| 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 |
| H5322 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Reinstating And Extending The Commission Life And Amending The Name Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study The Purchase And Use Of Textbooks In Public Schools (renames The Special Legislative Commission To Study The Purchase ...
[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 |
| H5313 | Intro
Sine Die | House Resolution Creating A Special House Commission To Study Insurance Mandates In The State Of Rhode Island
[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) |
| H5520 | Intro
Sine Die | Excludes from the state income tax the amount resulting from the receipt of a veteran's disability pension from the United States government for a service-connected disability.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-12
To House Finance Committee |
| H5431 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires reimbursement payments from the general fund to volunteer fire departments responding to emergencies on or along Route 95.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-12
To House Finance Committee |
| H5518 | Intro
Sine Die | Imposes moratorium on assessment/collection of impact fees on public facility projects for 36 months or until statewide single family permits exceed 1,500 units.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-12
To House Finance Committee |
| H5195 | 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] | 2015-02-12
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5438 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a two (2) year grant for qualifying students to attend the Community College of Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-12
To House Finance Committee |
| H5263 | Intro
Sine Die | Imposes a five hundred dollar ($500) fine for violations of the act after a hearing and conviction by the motor vehicle dealers' license and hearing board.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-12
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| H5149 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the abusive work environment prevention act, which would establish liability and remedies for creating an abusive work environment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-12
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5171 | Intro
Sine Die | Gives cities and towns the option of entirely exempting the homestead of a disabled veteran or his or her surviving spouse from taxation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-12
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5441 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits municipalities to seek reimbursement for essential services provided to certain tax exempt properties based on pro rata basis according to the assessed value of the property serviced.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-12
To House Finance Committee |
| H5513 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the Rhode Island earned income tax credit from ten percent (10%) of the federal earned income limit to twenty percent (20%) of the federal earned income limit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-12
To House Finance Committee |
| H5439 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that public safety officers employed by the State of Rhode Island, be considered members of the Rhode Island State Police for purposes of retirement benefits under this chapter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-12
To House Finance Committee |
| H5128 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides veterans' exemption status for the property of certain persons who served in the National Guard.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-12
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5180 | Intro
Sine Die | Expands the power of the labor board.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-12
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
