| S2788 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Motor And Other Vehicles -- Taxation (would Expand The Definition Of The Owners Of Motor Vehicles For Registration/property Tax Purposes, To Include Partnerships/firms/associations/corporations/limited Liability Companies/other Leg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
To Senate Corporations Committee |
| S2790 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Waters And Navigation - Public Drinking Water Supply System Protection (would Repeal The Provision Of The General Laws Requiring Water Suppliers To Formulate A Program For The Installation Of Radio Frequency Reading Systems.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| S2791 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Education - Health And Safety Of Pupils (would Authorize School Committees To Use School Bus Monitors At The Discretion Of The Committee, And Would Remove The Requirement That Bus Monitors In Addition To The Bus Driver Be On Certai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
To Senate Education Committee |
| S2793 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Highways - Rhode Island Turnpike And Bridge Authority - Tolls (would Eliminate The Limitation Of Commutation Rate Increases For Traffic Over The Mount Hope Bridge.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2795 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Human Services - Public Assistance Act (would Limit The Amount Of Public Assistance Paid To A Female Recipient At The Amount She Is Eligible To Receive At The Time She Makes Her Initial Application For General Public Assistance.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2329 | Pass | An Act Relating To Solemnization Of Marriages
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
Signed by Governor |
| S2331 | Pass | An Act Relating To Solemnization Of Marriages
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
Signed by Governor |
| S2797 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Taxation -- Levy And Assessment Of Local Taxes -- Dormitories (would Permit A Municipality To Assess A Dormitory Fee Of $150 Per Semester On Each Dormitory As Defined Therein.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2256 | Pass | An Act Relating To Solemnization Of Marriages (would Allow Joseph John Mcburney To Join Lauren Elizabeth Kacmar And Andrew Stephen Decastro In Marriage Within The City Of Newport, Rhode Island, On Or About November 9, 2012.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
Signed by Governor |
| S2798 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Taxation -- Sales And Use Taxes--liability And Computation (would Impose A Tax On Distributors, Manufacturers And Wholesalers Of Sugar-sweetened Beverages.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
| H7446 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Public Utilities And Carriers - Public Utilities Commission (would Establish The Emergency Communication And Public Telecommunication Access Fund To Create An Emergency Communication Program For The Deaf And Hard-of-hearing)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S2736 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Labor And Labor Relations - Employment Security Attorney Fees (would Reduce The Attorney Fees From 15% To 10% Of The Amount Of Benefits To Be Paid To A Claimant's Attorney When He/she Represents The Claimant Before A Noncourt Appea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S2799 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Insurance -- Accident And Sickness Insurance Policies (would Require That Health Insurance Policies Include Coverage For Temporomandibular Joint Disorder.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S2802 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Food And Drugs -- Sanitation In Food Service Establishments (would Restrict The Use Of Industrially-produced Trans Fat In Foods Prepared And/or Served By Food Service Establishments, Food Businesses And Mobile Food Service Units.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S2709 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Education - Mayoral Academies (would Make Various Changes With Regard To Mayoral Academies, Including Demographic Requirement, Funding Structure, And Reporting Procedures, Would Also Require State Law Relative To Teachers' Retireme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
Meeting postponed (03/21/2012) |
| S2803 | Intro
Sine Die | Senate Resolution To Preserve Habeas Corpus And Civil Liberties Of The Citizens Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7286 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Education -- Teachers' Right To Work (would Enact The Ri Teachers' Right To Work Act, Making Union Membership And Union Dues Voluntary, And Enabling Those Exercising Their Rights Thereunder To Bargain Independently With Their Emplo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-20
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S2420 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Criminal Procedure -- Arrest (would Create A Task Force To Investigate And Develop Policies And Procedures For Electronically Recording Custodial Interrogations.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-20
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H7967 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Towns And Cities -- Central Falls Retirement (would Modify And Set Forth Retirement Benefits For Existing Retirees Of The City Of Central Falls)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-20
To House Finance Committee |
| H7968 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Education - Permanent Foundation Education Aid (would Revise The Provisions Providing For Funding For Transportation Of Students To The William M. Davies Jr. Career And Technical High School And The Metropolitan Regional Career And...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-20
To House Finance Committee |
| H7272 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Education (would Extend The Notification Requirements Regarding The Dismissal, Suspension Or Lay-off Of Teachers From March 1 To June 1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-20
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H7971 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Towns And Cities -- Indebtedness Of Towns And Cities (would Provide That, In The Event A Municipality Fails To Provide A Year-end Deficit Elimination Plan When Required By Statute, Such Municipality Shall Immediately Employ The Bud...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-20
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| S2604 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Businesses And Professions -- State Declared Disasters (would Provide Thresholds For Establishing Presence, Residency Or Doing Business In The State For Out-of-state Employees And Companies Including Affiliates Of In-state Companie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-20
Committee recommended indefinite postponement |
| S2731 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Businesses And Professions - Confidentiality Of Health Care Communications And Information Act (require Mandatory Disclosure To Appropriate Law Enforcement Personnel If A Health Care Provider Comes Into Contact With/provides Medica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-20
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H7878 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Businesses And Professions -- Criminal Record Background Checks (would Amend Various Provisions Of The General Laws In Order To Provide More Uniformity With Regard To Criminal Background Checks)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-20
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S2595 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Financial Institutions - Definitions And Establishment Of Financial Institutions (would Eliminate References To The Outdated Term Board Of Bank Incorporation, And Would Clarify Who The Regulatory Body For Purposes Of Financial Inst...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-20
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H7594 | Pass | An Act Authorizing The Town Of Little Compton To Finance Health, Safety And Fire Code-related Emergency Repairs, Alterations, Renovations, Improvements, Landscaping And Equipping And Furnishing Of The Wilbur & Mcmahon Schools And All Attendant Expens...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-16
Signed by Governor |
| S2314 | Pass | An Act Authorizing The Town Of Little Comption To Finance Health, Safety And Fire Code-related Emergency Repairs, Alterations, Renovations, Improvements, Landscaping And Equipping And Furnishing Of, The Wilbur & Mcmahon Schools And All Attendant Expe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-16
Signed by Governor |
| H7434 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Taxation -- Levy And Assessment Of Local Taxes (would Exempt The Tax Revenues To Be Received By The Town Of North Smithfield From The Dowling Village Development, So-called, From The Cap Provided For In Rhode Island General Law Sec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-15
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H7474 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Towns And Cities - General Powers (would Allow The City Or Town Council To Enact An Ordinance Allowing The City Or Town Clerk To Accept Applications For Renewal Of Vehicle Registrations In Cooperation With The Director Of The Divis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-15
Committee postponed at request of sponsor |
| H7915 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Taxation - Property Subject To Taxation (would Exclude From Tax Exemption Any Property, Income Or Profits Owned By Any Educational Institution Or Library, Where Any Of The Property, Income Or Profits Are Derived From Any Activity Not Involving...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-15
To House Finance Committee |
| H7285 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Waters And Navigation -- Inspection Of Dams And Reservoirs (would Make A Number Of Procedural And Substantive Changes To The Powers Of The Dem With Respect To The Inspection And Repair Of Dams And Reservoirs.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-15
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H7015 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Taxation - Property Subject To Taxation (would Provide That Any Exemption Or Freeze Of Tax Rate And/or Valuation Granted To Any Individual Is Not Affected If Such Eligible Individual Transfers The Subject Property To An Irrevocable...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-15
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H7045 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Towns And Cities -- Audit Of Accounts And Installation Of Systems (would Require Towns And Cities To Change Auditors Or Auditing Firms Every Three Years.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-15
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H7953 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Education - Permanent Foundation Education Aid (would Revise The Provisions Providing For Funding For Transportation Of Students To The William M. Davies Jr. Career And Technical High School And The Metropolitan Regional Career And...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-15
To House Finance Committee |
| H7954 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Education -- Regional Vocational Schools (would Expand The Geographic Areas Served By The William J. Davies, Jr. Career And Technical High School And The Metropolitan Career And Technical School To Cover The Entire State)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-15
To House Finance Committee |
| H7568 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Taxation -- Property Tax And Disclosure -- Municipal Budgets (would Require Cities And Towns To Publish In A Newspaper Of General Circulation And On The Official Municipal Website)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-15
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H7957 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Labor And Labor Relations -- Workers' Compensation Benefits (would Require The Employer To Pay For Hearing Aids And Other Amplification Devices For Employees Injured At Work)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-15
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7268 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Courts And Civil Procedure - Procedure Generally - Levy And Sale On Execution (would Increase The Exemption From Attachment For Working Tools Of A Debtor From $1,500 To $2,000 And Would Also Increase The Exemption For A Debtor In B...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-14
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| H7541 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Health And Safety -- Dyslexia Diagnosis And Treatment (would Enact The Ri Dyslexia Act To Establish Policies And Treatment For Students With Dyslexia In Rhode Island Schools.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-14
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S2260 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Motor And Other Vehicles -- Plum Beach Lighthouse License Plate (would Empower The Administrator Of The Division Of Motor Vehicles To Make Available Plum Beach Lighthouse License Plates For Commercial Vehicles.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-14
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H7269 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Motor And Other Vehicles - License For Motorcycles (would Provide Landowners With Civil Immunity Who Allow Private Property To Be Used For A Motorcycle Safety Education Program)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-14
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S2781 | Pass | Senate Resolution Recognizing And Congratulating The Winners Of The Seventh Annual Hobey Baker High School Character Award
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-14
Senate read and passed |
| H7218 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Education -- Children With Disabilities
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-14
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S2700 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Motor And Other Vehicles -- Registration Of Vehicles (would Allow For A Licensed Emergency Medical Technician To Obtain A Special License Plate From The Department Of Motor Vehicles.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-14
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S2525 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Labor And Labor Relations - Workers' Compensation
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-14
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H7247 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Towns And Cities - State Affairs And Government - Law Enforcement Officers - Injured And Deceased Firefighters And Police (would Amend The Definition Of Police Officer Or Law Enforcement Officer To Include Campus Police Officers.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-14
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S2527 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Labor And Labor Relations - Underground Economy Commission
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-14
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S2529 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Workers' Compensation -- Exempt Employers
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-14
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S2530 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act Relating To Commercial Law--general Regulatory Provisions
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-14
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
