| H7165 | Pass | To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of The Riverside Improvement Association Of South Kingston
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7483 | Intro
Sine Die | Gives the appointment of the historian laureate of Rhode Island to the governor rather than the secretary of state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7223 | Pass | To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of East Providence Towing Inc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7222 | Pass | To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of Hot Rides Inc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7599 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits discrimination in housing against those persons who have a lawful source of income.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2650 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds a doctor of acupuncture and Oriental medicine to the medical advisory board at the workers' compensation court, and respects patient choice in the selection of treatment therapies for certain conditions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To Senate Labor Committee |
| H7323 | Pass | To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of Mirdesi And Company Corporation
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S2242 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminates the additional fee for registration renewal of courtesy (vanity) plates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| S2617 | Intro
Sine Die | Broadens the definition of "suitable alternative employment". It also expands the circumstances under which an earning capacity can be set by the workers' compensation court.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
To Senate Labor Committee |
| H7900 | Pass | House Resolution Recognizing March 7-13, 2016, As National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
House read and passed |
| S2689 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a statewide uniform motor vehicle excise tax rate and would establish a fund to reimburse the cities and towns that will financially lose taxes due to the enactment of the statewide motor vehicle excise tax rate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To Senate Finance Committee |
| H7605 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a cause of action for the intentional or negligent death of a pet.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2183 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes a lease agreement between the town of Coventry and the water resources board for a portion of the Big River reservoir property to be used as a compost facility.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| S2600 | Intro
Sine Die | Reduces the time a person or government agency who stores personal information has to disclose a breach of that information security to 14 days; breaches affecting more than 500 people must be reported to the AG and major credit bureaus within 24 hrs...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7800 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes an animal shelter to claim an animal has been abandoned by its owner and put the animal up for adoption or dispose of it in a humane way after a reasonable attempt has been made to find the owner.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7619 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the "Safe Cytotoxic Waste Disposal Act".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7709 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires health care entities to issue a decision regarding credentialing of a health care provider within 20 days of receiving a credentialing application and establishes a billing effective date.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7708 | Intro
Sine Die | Transfers utilization review from department of health to office of health insurance commissioner (OHIC) to review/regulate adequacy of health plan networks effective 1/1/17.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To House Corporations Committee |
| S2580 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides guidelines for the delegation by physicians of laser or energy-based procedures to a properly trained and qualified individual.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| H7509 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits the amount of money that can be added and collected by persons or entities who purchase charged-off credit card debt.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To House Corporations Committee |
| S2630 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes it unlawful to post a message through the use of any medium, without the intended recipient’s consent, if the contact would amount to 2 or more incidents of unconsented contact and such contact would cause the recipient to feel frightened.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7617 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires health practitioners/health plan coverage to support clinical practices fostering use of abuse-deterrent opioid analgesic drug product formulations approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To House Corporations Committee |
| S2349 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the refundable state earned income credit from ten percent (10%) to thirty-five percent (35%) for the 2017 taxable year, and each taxable year thereafter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2332 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that municipal insurance corporations be subject to laws regulating insurance companies and be regulated by the Rhode Island department of business regulation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| H7768 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the director of the department of environmental management to promulgate rules and regulations to permit the administrative enforcement of regulations pertaining to cruelty to animals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2666 | Pass | Senate Resolution Recognizing March 8, 2016, As "international Women's Day" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
Senate read and passed |
| H7766 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows a parent to introduce evidence in a family court child custody dispute, from an expert, alleging the existence of parental alienation syndrome by the other parent.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| S2515 | Intro
Sine Die | Criminalize injuries to cell/radio towers and increases penalties for injury to electric and communication lines from $3,000 to $50,000; imprisonment from 2 years to 10 years, or both and requires restitution for economic harm.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7585 | Intro
Sine Die | Expands the state's net metering policy to include renewable energy projects in which energy is distributed off-site from a customer's account and would establish an energy system credit benefit or charge.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To House Corporations Committee |
| S2709 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates Sapinsley Compassionate Care Act to provide mechanism for terminally ill patient to choose to end their life using physician prescribed drugs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2156 | Intro
Sine Die | Raises the earned income tax credit from ten percent (10%) to twelve and one-half percent (12.5%) for tax year 2016 and to twenty percent (20%) for tax year 2017 and beyond.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To Senate Finance Committee |
| H7669 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits any person from importing, selling, offering for sale, purchasing, bartering, or possessing with intent to sell, any ivory, ivory product, rhinoceros horn, or rhinoceros horn product, with limited exception & provides for fines for violatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7414 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the "Animal Abuser Registry Act" which would require all persons convicted of animal abuse to register with an on-line registry to be established and maintained by the attorney general's office.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7514 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the division of public utilities and carriers and the public utilities commission to include climate, environmental, employment, health and consumer concerns in all their proceedings and decisions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To House Corporations Committee |
| S2700 | Intro
Sine Die | Includes the majority leader of the senate as a member of the joint committee on legislative services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| H7828 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits the use of deadly force to defend against a robbery of the owner, lessor or occupant of a motor vehicle.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-07
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| S2081 | Pass | Authorizes state-operated gaming at a facility located in the town of Tiverton, subject to voter approval.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-04
Signed by Governor |
| H7886 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a special Rhode Island Peace Corps Volunteers license plate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-04
To House Finance Committee |
| H7228 | Pass | Authorizes state-operated gaming at a facility located in the town of Tiverton, subject to voter approval.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-04
Signed by Governor |
| S2120 | Pass | Allows Stephen Germani, Esq., to join Halley Gaspar and David Tucker in marriage on or about June 4, 2016, within the Town of North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-04
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7881 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs profits from the state lottery into a restricted receipt account to be disbursed as state aid to education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-04
To House Finance Committee |
| S2058 | Pass | Allows Michael Zabelin to join Jennifer Anne Sabatini and Victor Simon Brodney in marriage on or about May 7, 2016, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-04
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7884 | Intro
Sine Die | Reduces the rate of tax on the net income of business corporations from seven percent (7%) to six percent (6%).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-04
To House Finance Committee |
| H7883 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes rules and procedures for licensing emergency shelters including setting minimum standards and prohibiting the charging fees to the residents.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-04
To House Finance Committee |
| H7885 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the definition of the term "extraordinary costs" for the purposes of excess costs associated with special education students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-04
To House Finance Committee |
| H7565 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides in the case of firefighters' and municipal police arbitration, that all provisions contained in a prior collective bargaining agreement continue until a successor agreement has been reached or an interest arbitration award has been rendered.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-03
To House Labor Committee |
| H7133 | Pass | Allows Colleen Marie Menard to join Bianca M.P. Hunt and Andrew Ivens Augusto in marriage on or about June 4, 2016, within the City of Warwick, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-03
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S2364 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the law regarding contribution among joint tortfeasors and replace it with the Apportionment of Tort Responsibility Act, in order to provide a fair, uniform, and comprehensive system for the apportionment of tort responsibility.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7096 | Pass | Allows Ellen L. Connery to join Dana L. Sarubbi and Joshua H. Trotta in marriage on or about August 12, 2016, within the town of Narragansett, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-03
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S2404 | Intro
Sine Die | Attorney fees may be awarded to a prevailing defendant in a breach of contract action.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
