| H8071 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds convenience stores to the definition of eating and/or drinking establishments where the local meals and beverage tax shall apply to purchases of a meal or beverage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-13
To House Finance Committee |
| H8027 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the development of a computer science high school curriculum.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-13
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7532 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the rules for newspaper publication of notices of condominium lien foreclosure.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H8019 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that the judicial selection commission be composed of at least three (3) members of color, and that it actively and aggressively solicit members of color to apply for judicial appointments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H8018 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that when a judge of color on a state court leaves the bench, they would be replaced by a person of color.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7596 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a new category of veteran registration plate for those veterans who are one hundred percent (100%) disabled while on active duty.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-13
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| H8024 | Intro
Sine Die | Includes members of the United States Armed Forces in criminal offenses against police offers and officials.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H8017 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes chief judge to appoint judicial candidates if governor fails to fill a vacancy within the required 21 days, and extends list of eligible candidates as of 3/31/13 until 3/31/18.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7863 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes limits on the maximum number of patients that may be assigned to a unit’s registered nurses in particular health care situations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-13
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7518 | Intro
Sine Die | Removes requirement that information contained in any prescription drug monitoring database be provided to law enforcement only pursuant to a search warrant, if in connection with a specific investigation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-13
Committee recommends passage |
| H7802 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits a patient or caregiver cardholder from manufacturing marijuana using a solvent process that includes the use of a flammable gas as a solvent, but permits compassion center cardholders to the process in accordance with DOH rules.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7806 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides a definition for an immature marijuana plant and updates the definition of seedling.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7808 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases number of permits for medical marijuana compassion centers from 3 to 6 with certain geographical limitations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7803 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the amounts of marijuana that non-residential and residential cooperative cultivation may lawfully possess.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7752 | Intro
Sine Die | Removes the state's prohibition on adults using, possessing, and cultivating marijuana for personal use. Establishes a system of regulated marijuana retail distribution to adults 21 and older and imposes taxes at both the wholesale and retail level.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H8023 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows for a step therapy exception determination when coverage of a prescription drug for the treatment of a medical condition is restricted for use by an insurer, health plan, or utilization review organization.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-12
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7208 | Intro
Sine Die | A civil penalty of $100 - $200 to be imposed on first or subsequent offenses for possession of marijuana.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H8004 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for a dispute resolution process for emergency services and surprise bills for medical services performed by nonparticipating (out-of-network) health care providers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-12
To House Corporations Committee |
| H8003 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the dispensing of contact lenses without a valid prescription and would mandate that prescriptions expire one year after issuance unless a shorter time is necessary based on the medical judgment of the optometrist.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-12
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7804 | Intro
Sine Die | Defines term "dried" as having moisture content of 10% or less.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7807 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits employers from refusing to hire, discharging or otherwise discriminating against any individual on account of their medical use of marijuana. It would also make drug testing under §28-6.5-2 subject to the protections of this act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7805 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the amount of unusable and usable marijuana that a patient cardholder and primary caregiver cardholder would be allowed to have in their possession.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7641 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all secondary high schools in this state to include in their curriculum instruction on the genocide known as the Holocaust and other genocides.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-11
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7976 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the town of Tiverton to regulate excavating within the town.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-07
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| H8052 | Intro
Sine Die | Effective July 1, 2016, this act would transfer several classes of state public safety professionals from the state retirement system to the municipal employee retirement system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-07
To House Finance Committee |
| H8002 | Intro
Sine Die | Enables the board of licenses to exempt objections by adjoining property owners.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-07
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| H7481 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits the time an inmate can spend in segregated confinement, prohibits the segregated confinement of certain vulnerable persons, and creates more humane and effective methods of instituting such confinement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-06
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7960 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the "Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act" to be called the "Uniform Voidable Transfer Act" and amends several provisions to the general laws to reflect this change.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-06
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7961 | Intro
Sine Die | House Resolution Creating A Special House Commission To Study Implementation Of A Supermarket Food Donation Incentive Program (creates A 13 Member Commission To Study And Develop Recommendations To Implement Incentives To Increase Supermarket Food Do...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-06
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7977 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the manufacture, sale, and distribution of residential upholstered children's products that contain certain amounts of bromide or chlorine bonded to carbon that is added to a plastic, foam, or textile.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-06
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7952 | Intro
Sine Die | Grants the general assembly access to limited governmental records.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-06
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7915 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires manufacturers to fully disclose all ingredients of their cosmetics on their product label, as well as on their website. Failure to do so would result in a substantial fine.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-06
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7825 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the open meetings law to account for advances in technology.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-06
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7973 | Intro
Sine Die | Revises access to public records charter re: definitions of public body public record, right to inspect, copy records, arrest logs, compliance, costs, court jurisdiction, remedies, claims settlement, violations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-06
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7767 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that any toll facility shall if it engages in enforcement of traffic laws do so only as authorized by §§42-13.1-11 and 42-13.1-12.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-06
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7687 | Intro
Sine Die | Declares non-competition agreements unenforceable in the state unless integral to the sale of a business interest or the dissolution of a partnership or the withdrawal of a partner from a partnership.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-06
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H8038 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a developmental disabilities ombudsman program to be attached to the department of administration. The ombudsman would advocate for developmentally disabled adults and would be selected by the governor from a list of 3-5 candidates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-06
To House Finance Committee |
| H8039 | Intro
Sine Die | House Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study Fiscal Impact Of The Tax Exempt Status Of Certain Schools On Host Communities
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-06
To House Finance Committee |
| H7899 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows parents or guardians of a child to opt out of vaccines for non-casual contact diseases transmitted by sexual contact.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-06
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7944 | Intro
Sine Die | House Resolution Respectfully Requesting Governor Gina Raimondo To Seek An Advisory Opinion From The Rhode Island Supreme Court As To The Constitutionality Of Bill 2016 H --7409 Substitute A
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-06
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7581 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the department of human services to establish a searchable online database, accessible to all certified family-child care providers, for the purpose of monitoring the status of all co-payments owed by families receiving child care assistance...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-05
To House Finance Committee |
| H7633 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all employers to provide their employees with a minimum level of paid sick and safety leave including time to care for the employee’s family members.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-31
To House Labor Committee |
| H7912 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminates the council of economic advisors, the governor's commerce and workforce coordination cabinet, and would correct references in the executive office of commerce enabling act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-31
To House Labor Committee |
| H7836 | Intro
Sine Die | Each individual violating law governing electricians, plumbers, and other trades constitutes a separate offense for firms/corporations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-31
To House Labor Committee |
| H7954 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts renewable energy systems of up to10 kilowatts for residential property and up to 100 kilowatts for small commercial property from local taxation for a period of 20 years or upon transfer of the property, whichever is first.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-31
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| H7408 | Intro
Sine Die | Codifies into law Carcieri's "Illegal Immigration Control Order" which would require the DOA to order the dept to utilize the E-Verify progress to verify the employment eligibility of new hires & businesses doing business for the department.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-31
To House Labor Committee |
| H7666 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds a doctor of acupuncture and Oriental medicine to the medical advisory board at the workers' compensation court, and respects patient choice in the selection of treatment therapies for certain conditions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-31
To House Labor Committee |
| H7694 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the scope of protections and remedies available to employees who are discriminated against in their wages due to their sex.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-31
To House Labor Committee |
| H7693 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides an accelerated process and benefits for persons claiming unemployment benefits after voluntarily leaving work for circumstances resulting from domestic abuse.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-31
To House Labor Committee |
| H7285 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the minimum wage to ten dollars and fifty cents ($10.50) on January 1, 2017 and eleven dollars ($11.00) per hour on January 1, 2018.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-31
To House Labor Committee |
