| 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 |
| H7287 | Pass | House Resolution Congratulating Woonsocket Police Chief Thomas S. Carey On His Retirement After Thirty-three Years Of Faithful And Devoted Public Service In Law Enforcement
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
House read and passed |
| H7289 | Pass | House Resolution Extending Condolences
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
House read and passed |
| S2085 | Pass | Senate Resolution Congratulating Woonsocket Police Chief Thomas S. Carey On His Retirement After Thirty-three Years Of Faithful And Devoted Public Service In Law Enforcement
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
Senate read and passed |
| 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 |
| S2082 | Pass | Senate Resolution Proclaiming Wednesday, January 20th, 2016, As "#dstrong Day" In Honor Of Dorian Murray
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-20
Senate read and passed |
| 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 |
| H7260 | Pass | House Resolution Proclaiming Wednesday, January 20th, 2016, As "#dstrong Day" In Honor Of Dorian Murray
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-20
House read and passed |
| 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 |
| H7225 | Pass | House Resolution Honoring And Commending The Initiative And Actions Of The Multi-jurisdictional Task Force That Apprehended And Charged Numerous Individuals With Robbery And Breaking And Entering
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-19
House read and passed |
| 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 |
| H7226 | Pass | House Resolution Proclaiming 2016 To Be "the Year Of The Veteran" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-19
House read and passed |
| 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 |
| S2079 | Pass | Senate Resolution Honoring And Commending The Initiative And Actions Of The Multi-jurisdictional Task Force That Apprehended And Charged Numerous Individuals With Robbery And Breaking And Entering
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-19
Senate read and passed |
| 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 |
| S2080 | Pass | Senate Resolution Commemorating The Celebration Of The Birth Of The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-19
Senate read and passed |
| 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 |
| H7195 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Sincere Condolences On The Passing Of James Edward Gillen, Jr.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-14
House read and passed |
| 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 |
| H7148 | Pass | House Resolution Congratulating The Rhode Island Rivers Council On The Occasion Of Its 25th Anniversary
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
House read and passed |
| 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 |
| H7149 | Pass | House Resolution Extending Condolences
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
House read and passed |
| 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 |
| S2008 | Pass | Senate Resolution Congratulating The Rhode Island Rivers Council On The Occasion Of Its 25th Anniversary
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
Senate read and passed |
| H7118 | Intro
Sine Die | Extends property tax relief for the disabled to those receiving veterans' disability benefits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To House Finance Committee |
| S2032 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the maximum tax for qualifying low income housing from eight percent (8%) to ten percent (10%) of the property's previous year's gross scheduled rental income.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2031 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the Resource Recovery Corporation tipping fee from three dollars ($3.00) to five dollars ($5.00) per vehicle to be paid to the town of Johnston on a biannual basis.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2012 | Intro
Sine Die | Separates the laws for "check cashing" and "payday lending".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| S2009 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits large windstorm damage deductibles and prohibits termination of policies solely due to major storm damage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| S2029 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the state's share to support local public library services in distressed communities by an amount equal to the amount paid by the distressed community to the ocean state libraries (OSL) annual assessment charges.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2035 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts the trade-in-value of pickup trucks weighing fourteen thousand pounds (14,000 lbs) or less from sales and use tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
