| H7292 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the state's share to support local public library services in distressed communities by an amount equal to the amount paid by the distressed community to the ocean state libraries (OSL) annual assessment charges.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-25
To House Finance Committee |
| H7809 | Pass | Allows Jayne Marie Davolio to join Michael Alan Watson, Jr., and John Peter Rondeau in marriage on or about September 3, 2016, within the Town of Smithfield, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-25
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H8136 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that the division of planning create a checklist of environmental and energy issues that certain state construction projects which cost in excess of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) would need to consider and address.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-25
To House Finance Committee |
| H7559 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts the eligibility of the qualified jobs incentive program to employers with less employees than is currently required, and removes the mandatory tax credit amount of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) to eligible employers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-25
To House Finance Committee |
| H7377 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a two (2) year grant program for qualifying students to attend the Community College of Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-25
To House Finance Committee |
| H7727 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases superior court jurors' fees to thirty-five dollars ($35.00) per day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-25
To House Finance Committee |
| H7790 | Intro
Sine Die | Utilizes rebates instead of tax credits and increases the available amounts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-25
To House Finance Committee |
| H7190 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the assessment of a convenience fee in connection with an online transaction with the division of motor vehicles.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-25
To House Finance Committee |
| H7009 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes "The Get On Your Feet Loan Forgiveness Program" in Rhode Island, to assist recent college and university graduates in the repayment of their student loans, by providing a grace period for the first 2 years after graduation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-25
To House Finance Committee |
| H7824 | Pass | Allows the Honorable Michael Stallman to join Brynne Lehner and Scott Colton in marriage on or about September 4, 2016, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-25
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7264 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that only in-state wholesale food processors shall be subject to the five hundred dollar ($500) fee charged by the department of health, thereby exempting out-of-state wholesale food processors from such fee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-25
To House Finance Committee |
| H7261 | Intro
Sine Die | Effective September 1, 2016, all Central Falls' retirees covered by §45-21-67 would have their pension benefits gradually increased during a 5-year period from 75% to 100% of their basic pension benefit amount as of July 31, 2011.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-25
To House Finance Committee |
| H8239 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires non-emergency child placements by DCYF to include in the petition for placement investigations of both paternal and maternal families.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-25
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7936 | Intro
Sine Die | Enhances the reporting requirements related to the transfer or conveyance of transferable tax credits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-25
To House Finance Committee |
| H7106 | Intro
Sine Die | Imposes a yearly earnings limitation on retired teachers serving as substitute teachers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-25
To House Finance Committee |
| H7494 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits municipalities to seek reimbursement for essential services provided to certain tax exempt properties based on pro rata basis according to the assessed value of the property serviced.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-25
To House Finance Committee |
| H7927 | Intro
Sine Die | Expands TDI benefits, change the calculation of the taxable wage base; to state and municipal employees; increases the maximum number of weeks an employee can collect TDI and TCI; and expands TCI benefits for the care of siblings and grandchildren.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-25
To House Finance Committee |
| H7826 | Pass | Mandates tax collectors conducting tax sales provide the required notices to the Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation as well as the department of elderly affairs, and that such notices could be provided electronically.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-23
Signed by Governor |
| H7450 | Pass | Renames commissions as Rhode Island Commission on Women and Girls, allows partnerships with other entities with common concerns, designates any money received from any source as restricted revenues.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-23
Signed by Governor |
| H7869 | Pass | Gives the contractor's registration and licensing board jurisdiction over pump installers and residential water filtration/treatment system contractors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-23
Signed by Governor |
| H7220 | Pass | Establishes the Rhode Island Family Home Visiting Act, pursuant to which, the Rhode Island department of health would coordinate the system of early childhood visiting services to meet the needs of vulnerable families with young children.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-23
Signed by Governor |
| H7868 | Pass | Establishes limited licenses for commercial water filtration/treatment system work to be governed under the authority of the board of examiners of plumbers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-23
Signed by Governor |
| H7499 | Pass | Allows class A liquor retail license holders to serve unlimited samples of wine products available for purchase on one occasion each year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7747 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the department of education and the DCYF to develop a procedure to ensure that the municipalities where group homes or other residential facilities are located are reimbursed for the educational expenses above the cost allocated.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
To House Finance Committee |
| H7482 | Engross
Sine Die | Permits the settlor of a trust to provide for a person other than the trustee to direct actions of the trustee, and clearly establishes the legal responsibilities of trust advisors and trust protectors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7965 | Intro
Sine Die | Reduces a local school district's quarterly per pupil payments to charter schools whose teachers to not participate in either the state or a municipal pension system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
To House Finance Committee |
| H7735 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that every employer who provides services to persons with developmental disabilities, which are reimbursed for such services by the state, pay their employees fifteen dollars ($15.00) an hour.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
To House Finance Committee |
| H7067 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminates a city or town's financial obligations to pay for their students enrollment in charter schools..
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
To House Finance Committee |
| H7178 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a community senior services grant program to provide financial assistance to municipalities and nonprofit organizations which operate senior centers and/or senior programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Withdrawn at sponsor's request (05/19/2016) |
| H7557 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes district-charter compacts between charter schools and traditional public schools. Would establish a compact fund from appropriations by the general assembly as well as grants, gifts and bequests.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
To House Finance Committee |
| H7491 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the provisions of the Education Equity and Property Tax Relief Act by freezing the amount of the regionalization bonus at two percent (2%).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
To House Finance Committee |
| H7202 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes the use of display or aerial fireworks after 12:00 a.m. or before 7:00 a.m. a civil violation with a fine of $75.00.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7486 | Pass | Creates an avenue to challenge the legal viability of a recorded commercial real estate broker's notice of lien for their unpaid and owing commercial real estate sales commission bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7744 | Intro
Sine Die | Reduces the minimum corporate tax from four hundred fifty dollars ($450) to fifty dollars ($50).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-18
To House Finance Committee |
| H8103 | Pass | Allows Robert Elmer to join Gena Camooso Alexa and Paul Robert Hunter in marriage on or about May 21, 2016, within the Town of Westerly Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-18
Signed by Governor |
| H8016 | Pass | Allows Monty Sarhan to join Angie Sarhan and the Honorable David Salvatore in marriage on or about July 31, 2016, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-18
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7882 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes a referendum to be submitted at the November 2016 election which would authorize the issuance of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) in bonds to develop an innovation campus at the University of Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-18
To House Finance Committee |
| H8046 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that a motor vehicle accident with death resulting, if the attorney general decides not to prosecute a criminal case, the attorney general shall give the decedent's representatives an opportunity to discuss why the matter is not being prosec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-18
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H8204 | Intro
Sine Die | Excludes violations of operating a motor vehicle with a susp./exp. license from the definition of convictions in the expungement statute; a non-1st time offender may apply for an evidentiary hearing by the court unless convicted for crime(s) of viole...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-18
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7054 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires school districts to conduct screening for dyslexia and other reading disabilities of school children who have exhibited one or more potential indicators using certain screening methods selected by the commissioner of education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-18
To Senate Education Committee |
| H8078 | Pass | To Vacate The Forfeiture Of The Charter Of Berard-desjarlais Post 88 Club
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-18
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H8059 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires DEM to continue to promote and operate with appropriate staffing the organic certification program, with the general assembly to provide the necessary funding.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-18
To House Finance Committee |
| H8199 | Intro
Sine Die | Includes licensed school psychologists under the provisions of the general laws governing the regulations of psychologists.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-18
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7998 | Intro
Sine Die | When a person dies as a result of an injury received by the operator of a motor vehicle, the operator of the vehicle involved would submit to a chemical analysis of their blood, without a warrant being required.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-18
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7996 | Pass | Allows James Elkin to join Lauren Elkin and Tom Wajda in marriage on or about September 17, 2016, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-18
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H8000 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes a fatal accident caused by the negligent operation of a motor vehicle a misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in prison and a loss of driving privileges for not more than sixty (60) days.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-18
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7997 | Pass | Allows Leo Charpentier to join Tina Marie Parmentier and Richard Andrew Bedard in marriage on or about July 16, 2016, within the Town of Burrillville, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-18
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H8212 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the health insurance utilization review process include the use of physicians who are licensed, or otherwise formally recognized as specialists.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-18
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H8213 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the approval of the town council and school committee of North Smithfield for the establishment of a mayoral academy drawing on North Smithfield, or for the enrollment of any additional North Smithfield students at RISE Mayoral Academy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-18
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7538 | Pass | Makes residents of the state of Rhode Island who are victims of terrorist acts outside the state of Rhode Island but within the United States, eligible to receive victim's compensation payments under this chapter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-17
Signed by Governor |
