| H5233 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the minimum amount of a state purchase subject to competitive bidding.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5005 | Intro
Sine Die | Enables the authority to work with MBTA to allow commuter rail passes to be used on RIPTA buses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5351 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for periodic drug and alcohol testing for operators of government vehicles and prescribe penalties for those testing positive.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5523 | Intro
Sine Die | Reduces the licensing fee to $500 for any distillery producing less than 50,000 gallons per year and grants a tax exemption to distilleries doing business in RI for at least 12 months.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5150 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires, prior to the award of authority, that all bidders for public works contracts provide a list of the subcontractors to be utilized.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5716 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides municipality or LEA with A rating or better with any of primary rating agencies and can issue and sell bonds on open market without general assembly approval or being issued through Rhode Island health and educational building corporation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
To House Finance Committee |
| H5228 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the "Student Equal Economic Opportunity Act" which would identify those students who are exempt from paying nonresident tuition at public universities, colleges or community colleges.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5659 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the requirement of notice to husband of a patient before an abortion procedure.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5648 | Intro
Sine Die | Require that an ultrasound fetal image be made of every fetus about to be aborted for review by the woman seeking the abortion, and would add language which makes it clear that a woman can refuse an abortion.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5273 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation to consider the use of incineration as a method to dispose of solid waste.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5363 | Intro
Sine Die | Seeks to prohibit employers from demanding payment or deductions from a tip or service charge given to waitstaff, prohibiting tip pools and would require that any service charge imposed by an employer be remitted to the service staff.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5172 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires municipalities that fail to make required contributions to their locally administered pension funds, to use any budget surplus they may have to make up for their delinquent contributions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5722 | Intro
Sine Die | Lowers the sales and use tax rates to five percent (5%).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
To House Finance Committee |
| H5415 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the “Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act” for the purpose of regulating the official publication of legal material in an electronic record.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| H5144 | Intro
Sine Die | Mandates that RIPTA provide basic transit services to all cities and towns with the exception of the town of New Shoreham.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5255 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes municipal sewer systems to service/maintain lines in bordering city/town with no legal liability or agreement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5356 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes it a felony for any party or witness in a child support calculation matter to provide the court with material misrepresentation or misinformation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5626 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes circumstances under which a woman is entitled to reproductive healthcare without interference.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5452 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that parole board members serve no more than three (3) terms.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5470 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits state vendors from making political contributions to candidates for the office responsible for awarding those state vendor contracts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5468 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a public corruption and white collar crime unit within the department of the attorney general for the purpose of prosecuting breaches of the public trust.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5595 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits damages to $100,000 in any tort action against the public transit authority except in cases where the general assembly may authorize tort action in excess of that amount.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To House Corporations Committee |
| H5554 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides a higher rate of reimbursement to certain licensed child care providers or centers who have a valid National Child Care Accreditation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To House Finance Committee |
| H5373 | Intro
Sine Die | Absents exigent circumstances, mandates that law enforcement obtain a warrant before tracking any cell phone or other electronic device. It would also require disclosure to the subscriber of the phone or other device.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5163 | Intro
Sine Die | Mandates that all high schools and middle schools and all athletic fields or other locations where high school or middle schools compete in sporting events, have a functional Automated External Defibrillator (AED) on site at all times.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5536 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the "Start-Up Rhode Island Act" to allow for the establishment of certain tax free zones in the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To House Finance Committee |
| H5188 | Intro
Sine Die | Reclassifies the offense of shoplifting from a crime to a violation for a first offense, punishable by a fine, and would punish a second offense as a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine only without the imposition of a prison sentence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5552 | Intro
Sine Die | Recreates the urban infrastructure commission, which went out of existence in 2004. The purpose of the commission is to develop a state-supported economic development financing toll known as the urban renaissance fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To House Finance Committee |
| H5382 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits on any school campus the advertising of any food or beverage that may not be sold on the campus during the school day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5561 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the monthly minimum benefits of spouses and domestic partners of retired teachers, and would authorize additional yearly non-compounded adjustments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To House Finance Committee |
| H5545 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates temporary reductions on certain fees and taxes relating to building and construction, specifically permit fees, impact fees and lumber and other building materials.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To House Finance Committee |
| H5285 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds the delivery of unsolicited newspapers to private property to the definition of litter which is prohibited by law and subject to a monetary fine.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5559 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the definition of "cost to the wholesaler" within the unfair sales practices act. Provides for the establishment of a tobacco control program to prevent and reduce tobacco use.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To House Finance Committee |
| H5535 | Intro
Sine Die | Changes the minimum corporate tax by calculating the tax based on gross income.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To House Finance Committee |
| H5371 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds juvenile program workers and shift coordinators of the department of children, youth, and families to the definition of peace officer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5469 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes crimes against the public trust and criminal penalties and civil damages for illegal trust offenses. It would set a 10 year criminal statute of limitations and provide for possible pension revocation or reduction for any job-related felon...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5571 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes Rhode Island’s membership in the interstate medical licensure compact. It details the procedure to be followed in order to allow physicians to become licensed in multiple states, while ensuring the safety of patients.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To House Finance Committee |
| H5417 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes certain disorderly conduct offenses subject to a fine of $500 only, while maintaining the current sanctions for disorderly conduct offenses involving lascivious purposes and disorderly conduct cases involving domestic violence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5122 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a community notification system in which descriptive information of an individual convicted of certain offenses would be distributed in the community where the offense has occurred.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5366 | Intro
Sine Die | Strengthens the criminal laws addressing persons who seek to avoid the proper payment of fares for mass transit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-24
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5065 | Intro
Sine Die | Raises the maximum penalties for the crime of assault of police officers and other officials from three (3) to six (6) years imprisonment and from one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) to three thousand dollars ($3,000).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-24
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5428 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits the sale of farmer-winery products at farmers' markets statewide.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-24
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5157 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases penalties for breaking and entering and requires increased penalty if an assault occurs on the premises during a breaking and entering.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-24
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5467 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that "conduct" for the purposes of cyberstalking would be defined as "a single act which causes a person to be repeatedly contacted by others or two (2) or more acts over a period of time, evidencing a continuity of purpose.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-24
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5245 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a criminal offense for knowingly transmitting HIV to another person.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-24
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5458 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the unauthorized and intentional access of another's computer with the intent to view confidential information. Violators would be guilty of a felony and subject to imprisonment for up to 5 years and a fine of not more than $5,000, or both.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-24
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5294 | Intro
Sine Die | Caps rate increases for Verizon telephone service at five percent (5%) annually.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-24
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5081 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a Wine Direct Shipper License enabling licensed producers to directly ship wine to eligible residents.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-24
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5367 | Intro
Sine Die | Make the imposition of the penalties for possession of alcoholic beverages by under aged persons, discretionary as opposed to mandatory
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-24
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5288 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the walking of any domestic animal on the grounds of the Veterans' Memorial Cemetery in Exeter with an exception for certified service dogs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-23
Withdrawn at sponsor's request (02/25/2015) |
