| H5150 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires, prior to the award of authority, that all bidders for public works contracts provide a list of the subcontractors to be utilized.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0523 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows police officers to seize weapons without a warrant in certain situations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0501 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a wine direct shipper license to allow for shipment of limited amounts of wine through the mail to eligible customers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| H5716 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides municipality or LEA with A rating or better with any of primary rating agencies and can issue and sell bonds on open market without general assembly approval or being issued through Rhode Island health and educational building corporation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
To House Finance Committee |
| H5742 | Pass | House Resolution Recognizing And Honoring The Samaritans, Inc., Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
House read and passed |
| H5228 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the "Student Equal Economic Opportunity Act" which would identify those students who are exempt from paying nonresident tuition at public universities, colleges or community colleges.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5659 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the requirement of notice to husband of a patient before an abortion procedure.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5648 | Intro
Sine Die | Require that an ultrasound fetal image be made of every fetus about to be aborted for review by the woman seeking the abortion, and would add language which makes it clear that a woman can refuse an abortion.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5273 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation to consider the use of incineration as a method to dispose of solid waste.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5363 | Intro
Sine Die | Seeks to prohibit employers from demanding payment or deductions from a tip or service charge given to waitstaff, prohibiting tip pools and would require that any service charge imposed by an employer be remitted to the service staff.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5744 | Pass | House Resolution Congratulating Dr. Thomas Dipaola, Ph.d., For Receiving The Eighth Annual Paul W. Crowley Award
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
House read and passed |
| H5172 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires municipalities that fail to make required contributions to their locally administered pension funds, to use any budget surplus they may have to make up for their delinquent contributions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0472 | Intro
Sine Die | Imposes tax increases on personal income, with the revenue collected therefrom to be deposited into restricted receipt accounts for the purposes of state aid to municipalities and reimbursement of public school construction.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0454 | Pass | Senate Resolution Commemorating The 171st Anniversary Of Dominican Republic Independence On February 27, 2015
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Senate read and passed |
| H5746 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Sincere Condolences On The Passing Of Muriel A. Sullivan
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
House read and passed |
| H5722 | Intro
Sine Die | Lowers the sales and use tax rates to five percent (5%).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
To House Finance Committee |
| H5415 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the “Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act” for the purpose of regulating the official publication of legal material in an electronic record.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| H5748 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Francis Henry Smith
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
House read and passed |
| S0528 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides the licensing authorities for permits to carry concealed weapons, discretion in deciding whether to issue such permit and would require that the applicant exhibit a "proper showing of need." Also establishes a procedure for appeals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5144 | Intro
Sine Die | Mandates that RIPTA provide basic transit services to all cities and towns with the exception of the town of New Shoreham.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0453 | Pass | Senate Resolution Recognizing And Honoring The Samaritans, Inc., Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Senate read and passed |
| S0511 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes a number of changes to the statutes relating to the sale and possession of weapons and to the penalties for violating the same. This act also provides for mandatory sentences.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| 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 |
| S0251 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires parole board members be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Committee recommends passage |
| H5743 | Pass | House Resolution Congratulating Edith C. Davis On The Joyous Celebration Of Her 100th Birthday
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
House read and passed |
| S0412 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits the number of cats per household to ten (10) without special permission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| S0438 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorize random drug screening as a condition for continued public assistance, and would provide a mechanism for re-testing those who fail the test.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0385 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows law enforcement agencies to keep the proceeds from confiscated property for law enforcement purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| 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 |
| S0375 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes tobacco control program and raises taxes imposed on cigarettes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0420 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits the compensation paid to certain employees of health care facilities to an amount determined by the director to represent an average compensation level for their respective positions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S0372 | Intro
Sine Die | Reverts back from the most recent changes in the general laws concerning the method process for which the state pays for medical coverage for Medicare-eligible state and teacher retirees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To Senate Finance Committee |
| 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 |
| S0446 | 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] | 2015-02-25
To Senate Labor 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 |
| S0374 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $140,000 To Urban Ventures (appropriates One Hundred Forty Thousand Dollars ($140,000) To Rhode Island Commerce Corporation To Be Granted To Urban Ventures To Implement Activities Assisting Small Businesses...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0371 | Intro
Sine Die | Restores longevity payments of five percent (5%) of base salary for employees after ten (10) years of service and increases to ten percent (10%) of base salary after twenty (20) years of service.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0413 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes private savings (ABLE) account for qualifying disabled persons wherein monies grow tax free and used for qualifying expenses per Section 529A of Internal Revenue Service Code.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To Senate Finance Committee |
| 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 |
| S0418 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts purple heart recipients and honorably discharged veterans who were engaged in active combat or fighting in any war or armed conflict from paying user fees at any state beaches, parks, and recreational areas.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To Senate Finance 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 |
| S0370 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a tax credit for businesses that provide English language classes for its non-English speaking employees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To Senate 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 |
| S0377 | Intro
Sine Die | Imposes a 10% supplemental firearms ammunition tax upon the sale of firearms and ammunitions, with the funds collected from tax to be distributed to municipal police departments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0363 | Pass | Senate Resolution Honoring And Thanking Kathryn E. Ryan For Her Many Years Of Dedicated Service With The Friends Of Tiverton Libraries Board
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
Senate read and passed |
| 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 |
