| H6058 | Pass | House Resolution Proclaiming April, 2015, To Be "sexual Assault Awareness Month" In The State F Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-09
House read and passed |
| H6059 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Condolences To The Lima Family On The Passing Of The Honorable George Charles Lima, Sr.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-09
House read and passed |
| H5670 | Intro
Sine Die | Sets specific, up-to-date standards for selected commercial and residential products. These energy and water efficiency standards are based on ENERGY STAR specifications or on standards adopted by various states.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-09
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0096 | Pass | Ratifies the amendments to the North Kingstown town charter approved on November 2, 2010 and November 4, 2014, to the extent such ratification is needed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-09
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0654 | Intro
Sine Die | Removes state mandate requiring cities/towns to include affordable housing programs in plans and opt-out provisions regarding the same including land use in the state guide plan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-09
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| S0630 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits a person from electronically disseminating visual images of another engaged in sexually explicit conduct or the intimate parts of another, without that person's consent and where the person had a reasonable expectation of privacy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S0652 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires creation of an evidence-based behavioral health care program for incarcerated adults with co-occurring substance use and mental disorders.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
To House Finance Committee |
| S0136 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all violations relative to the payment of wages to be referred to the attorney general for prosecution.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
Committee postponed at request of sponsor |
| H5709 | Intro
Sine Die | Includes the maintenance, servicing, and testing of certain electrical components within the purview of chapter and corrects and clarifies certain outdated language and increases the penalties for violations of this chapter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H6010 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits insurers from using credit ratings to underwrite or rate risks for casualty insurance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5463 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes certain changes and technical corrections regarding the internal references to other provisions of the general laws.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5708 | Intro
Sine Die | Declares non-competition agreements unenforceable unless integral to the sale of a business interest.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0558 | 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] | 2015-04-08
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5041 | Pass | Ratifies amendments to Coventry Home Rule Charter adopted and approved at the November 4, 2014 general election.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H5507 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the Lila Manfield Sapinsley Compassionate Care Act, to provide a legal mechanism whereby a terminally ill patient may choose to end his or her life using drugs prescribed by a physician.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5603 | Intro
Sine Die | Mandates that a land survey and a site or plot plan, tamped and certified by a professional land surveyor, be required as part of any construction application process.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0736 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows parents and legal guardians to elect to have their child opt out of Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for Colleges or "PARCC" assessment, or similar assessments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5579 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the use of prone restraints in certain facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5705 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that matters/petitions involving common carriers of persons/property upon water between termini within this state on a year-round basis be heard by 2 commissioners and a designee of the city/ town council most dependent upon the service prov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| S0798 | Pass | Senate Resolution Respectfully Urging The United States Senate To Support Passage Of The Marketplace Fairness Act Of 2015
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
Senate read and passed |
| S0805 | Pass | Senate Resolution Celebrating "national Cancer Registrars Week" On April 6th Through The 10th, 2015, In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
Senate read and passed |
| H6011 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminates requirement of publication in newspapers by self-storage facilities enforcing a lien.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5933 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds probation and parole officers grades 1 and 2 of the department of children, youth, and families and the department of corrections to the definition of peace officer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5423 | 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] | 2015-04-08
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0069 | Intro
Sine Die | Raises the amount of life insurance for which the state will reimburse the cost of premiums to a mobilized Rhode Island National Guard member from four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) to five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0496 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the owner of an owner-occupied single family home to build an accessory dwelling unit to house a member of the family who is sixty-two (62) years of age or older.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0735 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all public schools in grades kindergarten through twelve (12), to have at least one full-time certified school social worker for every four hundred (400) students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5594 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the provisions of the general laws related to conversion charges for municipality service, from a subject tariff rate to an alternative tariff rate, for delivery service of electric energy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5459 | Intro
Sine Die | House Resolution Opposing Further Implementation Of The Real Id Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0425 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the town of Charlestown to regulate excavation and extraction activity within the town.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5904 | Intro
Sine Die | Extends the least cost procurement and system reliability programs reporting requirements, regarding utility base rates and adds a charge per kilowatt to be charged to customers to fund demand like management programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0010 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that the board of education adopt a competency-based/proficiency based learning policy whereby students can earn credits through demonstration of competency and this policy would be approved by June 1, 2016.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5576 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires retailers to examine a photo id to verify that a buyer presenting an EBT card is entitled to use the card. It further provides that a retailer who neglects to perform such verification shall be suspended from the program for 1 month.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0426 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires municipalities to include in their comprehensive plans a process to permit accessory agriculture operations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0760 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates additional private rights of action for workers concerning employment applications, employment files, employer transportation service charges, temporary disability benefits and payment of wages.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H6053 | Pass | House 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] | 2015-04-08
House read and passed |
| H5703 | Intro
Sine Die | Grants standing to cities and towns in ferry regulations before the PUC and division of public utilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| S0300 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts "licensed releasing agencies" from the offense of abandoning cats.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0466 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts for-profit hospitals from sales and use taxes, phased in 12 year period. Each such hospital must file a tax exemption report with the tax division, and provide annual reports to said division and general assembly.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
To House Finance Committee |
| H5894 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the department of elementary and secondary education, pursuant to rules promulgated by the commissioner of elementary and secondary education, to develop curricular material on financial literacy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0799 | Pass | Senate Resolution Extending The Reporting Date Of The Special Senate Task Force To Study The Evaluation And Certification Of Foreign-trained Professionals (extends The Reporting Date Of The Special Senate Task Force To Study The Evaluation And Certif...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
Senate read and passed |
| H5451 | Intro
Sine Die | Subjects board of elections to provisions of APA.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5810 | Intro
Sine Die | Bars any person, entity and its members or shareholders, members or affiliates from being issued a certificate of necessity for selling electricity or gas by the PUC if a prior certificate for such person, association, or corporation has been revoked...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| S0718 | Engross
Sine Die | Brings various sections of the general laws relative to fire safety up-to-date to conform to the National Fire Prevention Act standards.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| S0272 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the minimum hourly wage annually commencing on January 1, 2016 using the Consumer Price Index, but in no case by more than fifty cents ($.50).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0762 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the governor to call the National Guard into service for public safety or memorial service purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5374 | 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) (amends The Constitution And Gives Jurisdiction Over The Code Of Ethics To The Ethics Commission And Gi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-07
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5663 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminates a number of exceptions to the "revolving-door rule," so-called.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-07
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0216 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminates the sales tax on taxi services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-07
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5958 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes licensing requirements and procedures for operating any establishment or personnel in the business of body works services, and provides for penalties for violations of the act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-07
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
