| H7925 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes changes in the procedure for the remittance and disbursement of water charges and would provide that upon dissolution of the water resources board, charges would be maintained by each supplier to support water quality protection programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-05
To House Finance Committee |
| H7369 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts all retirement income from personal income tax for those individuals who have attained the age used for calculating the maximum social security retirement benefits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-04
To House Finance Committee |
| H7112 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts the amount of military pension which is included in federal adjusted gross income from the state income tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-04
To House Finance Committee |
| H7347 | 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] | 2016-05-04
To House Finance Committee |
| H7989 | Intro
Sine Die | House Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study The Low And Moderate Income Housing Act (creates A 13 Member Commission To Study Implementation Of The Low And Moderate Income Housing Act In The State, And Who Would Report Back To ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-04
House passed Sub A |
| H7272 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts the first $15,000 from federal adjusted gross income when person withdraws from retirement/savings plan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-04
To House Finance Committee |
| H7113 | Intro
Sine Die | Defines as "disabled," persons receiving veterans' affairs disability benefits paid by the federal government for purposes of property tax relief.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-04
To House Finance Committee |
| H7376 | 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] | 2016-05-04
To House Finance Committee |
| H7102 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts state, federal, and military pensions from state income tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-04
To House Finance Committee |
| S2856 | Intro
Sine Die | Senate Resolution Amending The Rules Of The Senate For The Years 2015-2016
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-04
Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) |
| H7105 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the amount of contribution to a tuition savings program which can be excluded from adjusted gross income on a Rhode Island income tax return.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-04
To House Finance Committee |
| H7795 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the amount of funds distributed to the city or town where meals and beverages are sold from one percent (1%) in FY 2016 to eight percent (8%) in FY 2024 annually at a rate of 1% per fiscal year budget surplus in corresponding fiscal year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-04
To House Finance Committee |
| S2825 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires state department of elementary and secondary education to ensure the development of language skills for all deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-04
To Senate Education Committee |
| H7371 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows state taxpayers to reduce their federal adjusted gross income by the amount of all costs, payments and expenses for care in a state licensed nursing home as allowed pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Internal Revenue Code.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-04
To House Finance Committee |
| H8020 | Intro
Sine Die | Excludes state tax refunds from federal adjusted gross income for purposes of the state income tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-04
To House Finance Committee |
| H7770 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts sale of seeds and plants used to provide food for human consumption from sales and use taxes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-04
To House Finance Committee |
| H8088 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts from the state sales tax the purchase of envelopes by a company engaged in the printing business, and creates a presumption that such envelopes are intended for purchase for resale.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-04
To House Finance Committee |
| S2538 | Intro
Sine Die | Changes the responsibility of making appointments to certain advisory and exchange commissions from the lieutenant governor to the senate president.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7716 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts the amount of military pension which is included in federal adjusted gross income from the state income tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-04
To House Finance Committee |
| H7717 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts Rhode Island teacher pensions from personal income tax for state residents.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-04
To House Finance Committee |
| H7183 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts from state taxation certain pension benefits that originate from another state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-04
To House Finance Committee |
| S2124 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends certain definitions relative to workers compensation and classifications of temporary and leased employees and amends certain benefits thereto.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-04
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S2635 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the scope of protections and remedies available to employees who are discriminated against in their wages due to their sex.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-04
To Senate Labor Committee |
| H7212 | Intro
Sine Die | Imposes tax increases on personal income, with the revenue collected therefrom to be deposited into restricted receipt accounts for the purposes of state aid to municipalities, and reimbursement of public school construction.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-04
To House Finance Committee |
| H7229 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts certain retirement income from state personal income tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-04
To House Finance Committee |
| S2377 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a cause of action against employers and employees for workplace bullying, harassment and other abusive conduct that is tolerated by employers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-04
To Senate Labor Committee |
| H7729 | Intro
Sine Die | Excludes for the purposes of Rhode Island state income taxes, the first twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) of military retirement income, paid by the state or federal government, to persons sixty-five (65) years or older.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-04
To House Finance Committee |
| H7104 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the deduction from the state income tax for contributions to the tuition savings program from $500 to $1,000 for an individual and from $1,000 to $2,000 for a joint return.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-04
To House Finance Committee |
| S2672 | Intro
Sine Die | Enables children with significant speech impediments to attend the Rhode Island School for the Deaf.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-04
To Senate Education Committee |
| H7210 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts military pension income from personal income tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-04
To House Finance Committee |
| S2586 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that the designation of a worker as an "independent contractor" form to be filed annually, with a ten dollar ($10.00) filing fee with the director of revenue, and not the director of labor and training.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-04
To Senate Labor Committee |
| H7270 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that estates in Rhode Island be taxed at a rate equal to the maximum credit for state death taxes allowed by the federal revenue act, which exemption is set at five million three hundred forty thousand dollars ($5,340,000).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-04
To House Finance Committee |
| H7375 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the "Remote Sales Tax collection Act" to enable the state to collect sales and use taxes from out-of-state retailers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-04
To House Finance Committee |
| H7788 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that in the event sales and use tax revenue exceeds projections, then in such event the tax administrator shall reduce the sales tax rate by one percent (1%) until the end of the fiscal year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-04
To House Finance Committee |
| S2794 | 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] | 2016-05-03
To Senate Finance Committee |
| H7383 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts from the estate tax property used in the conduct of a trade or business to the value of five million dollars ($5,000,000.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-03
To House Finance Committee |
| H7233 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminates the sales tax on taxi and other transit and ground passenger transportation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-03
To House Finance Committee |
| S2518 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows classified employee to be a candidate for elective state office.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2744 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that beginning in FY 2017, the state would pay the local share of charter public school tuition for certain students in high density charter public schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-03
Committee heard |
| S2704 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that legally appointed guardians, whether temporary or permanent, file a durable power of attorney for health care and/or a living will on behalf of their ward within 30 days.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7010 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides a sales/use tax holiday on August 6, 2016, only subject to renewal/continuation by the general assembly for future years thereafter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-03
To House Finance Committee |
| H7348 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts from sales/use tax any portion of motor vehicle lease payments collected for tangible personal property, municipal property, excise or any other similar tax effective 7/1/16.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-03
To House Finance Committee |
| S2824 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the "Rhode Island Health Care Reform Act of 2004 – Health Insurance Oversight" as well as the "Rhode Island Health Benefit Exchange, and establishes the Rhode Island comprehensive health insurance program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-03
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S2021 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires selection of 1 member of a budget commission by the RI Dept. of Ed. when a school system is involved and exempts from removal the school superintendent and certain responsibilities of school committee and superintendent from commission's pow...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-03
Senate held on desk |
| H7737 | Intro
Sine Die | Raises the legal minimum age to purchase tobacco products and nicotine-delivery systems from eighteen (18) to twenty-one (21).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-03
To House Finance Committee |
| H7994 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows those individuals who pay part or all of the cost of a renewable energy system to carry over the tax credit, if not used for the year of installation, to the next year for a maximum of 3 years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-03
To House Finance Committee |
| S2411 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides immunity to any person that provides food or wild game to a food pantry, food bank or DEM for ultimate distribution to needy individuals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7230 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies statutory language defining retailers entering agreements with residents who refer potential customers by links to internet sites for purpose of computation of sales/use taxes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-03
To House Finance Committee |
| H7714 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts feminine hygiene and some home health care products from sales tax, and reduces the clothing exemption from $250 to $240.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-03
To House Finance Committee |
| H7733 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that a fifteen percent (15%) minimum markup be added to the total cost of cigarettes sold by retailers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-03
To House Finance Committee |
