| S2135 | Intro
Sine Die | Removes fire districts from budget commission oversight.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2151 | Intro
Sine Die | Expands the income disregards or other methodology for parents or relative caretakers eligible for medical assistance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2132 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for a 10 year period in which tax administrator would have to commence a collection action.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2146 | Intro
Sine Die | Taxpayers age seventy (70) or older may reduce adjusted gross income on the state income tax by subtracting up to five hundred dollars ($500), or one thousand dollars ($1,000) on a joint return on medical expenses not used as federal tax deductions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2016 | Intro
Sine Die | Gives school committee discretion to utilize school bus monitors while removing requirement that bus monitors accompany bus drivers on certain buses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To Senate Education Committee |
| S2043 | Intro
Sine Die | Imposes a six (6) month waiting period for public assistance upon legally admitted aliens. Illegal or undocumented aliens would remain ineligible for public assistance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2030 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the maximum tax on qualifying low income property from eight percent (8%) of the previous year's gross scheduled rental income to ten percent (10%) of prospective year's gross scheduled rental income.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2044 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends car tax statutes to allow used motor vehicle assessments to be based on the average trade-in price, instead of the retail price. Aggrieved taxpayers may now appeal assessments by submitting their own certified appraisal.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2033 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Rhode Island resource recovery corporation to annually pay six million dollars ($6,000,000) to the town of Johnston in addition to any other monies paid to the town by the corporation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2066 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the value of all net taxable estates for the purpose of the estate and transfer tax from six hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($675,000) to two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2032 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the maximum tax for qualifying low income housing from eight percent (8%) to ten percent (10%) of the property's previous year's gross scheduled rental income.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2031 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the Resource Recovery Corporation tipping fee from three dollars ($3.00) to five dollars ($5.00) per vehicle to be paid to the town of Johnston on a biannual basis.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2012 | Intro
Sine Die | Separates the laws for "check cashing" and "payday lending".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| S2009 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits large windstorm damage deductibles and prohibits termination of policies solely due to major storm damage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| S2029 | 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] | 2016-01-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2035 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts the trade-in-value of pickup trucks weighing fourteen thousand pounds (14,000 lbs) or less from sales and use tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2049 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits the Pontiac Mills site in Warwick to be approved as an enterprise zone.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2038 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the minimum business tax for corporations including small business corporations having an election under subchapter S, 26 U.S.C. 1361
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2034 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits a municipality, in which twelve percent (12%) of the housing in a municipality qualifies for low-income housing, to charge a tax up to ten percent (10%) of the current year's gross scheduled rent.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2025 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits a budget commission from selecting hiring or firing specific city, town, educational, police or fire district employees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2024 | Intro
Sine Die | Regulates the sale and installation of outdoor wood-fired hydronic heaters.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| S2036 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the sales tax on pet care services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2039 | Intro
Sine Die | Reduces the minimum corporate tax from four hundred fifty dollars ($450) to two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
