| S2295 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Anita Fine
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-02-06
Senate read and passed |
| S2297 | Pass | Senate Resolution Congratulating Ernie Degregorio, Jo-ann D'alessandro, Cathy Lanni, Nancy Santopadre, Cheri Sgambato, Chris Jones, Michele Yelland, Liz Reis, Anthony Fiocco, Jessica Nelson, Stephanie Coro, Austin Vanbemmelen And Michael Ferrante For...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-02-06
Senate read and passed |
| S2093 | Intro
Sine Die | Provide that police departments and local drug control divisions would be allowed to keep confiscated property, and any income derived from such property would be used for community or law enforcement purposes
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-02-06
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S2296 | Pass | Senate Resolution Proclaiming Friday, February 7th Of 2014 To Be National Wear Red Day In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-02-06
Senate read and passed |
| S2172 | Pass | Allow Daniel Baker to join Jeffrey Allen Hedden and Shuwen Hu in marriage on or about February 8, 2014, within the Town of Bristol, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-02-06
Signed by Governor |
| S2169 | Pass | Senate Resolution Recognizing And Commending Christian Grant On Achieving Scouting's Most Distinguished Honor, The Rank Of Eagle Scout
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-02-04
Senate read and passed |
| S2269 | Intro
Sine Die | Accelerate the transition plan for calculation state aid to education
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-02-04
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2275 | Intro
Sine Die | Exclude from Rhode Island state taxation pension benefits that originate in and were subject to taxation in another state
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-02-04
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2285 | Intro
Sine Die | Allow Robert E. P. Elmer, III, to join Marcia Launder and Kevin Smith in marriage on or about March 12, 2014, within the Town of Westerly, Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-02-04
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2273 | Intro
Sine Die | Add urns and shrouds to those funeral items which are already exempt from sales and use taxes
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-02-04
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2259 | Pass | Senate Resolution Congratulating Wood River Health Services On Earning National Recognition For Patient-centered Care
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-02-04
Senate read and passed |
| S2168 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Its Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Stephen R. Famigletti
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-02-04
Senate read and passed |
| S2271 | Intro
Sine Die | Increase the Resource Recovery Corporation tipping fee from three dollars ($3.00) to five dollars ($5.00) per vehicle to be paid to the town of Johnston on a biannual basis
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-02-04
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2260 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Profound Sympathy On The Passing Of Virginia L. Perry
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-02-04
Senate read and passed |
| S2270 | Intro
Sine Die | Require independent performance audits to be conducted periodically by the state auditor general
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-02-04
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2160 | Intro
Sine Die | Provide that highway maintenance operators shall be eligible for overtime work despite being granted sick leave during the same payroll period
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-02-04
Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/05/2014) |
| S2193 | Intro
Sine Die | Define various farm enterprise uses that are recognized as a valuable and viable means of contributing to the preservation of agricultural operations
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-30
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2167 | Pass | Senate Resolution Congratulating Marissa Castelli And Her Skating Partner, Simon Shnapir, For Qualifying For The United States Winter Olympics Pairs Figure Skating Team And Representing The United States At The 2014 Winter Olympics In Sochi, Russia
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-30
Senate read and passed |
| S2217 | Intro
Sine Die | Require increased transparency for certain existing tax credits, deductions and exemptions by improving the biennial tax expenditure report to include more information about these tax benefits
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-30
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2197 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempt qualified electric plug-in drive vehicles from excise taxes
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-30
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2209 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempt social security benefits from the state income tax
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-30
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2174 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Its Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Thomas A. Foley
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-30
Senate read and passed |
| S2204 | Intro
Sine Die | Provide reimbursement to the cities and towns for the motor vehicle excise tax based on the percentage of respective values in each city and town, rather than the tax rates
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-30
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2192 | Intro
Sine Die | Provide that all legislative grants awarded by the general assembly must be included in the annual state budget
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-30
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2256 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a veteran's preference in the issuance of state contracts
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-30
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| S2173 | Pass | Senate Resolution Applauding The Heroic Actions Of Edward Catoni And Ronald Jennings
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-30
Senate read and passed |
| S2205 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempt from sales and use tax that portion of motor vehicle lease payments collected to be remitted for tangible personal property tax, municipal property tax, excise tax or any other similar tax
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-30
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2190 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibit the disposal of any recyclable materials and/or recyclable waste in the central landfill per any rules or regulations promulgated by the Rhode Island resource recovery corporation
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-30
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| S2202 | Intro
Sine Die | Create tax incentives for the installation of alternative fuel facilities
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-30
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2203 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend car tax statutes so that the assessment of used motor vehicles would be based on the average trade-in price, rather than retail price. It would also extend the appeal period to 45 days
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-30
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2233 | Intro
Sine Die | Require a sign language or communication access realtime translation (CART) provider for many court proceedings
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-30
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2200 | Intro
Sine Die | Provide that in the event of insufficient federal funds for the environmental lead program, the state of RI shall appropriate no less than $600,000 per year for support and maintenance of the environmental lead program
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-30
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2211 | Intro
Sine Die | Require the RI resource recovery corporation to annually pay $6,000,000 to the town of Johnston in addition to any other monies paid to the town by the corporation
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-30
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2230 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibit a landlord from asking about the immigration status of a prospective tenant.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-30
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2252 | Intro
Sine Die | Legislatively establish a state workforce investment board consisting of 19 members appointed by the governor with the advise and consent of the Senate, formerly created by executive order 05-18 dated September 22, 2005
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-30
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S2189 | Intro
Sine Die | Regulate the treatment of captive elephants and would make the inhumane treatment of elephants in violation of this section a felony
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-30
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| S2146 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorize the creation of a municipal economic development zone consisting of the entire city of Woonsocket and require that the director of the dept of revenue perform an annual review of all MED zones
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2134 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Its Deepest Condolences To The Butts Family On The Passing Of Anthony J. Butts
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
Senate read and passed |
| S2138 | Intro
Sine Die | Create an animal abuser registry and would provide for penalties for failure to register
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| S2140 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibit the taking, killing, destroying, pursuing or molesting of any wild bird along the west shore of the Providence River from Gaspee Point to Fields Point
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| S2139 | Intro
Sine Die | Ban battery cages during farming of chickens
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| S2147 | Intro
Sine Die | Reduce the sales tax from 7% to 6%
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2141 | Intro
Sine Die | Provide that adjunct faculty members at any state college/university who teach at least 50% hours regularly worked by full time faculty in an academic semester would be eligible for same state hospital care & surgical-medical service benefit
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2162 | Intro
Sine Die | Enable a three (3) year private contractor or employee, performing state employee work, to be automatically converted to a funded full-time equivalent position as long as it would be in the state’s financial interest
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S2144 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend the law on state purchases so that when the chief purchasing officer determines an allowable cost it would include the cost of labor and benefits of programs mandated by a worker's compensation insurer
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2166 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Its Deepest Condolences To The Votta Family On The Passing Of Anthony Joseph Votta, Sr.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
Senate read and passed |
| S2132 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Dr. Milton W. Hamolsky
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-28
Senate read and passed |
| S2133 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Its Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Louis W. Graziano
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-28
Senate read and passed |
| S2128 | Pass | Senate Resolution Recognizing And Commending Pierre-louis Arcand On Achieving Scouting's Most Distinguished Honor, The Rank Of Eagle Scout
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-23
Senate read and passed |
| S2131 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Profound Sympathy On The Passing Of Martha Aramian
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-23
Senate read and passed |
