| H7145 | Intro
Sine Die | Imposes a penalty of two thousand dollars ($2,000) upon financial institutions failing to promptly record foreclosure deeds and pay outstanding taxes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7033 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the penalties for driving so as to endanger, resulting in death, to up to 20 years' incarceration and provides for a license suspension for up to 10 years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7092 | Intro
Sine Die | Raises the maximum penalties for the crime of assault of police officers and other officials from 3 to six 6 years imprisonment and from $1,500 to $3,000.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7091 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the penalties and fines for the various motor vehicle offenses involving leaving the scene of an accident.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7205 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the fraudulent evasion of any parking and/or storage fee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2107 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that warning signs about the adverse effects of cigarettes be amended to include a warning about electronic cigarettes and include information about how to cease using electronic nicotine-delivery systems.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7267 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the minimum amount of a state purchase subject to competitive bidding.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To House Finance Committee |
| S2140 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds urns and shrouds to those funeral items which are already exempt from sales and use taxes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2142 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes an emergency housing assistance fund to be administered by the department of human services in conjunction with community action program agencies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2143 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a sales tax holiday for the days of August 6, 2016 and August 7, and no excise or sales taxes would be collected on nonbusiness sales of tangible personal property with certain exceptions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2144 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires 90 consecutive days of residency in RI before becoming eligible for benefits under the Rhode Island Works program, and limits certain cash assistance and medical benefits to a maximum of 5 years subject to hardship exceptions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
| H7263 | Intro
Sine Die | Excludes corporations from minimum corporate tax if it is out of business for more than 12 consecutive months.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To House Finance Committee |
| S2154 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the rate of interest on delinquent state tax payments from 2% to 3% greater than the prime rate, and also reduces the cap and floor on such interest to no greater than 15% and 12% per annum, respectively.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2147 | Intro
Sine Die | Subtracts state tax refunds, paid to an individual in the previous year, from federal adjusted gross income, for purposes of the state income tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
| H7268 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires resource recovery corporation to pay town of Johnston annually in addition to any other fees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To House Finance Committee |
| S2098 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that persons and small businesses purchasing coverage through the health benefit exchange shall have the option of purchasing at least one plan that excludes coverage for induced abortions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2134 | Intro
Sine Die | Changes the minimum corporate tax by calculating the tax based on gross income.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2155 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the minimum amount of a state purchase subject to competitive bidding.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2133 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the exemption from taxation of property belonging to Brown University professors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2136 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for an increase in the marital estate deduction in certain instances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2116 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires retailers to examine photo ID to verify person presenting EBT card is person entitled to use it and impose one month suspension for each violation on retailers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2138 | Intro
Sine Die | Gives all state income tax return filers the option to have their tax refund directly deposited into their bank account.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2135 | Intro
Sine Die | Removes fire districts from budget commission oversight.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2151 | Intro
Sine Die | Expands the income disregards or other methodology for parents or relative caretakers eligible for medical assistance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2132 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for a 10 year period in which tax administrator would have to commence a collection action.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2146 | Intro
Sine Die | Taxpayers age seventy (70) or older may reduce adjusted gross income on the state income tax by subtracting up to five hundred dollars ($500), or one thousand dollars ($1,000) on a joint return on medical expenses not used as federal tax deductions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
| H7059 | Intro
Sine Die | Require mandatory training standards for police officers and trainees, in identifying, responding, and handling all incidents involving any person with a developmental disability.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-20
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7232 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for an exemption from the sales tax for the trade-in value of pickup trucks.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-20
To House Finance Committee |
| H7218 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts medical offices from the requirement of paying time and one-half to employees for working on Sundays and holidays.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-20
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| H7057 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs school superintendents to review and respond to discipline data where there is an unequal impact on students based on race, ethnicity, or disability. No out of school suspensions unless student's conduct meets certain standards.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-20
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7058 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires school committees to provide transportation for any student who resides two (2) or more miles from school.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-20
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7090 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes it an offense to leave a child under seven (7) years of age unattended in a motor vehicle, punishable by a fine of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000), and possible suspension of license not to exceed three (3) years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7004 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that unless a limited guardian, guardian or conservator is specifically authorized by court order, the limited guardian, guardian or conservator may not restrict the personal rights of the ward.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7087 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits an insurer or health care entity from requiring pre-authorization and/or co-payments for certain medical testing prescribed by a physician where the physician determines there is an immediate threat to that person's health.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-19
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7046 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the sale and/or delivery of hearing aids directly to consumer through internet or direct mail, and provides for criminal penalties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-19
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7045 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits increases in rates electric distribution companies may impose without general assembly approval.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-19
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7037 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that custodial parents give non-custodial parents notice of intentions to apply for at-home schooling. It would also allow appeals of certain school committee decisions about home schooling to the family court.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7197 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the attorney general and/or aggrieved persons to file a bad faith patent infringement suit seeking equitable and/or monetary relief including punitive damages in connection with frivolous patent infringement claims.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-15
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7184 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the sales tax on pet care services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-14
To House Finance Committee |
| H7177 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows cities, towns, and school districts to cease implementation of state mandates up to 50% of reimbursement shortfall.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-14
To House Finance Committee |
| S2016 | Intro
Sine Die | Gives school committee discretion to utilize school bus monitors while removing requirement that bus monitors accompany bus drivers on certain buses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To Senate Education Committee |
| H7049 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits students with necessary educational background to participate in career and technical internships.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S2043 | Intro
Sine Die | Imposes a six (6) month waiting period for public assistance upon legally admitted aliens. Illegal or undocumented aliens would remain ineligible for public assistance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2030 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the maximum tax on qualifying low income property from eight percent (8%) of the previous year's gross scheduled rental income to ten percent (10%) of prospective year's gross scheduled rental income.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| H7116 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits the town of Tiverton to be prospectively reimbursed at the forty percent (40%) floor of the housing aid share ratio on projects completed before June 30, 2010.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To House Finance Committee |
| H7053 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes findings about and establishes a definition of dyslexia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S2044 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends car tax statutes to allow used motor vehicle assessments to be based on the average trade-in price, instead of the retail price. Aggrieved taxpayers may now appeal assessments by submitting their own certified appraisal.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2033 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Rhode Island resource recovery corporation to annually pay six million dollars ($6,000,000) to the town of Johnston in addition to any other monies paid to the town by the corporation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| H7055 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for professional development opportunities relating to reading disabilities and would require two (2) hours of professional development instruction pertaining to reading disabilities for certain general education teachers and specialists.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S2066 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the value of all net taxable estates for the purpose of the estate and transfer tax from six hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($675,000) to two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
