| H7211 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates twenty million dollars to the School Building Authority Capital Fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-28
To House Finance Committee |
| H7546 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the auditor general to perform a ten (10) year forensic audit of the state's retirement system concerning the rate of return, expenses paid, the relationship between the return and expenses and the transparency of the fee agreements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-28
To House Finance Committee |
| H8006 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that any non-recurring capital expenses shall not be included in the annual budget or in the maintenance of effort of any school district.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-28
To House Finance Committee |
| H7367 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the town of Coventry to enact ordinance granting $1,000 exemption to any person who was a member of the National Guard for not less than 5 consecutive years of who served in a National Guard unit that was called to active duty by the Presi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-28
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| H7545 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts state employees, who were eligible to retire on June 30, 2012 from inclusion in the defined contribution retirement plan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-28
To House Finance Committee |
| H7743 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides guidelines for the delegation by licensed health care professionals of non-ablative laser or energy-based treatments to a properly-qualified delegate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-27
Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study |
| H7098 | Intro
Sine Die | Imposes a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) for the registration of a camping recreational vehicle.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-27
To House Finance Committee |
| H7115 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the income eligibility limit for the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) to 200% of the federal poverty level (from 180%).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-27
To House Finance Committee |
| H8067 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits commercial vehicles from using park and ride lots to transport passengers to out-of-state casinos.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7227 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows drivers' licenses and state-issued identification cares to contain medical information to assist medical personnel.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-27
To House Finance Committee |
| H7123 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the executive office of health and human services to increase income disregards for certain Medicare programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-27
To House Finance Committee |
| H7381 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the "Rhode Island Health Care Reform Act of 2004 – Health Insurance Oversight" as well as the "Rhode Island Health Benefit Exchange, and establishes the Rhode Island comprehensive health insurance program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-27
To House Finance Committee |
| H7117 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals to certify recovery housing facilities and programs for residential substance abuse treatment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-27
To House Finance Committee |
| H7490 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires establishments selling drinks or food via drive-through windows to install at the ordering station serving each such window, equipment to be used to assist the deaf and hard-of-hearing in ordering, and train its personnel to use such equipme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-27
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7823 | Intro
Sine Die | Enhances the reimbursement rates for infants and toddlers enrolled in licensed child care centers and family child care homes that have achieved a quality rating of 2 to 5 stars in Bright Stars, the state's quality rating system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-27
To House Finance Committee |
| H7723 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a special license plate for Gold Star Parents.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-27
To House Finance Committee |
| H7368 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a restricted receipt account for the purchase and distribution of the naloxone overdose treatment drug to the cities and towns, and funds medication-assisted treatment delivery, including the use of methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-27
To House Finance Committee |
| H7979 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires movie theaters to provide open captioning for persons who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-27
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H8047 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires any general agents or special agents for Rhode Island Society for the prevention of cruelty animals to apply and have a permit to carry a concealed firearm before doing so in the execution of their duties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H8081 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits smoking on public beaches in the state of Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H8049 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides the process for the production and sale of raw milk cheese in this state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-27
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7291 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminates the service and transfer fees currently required to obtain or transfer a "veteran" or "war veteran" license plate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-27
To House Finance Committee |
| H8051 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the council on elementary and secondary education to develop policy or regulations regarding academic credit for high school ROTC participation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-27
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H8055 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires recipients of public assistance to provide a minimum of twenty (20) hours of community service per month, unless the recipient is disabled, or gainfully employed and working not less than twenty (20) hours during the month.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-27
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7547 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a supplemental rate add on to the Medicaid payment rates for nursing facilities in the amount of $2,005,978 of which not less than 95% shall be used to increase wages for direct care workers. Unused monies subject to repayment to state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-27
To House Finance Committee |
| H7718 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes an appropriation of $295,000 for the mental health consumer advocates of Rhode Island and the Oasis wellness and recovery center for fiscal year 2016-2017.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-27
To House Finance Committee |
| H7236 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminates the September 30, 2016 termination of the child care subsidy transition program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-27
To House Finance Committee |
| H7726 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the owners of antique motor vehicles to register them at a fee based upon the vehicle's weight.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-27
To House Finance Committee |
| H8034 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that all seafood offered for sale in Rhode Island bear a label that indicates whether it is farm raised or wild.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-27
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7299 | Intro
Sine Die | House Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study Streamlining New Business Startup Processes (creates A 13 Member Commission To Study And Provide Recommendations For Streamlining New Business Startups In Rhode Island, And Reports B...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-27
House passed Sub A |
| H7905 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the uniform commercial receivership act, in order to provide uniformity with respect to the powers, rights, and duties of receivers appointed over commercial property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H8066 | Intro
Sine Die | Comprehensively regulates the use of unmanned aerial vehicles and the use of any information that they may generate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H8068 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a wine direct shipper license and a wine gift basket license allowing for the shipment of certain amounts of wine both in and out-of-state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
To House Corporations Committee |
| H8065 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides in all civil cases where an order is issued for court fines, costs, or fees, which remain unpaid, the court shall schedule a review hearing within 2 years. If more than 2 years have elapsed any amount owed shall be waived and discharged.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
Withdrawn at sponsor's request (04/26/2016) |
| H7861 | Intro
Sine Die | Includes inspectors of the public utilities commission and division of motor carriers in the definition of peace officers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H8045 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for termination of all parental rights of any person convicted of sexual assault which results in the birth of a child.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H8028 | Intro
Sine Die | House Resolution Respectfully Requesting Congress To Re-enact Provisions Of The Glass-steagall Banking Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7945 | Intro
Sine Die | Specifies that relevant factors which should be considered by the family court when granting grandparents visitation rights.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H8077 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes a number of changes to the licensure requirements of the nurse licensure compact, and would establish an interstate commission of nurse licensure compact administrators and define its powers and duties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7526 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires hotel operators to provide requesting law enforcement agencies with certain identifying information regarding patrons.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| H7839 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Executive Office of Health and Human Services ("EOHHS") to create a critical prescription drug list and requires financial disclosure by drug manufacturers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
To House Corporations Committee |
| H8076 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes the department of business regulation the exclusive government authority regarding the issuance of licenses to private and business establishments which permit the use of marijuana on their premises.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7206 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Fetal Protection Act, establishing certain actions to unborn children as crimes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7334 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes registration requirements and operational restrictions for unpiloted aerial vehicles, remotely piloted aircraft and unmanned aircraft systems ("drones"), and criminalizes the invasion of privacy by use of such aircraft.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H8080 | Intro
Sine Die | Grants to each individual municipal school departments the power to determine whether their schedules would be open on a particular scheduled election day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-25
Withdrawn at sponsor's request (04/27/2016) |
| H7814 | Intro
Sine Die | Broadens definition of "employee" to include assistants/technologists providing direct medical care to patients and allows union/association to file appeal to personnel appeal board.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-14
To House Labor Committee |
| H8026 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a procedure for employees to secure liens against employers for unpaid wages. Contested claims would be decided by the Superior Court.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-14
To House Labor Committee |
| H8014 | Intro
Sine Die | Reduces the definition of low or moderate income housing existing, in the case of an urban city or town, from 5,000 to 3,000 occupied year-round rental units.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-14
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| H7627 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that all plot plans be prepared by professional engineers, professional surveyors or registered architects, and would prohibit anyone acting under their direct supervision from preparing such plans, drawings or specifications.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-14
To House Labor Committee |
| H8070 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminates the motor vehicle and trailer excise tax by fiscal year 2019, and would further provide that reimbursement for lost tax revenue would be provided to the cities, towns and fire districts from the sales tax and lottery revenue.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-13
To House Finance Committee |
