| 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 |
| S3027 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $40,000 For The Department Of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities And Hospitals (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $40,000 For The Department Of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental D...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
To Senate Finance 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| H7464 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $500,000 For The Graduate School Of Oceanography Center For Ocean Exploration At The University Of Rhode Island (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $500,000 Dollars For The Graduate School Of Oceano...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-18
To House 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| S2441 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the governor to submit a zero-based budget.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| 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 |
| H8198 | Intro
Sine Die | House Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study Restorative Practices/restorative Justice (creates A 17 Member Commission To Study And Make Recommendations On Restorative Practices/restorative Justice In The State, And Who Would R...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-18
To House Judiciary 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 |
| 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 |
| H8212 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the health insurance utilization review process include the use of physicians who are licensed, or otherwise formally recognized as specialists.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-18
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H8213 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the approval of the town council and school committee of North Smithfield for the establishment of a mayoral academy drawing on North Smithfield, or for the enrollment of any additional North Smithfield students at RISE Mayoral Academy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-18
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S2993 | Intro
Sine Die | Grants a "Police Chief Emeritus" license plate to North Providence Police Chief (Retired) Ernest Spaziano.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-18
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| S2203 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the "Student Equal Economic Opportunity Act" which would identify those students who are exempt from paying nonresident tuition at public universities, colleges or community colleges.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2966 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that applicants for historic tax credits shall have ninety (90) days after the date of the commission's written determination certifying the rehabilitation to pay the required three percent (3%) non-refundable fee to the division of taxation...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2325 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires (14) days advance notification of blasting by registered mail to abutters, owners or owners of record of any improved property within 500 feet from property line of blast site, including road/bridge/utility/public works construction.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2588 | Intro
Sine Die | Restricts the awarding of disfigurement workers' compensation benefits to scarring of the neck, face, and hands and prohibits them from being awarded less than one year from the date of the disfiguring event.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-17
To Senate Labor Committee |
| H7937 | Intro
Sine Die | Removes the Rhode Island Transit Authority's bus fare adjustments enacted in fiscal year 2016 budget.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| S2528 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes state aid a funding formula for compensation of school districts for the additional costs of students learning English.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| H7262 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a revolving fund to provide loans and grants to support the installation of solar energy panels.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| H7193 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the "Beverage Container Deposit Act" in order to provide a sustainable method for capturing beverage containers for recycling.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-17
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| S2205 | Intro
Sine Die | Grants the town council of the town of Narragansett the authority to adopt a homestead exemption ordinance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2594 | Intro
Sine Die | Senate Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study The Topic Of Health Literacy (creates A 15 Member Commission To Study The Topic Of Health Literacy, And Who Would Report Back To The Governor And The President Of The Senate By Febr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-17
Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) |
| S2446 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for a bond referendum which would authorize the issuance of bonds for Affordable Housing in the amount of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000), at the election to be held in November, 2016.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2272 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the sunset provision of chapter 33.6 of title 44 which grants tax credits to individuals or companies redeveloping historic structures.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| H7070 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the green energy revolving fund for the purpose of providing loans for green energy projects.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| S2287 | Intro
Sine Die | Subtracts from the federal adjusted gross income, income attributable to the recovery during the tax year of any amount deducted in any prior tax year for the purposes of the calculation of the state income tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2902 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the manufacture, sale, and distribution of residential upholstered children's products that contain certain amounts of bromide or chlorine bonded to carbon that is added to a plastic, foam, or textile.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2558 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows unused previously issued Historic Homeownership Assistance Act tax credits to be carried forward for tax year 2016 and thereafter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| H8150 | 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] | 2016-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| H8092 | Intro
Sine Die | Suspends any payments due to MBTA or its operating subcontractor Kiolus for so long as either is in default on the operating agreement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| H7577 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution Of The State (ethics Commission) (amends The State Constitution To Provide That The Ethics Commission Would Have Jurisdiction Over The M...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-17
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7722 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a restricted receipt account for all 911 funds and requires that they be used solely for the operation of the 911 system. Authorizes the PUC to reduce 911 surcharges to the extent they exceed the sums needed to operate the 911 system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| H7379 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that adjunct faculty members at any state college or university who teach at least 50% of the hours regularly worked by full-time faculty in a semester would be eligible for the same medical benefits as other state employees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| H7819 | Intro
Sine Die | Expands the "Green Buildings Act" to include public projects and updates the standards to include LEED for Neighborhood Development, and SITES.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| H7552 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for a bond referendum which would authorize the issuance of bonds for Affordable Housing in the amount of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000), at the election to be held in November, 2016.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
