| S0245 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Courts And Civil Procedure - Procedure Generally: would reduce the statutory interest in civil actions from twelve percent (12%) to six percent (6%
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0198 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Taxation -- Personal Income Tax: would require taxpayers earning more than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to pay an additional three percent (3%) on income above five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0224 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Labor And Labor Relations -- Fair Employment Practices: would prohibit an employer from refusing to hire a person based solely on the existence of a criminal record, with some exceptions, or for a governmental agency from denying a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0244 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Criminal Procedure -- Identification And Apprehension Of Criminals: would permit individuals with a record of more than one misdemeanor conviction to still be eligible for expungement of those records by redefining the term “firs...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0254 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Motor And Other Vehicles - Registration Of Vehicles
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-09
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| S0175 | Pass | Senate Resolution Declaring The Month Of February To Be "national Teen Dating Violence Awareness And Prevention Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-08
Senate read and passed |
| S0036 | Pass | An Act To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of Providence Jewelers' Club
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-04
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0038 | Pass | An Act To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of New England Carpet Consultants, Inc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-04
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0039 | Pass | An Act To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of Talbott Squash Academy, Inc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-04
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0150 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To General Assembly -- Joint Committee On Legislative Services: would require senators and representatives to pay a share for their health insurance benefits equal to a minimum of 15% of the cost of benefits and would prohibit any pay...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-03
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0173 | Pass | Senate Resolution Honoring And Congratulating The Students, Teachers, And Administrators At The Burrillville Middle School On Their Community Service
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-03
Senate read and passed |
| S0160 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Animals And Animal Husbandry -- Cruelty: would make it a misdemeanor for anyone to confine any animal in a motor vehicle in such a manner that places it in a life or health threatening situation by exposure to a prolonged period of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0085 | Pass | Senate Resolution Congratulating Stephen W. Logan On Being Named The New State Grange Master
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-03
Senate read and passed |
| S0096 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Public Property And Works -- Purchasing: would require that state purchasing laws become consistent with the requirements of federal funding sources and that the state contracts would be awarded on the basis of specific standards o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-03
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| S0172 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Michael A. Peterson
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-03
Senate read and passed |
| S0084 | Pass | Senate Resolution Congratulating South Kingstown's Ems Department For Becoming A "heartsafe Community"
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-03
Senate read and passed |
| S0149 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Education -- Foundation Level School Support: would prohibit housing aid from being used in the costs of remediation and it would also prohibit siting schools on toxic waste sites
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-03
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0082 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of George L. Sutcliffe
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-27
Senate read and passed |
| S0102 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Motor And Other Vehicles: would raise the fee for inspections under the state Motor Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program from $39.00 to $40.00
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-27
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0103 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Taxation - Business Corporation Tax And Franchise Tax: would repeal the minimum business corporation tax and the minimum franchise tax
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-27
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0121 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To State Affairs And Government -- State Police: would make the definitions of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression the same as set forth in Rhode Island general laws section 11-24-2.1
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0086 | Pass | Senate Resolution Congratulating The Honorable Raymond E. Shawcross On The Occasion Of His Retirement From The Rhode Island Family Court
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-27
Senate read and passed |
| S0083 | Pass | Senate Resolution Proclaiming The Week Of February 7th Through February 14th To Be "congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-27
Senate read and passed |
| S0044 | Pass | An Act Relating To Solemnization Of Marriages: would allow Brian Maher to join Heather Theresa Whalen and Joseph David Camirand in marriage within the City of Providence, Rhode Island, on or about January 29, 2011
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
Signed by Governor |
| S0080 | Pass | Senate Resolution Proclaiming January 26, 2011, To Be "homeless Memorial Day" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-25
Senate read and passed |
| S0040 | Pass | An Act Appropriating Money For Use By The Department Of Labor And Training For Unemployment Compensation Administrative Expenses: would authorize the RI L&T to use $1,900,000 of its Unemployment Compensation Modernization Incentive Payments received ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-20
Signed by Governor |
| S0078 | Pass | Senate Resolution Recognizing And Celebrating The Emergence Of The Jewish Alliance Of Greater Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-20
Senate read and passed |
| S0079 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Thomas G. Cavanagh
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-20
Senate read and passed |
| S0043 | Pass | Senate Resolution Amending The Rules Of The Senate
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-19
Senate read and passed |
| S0053 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Motor And Other Vehicles -- Motor Fuel Tax: would reduce the tax per gallon on all taxable gallons of gasoline sold or used in this state from thirty-two cents ($0.32) per gallon to twenty-eight cents ($0.28) per gallon
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-19
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0054 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Highways -- Rhode Island Turnpike And Bridge Authority: would prohibit the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority from charging tolls on the Mount Hope Bridge
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-19
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0056 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Libraries-reference Resource Centers
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-19
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0057 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Taxation -- Sales And Use Taxes -- Liability And Computation: would impose a sales and use tax with respect to the sale and to the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of any new or used boat
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-19
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0059 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Sales And Use Taxes - Gross Receipts Exempt: would exempt gum, candy, confectionaries and soft drinks sold through vending machines for three dollars ($3.00) or less per item from the sales and use tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-19
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0076 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Robert Gerard O'brien
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-19
Senate read and passed |
| S0077 | Pass | Senate Resolution Proclaiming The Month Of January 2011 To Be "national Mentoring Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-19
Senate read and passed |
| S0041 | Pass | Senate Resolution Commemorating The Celebration Of The Birth Of The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-18
Senate read and passed |
| S0042 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Frederick Clinton Williamson, Sr.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-18
Senate read and passed |
| S0037 | Pass | Senate Resolution Congratulating The Honorable Andrea M. Iannazzi On Becoming Chairwoman Of The Cranston School Committee
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-18
Senate read and passed |
| S0004 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Profound Sympathies On The Tragic Events Of January 8, 2011, In Tucson, Arizona
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-11
Senate read and passed |
| S0009 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Waters And Navigation: would provide that public water systems would reduce radon levels in drinking water to a maximum of four thousand (4,000) pCi/L no later than January 1, 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-11
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| S0010 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To State Affairs And Government -- State Police: would increase from two (2) to four (4) years the amount of time that state police members can purchase for their time on active duty in the armed services for purposes of retirement
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-11
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0012 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Military Affairs And Defense -- Organization And Command Of Military And Naval Forces: would allow the office of adjutant general of RI to accept and administer monetary contributions from donors to charitable organizations for and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-11
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0013 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Military Affairs And Defense: would establish an Ocean State Youth ChalleNGe Academy for at-risk youth through a cooperative agreement between the Rhode Island National Guard and the Rhode Island adjutant general
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-11
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0015 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Taxation - Property Subject To Taxation: would give cities and towns the option of entirely exempting the homestead of a disabled veteran or his or her surviving spouse from taxation
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-11
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0016 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Highways - Construction And Maintenance Of State Roads: would prevent a toll being charged for the replacement of the Sakonnet River bridge & and would prohibit transfer of the bridge to the RI bridge and turnpike authority without...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-11
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0024 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Domestic Relations -- Divorce And Separation: would provide that if a party is activated for military service and deployment out of state that fact would not by itself be sufficient to justify a modification of a custody or visitat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0025 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Property: would exempt land held by nonprofit corporations and associations for cemetery purposes from adverse possession or prescription
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0026 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Property - Residential Landlord Tenant Act: would allow a landlord who has a tenant that is more than 10 days in arrears in rent, as opposed to the current 15 days, to send a letter to the tenant giving them 5 more days to pay thei...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0002 | Pass | An Act Relating To Solemnization Of Marriages: would allow Lois C. Schuyler to join Brenda J. Bishop and James A. Azar in marriage within the Town of Tiverton, Rhode Island, on or about January 9, 2011
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-07
Signed by Governor |
