| H7402 | 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] | 2016-03-02
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2099 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires sprinklers within pet grooming and retail pet sales stores.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-02
Committee heard |
| H7580 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a mandatory reporting requirement for all students in grades K-12 for any assessments administered, along with specifics which must be included in the report.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-02
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S2173 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for the creation of a new position in the fish and wildlife division of the department of environmental management, and places oversight of freshwater lakes, streams, and ponds, in the fish and wildlife division.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-02
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| H7396 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminates bond requirements in civil forfeiture cases and allows petitioner to request court to reduce or eliminate forfeiture amount.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-02
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7391 | Intro
Sine Die | Expedites the foreclosure procedure on vacant property, and amends 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] | 2016-03-02
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2128 | Intro
Sine Die | Names a portion of the interstate highway 195 "I-Way", bridge number 1081, after Manuel Q. Ledo and John F. Lopez.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-02
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| H7399 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits a landlord, at or prior to the commencement of a tenancy, from charging a prospective tenant more than one month's rent and a security deposit equal to two (2) months' rent.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-02
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2472 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorize a vote to amend the composition of the Chariho Regional School District's school committee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-02
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| S2636 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires DEM to issue regulations requiring any dock or pier longer than twenty feet (20') and located on a freshwater lake or pond to be equipped with reflective material such that it can be seen by watercraft operators.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-02
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| H7297 | Intro
Sine Die | Ensures parental access to information, materials or results to state assessments of students, including instructions, answer sheets and assessments. It prevents the collection of personally identifiable and personal data.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-02
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7403 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires an applicant for any license or registration issued by the contractors' licensing board to undergo a national criminal records check, and disqualifies any person previously convicted of certain enumerated felony and misdemeanor offenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-02
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2455 | 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] | 2016-03-02
To Senate Education Committee |
| H7792 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the Providence port advisory council to provide advice and support with respect to coordinating and marketing the commercial maritime resources of all ports in the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-02
To House Finance Committee |
| S2103 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires a property owner to maintain trees or shrubs that create a nuisance to an abutting property owner.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-02
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7397 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that interest on judgments would accrue from the date of the filing of the civil action and not the date the cause of action accrued and would also apply to medical malpractice claims. Takes effect January 1, 2017.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-02
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2393 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes state run higher education institutions to waive application and transcript fees for veterans.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-02
To Senate Education Committee |
| S2157 | Pass | To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of Miceli Construction & Roofing, Inc
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-02
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S2126 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires master and journeyperson plumbers to complete a course of continuing education prior to the renewal or reinstatement of their license as determined by the board of examiners.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-02
To Senate Labor Committee |
| H7131 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the implementation of state assessments of students in Rhode Island public schools and directs the DOE to develop its own state assessments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-02
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7221 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Complete College RI Act, for purposes of creating a comprehensive compilation of data showing academic progress among students; develop strategies to increase the number of students graduating from state institutions of higher educati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-02
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7333 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that notice of default by a consumer under an automobile lease or loan agreement be sent by both certified mail and regular first-class mail to the consumer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-02
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2331 | Intro
Sine Die | Renames the bridge in the city of Providence known as the I-195 Providence River Bridge: No. 1181 to the William D. Warner Memorial Bridge.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-02
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| S2105 | Engross
Sine Die | Sets forth a process for tenants to retrieve their abandoned personal property from former dwelling units and the placement in storage of a tenant's personal property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-02
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7600 | Intro
Sine Die | Grants the general assembly access to limited governmental records, needed to exercise proper oversight over state budget programs, including economic development programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2537 | Intro
Sine Die | Changes the mail ballot application allowing the applications to serve as an affirmation form for inactive voters who request a mail ballot from the address from which the voter is currently registered.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7442 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminates an exception in the revolving-door rule in the code of ethics.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7480 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that parole board members serve no more than three (3) terms and applies prospectively to new appointments and re-appointments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7471 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires insurance coverage for off-label prescription drugs when there is evidence in peer-reviewed medical literature to support their use.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To House Corporations Committee |
| S2507 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the secretary of executive office of health and human services to develop a performance based hospital incentive program (HIP).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| H7470 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes regulations prohibiting certain auto insurance rate setting practices.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7300 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits damages to $100,000 in any tort action against the public transit authority, except by a special act authorized by the general assembly.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7601 | Intro
Sine Die | Excludes weekends and state holidays from the calculation of the 48 hour public notice requirement for a meeting of a public body.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2633 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits the hiring of government workers to act as poll workers for primary elections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7587 | Intro
Sine Die | Prevents the consideration of an applicant's credit history in determining automobile insurance rates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To House Corporations Committee |
| S2010 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits increases in rates electric distribution companies may impose without general assembly approval.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| H7416 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits state vendors from making political contributions to candidates that if elected, would have the authority to award state contracts to them.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7624 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes the unsolicited sending of goods unlawful and would regulate trial and introductory rate offers. Also makes violations of section unfair trade practices as defined in §6-13.1-1.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To House Corporations Committee |
| S2165 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminates the need for a special election to create an opt-out municipal energy aggregation plan initiated by any city or town subject to public utility commission approval.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| S2211 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the requirement that nonprofit hospital, medical and dental service corporations obtain written approval from the insurance commissioner before being allowed to hire persons on a commission basis to solicit subscribers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S2628 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes changes to accommodate the new voting equipment concerning ballots with write-in votes and the potential use of electronic voting lists.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2215 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that nomination papers for certain candidates for citywide nonpartisan office in the city of Woonsocket would require at least one hundred (100) signatures.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7315 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows mail ballot applications and emergency mail ballot applications to also serve as an affirmation form for inactive voters, as long as the voter's application address is where the voter is currently registered.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
Committee recommends passage |
| H7455 | Intro
Sine Die | Promotes more diversity in the composition of the judicial nominating commission and would require that each list of qualified judicial candidates it submits to the governor for nomination, include a person of color.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2358 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a procedure for in-person early voting for all general, primary and special elections, beginning twenty (20) days before the scheduled election.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7331 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts fire companies with no tax and/or policy making authority from certain posting requirements of the open meetings act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7530 | Intro
Sine Die | Raises the age of children that can accompany a voter in the voter booth, from under the age of thirteen (13) to under the age of eighteen (18).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2559 | Intro
Sine Die | Caps certain hospital employees' compensation at a rate not exceeding one hundred ten percent (110%) of the northeast regional average for comparable personnel at comparable hospitals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| H7436 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires cable, internet, or telephone providers to provide customers with a written notice (not part of any statement) of any rate increase at least 30 days prior to the effective date of such increase unless the customer shall have previously renew...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7146 | Intro
Sine Die | Prevents a person from being a candidate for public office who owes fines, fees, or penalties of ($2,000) or more for campaign finance violations, unless that person is currently compliant with a state board-approved repayment agreement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To House Judiciary Committee |
