| S2461 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires health care practitioners and health plan coverage to support clinical practices fostering the appropriate use of abuse-deterrent opioid analgesic drug product formulations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-20
To House Corporations Committee |
| S2693 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows students who are diagnosed with substance use disorder or dependency to be referred to a Rhode Island recovery high school by a licensed clinician funded by at least $500,000 per year subject to state appropriations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-20
To House Finance Committee |
| S2995 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits a motor fuel sales business with full service gas dispensers and also engaged in auto repair to obtain a limited dealers' license allowing the display and sale of not more than two (2) vehicles at a time.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| 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 |
| S2046 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts the trade-in value of pickup trucks under six thousand pounds (6,000 lbs.) gross weight, used exclusively for personal use, from sales tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
To Senate Finance Committee |
| 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 |
| S2977 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a prohibition on parking in electric vehicle charging stations without using the charging apparatus.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
To Senate Judiciary 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 |
| S2754 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides the state with the flexibility to engage up to three (3) authorized companies to administer its deferred compensation plans rather than the current statutory mandate to hire three (3) companies to do this task.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Committee heard |
| S2749 | Intro
Sine Die | Enhances the reporting requirements related to the transfer or conveyance of transferable tax credits and would increase the level at which the state would redeem transferable credits to one hundred percent (100%) of the value of the tax credits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Committee heard |
| S2826 | Intro
Sine Die | Include licensed advanced practice registered nurses (APRN), certified in psychiatric/mental health, as qualified to certify the need for mental health treatment in certain patients.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
To Senate Health and Human Services 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 |
| S2797 | Intro
Sine Die | Updates waste recycling findings to reflect technological advances/empowers DEM to assess up to $1,000 penalty for violations/place RIRRC in charge of violation enforcement and design/implementation of statewide recycling programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Senate held on desk |
| 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 |
| S2202 | Intro
Sine Die | Changes motor vehicle tax assessments from clean retail to average trade-in value over a 3-year period, and indemnifies cities and towns for any loss.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
To Senate 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 |
| S3006 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all school districts to designate an athletic trainer to be available for high school athletic practices and games.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
To Senate Education Committee |
| S2685 | Intro
Sine Die | Removes the Rhode Island Transit Authority's bus fare adjustments enacted in fiscal year 2016 budget.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2772 | 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 |
| S2041 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts the trade-in value of pickup trucks under eight thousand one hundred pounds (8,100 lbs.) gross weight, used exclusively for personal use, from sales tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2503 | 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 |
| S2622 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that the excise tax assessed against vehicles and trailers may be determined by a non-binding recommendation of the vehicle value commission, or by the assessor's combination of the published retail and trade-in values.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2431 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts automobiles from the imposition of applicable sale and use taxes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S3014 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes that membership on a fire committee be considered a "public office".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2687 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the eligibility period for cash assistance under the Rhode Island Works Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
To Senate Finance 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 |
| S2844 | Engross
Sine Die | Specifies the responsibilities of the director of office of regulatory reform.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-18
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| S2932 | Pass | Allows Daniel R. Baker to join Lisa Beardwood and Brian Buck in marriage on or about May 25, 2016, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-18
Signed by Governor |
| 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 |
| S2276 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that the minimum business corporation tax shall not be imposed upon any corporation for a period of three (3) years from the date of its incorporation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2338 | Intro
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 |
| 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 |
| S2378 | Intro
Sine Die | Raises the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour effective January 1, 2017.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-18
Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study |
| 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 |
| S2441 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the governor to submit a zero-based budget.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-18
To Senate Finance 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 |
| S2440 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the state budget office to produce a citizens' guide to the state budget, to be known as the "Citizens' budget report," that is easily readable and understandable by the general public.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-18
To Senate 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 |
