| H5131 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits electric distribution companies from charging an interconnecting renewable energy customer for upgrades that can be funded through rates assessed pursuant to an electric infrastructure, safety and reliability plan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence |
| H5604 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires transparency in the criteria used by utilization review agents for the prospective assessment of health care services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
House passed Sub A |
| H5416 | Intro
Sine Die | Broadens the immunity from prosecution under the Good Samaritan Overdose Prevention Act and would eliminate the sunset provision.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Committee continued |
| H6355 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows non-veterinarians to perform certain husbandry procedures that are commonly performed by owners of animal pets and livestock.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Placed on House Calendar (06/25/2015) |
| H6352 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the department of human services to use low-income home energy assistance funds throughout the calendar year, establishes an arrearage program and requires the PUC to conduct a review of programs impacting low-income ratepayers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Placed on House Calendar (06/25/2015) |
| H6356 | Intro
Sine Die | Require that school bus drivers' annual training include the national highway traffic safety administration's school bus driver in-service training series.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Placed on House Calendar (06/25/2015) |
| H5379 | Intro
Sine Die | Renders restrictive covenants in employment agreements with physicians void and unenforceable.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
House passed Sub A |
| H6354 | Intro
Sine Die | Modifies the types of healthy foods and beverages that may be sold to students in schools during the school day by referencing the "Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Placed on House Calendar (06/25/2015) |
| H6353 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows school departments to store epinephrine injections for use on students on an emergency basis.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Placed on House Calendar (06/25/2015) |
| H5406 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases from 3 to 5 years the interval of time within which a city or town must conduct update of last real property revaluation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| H6351 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the governor's workforce board to expand job and career opportunities for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Placed on House Calendar (06/25/2015) |
| H6358 | Intro
Sine Die | Removes the requirement that any person aggrieved by an order or decree of a probate court who wishes to appeal must file with the clerk a request for a certified copy of the record of the procedures appealed from.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Placed on House Calendar (06/25/2015) |
| H6357 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes a change in the definition of housing presumed to be in compliance with lead-safe laws.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Placed on House Calendar (06/25/2015) |
| H5411 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires state board of education approval of driver education courses for new drivers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
House passed as amended |
| H5410 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits school building principals to delay holding fire and emergency egress evacuation drills in the months of December, January, and February due to severe inclement weather.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H6361 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the state budget office to produce a citizens' guide to the state budget that is easily readable and understandable by the general public.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Committee recommends passage |
| H6362 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires a judge or magistrate to grant a hardship license immediately upon the finding or admission of guilt to driving under the influence or refusal to submit to a chemical test, subject to a finding of need.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Committee recommends passage |
| H6363 | Intro
Sine Die | Removes restrictions on electric distribution companies from utilizing certain ratemaking mechanisms in the general laws & permits such companies to rely on provisions in general laws for making adjustments in determining the company's cost of capita...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Committee recommends passage |
| H6360 | Intro
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] | 2015-06-25
Committee recommends passage |
| H5788 | Intro
Sine Die | Expedites the foreclosure procedure on vacant property, and amends the provisions of the RIGL on tax sales in order to establish priorities of tax liens, clarify the effect of late recordings and simplify procedures in the event of a void sale.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
House passed Sub A |
| H5642 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes "The Rhode Island Family Home Visiting Act."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Placed on House Calendar (06/25/2015) |
| H5429 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a voluntary arbitration proceeding for addressing the violations of condominium rules.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Committee continued |
| H5349 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the DOT to complete snow removal on all sidewalks located on state highway overpasses, and on all pedestrian overhead walkways under the control of the state within (24) hours after the end of a snowstorm.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Placed on House Calendar (06/25/2015) |
| H5839 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals certain exemptions to the deceptive trade practices act for actions permitted under laws administered by the department of business regulation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H6071 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes available special motor vehicle registration plates for the Salt Water Anglers Association.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
House passed as amended (floor amendment) |
| H6107 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies the statutory provisions providing that newly constructed or rehabilitated property, as defined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and encumbered by a rent restriction covenant, be subject to an 8% tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Committee recommends passage of Sub A |
| H5853 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits the division of motor vehicles to create a special registration plate for private colleges and universities within the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
House passed Sub A |
| H5547 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits the division of motor vehicles to create a special registration plate for state public colleges and universities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
House passed Sub A |
| H5615 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows owners of a free standing townhouse style condominium unit, with supportive condominium documents, to alter their unit beyond its existing footprint and/or unit boundaries.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Placed on House Calendar (06/25/2015) |
| H5976 | Intro
Sine Die | Gradually eliminates the use of powerboats on Stafford Pond in Tiverton, except for rescue and water treatment plant personnel.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence |
| H6265 | Intro
Sine Die | Provide that nomination papers for certain candidates for citywide nonpartisan office in the city of Woonsocket would require at least one hundred (100) signatures.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Committee recommends passage |
| H6081 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires business entities located in the town of Hopkinton to register with the town clerk, upon payment of a fee and the providing of certain information as determined by town ordinance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence |
| H5219 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires policies and plans issued by health insurers to cover abuse-deterrent drug formulations of opioid analgesics in the same manner in which the policies and plans cover non-abuse deterrent drugs formations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
House passed Sub A |
| H6341 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides all tax bills issued by the Cumberland fire district due on or after July 1, 2016, would be paid in quarterly installments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
House passed Sub A |
| H5678 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that municipal animal control officers be certified by the National Animal Care & Control Association.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Placed on House Calendar (06/25/2015) |
| H5189 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes it unlawful to sell or provide powdered alcohol to any person under the age of 21 or for a person under the age of 21 to possess powdered alcohol, with certain exceptions for religious purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Committee continued |
| H6161 | Intro
Sine Die | This act is the annual statutory construction bill. The act would make a number of technical amendments to the general laws, prepared at the recommendation of the Law Revision Office.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Placed on Senate Calendar (06/25/2015) |
| H5938 | Intro
Sine Die | Gives employees several enhanced ways to help them collect their wages from nonpaying employers, set forth penalties for nonpayment of wages by an employer, and implements the procedure to be followed for filing of claims.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Placed on House Calendar (06/25/2015) |
| H5077 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Complete College RI Act, for purposes of creating a comprehensive compilation of data showing academic progress among students, develop strategies to increase the number of students graduating from state institutions of higher educati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5019 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a cause of action for employees who are discharged or otherwise sanctioned by an employer on account of being required to attend court or other hearing pursuant to a validly issued subpoena.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-24
Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence |
| H5978 | Intro
Sine Die | Imposes a series of regulatory requirements upon the electrical generation and distribution industry for the protection of consumers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-24
Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence |
| H5907 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires insurance companies to submit information on their governance structure to the department of business regulation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-24
Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence |
| H5962 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the general laws relative to regulation of freshwater wetlands by establishing state standards for freshwater buffers and setbacks.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-24
House passed Sub A |
| H6040 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits certain affordable housing programs with requirements that exceed those set forth in the general laws of the state from being included in the statewide planning program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-24
House passed Sub A |
| H6238 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes various modifications to the enabling act for the Warwick Sewer Authority.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-24
House passed as amended (floor amendment) |
| H5018 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits a recipient of direct cash assistance on electronic benefit cards from utilizing said card to purchase certain items.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-24
Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence |
| H6090 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the court to permit residents of Block Island to complete a court-approved counseling program in domestic violence cases with a provider on Block Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-24
House passed Sub A |
| H5392 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires DOT to clear state-owned sidewalks on overpasses, overhead walkways, and handicapped signal-equipped crosswalks.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-24
To House Finance Committee |
| H5766 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds post-traumatic stress disorder to the definition of "debilitating medical condition" for purposes of qualifying for medical marijuana provided that patient is 18 years of age or older.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-24
House passed Sub A |
| H6227 | Intro
Sine Die | Provide that regulations and licensing necessary for underground utility contractors shall only be required if the construction is performed in conjunction with a municipal sewer connection.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-24
House passed Sub A |
