| S2519 | Intro
Sine Die | Includes orange or otherwise brightly colored plugs or tips inserted into the barrel of any firearm into the definition of "mark of identification" for those persons who change, alter, remove, or obliterate any mark of identification on a firearm.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2645 | Intro
Sine Die | Criminalizes the mere possession of a firearm by a minor, but would provide for limited exceptions while the minor is in the presence of a qualified adult or participating in certain competitive or ceremonial events.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2490 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that a respondent in domestic abuse cases wherein a protective order is issued may not possess, purchase or receive any firearms for a period not to exceed the duration of the restraining order.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2761 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that only peace officers and persons approved by the school authorities for the purposes of educational instruction officers may carry firearms or other weapons on school grounds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2584 | Intro
Sine Die | Defines confidential information and prohibits the intentional and unauthorized access to another's computer, computer system or network with the intent to view, save or copy confidential information contained therein.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
Committee continued |
| S2114 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all state senators and senate employees to annually participate in at least one of the Ethics Commission educational programs provided by the State Ethics Commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2491 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits any person subject to domestic assault/domestic abuse restraining orders/felony conviction for domestic violence/serving a sentence under community confinement from owning firearm.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2835 | Intro
Sine Die | Criminalizes the manufacture, import, possession, purchase, sale or transfer of any ammunition feeding device capable of accepting more than ten (10) rounds known as high capacity magazines.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2565 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes it unlawful to carry a rifle or shotgun in a vehicle or on one's person, visible or concealed, except at one's residence, place of business or land.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2564 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that no person, entity, or dealer shall sell, loan, transfer or acquire a firearm from any person, entity or dealer with the intent to avoid the application/disclosure process required by §§11-47-35 or 11-47-35.2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2647 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the application process for carrying a concealed weapon whether the application is to the city or town police chief or to the attorney general and it would provide for a review process for those applications that are denied.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2543 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends certain provisions relative to mortgage transfers and restricts the recording of mortgages in anyone's name other than the holder of the note secured by the mortgage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
Committee recommends passage of Sub A |
| S2767 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits persons convicted of domestic violence crime subject to a restraining order from possessing, owning firearm and requires surrender of any owned possessed firearm to police while order is in effect and return when order is terminated.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2563 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that every person applying for a concealed weapons permit, whether through the local police department or through the office of the attorney general, to undergo a national criminal records check, including the submission of fingerprints.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2730 | Intro
Sine Die | Precludes those convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence crimes under §12-29-2 from purchasing or possessing a firearm. Convictions for petty misdemeanors or expunged or pardoned convictions would not apply to this prohibition.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2416 | Intro
Sine Die | Specifically allows individuals who possess a valid concealed weapon permit issued by Massachusetts, Connecticut, or Utah to carry a concealed firearm everywhere within Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2517 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits those convicted under the "Domestic Violence Prevention Act" from possessing firearms for a period of 10 years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2692 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits insurance companies from varying the premium rates charged for a health coverage plan based on the gender.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-15
To House Corporations Committee |
| S2413 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes penalties and remedies for human trafficking and makes human trafficking and human trafficking for purposes of sexual servitude, forced labor, commercial sexual activity felonies punishable by imprisonment and fines.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-15
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2789 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits private cause of action by taxicab certificate holders against violations of the law or rules governing taxicab regulation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-14
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| S2791 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the operator of a public motor vehicle from transporting any passenger unless the pickup time is prearranged at least two (2) hours before the actual pickup.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-14
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| S2792 | Intro
Sine Die | Defines "motor carrier intervenor" as used in proceedings before the public utilities commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-14
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| S2786 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all persons operating public motor vehicles to apply for a vehicle identification device for each vehicle so registered. Penalties for violations and suspensions of the identification devices for cause are provided.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-14
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| S2793 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the division of public utilities and carriers to impose a moratorium on the issuance of all new certificates authorizing the operation of public motor vehicles until June 30, 2017.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-14
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| S2790 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies the law and allows taxicabs, and public motor vehicles owners to file private lawsuits against the violators of public vehicle laws, order, rules or regulations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-14
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| S2643 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires registration of those individuals who provide personal care assistant services to a consumer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2101 | Intro
Sine Die | Enables nursing home residents whose rights are violated to bring an action against the facility for actual and punitive damages. Any plaintiff who prevails shall be entitled to recover attorneys' fees and costs of the action.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2552 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a veteran's preference in the issuance of state contracts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-14
To House Finance Committee |
| S2150 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the provisions of the Education Equity and Property Tax Relief Act by freezing the amount of the regionalization bonus.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-14
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2879 | 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] | 2016-04-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2723 | 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] | 2016-04-13
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S2731 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that school districts would not be responsible to pay the costs associated with a student's attendance at a post-secondary institution pursuant to a dual enrollment program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-13
To Senate Education Committee |
| S2383 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the Rhode Island pari-mutuel facilities exemption to the public health and workplace safety act thereby banning smoking at all parimutuel facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-13
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| S2020 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires an eighty percent (80%) school attendance rate for children in families receiving cash and medical assistance from the state as a condition of eligibility. Parent/guardian would be required to attest to attendance rates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-13
To Senate Education Committee |
| S2091 | Intro
Sine Die | Refines the law on guidelines for concussions at school and youth programs so that an adult trained in recognizing the symptoms of a concussion is required to be present during events.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-13
To Senate Education Committee |
| S2474 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds siblings to class of workers who can receive temporary disability for caregiver services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-13
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S2721 | 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] | 2016-04-13
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S2737 | Intro
Sine Die | Legalizes the taking of wild migratory birds by crossbow.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-13
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| S2722 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits employees covered by employer-sponsored disability insurance to opt out of state temporary disability insurance program, provided employer submits documentation confirming coverage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-13
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S2384 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows social gaming in private residences and in public taverns or private clubs so long as the gambling is incidental to a bona fide social relationship between the participants and only participants receive anything of value.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-13
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| S2587 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the maximum weekly unemployment benefit rate to the higher of fifty-seven and one-half percent (57.5%) of the average weekly wages paid to workers in the prior calendar year or six hundred sixteen dollars ($616) per week.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-13
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S2293 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits use of electronic nicotine-delivery system products in enclosed public places and places of employment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-12
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S2624 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits smoking in all areas of public housing authority units/common areas and requires a designated smoking space at least 50 feet from all doors, windows, mailboxes, and parking areas.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-12
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S2885 | Intro
Sine Die | Reclassifies shoplifting from a crime to a violation for a first offense, punishable by a fine, also punishes 2nd offense as a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not a prison sentence if the merchandise is less than $100.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2884 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the penalty provision for the crime of willful trespass and would provide for a fine not exceeding $500 for a first or second conviction and by a fine not exceeding $1,000 for a third or subsequent conviction.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2716 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that any applicant for employment or volunteer activity of a religious organization, undergo a national background check at the request of said religious organization, as a condition of employment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2705 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits stalking defined as a course of conduct by anyone who may cause a reasonable person to either fear for their own safety or the safety of a third person or cause a reasonable person to suffer emotional distress. Enumerates penalties for stal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2523 | Intro
Sine Die | Criminalizes certain behaviors, including bribery, selling political endorsements and theft of honest services, by public employees,
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2843 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates an animal abuser registry and provides for penalties for failure to register.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2535 | Intro
Sine Die | Defines any act of sexual penetration or contact performed by an individual with supervisory or disciplinary power, or who is in a position of authority, upon a person 19 years of age or younger, as sexual assault.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
