| H5087 | Intro
Sine Die | Reduces the filing for limited liability partnerships to a flat fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) and the renewal fee to a flat fee of fifty dollars ($50.00).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-10
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5765 | Intro
Sine Die | Penalizes operating a motor vehicle with any significant amount of snow or ice with a fine of one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-10
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5357 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires parents of certain applicants under this section to take a free course on the content of the driver education curriculum for graduated licenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-10
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5825 | Pass | House Resolution Reinstating And Extending The Reporting And Expiration Dates Of The Special House Commission To Undertake A Comprehensive Study Of The Veterans Home In Bristol And Develop A Master Plan For The Overall Future Direction Of The Facilit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-10
House read and passed |
| H5485 | Intro
Sine Die | Prevents denial of health insurance coverage because injuries were sustained in a car accident.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-10
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5548 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the assessment collected from persons convicted of or placed on probation for domestic violence from one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) to two hundred twenty-five ($225) dollars.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-10
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| S0628 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a new criminal offense for driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor and/or drugs which results in the physical injury of anyone other than the operator.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-10
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5601 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that on and after 7/1/15, any city or town council would have the authority to exempt said city or town from the prohibition against the issuance of certain alcoholic beverage licenses within 200' feet of a school or place of public worship.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-10
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0365 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides all costs incurred by municipal corporations associated with temporary permanent relocation of utility infrastructure such as public utility poles during public works projects within municipal rights-of-way would be borne by the public utili...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-10
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5105 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts the trade-in value of pickup trucks under six thousand pounds (6,000 lbs.) gross weight used exclusively for personal use from sales tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-10
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0629 | Intro
Sine Die | Extends the "lookback" period for third and subsequent offenses under the driving under the influence of liquor or drugs law and the refusal to submit to a chemical test law from 5 years to 10 years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-10
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0240 | Intro
Sine Die | Mandates that the police confiscate the license plates from a vehicle when making an arrest for operating on a suspended license due to a conviction for DUI or breathalyzer refusal.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-10
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5824 | Pass | House Resolution Proclaiming March 17, 2015, To Be "law Enforcement And Fire Service Department Day" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-10
House read and passed |
| S0176 | Pass | Allows Rene Perreault, Jr., to join Keri Lyn Evans and Michael Alex Camera in marriage on or about May 1, 2015, within the Town of North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0060 | Pass | Allows Stephen Carl Bailey to join Abigail Rachel Bailey and Michael Joseph Parker in marriage on or about August 10, 2015, within the Town of Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0131 | Pass | Allows Steven M. Bailey to join Eric P. Anderson and Brandi S. Layfield in marriage on or about March 5, 2015, within the Town of Smithfield, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0052 | Pass | Allows Michael John McCarthy to join Kathleen Elizabeth Enright and Brian Scott Pardini in marriage on or about August 22, 2015, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0128 | Pass | Allows Thorr D. Bjorn to join Jeffrey A. Cammans and Courtney F. Findlen in marriage on or about May 23, 2015, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0061 | Pass | Allows Donato T. DiGenova to join Kayla Rose Mineau and David Daniel Kurtz in marriage on or about August 15, 2015, within the Town of Westerly, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0142 | Pass | Joint Resolution Reaffirming The Friendship Between The State Of Rhode Island And Taiwan, Enhancing Bilateral Trade Relations, And Supporting Taiwan In The International Community
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0292 | Pass | Allows the Honorable Carol Ann Conboy to join Jason M. Andrew and Gina A. Bencivenga in marriage on or about March 7, 2015, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H5198 | Pass | Joint Resolution Reaffirming The Friendship Between The State Of Rhode Island And Taiwan, Enhancing Bilateral Trade Relations, And Supporting Taiwan In The International Community
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H5277 | Intro
Sine Die | Enables the auditor general to take under investigation any matter within the scope of an audit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-05
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0019 | Intro
Sine Die | Reduces the minimum corporate tax from five hundred dollars ($500) to two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-05
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5803 | Pass | House Resolution Honoring Sandra Phair Mundy On The Occasion Of Her Retirement
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-05
House read and passed |
| H5110 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires private social services providers contracting with the state to disclose administrative salary sources.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-05
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0613 | Intro
Sine Die | Required that, before any account surplus from the treasurer's unclaimed intangible and tangible property fund is transferred to the general fund, five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) shall be paid to Rhode Island Legal Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-05
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0110 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the minimum business tax for corporations including small business corporations having an election under subchapter S, 26 U.S.C. § 1361.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-05
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5278 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires an economic impact statement to accompany any proposed legislation affecting businesses operating in this state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-05
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0614 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts from taxation real/tangible property of Morning Star Lodge and Woonsocket Masonic Temple Corporation of Woonsocket.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-05
To Senate Finance Committee |
| H5474 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes various changes to workers' compensation provisions defining leased and temporary employees and liability and benefit changes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-05
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5806 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Everett Michael Armour
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-05
House read and passed |
| H5797 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes an angel investor tax credit for investors in Rhode Island businesses engaged in bioscience, advanced materials, photonics, information technology or any other emerging technology as determined by the commerce corporation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-05
To House Finance Committee |
| S0103 | Intro
Sine Die | Refunds a portion of the minimum tax paid to corporations whose gross receipts are less than five hundred dollars ($500), but never more than five hundred dollars ($500) minimum tax paid.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-05
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0527 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the provisions placing jurisdiction of criminal offenses that occur on the waters of Narragansett Bay in the First and Fifth divisions of the court and permit the Chief Judge to transfer any case to any other division.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-05
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5805 | Pass | House Resolution Recognizing March 8, 2015, As "international Women's Day" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-05
House read and passed |
| S0612 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a procedure for the timely payment to contractors and subcontractors in connection with state contracts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-05
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0022 | Pass | Authorizing The Town Of Jamestown To Purchase 138 Narragansett Avenue In Said Town And To Finance The Purchase And Renovation Thereof By The Issuance Of Not More Than $1,500,000 Bonds And Notes Therefor
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-05
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0648 | Intro
Sine Die | Accelerates the transition plan for calculation of state aid to education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-05
To Senate Finance Committee |
| H5317 | Intro
Sine Die | Reduces the permitted differential between various classes of taxable property from fifty percent (50%) to twenty-five percent (25%).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-05
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0604 | Pass | Senate Resolution Recognizing March 8, 2015, As "international Women's Day" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-05
Senate read and passed |
| H5295 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that a collector's deed is not valid against intervening interests unless recorded within sixty (60) days after the sale unless the collector's return was recorded or posted in a timely manner.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-05
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0230 | Intro
Sine Die | Changes the minimum corporate tax by calculating the tax based on gross income.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-05
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5408 | 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] | 2015-03-05
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0204 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires owners of cats to have the cat licensed, collared and inoculated or be subject to fines.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-05
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| H5473 | Intro
Sine Die | Includes platoon structure and/or shift schedule as items covered by collective bargaining for firefighters.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-05
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5475 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that the contractual provisions contained in a collective bargaining agreement with certified school teachers and municipal employees would continue until a successor agreement has been reached between the parties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-05
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0437 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits a landlord at the commencement of a tenancy, to charge a prospective tenant more than one month's rent and a security deposit equal to two (2) months' rent.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-05
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5350 | Intro
Sine Die | Expands compulsory binding arbitration subjects for municipal employees to include money matters with new arbitration factors and allows a collective bargaining agreement to continue while negotiations on a successor agreement takes place.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-05
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0262 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes a court, in a breach of contract lawsuit, to award attorney’s fees to the successful defendant.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-05
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
