| H7694 | Engross
Sine Die | Protects volunteer firefighters and EMS technicians from termination by their private employer for missing work because of the need to respond to an emergency.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-20
House read and passed |
| S2675 | Engross
Sine Die | Include the majority leader of the senate as a member of the joint committee on legislative services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-20
Senate read and passed |
| S2666 | Engross
Sine Die | Add court magistrates to the list of covered public officials that are protected from felonious threats.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-20
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2565 | Engross
Sine Die | Require that for every marriage license, an additional fee of forty-six dollars ($46.00) shall be charged of which forty-four dollars ($44.00) would go to the Rhode Island Coalition against Domestic Violence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-20
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2887 | Engross
Sine Die | Require parents or guardians of minors seeking to obtain an operating license to attend a course on the content of driver education curriculum and graduated licensing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H8360 | Engross
Sine Die | Allow Bruce Turner to join Mark Lounsbury and Alison Connell in marriage on or about September 27, 2014, within the Town of Barrington, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
House read and passed |
| S2218 | Engross
Sine Die | Give all state income tax return filers the option to have their tax refund directly deposited into their bank account
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
To House Finance Committee |
| H7928 | Engross
Sine Die | Mandates the department of labor and training develop a report that presents options for adjusting and creates state unemployment insurance laws regarding employees, employers, and industries of a seasonal nature, no later than December 1, 2014.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
House read and passed |
| S2219 | Engross
Sine Die | Implement fraud and waste detection and reduction solutions within the state Medicaid, RIte Care and RIte Share programs
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
To House Finance Committee |
| S2325 | Engross
Sine Die | Direct the office of management and budget to develop a plan to implement a centralized administrative hearing agency
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2322 | Engross
Sine Die | Provide that for any child attending the East Providence campus of Bradley Hospital, the child's residence district and/or sending district would be responsible for reimbursement to the school department of the city of East Providence
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S3099 | Engross
Sine Die | This act authorizes the town of Lincoln to establish the Lincoln Water Commission as a department of the town.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| H8208 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorize the city of Newport to increase the cruise ship fees by one dollar ($1.00) per passenger for landing and one dollar ($1.00) per passenger for embarking. This act would take effect November 1, 2015.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
House read and passed |
| H7235 | Engross
Sine Die | Establish a reciprocal preference provision in the awarding of state contracts and would require the department of administration to publish a list of states that give preference to in-state bidders with the percent increase applied in each state
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
House read and passed |
| H8324 | Engross
Sine Die | Exempt the town of West Warwick from complying with the statutory requirements of chapters 77, 77.1, 77.2, 77.3 and 77.4 of title 16 regarding a Mayoral Academy, schools, and municipal academies for a five (5) year period.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
House read and passed |
| H7684 | Engross
Sine Die | Allow the owner of open space land or holder of a conservation easement or the attorney general to bring an action in superior court to prevent further encroachment of the land and to recover damages resulting from this encroachment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
House read and passed |
| H7514 | Engross
Sine Die | Expand the time period that law enforcement officials, who have received internet subscriber acct information & have not instituted arrest/grand jury proceeding/criminal prosecution have between 60 days&75 days to between 100 days&120 days
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
House read and passed |
| H7300 | Engross
Sine Die | Require that parole board members serve no more than three (3) terms
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
House read and passed |
| H8080 | Engross
Sine Die | Allow the Smithfield town council in its discretion to issue full and limited Class B licenses which shall not be transferred to another person, entity or to another location, but which shall revert to the town if not renewed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
House read and passed |
| H8288 | Engross
Sine Die | Provide that certain corporations be regulated by the Rhode Island department of business regulations, removing such jurisdiction from the provisions of the general laws regulating insurance companies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
House read and passed |
| H7425 | Engross
Sine Die | Implement the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) (Title I of Public Law 109-248)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
House read and passed |
| H8262 | Engross
Sine Die | Make available motor vehicle registration plates for Rhode Island colleges and universities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
House read and passed |
| S2041 | Engross
Sine Die | Act names a portion of Sand Hill Cove Road in Narragansett, "Durfee Way"
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-17
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| S2969 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorize the higher education assistance authority and the governor's workforce board to perform a study of the feasibility of establishing a state administered lifelong learning savings account program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-17
To House Finance Committee |
| S2255 | Engross
Sine Die | Rename the bridge in the city of Providence known as the I-195 Providence River Bridge: No. 1181. It shall hereafter be named and known as the William D. Warner Memorial Bridge
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-17
To House Finance Committee |
| S2733 | Engross
Sine Die | Name the newly relocated and reconstructed Winslow Field Recreation Complex in Warwick the "Dr. Kathleen Hittner Sports Complex at Winslow Park."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-17
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| H8267 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating To Term Lengths For Elected Officials In The City Of Warwick
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-17
House read and passed |
| H8255 | Engross
Sine Die | Repeal the Itinerant Vendors' chapter of the general laws.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-16
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| S2582 | Engross
Sine Die | Establish certain presumptions concerning the use of electricity, gas or other fuel furnished by a public utility for the purpose of computing sales and use taxes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-12
To House Finance Committee |
| S2779 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibit employers from discriminating against employees due to pregnancy or medical conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-12
To House Labor Committee |
| S2950 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires state board of education to adopt a competency and proficiency based learning policy to increase program applicants for students to earn credits through the demonstration of competency.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-12
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S2415 | Engross
Sine Die | Enables the department of employment security to recover all overpayments made due to claimant's fraud and imposes duties relative to notice and determination of benefits or eligibility for waiting period credits on the director of labor and training...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-12
To House Labor Committee |
| S2825 | Engross
Sine Die | Sets reimbursement rates for participating in the non-trade apprenticeship program and permits the human resource development council to establish rules and regulations for the program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-12
To House Labor Committee |
| S2946 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the director of labor and training to consider representatives from industries participating in non-trade apprenticeship programs when making appointments to the apprenticeship council.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-12
To House Labor Committee |
| S2858 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the office of regulatory reform to review state and local regulatory and permitting processes and provide online maps, flow charts, and other visualizations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-11
Committee recommends passage in concurrence |
| S2602 | Engross
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] | 2014-06-05
To House Judiciary 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 |
| H7305 | Engross
Sine Die | Eliminate the responsibility of the division of public buildings, and the department of administration to acquire suitable courtrooms for the sessions of the district court.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-04
Senate held on desk |
| H8130 | Engross
Sine Die | Repeals the section of the general laws which provides disclosure requirements pertaining to the author of certain political posters, fliers, and circulars, consistent with the United States Supreme Court decision.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2545 | Engross
Sine Die | Eliminate the responsibility of the division of public buildings, and the department of administration to acquire suitable courtrooms for the sessions of the district court.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-05-29
Placed on House Calendar |
| S2880 | Engross
Sine Die | Include any individually identifiable evaluations of public school superintendents, administrators, principals, teachers and all other school employees as a public record.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-05-28
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2385 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a nondiscriminatory clause under the children's bill of rights for all children who are under the supervision of the department of children, youth, and families
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-05-28
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7979 | Engross
Sine Die | Permit methadone maintenance services to be included within the definition of "mental illness coverage" for purposes of health insurance coverage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-05-22
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| H7171 | Engross
Sine Die | Enable the general assembly in grand committee to fill a vacancy in the office of the lieutenant governor
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-05-22
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| S2691 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the DEM director to approve the new location and manner of relocation of animals displaced from facilities that had their license or registration revoked.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-05-22
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7916 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides increased penalties for sex trafficking of a minor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-05-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2881 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarify the distinction between dissolution of a corporation and revocation of its charter and the results of such events.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-05-21
To House Corporations Committee |
| S2635 | Engross
Sine Die | Permit the settlor of a revocable trust to provide for a person other than the trustee to direct actions of the trust.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-05-21
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2688 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a new position within the water resources division of DEM which would have oversight over all freshwater lakes, streams, and ponds within the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-05-15
To House Finance Committee |
| S2267 | Engross
Sine Die | Require the director of environmental management to identify critical areas for improving service to customers doing business with the department
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-05-15
To House Finance Committee |
