, or hazardously accumulated as well as a procedure for the disposition of seized animals that are so injured or diseased that said seized animals should be destroyed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
[Hearing: May 23]
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| S2607 | Intro | Distinguishes the criminal penalties for violating a final order of the Contractors' Registration Board. Judgments less than $5,000 are misdemeanors; judgments $5,000 or more are felonies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
Placed on Senate Calendar (05/24/2018) |
| H8044 | Intro | Directs the general treasurer to remit to the town of Scituate 5% of the monies received from the Providence water supply board to reimburse the town for services provided to the Scituate Reservoir.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
[Hearing: May 24]
To House Finance Committee |
| S2908 | Engross | To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of The Barn Yard Enterprises, Inc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
Senate read and passed |
| S2492 | Intro | Authorizes the supreme court to issue "extreme risk protections orders" requiring the surrender of all firearms from persons determined to be capable of causing personal injury.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
Placed on Senate Calendar (05/24/2018) |
| H8153 | Intro | Authorizes the town of Smithfield to issue not more than $45,000,000 bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness to finance the construction, renovation, improvement, alteration and repair, furnishing and equipping of schools and school faciliti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
[Hearing: May 24]
To House Finance Committee |
| S2453 | Intro | Raises the minimum attorneys' fee awarded to a claimant from fifty dollars ($50) to two hundred fifty dollars ($250) in certain instances in unemployment compensation matters.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
Placed on Senate Calendar (05/24/2018) |
| S2570 | Intro | Amends the State False Claims Act to reflect amendments to the Federal False Claims Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
Placed on Senate Calendar (05/24/2018) |
| H8093 | Intro | Exempts Associated Radio Amateurs of Southern New England from real and personal property taxes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
[Hearing: May 24]
To House Finance Committee |
| H8183 | Intro | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $150,000 To The Opportunities Industrialization Center Of Rhode Island (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $150,000 To The Opportunities Industrialization Center Of Rhode Island.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
[Hearing: May 24]
To House Finance Committee |
| S2710 | Engross | Provides that a vehicle unlawfully parked in a properly marked "handicapped parking" space would be towed at the owners expense.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
Senate read and passed |
| H7873 | Intro | Directs council on postsecondary education to assess $50.00 per semester transportation fee on RI public college students with student ID cards serving as pass for services furnished/operated by RI public transit authority.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
[Hearing: May 24]
To House Finance Committee |
| S2287 | Engross | Comprehensively expands the registration of motor vehicle airbags to prohibit the manufacture and importation of substandard airbags and broaden the definition of airbags.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
Senate read and passed |
| S2540 | Intro | Includes behavioral health counseling visits and medication maintenance visits as primary care visits for patient cost-sharing requirements under the provisions of a health plan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) |
| S2691 | Intro | Transfers jurisdiction of the offenses in § 11-9-5 of the general laws ("cruelty to or neglect of child") from the Rhode Island Family Court to the Rhode Island Superior Court.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
Placed on Senate Calendar (05/24/2018) |
| S2589 | Intro | Provides immunity to persons donating food to food banks.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
Placed on Senate Calendar (05/24/2018) |
| H7607 | Intro | Mandates each motor vehicle policy insurer provide a weekly record of each policy to the department of motor vehicles. A vehicle owner not insured for four (4) reporting periods must be notified to meet certain requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
House passed Sub A |
| S2925 | Intro | Senate Resolution Congratulating The Westerly Unified Basketball Team For Winning The Rhode Island Division Iii Championship
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/23/2018) |
| S2423 | Intro | Increases the maximum administrative penalty levied against real estate brokers and salespersons from one thousand dollars ($1,000) to two thousand dollars ($2,000) per violation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
Committee recommends passage |
| H8113 | Engross | Allows Warren Tolman to join Linda DeSantis and Chris Berardi in marriage on or about June 23, 2018, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
Committee recommends passage in concurrence |
| S2543 | Intro | Provides for authorizations for services to developmentally disabled adults issued on or after October 1, 2018, be developed on an annual basis with funding for these services to be issued on an annual basis.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
Senate passed Sub A |
| S2133 | Engross | Protects homeless persons in possession of a service animal, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, from being denied access to any homeless shelter in violation of the ADA or the state or federal Fair Housing Practices Acts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
Senate read and passed |
| H7516 | Intro | Exempts from taxation the donation of alcoholic beverages to nonprofit organizations that are exempt from federal taxation under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
[Hearing: May 24]
To House Finance Committee |
| S2427 | Intro | Requires notice to the assessor of new subdivisions of land and provides for a proration of real estate taxes to be applied thereto.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
Committee recommends passage |
| H8066 | Intro | Increases funding appropriated to staffing for developmental disabilities direct support services by an equal amount when an increase of the minimum wage rate occurs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
[Hearing: May 24]
To House Finance Committee |
| S2870 | Intro | Prevents credit history or score from being used to determine insurance rates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
Committee recommends passage |
| S2632 | Intro | Limits the number of registered sex offenders in any facility that operates as a homeless shelter whether on state or private property. Those limits may be exceeded if the facility complies with the provisions of § 11-37.1-21(c).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
Placed on Senate Calendar (05/24/2018) |
| S2902 | Pass | Senate Resolution Congratulating E-cubed Academy Students On Winning The High School Change Maker Award At Generation Citizen's Civic Day
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
Senate read and passed |
| S2292 | Intro | Makes possession or use of a semi-automatic weapon rapid fire device to include bump stock, binary trigger or trigger crank punishable by up to ten (10) years imprisonment and/or a ten thousand dollars ($10,000) fine.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
Placed on Senate Calendar (05/24/2018) |
| H8100 | Intro | Provides that the state would reimburse the school committees for the costs of providing student transportation services to public and private school pupils. Effective July 1, 2018.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
[Hearing: May 24]
To House Finance Committee |
| H8112 | Engross | Allows Stephen E. Cicilline to join Julie A. DeCesare and Stephen E. Cicilline, Jr., in marriage on or about June 15, 2018, within the City of Cranston, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
Committee recommends passage in concurrence |
| S2865 | Intro | Allows a minor to bring specified malpractice actions at any time up to reaching twenty-one (21) years of age.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
Placed on Senate Calendar (05/24/2018) |
| S2420 | Intro | Joint Resolution Creating A Special Task Force To Investigate And Make Recommendations For Any Changes To The Law, Court Rules Or To Policies And Procedures Currently In Place To Enhance The Timely And Complete Disclosure Of Discoverable Material In ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
Committee recommends passage of Sub A |
| H7934 | Intro | Exempts the North Kingstown, Exeter Animal Protection League, Inc., from taxation in the town of North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-21
[Hearing: May 24]
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| S2741 | Engross | To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of Eastland Builders, Inc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-20
[Hearing: May 23]
To House Corporations Committee |
| S2849 | Engross | To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of J.b. Simon, Inc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-20
[Hearing: May 23]
To House Corporations Committee |
| S2850 | Engross | To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of Tuckertown Fire Department, Inc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-20
[Hearing: May 23]
To House Corporations Committee |
| S2875 | Engross | To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of Mariners Memorial Foundation
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-20
[Hearing: May 23]
To House Corporations Committee |
