| S2106 | Intro
Sine Die | Redefines "first-time offender" and permits individuals with a record of up to two (2) misdemeanor convictions to be eligible for expungement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2459 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that all genetically engineered food offered for retail sale in this state contain a label with the disclosure that the food is genetically engineered food.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S2573 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) to the Westerly Higher Education and Job Skills Center, for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2016.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2141 | Intro
Sine Die | Expedites the foreclosure procedure on vacant property, and amends the general laws on tax sales in order to establish priorities of tax liens, clarify the effect of late recordings and simplify procedures in the event of a void sale.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2122 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies the provisions of §12-19-19 and make those persons who complete a deferred sentence agreement immediately eligible for expungement of all arrest records if they have complied with all terms and conditions of the deferred sentence agreement...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2064 | Intro
Sine Die | Make individuals with two (2) or less convictions, regardless of whether the convictions were for felonies or misdemeanors, or a combination of each, eligible to have their criminal records expunged.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2458 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that all genetically engineered food offered for retail sale in this state have a label disclosing that the food is genetically engineered food upon the occurrence of 4 other states adopting similar labeling laws as specified in this act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S2634 | Intro
Sine Die | Criminalizes residential mortgage fraud and extends the statute of limitations for certain criminal offenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2521 | 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] | 2016-03-22
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S2698 | 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] | 2016-03-22
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S2682 | Intro
Sine Die | Bases the composition of the Chariho Regional School on more recent population schedules.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Committee recommended indefinite postponement |
| S2639 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the law regarding physician assistants regarding collaboration with physicians; allow physician assistants to volunteer at public events without a collaborating physician; and repeal continuing medical education requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S2712 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows those persons with less than 6 misdemeanor convictions to file a motion for the expungement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2261 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes municipalities to require parking lots to have a person on site during operational hours to accept cash payments. The proceeds from the fine for failure to comply would be split between the municipality and the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-17
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| S2697 | Intro
Sine Die | Promotes the use and management of behavioral health care services which increases insurance coverage for health-related behavioral services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S2718 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the owner of open space land or holder of an interest in a conservation easement to bring an action in superior court to prevent encroachment of the land and to recover damages.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2646 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends fines for failing to file a foreclosure deed and requires that a notice of intent to foreclose be filed in the city or town where the property is located.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2510 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires insurance coverage of at least ninety (90) days of residential or inpatient services for mental health and/or substance-use disorders for American Society of Addiction Medicine levels of care 3.1 and 3.3.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S2409 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the use of eminent domain powers for economic development purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2324 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires dogs to be leashed on cemetery property and owners of the dog to clean up upon completion of the visit. Any violation would be punishable by a fine of ten dollars ($10.00).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2598 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits liability arising from agritourism activities, unless it can be demonstrated that there was a failure to exercise due care, gross negligence, or willful or intentional misconduct.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2520 | Intro
Sine Die | Excludes the transfer of any interest, in housing development's financed in whole or in part with federal low income housing tax credits, amongst partners or members of certain business organizations, from real estate conveyance taxes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2706 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits discrimination in housing against those persons who have a lawful source of income.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2284 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds electronic nicotine-delivery systems to the definition of "Tobacco" for tax purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2743 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the state investment commission to create an "Emerging Manager Program" to promote investment with newer, smaller and more diverse asset managers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2746 | Intro
Sine Die | Reduces the interest rate on delinquent tax payments to between 4% and 7%.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2748 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes an appropriation of two hundred ninety-five thousand dollars ($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] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2288 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that the tax imposed on little cigars be imposed in the same manner as the tax imposed on cigarettes, that 25% of such revenue would be applied to smoking cessation programs, would provide that little cigars be sold in packs of (20) or more.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2400 | Intro
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] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2365 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminates issues with respect to title to real property where certain issues are otherwise capable of resolution by investigation, preparation and execution of corrective instruments and recording thereof.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2626 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the family court to create and implement a pilot juvenile restorative justice program to address the manner in which juveniles charged with crimes have their cases adjudicated
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2747 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the green energy revolving fund for the purpose of providing loans for green energy projects.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2418 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes a civil action against persons who file frivolous patent infringement claims.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2539 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the criminal penalty for violating a contractors' board final order by the amount of the monetary judgment imposed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2738 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that certain Cranston firefighters in Local 1363 would be exempt from the municipal employee's retirement system and would allow the city of Cranston to consider all such employees for a city-sponsored defined contribution plan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2741 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the city of Cranston to allow Colonel Michael Winquist to participate in the city of Cranston's 401(k) retirement plan in lieu of the Rhode Island Municipal Employees' Retirement System.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2569 | Intro
Sine Die | Prevents funds from the worker's compensation administrative fund restricted receipts account from being transferred to the general fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S2649 | Intro
Sine Die | Relieves any party who files a workers' compensation petition alleging an employee's recurrence of decrease of capacity to work of their former obligation to document a comparative change of their medical condition.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S2068 | Intro
Sine Die | State purchasing law amended to make explicit the inclusion of costs for labor and benefits of programs mandated by a workers' compensation insurer as a reimbursable cost.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S2603 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows an employer or workers' compensation insurer to recover any overpayments of benefits made to the injured employee by set-off against future payments due to an employee for loss of use or of disfigurement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S2212 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows mobile and manufactured homes which are a part of a mobile and manufactured home park to be counted as low and moderate income housing for purposes of compliance with the requirements of the city or town's comprehensive use plan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| S2395 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires school districts, on an annual basis, make public and furnish to the department of education a comprehensive assessment matrix detailing and summarizing the district's assessment system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To Senate Education Committee |
| S2397 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution -- Right To An Adequate Education (if Approved, Requires The State To Ensure That All Students Have The Opportunity To Achieve At High L...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To Senate Education Committee |
| S2078 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits a veteran to request a "Courtesy Plate" with their choice of letters and numbers consistent with present availability with the veteran plate format.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| S2732 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the state to pay for the education of students placed in group homes outside of their municipality.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2234 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the provision of the general laws relating to continuation of workers' compensation benefits for partial incapacity.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S2074 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits a courtesy plate to be issued on the "veteran" plate design.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| S2339 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a process for the department of education collection and organization of information concerning the workload and scope of the duties and responsibility performed by school social workers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To Senate Education Committee |
| S2381 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits passenger and commercial Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Foundation plates to be issued and sets pre-orders at 900 of all types.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| S2238 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the spendable base wage calculation from seventy-five percent (75%) to eighty-five percent (85%) under the workers' compensation law and makes additional changes relating to partial incapacity.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To Senate Labor Committee |
