| S2493 | Intro
Sine Die | Expands the eligibility for subsidized childcare by allowing families with income below 225% of the applicable federal poverty guideline to receive assistance according to the department of human services sliding scale.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-05
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S2317 | Intro
Sine Die | Allow a family to qualify for low-income child care assistance for the time an adult member of the family is participating in education or training, provided that the adult is working at least 20 hours per week, and such child care is necessary
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-05
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S2492 | Intro
Sine Die | Exclude Medicare set aside allocations, specific compensation benefits or any benefits due pursuant to the terms of a collective bargaining agreement from offset of state death or disability benefits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-05
Committee heard |
| S2795 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides tax incentives and wage credits to venture capital funds and angel investors to promote the development of small businesses in RI.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-05
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S2972 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a Health and Human Service System Performance Improvement Task Force to establish performance measures expectations and outcomes for the departments in the office of health and human services and to remove the department of health from the OH...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-05
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S3069 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Profound Sympathy On The Passing Of Paul Rondeau
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-05
Senate read and passed |
| S2717 | Intro
Sine Die | Raises the maximum fines for alcohol sales related license offenses enforced by DBR, the division of taxation, or local license authorities to $1,000 for the first offense and $5,000 for offenses thereafter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-05
To House Corporations Committee |
| S2520 | Intro
Sine Die | Senate Resolution Respectfully Requesting The Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation To Plan And Carry Out A Pilot Program For The Safe Removal Of Sharps (this Act Would Require Hospitals And Pharmacies To Provide Sharps Containers For Public Use...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-05
Senate passed Sub A |
| S2564 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the director of DBR within 30 days or, with an extension, within 60 days, of receipt of an insurers response to a written complaint, determine if there is reasonable cause that the insurer is engaging in an unfair claims practice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-05
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S2835 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend the definition of the term "aftermarket part" to refer to all motor vehicle replacement parts except glass repair and installations. The act would amend the title of the applicable chapter of the general laws to reflect such change.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-05
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S2323 | Intro
Sine Die | Provide that some families with incomes less than two hundred twenty-five percent (225%) of the federal poverty guideline would be required to pay some portion of the child care they receive
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-05
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| S2834 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates 2 distinct license classifications and labor rate surveys for auto body repair shop facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-05
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S2214 | Intro
Sine Die | Modify the federal adjusted gross income for the purposes of the state income tax by deducting any military pension income including survivorship annuities or federal pension income including survivorship annuities
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-05
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S2371 | Intro
Sine Die | Remove the requirement that the owner of storage space give notice to an occupant by publication in a newspaper of general circulation
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-05
To House Corporations Committee |
| S2601 | Engross
Sine Die | Require the department of children, youth and families to provide the family court with transition plans and the child would continue under the jurisdiction of the family court until he or she turns twenty-one (21) years of age.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-05
To House Finance Committee |
| S2833 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibit insurance companies from requiring the use of used or remanufactured airbags and/or suspension parts when vehicle repairs are made by an auto body shop.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-05
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S2076 | Intro
Sine Die | Suspend the imposition of the minimum business corporation tax of five hundred dollars ($500) for a period of three (3) years from the date of its incorporation with the secretary of state
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-05
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S2328 | Intro
Sine Die | Expand the income disregards or other methodology for parents or relative caretakers eligible for medical assistance under this chapter to income levels that are below 185% of the federal poverty level
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-05
Committee heard |
| S2212 | Intro
Sine Die | Allow cities and towns to receive state aid in lieu of taxes not paid by federal government facilities located in their jurisdictions
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-05
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S2762 | Pass | Senate Resolution Wishing Tyler Seddon A Most Joyous 7th Birthday And Declaring March 6, 2014, To Be "tyler Seddon Day" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-04
Senate read and passed |
| S3068 | Intro
Sine Die | Make a number of changes to the enabling act for the Warwick Sewer Authority.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-04
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| S2335 | Intro
Sine Die | Provide a new method to fund transportation and bridge costs in RI. The act would establish the RI transportation infrastructure fund as a restricted receipt account within the RI intermodal surface transportation fund
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-04
Senate held on desk |
| S3059 | Pass | Senate Resolution Celebrating The 90th Anniversary Of The Founding Of Hope-jackson Fire Company
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-04
Senate read and passed |
| S3058 | Pass | Senate Resolution Congratulating The Honorable Scott Mueller For Receiving The Distinguished Service Award From The National School Boards Association
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-04
Senate read and passed |
| S3067 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Sincere Sympathy On The Passing Of Lt. Frank E. Mcknight, North Kingstown Police Department (retired)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-04
Senate read and passed |
| S2820 | Pass | Subject the proceeds derived from pandering or permitting prostitution from conspiracy to violate the uniformed controlled substances act to seizure and forfeiture.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-03
Signed by Governor |
| S2566 | Intro
Sine Die | Reduces the number of marijuana plants a cardholder can grow, increases the amount of usable marijuana a cardholder can possess, and requires a cardholder who cultivates to obtain a certificate of cultivation which regulates the cultivation location.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-03
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S2426 | Pass | Eliminate the requirement that farm license plates be renewed annually.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-03
Signed by Governor |
| S3047 | Intro
Sine Die | Size, Weight, And Load Limits
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-03
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S3046 | Intro
Sine Die | Mandates DCYF to develop a transition plan for children under family court oversight prior to age 18 as well as children with educational/emotional/developmental disabilities and limits court's jurisdiction up to 19 for wayward/deliquent children.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-03
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S2651 | Pass | Add the hallucinogenic drugs Salvia Divinorum (Salvinorin A or Divinorin A), Datura stramonmium (jimson weed or jimsom weed) and synthetic cannabinoids (synthetic marijuana) to the RI Controlled Substances Act Schedule 1
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-03
Signed by Governor |
| S2379 | Intro
Sine Die | Remove the state's prohibition on adults using, possessing, and cultivating marijuana for personal use. It establishes a system of regulated marijuana retail distribution to adults 21 and older & imposes taxes at both the wholesale and retail level
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-03
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S2987 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits the number of marijuana plants that patients/caregivers living in residential neighborhoods can maintain and increase the compassion center's maximum plant inventory.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-03
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S3062 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a three-year pilot program to assist students formerly enrolled in college to obtain college degrees, limited to no more than one thousand participants and delivered through a partnership between program facilitators and a program evaluat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-03
To Senate Education Committee |
| S3055 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Beverly A. Bloomer
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-03
Senate read and passed |
| S3066 | Intro
Sine Die | Refines the regulations on drinking water wells to include various types of water supply systems. It also expands the jurisdiction of the contractor's board to include those persons who are authorized to work on water supply systems.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-03
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| S3064 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes freedom of choice by an insured party in the selection of durable medical equipment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-03
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S2732 | Pass | Exclude the property of any agency or public body from the provisions of "The Rhode Island Museum Property Act."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-03
Signed by Governor |
| S2578 | Pass | Add the director of human services and elderly affairs or their designee to the Inter-Agency Food & Nutrition Policy Advisory Council.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-03
Signed by Governor |
| S2009 | Intro
Sine Die | Provide that any litigation costs paid from the restricted receipt account for the retirement board be limited to defending actions that arise as a result of decisions made by the board
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-03
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S2898 | Intro
Sine Die | Provide economic incentives and assistance for the redevelopment of 111 Westminster Street using a public-private partnership.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-03
Committee heard |
| S2159 | Pass | Senate Resolution Respectfully Requesting The Bridge.jobs Program Be Expanded To Include High School Students And That It Partner With The State Apprenticeship Council
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-03
Senate read and passed |
| S2151 | Pass | Ratify and validate the amendments to the West Greenwich town charter which were approved by the electors of the town of West Greenwich at the polls on October 22, 2013
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-03
Signed by Governor |
| S2872 | Intro
Sine Die | Senate Resolution Commending State And Local Law Enforcement Agencies On Successfully Investigating And Litigating A Settlement With Google And Respectfully Requesting That No Less Than 15 Percent Of The $230 Million Google Settlement Funds Be Used T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-02
Meeting postponed (06/05/2014) |
| S2220 | Intro
Sine Die | Establish a lifelong learning program designed to provide employees with educational savings accounts to help fund educational programs and training
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-02
Meeting postponed (06/03/2014) |
| S2893 | Pass | To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of Silver Lake Pizza, Inc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-05-30
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S2254 | Pass | Provide that an applicant for retail license to sell alcoholic beverages in town of North Providence shall file with the application a certificate of insurance evidencing comprehensive general liability coverage for bodily injury& property damage
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-05-30
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S2427 | Pass | Eliminate the limit on the number of sheriff's department registration plates that may be issued.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-05-29
Signed by Governor |
| S2318 | Intro
Sine Die | Levy and impose a ten percent (10%) supplemental firearms and ammunition tax upon the purchase and/or sale of any firearm and/or ammunition in this state with the funds collected to be distributed to the police departments
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-05-29
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S2993 | Pass | Joint Resolution Declaring May 8, 2014 As "rhode Island Cooperative Extension Day" In Celebration Of The Centennial Of The Passage Of The Smith-lever Act And Rhode Island's Contributions To The Development Of America's Land Grant And Sea Universities
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-05-29
Signed by Governor |
