| H8003 | Intro
Sine Die | Require purchasing of charged-off credit card debt to comply with applicable state and federal law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-21
Committee continued |
| H7096 | Intro
Sine Die | Teachers who obtain a rating of “highly effective” or the equivalent thereof would be evaluated not more than once every 4 yrs, and that teachers who obtain a rating of “effective” or the equivalent thereof would be evaluated not more than 3 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-20
Senate passed Sub B |
| H7938 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates rebuttable presumption of fraud/undue influence for documentary donative transfers by elder/dependent persons to persons in fiduciary, legal, familial, caregiver relationships.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-20
Committee recommends passage of Sub A |
| H7410 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminate the requirement that sampling events may not be promoted except on the licensed premises.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-20
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7553 | Intro
Sine Die | In Amendment Of Chapter 286 Of The Public Laws, 1986, Entitled "in Amendment Of And In Addition To Chapter 55 Of The Public Laws, 1958, Entitled 'authorizing The Towns Of Charlestown And Richmond Together, Or Together With The Town Of Hopkinton, To J...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-20
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H7568 | Intro
Sine Die | In Amendment Of Chapter 286 Of The Public Laws, 1986, Entitled "in Amendment Of And In Addition To Chapter 55 Of The Public Laws, 1958, Entitled 'authorizing The Towns Of Charlestown And Richmond Together, Or Together With The Town Of Hopkinton, To J...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-20
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H8355 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a cancer patient safety and environmental protection study commission to examine protections related to the disposal of extremely hazardous wastes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H8356 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study Regional Energy (this Resolution Creates A Six Member Commission To Monitor And Assess Regional Energy Challenges And Opportunities, And Who Would Report Any Findings To The General ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| H7808 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study And Assess Rhode Island's "fair Funding Formula" (creates A Special Legislative Commission Whose Purpose Would Be To Make A Comprehensive Study And Assessment Of Rhode Island's "fair...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
To House Finance Committee |
| H7702 | Intro
Sine Die | Change the name and composition of the commission established to study and evaluate property tax related issues.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
House passed Sub A |
| H8364 | Intro
Sine Die | House Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study Minimum Wage Discrepancies In The Hospitality, Hotel, And Restaurant Industries (this Would Create A Nine Member Commission To Study Minimum Wage Discrepancies In The Hospitality, Ho...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
To House Labor Committee |
| H7623 | Intro
Sine Die | House Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study The Requirements And Feasibility Of Implementing Apprenticeship Prerequisites For Public Works Contracts (this Would Create A Seven Member Study Commission To Study And Make Recommen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) |
| H7480 | Intro
Sine Die | Allow the director of environmental management to appoint one or more inspectors in the state rather than a commissioner in each county to inquire into the condition of any domestic animal
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
House passed Sub A in concurrence |
| H7947 | 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] | 2014-06-18
House passed Sub A |
| H7653 | Intro
Sine Die | Require anyone seeking the issuance or renewal of a hackney operator's license for the purpose of driving a taxicab, limited public motor vehicle, or public motor vehicle to undergo a national and state criminal background check.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
House passed Sub A |
| H7733 | Intro
Sine Die | Extends the period of time that the DHS provides childcare to families with income below 180% of the federal poverty level under the RI works program by 6 months to June 30, 2015.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
House passed as amended |
| H7258 | Intro
Sine Die | Restrict the installation, concealment or placement of an electronic tracking device in or on a motor vehicle, and would add electronic tracking devices to the definition of "domestic violence" under the "Domestic Violence Protection Act"
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence |
| H7941 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibit recipients of direct cash assistance on electronic benefit cards from utilizing and store owners from accepting the cards for the purchase of alcoholic beverages, lottery tickets or tobacco products.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
House passed Sub A |
| H7819 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the RI healthcare authority to report to the governor and general assembly actions necessary to implement an active purchaser health insurance and health services model to aggregate all funding of such services through HealthSource RI.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H7873 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits cities and towns to authorize, by ordinance, the use of low speed vehicles within a certain distance of a golf course.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
House passed Sub A |
| H7563 | Intro
Sine Die | This act extends the sunset provision for the child care subsidy transition program within the department of human services from September 30, 2014 to September 30, 2016, a period of two (2) years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
House passed Sub A |
| H7344 | Intro
Sine Die | Allow the director of the department of environmental management to issue permits every five (5) years, instead of annually, to a landowner for the protection of property and crop destruction caused by deer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
House passed Sub A |
| H8275 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits a petition for adoption to be filed by a grandparent(s) without the non-custodial parents' consent when the child is in the sole custody of the grandparent(s).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
House passed Sub A |
| H8150 | Intro
Sine Die | Underground storage tanks installed prior to May 8, 1988 are permitted to remain in use until December 22, 2020. Five (5) members of the Underground Storage Tank Review Board constitutes a quorum.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
House passed Sub A |
| H7393 | Intro
Sine Die | Add military status discrimination as an unlawful housing practice protecting veterans who have an honorable or administrative discharge or a member of the Armed Forces of the United States and the RI National Guard
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
House passed Sub A |
| H7255 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Respectfully Requesting The Rhode Island Department Of Education To Require All Rhode Island School Districts To Submit Each District's Minimum High School Graduation Requirements (joint Resolution Asking The Rhode Island Department ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-17
House passed Sub A |
| H8318 | Intro
Sine Die | This act authorizes the town of Lincoln to establish the Lincoln Water Commission as a department of the town.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-17
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| H8341 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing The Town Of Cumberland, With The Approval Of The Qualified Electors, To Issue General Obligation Bonds And/or Notes In An Amount Not To Exceed $2,500,000 For The Repair And Rehabilitation Of Road Infrastructure In The Town
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-17
To House Finance Committee |
| H8348 | Intro
Sine Die | House Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study And Assess The Need For Technology Funding To Prepare Students For 21st Century Careers (this Resolution Would Create A Nine Member Study Commission To Study And Assess The Need For ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-17
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H8344 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the town of Cumberland to issue up to $12,500,000 of general obligation bonds to construct a public safety complex.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-17
To House Finance Committee |
| H8345 | Intro
Sine Die | Enact the "Comprehensive Community-Police Relationship Act of 2014".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-17
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7382 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibit a person from electronically disseminating visual images of another engaged in sexually explicit conduct or the intimate parts of another, without that person's consent and where the person had a reasonable expectation of privacy
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-17
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7811 | Intro
Sine Die | Extend relief to the local district from paying the second, third, and fourth quarterly payment if the student does not attend the first quarter or does not return in the second quarter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-16
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H8322 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminates the workers compensation insurance premium surcharge of triple the premiums for high risk employees and would prevent a low hazard employer from paying premiums based on the place of employment and not the work performed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-16
To House Corporations Committee |
| H8326 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution Of The State (ethics Commission)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-16
Committee recommends passage |
| H8280 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study Motor Fuel Tax
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-16
Committee continued |
| H8312 | Intro
Sine Die | Imposes a maximum lease fee of $150,000 fee per year for any renewable energy project with a cost exceeding five million dollars, in lieu of that leasing fee the developer may support the Rhode Island fishing community.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-16
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H8335 | Intro
Sine Die | Prevents the legislature, state and any quasi-governmental entity to issue moral obligation bonds without voter approval.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-16
To House Finance Committee |
| H8133 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorize municipalities to require parking lots to have a person on site during operational hours to accept cash payments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-16
Committee recommends passage |
| H7984 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorize the practice of "public health hygienists" who would be authorized to perform certain dental services in a public health setting.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-16
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H7772 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes DMV to issue motor vehicle registration plates for vehicles10,000 lbs or less, for the financial benefit of Operation Stand Down RI Troops, to assist struggling and homeless veterans by offering them housing and supportive services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-12
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| H8316 | Intro
Sine Die | Prevent employers from paying a higher contribution toward their workers' unemployment compensation benefits account fund if any one of their workers has more than one job.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-12
To House Labor Committee |
| H8311 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts from local taxation all property, except real estate owned by a municipal water treatment facility located in another municipality which provides potable water to its host municipality.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-12
To House Finance Committee |
| H8319 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorize connection to existing sanitary sewer lines from facilities across city and town lines under certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-12
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| H8305 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a cause of action for improper influence on state actions by credit rating agencies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H8302 | Intro
Sine Die | Direct the general treasurer to set aside funds from the state retirement system into a separate loan fund for the purpose of allowing municipalities to borrow from such fund for short-term municipal-related purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-11
To House Finance Committee |
| H8135 | Intro
Sine Die | Enable the office of regulatory reform to review state regulatory and permitting processes to develop maps, flow charts and other visual processes to allow businesses to navigate the regulatory process.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-11
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| H7248 | Intro
Sine Die | Prevent the corporation, the state and any subdivisions from making payment on the moral obligation bonds related to 38 Studios
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-10
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H7612 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarify the criminal offense of human trafficking. This act would also revise the procedures governing forfeitures of proceeds seized from human trafficking.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-10
Committee recommends passage of Sub A |
| H7731 | Intro
Sine Die | Include the deputy sheriff, capitol police, and DEM police within the department of public safety, as it relates to retirement on service allowances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-10
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
