| H7926 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds charter tuitions to the calculation used to determine local per-pupil costs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Finance Committee |
| H7921 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds a ($1.00) fee per covered life per month to be paid when filing the annual report required of third party administrators of pharmacy benefit plans. The funds will go into a restricted receipt account and would be spent on opioid disorders.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Finance Committee |
| H7919 | Intro
Sine Die | Subjects budget commissions to the provisions of chapter 46 of title 42 of the general laws, "Open Meetings" in its entirety.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Finance Committee |
| H7916 | Intro
Sine Die | Renames the Point Street Bridge in the city of Providence to the "George M. Cohan Memorial Bridge."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Finance Committee |
| H7631 | Intro
Sine Die | Restricts the awarding of disfigurement workers' compensation benefits to scarring of the neck, face, and hands and prohibits them from being awarded less than one year from the date of the disfiguring event.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Labor Committee |
| H7698 | Intro
Sine Die | Changes the name and composition of the legislative commission to study and evaluate property tax related issues, including tax classification systems and the process of valuation appeals by making it a permanent commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| H7325 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a fee on companies that sell fossil fuels in the state, paid at the point of sale within the state for consumption or distribution within the state. Also establishes a "Clean Energy and Jobs Fund" to disburse the collected.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| H7632 | Intro
Sine Die | Broadens the definition of "suitable alternative employment". It also expands the circumstances under which an earning capacity can be set by the workers' compensation court.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Labor Committee |
| H7759 | Intro
Sine Die | Gives the director of the department of environmental management the authority to terminate and revoke licenses issued by the department if conditions leading to a suspension are not connected.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| H7700 | 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] | 2016-03-10
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| H7503 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows surviving spouses entitled to workers' compensation death benefits to receive annual cost-of-living increases in the amount of the total percent of increase in the CPI-W, as opposed to the existing four percent (4%) cost-of-living increase.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Labor Committee |
| H7629 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows an employer or workers' compensation insurer to recover any overpayments of benefits made to the injured employee by set-off against future payments due to an employee for loss of use or of disfigurement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Labor Committee |
| H7699 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends timeframes and procedures for appeals in the zoning enabling act and land development and subdivision review enabling act, and shortens the time for, and number of, appeals during the planning board of review process.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| H7701 | Intro
Sine Die | Sets aside the third Saturday in April annually to be known as Historic Cemetery Restoration Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| H7697 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends provisions of the Rhode Island Development Impact Fee Act regarding the basis for impact fees, the need for impact fees for new schools, impact fees for low, moderate and age restricted housing, and how municipalities manage impact fees accoun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| H7504 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds campus police officers to the group of public safety officials eligible to collect salary, wages, benefits during periods of whole/partial incapacitation incurred while on-duty or while providing emergency assistance within the state while off-d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Labor Committee |
| H7528 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the rights and obligations of property owners concerning the maintenance of private easements and rights-of-way.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7639 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all school districts to designate an athletic trainer to be available for high school athletic practices and games.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7603 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that appeals from administrative orders or decisions regarding the taxation of tangible property are to the sixth (6th) division district court, and not the superior court.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7573 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows for the use of the terms "special warranty deed" and "special warranty covenants" in any deed of conveyance, recorded or not, whereby the grantor will warrant and defend the granted premises to the grantee forever against lawful claims.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7043 | Pass | To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of The Executives Association Of Rhode Island, Inc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7540 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the rules for the mailing of notices of condominium lien foreclosure by adding a post-sale notice to the unit owner, and grants the unit owner a right of redemption.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7598 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for Rhode Island's adoption of the Atlantic Time Zone if and when Massachusetts does so.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7529 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends fines for failing to file a foreclosure deed and requires that a notice of intent to foreclose be filed in the city or town where the property is located.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7756 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that Interscholastic League Athletes and youth sports athletes who are female and 19 years of age or younger and who play certain softball positions wear protective face masks during practice and at games.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7757 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows parents or guardians sufficient access to observe their child's special education program in order to assess the child's performance in a current program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7758 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the incorporation of substance abuse education, provided by licensed chemical dependency professionals, into the health education curriculum.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7044 | Pass | To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of Miceli Construction & Roofing, Inc
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7658 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that the council of elementary and secondary education take into consideration the time and cost of transporting students and other programs that impact the education of students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7584 | Intro
Sine Die | Extends the benefits of the dual enrollment equal opportunity act to cover home-schooled students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7684 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires condominium unit owners' association officers to verify that management agents or companies retained by the association are insured with respect to the services they provide to the condominium.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7042 | Pass | To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of Imprint, Inc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7893 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all groups, organizations, and bodies that are not public bodies and yet nevertheless decide to follow the open meetings law, to be bound by all provisions of it.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7165 | Pass | To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of The Riverside Improvement Association Of South Kingston
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7483 | Intro
Sine Die | Gives the appointment of the historian laureate of Rhode Island to the governor rather than the secretary of state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7223 | Pass | To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of East Providence Towing Inc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7222 | Pass | To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of Hot Rides Inc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7599 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits discrimination in housing against those persons who have a lawful source of income.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7323 | Pass | To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of Mirdesi And Company Corporation
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7605 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a cause of action for the intentional or negligent death of a pet.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7800 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes an animal shelter to claim an animal has been abandoned by its owner and put the animal up for adoption or dispose of it in a humane way after a reasonable attempt has been made to find the owner.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7619 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the "Safe Cytotoxic Waste Disposal Act".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7709 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires health care entities to issue a decision regarding credentialing of a health care provider within 20 days of receiving a credentialing application and establishes a billing effective date.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7708 | Intro
Sine Die | Transfers utilization review from department of health to office of health insurance commissioner (OHIC) to review/regulate adequacy of health plan networks effective 1/1/17.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7509 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits the amount of money that can be added and collected by persons or entities who purchase charged-off credit card debt.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7617 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires health practitioners/health plan coverage to support clinical practices fostering use of abuse-deterrent opioid analgesic drug product formulations approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7768 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the director of the department of environmental management to promulgate rules and regulations to permit the administrative enforcement of regulations pertaining to cruelty to animals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7766 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows a parent to introduce evidence in a family court child custody dispute, from an expert, alleging the existence of parental alienation syndrome by the other parent.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| H7585 | Intro
Sine Die | Expands the state's net metering policy to include renewable energy projects in which energy is distributed off-site from a customer's account and would establish an energy system credit benefit or charge.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7669 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits any person from importing, selling, offering for sale, purchasing, bartering, or possessing with intent to sell, any ivory, ivory product, rhinoceros horn, or rhinoceros horn product, with limited exception & provides for fines for violatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To House Judiciary Committee |
