| S0854 | Pass | Senate Resolution Congratulating Cumberland High School Wrestling Coach Steve Gordon On Winning His 500th Dual-meet
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-16
Senate read and passed |
| S0642 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that all transfers of an interest in a mortgage be recorded and would prohibit the recording of mortgages and assignments in the name of a party other than the holder of the note secured by the mortgage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-16
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0476 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all health care insurance companies to give 60 days' notice to all authorized prescribers, network pharmacies, pharmacists and affected subscribers when they remove a prescription drug from its plan' formulary.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-16
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0851 | Pass | Senate Resolution Honoring Mike Montecalvo On His Induction Into The Rhode Island Radio Hall Of Fame
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-16
Senate read and passed |
| S0850 | Pass | Senate Resolution Commemorating The Agriculture Lands Preservation Commission's Conservation Of Its 100th Farm And Its Dedicated Efforts To Ensure Agricultural Lands For Future Generations
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-16
Senate read and passed |
| S0297 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits large windstorm insurance deductibles on commercial property insurance policies, and would also prohibit insurers from terminating commercial policies solely due to damages sustained from a catastrophic event.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-16
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0855 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences To The Lima Family On The Passing Of The Honorable George Charles Lima, Sr.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-16
Senate read and passed |
| S0421 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all health insurance contracts, plans, or policies to provide coverage for the services of pharmacists.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-16
Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study |
| S0578 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires registration of those individuals who provide personal care assistant services to a consumer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-16
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0489 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the use of electronic nicotine delivery system products in public places and places of employment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-16
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0563 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits the temporary detention at, or commitment to, the training school of a juvenile twelve (12) years of age or younger to situations in which that juvenile has been charged with or found delinquent of committing an offense involving murder.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-16
Senate held on desk |
| S0852 | Pass | Senate Resolution Honoring Bannister House On Its 125th Anniversary And Respectfully Requesting That Governor Gina Raimondo Convene Meeting Amongst All Stakeholders To Find A Way To Keep Bannister House Open
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-16
Senate read and passed |
| S0853 | Pass | Senate Resolution Designating April, 2015, As "financial Literacy Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-16
Senate read and passed |
| S0587 | Intro
Sine Die | Reduces the time for filing a foreclosure deed from 15 days, and require mortgagees to file copies of foreclosure notices with city or town clerks and appoint an agent for service of process. Requires holders of vacant property to provide for mainten...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-16
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0283 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits a courtesy plate to be issued on the "veteran" plate design.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0840 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the town of Westerly's share of the hotel tax revenue generated by hotels located in the town of Westerly from twenty-five percent (25%) to thirty-two percent (32%).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0187 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminates the additional fee for registration renewal of courtesy (vanity) plates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0764 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the imprisonment penalty for a malicious injury or killing of an animal from 2 to 5 years. Also, imposes an additional assessment if it can be proven that the convicted person is found to have committed said offense in the presence of a chi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S0342 | Engross
Sine Die | Expand the definition of pandering to include the person in control of the premises where prostitution occurs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S0757 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases awardable attorneys' fees from $125 to $150 per hour with an annual increase thereafter based on the Consumer Price Index.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S0499 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires registration plates issued by the department of motor vehicles for leased or rented vehicles to be for a term of no less than two (2) years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0601 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes various changes to workers' compensation provisions defining leased and temporary employees and liability and benefit changes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0277 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the spendable base wage calculation from seventy-five percent (75%) to eighty-five percent (85%) under the workers' compensation law and makes additional changes relating to partial incapacity.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0185 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires employers to pay the reasonable transportation costs for employees that travel round-trip to receive workers' compensation related healthcare services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0470 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases child care eligibility for working families from 180% of federal poverty level to 225% effective 1/1/16.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Committee heard |
| S0836 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Our Venerated Colleague, The Honorable J. Michael Lenihan
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Senate read and passed |
| S0608 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires manufacturers of mercury containing lamps to establish and implement a statewide collection for the recycling of mercury containing lamps.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0835 | Pass | Senate Resolution Commemorating "holocaust Remembrance Day" On April 15, 2015
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Senate read and passed |
| S0186 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminates workers' compensation benefits for partial incapacity.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0467 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that families with income up to two hundred twenty-five percent of the federal poverty level would be qualified to low income child care.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Committee heard |
| S0206 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts latex paint sold on or after January 1, 2016 from fee assessment imposed under the paint stewardship program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0834 | Pass | Senate Resolution Proclaiming April 24, 2015, As "armenian Genocide Remembrance Day" To Commemorate The Armenian Genocide Of 1915 To 1923 And In Honor Of Armenian-americans
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Senate read and passed |
| S0599 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes definitions for leased and temporary employees for workers' compensation benefits. It also addresses the workers' compensation potential liability for "special employers."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0280 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows a change in outdoor advertisement copy by means of trivision technology or other equivalent technology without approval by the department of transportation or the federal highway administration.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0088 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the disposal of any recyclable materials and or waste in the central landfill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0833 | Pass | Senate Resolution Congratulating The Providence College Friars Men's Hockey Team On Winning The 2015 Ncaa Men's Hockey Championship
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Senate read and passed |
| S0698 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the council on post-secondary education to consolidate services within the state's three (3) colleges and university.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| S0358 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows persons who are involuntarily unemployed and who are subject to license or registration non-renewal as a result of failure to pay taxes to obtain a conditional renewal during their period of unemployment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0258 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows police/animal control officer to hold animal up to 72 hours pending court hearing as to costs, fees, charges, surrender of ownership.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S0214 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $15,000,000 For Services For The Developmentally Disabled
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Committee heard |
| S0647 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for a one year registration or renewal for leased vehicles having less than a year remaining on the lease term.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0329 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the nurse licensure compact law and directs the department of health to develop a multi-state compact for nurses licensed in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-14
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0056 | 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) (amendment To The Constitution Of The State, If Adopted, Provides That The Ethics Commission Would Have...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-14
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0173 | 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) (expands Article Vi To Permit Legislators To Be Questioned By The Ethics Commission For Speech/debate O...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-14
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0554 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides appeal rights to patients being discharged for nonpayment of charges.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-14
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0279 | Intro
Sine Die | Senate Resolution Strongly Condemning Anti-semitic Acts
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-14
Senate passed Sub A |
| S0492 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires operators of motorcycles and related vehicles to acknowledge on the registration application that operating without a helmet could cause physical injury.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-14
Meeting postponed (04/16/2015) |
| S0831 | Pass | Senate Resolution Commemorating The Celebration Of "arbor Day" On April 24th Of 2015 In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-14
Senate read and passed |
| S0296 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the provisions of the general laws allowing deferred deposit providers, also known as "payday lenders."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-14
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0062 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution Of The State -- Four Year Terms And Three Term Limits For Representatives And Senators
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-14
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
