| S0989 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Authorizing The State To Enter Into Financing Lease And Payment Agreements In Connection With The Construction Of A Ballpark In The City Of Pawtucket
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-12-07
Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study |
| S0990 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits redevelopment agencies to finance the construction of projects for residential, recreational, commercial, industrial, institutional, public, or other purposes contemplated by a redevelopment plan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-12-07
Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study |
| S1017 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that a release of a joint tortfeasor in a judicially approved settlement of claims relating to the St. Joseph Health Services of Rhode Island Retirement Plan shall not discharge other joint tortfeasors unless it so provides.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-19
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0043 | Intro
Sine Die | Expedites the foreclosure procedure on vacant property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S0652 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends several sections relative to the eligibility and award process for projects that receive financial assistance from PACE (Property Assessment Clean Energy) programs and the Rhode Island infrastructure bank.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-19
Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) |
| S0494 | Intro
Sine Die | Protects people with health insurance from surprise medical bills for emergency and other services by requiring a non-participating health care provider to bill an insured party only for a co-payment, or deductible.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-19
Senate passed Sub A |
| S0988 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires liability insurance to cover loss of use of a rental motor vehicle. A claim for loss of use would be limited to reasonable and necessary expenses for the time to repair or replace the rental vehicle.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-19
Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) |
| S0646 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study An Early Intervention System For Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Children In Rhode Island (creates A 24 Member Commission To Study Of An Early Intervention System For The Deaf Or Hard Of He...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-19
House passed Sub A in concurrence |
| S0994 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows locally administered retirement plans in the city of Central Falls to allow employees or retired who are members of the FOP Lodge, 2 to join the Municipal Employees Retirement System (MERS) by providing greater flexibility in funding policies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-19
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0285 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that the contractual provisions contained in and an otherwise expired collective bargaining agreement with certified school teachers and municipal employees continue until a successor agreement has been reached between the parties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
Committee recommends passage of Sub A |
| S0874 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the public utilities commission to implement a purchase of receivables program where the electric distribution company purchases the receivables of a nonregulated power producer at a discount rate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/30/2017) |
| S0834 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases fines and penalties for failure to file timely campaign finance reports; increase the amount of information required in a declaration of candidacy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S0886 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires pub. utilities/electric distribution co. to provide prompt/adequate service to ratepayers for new service/ upgrades w/penalty of up to $1,000 with electric distribution co. to provide written estimates/itemized bill for work in excess of $50...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence |
| S0448 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts gross receipts from the sale of seeds and plants used to grow food and food products from sales and use taxes. The act would specifically exclude from the definition marijuana seeds or plants.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
Committee recommends passage of Sub B |
| S0862 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires health insurers, nonprofit hospital service corporations, nonprofit medical service corporations and health maintenance organizations that issue policies that provide coverage for prescription drugs and use step therapy protocols.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
To House Corporations Committee |
| S0247 | Intro
Sine Die | Senate Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study Raw Milk Regulations (creates A 9 Member Commission To Be Known As The "commission To Study Raw Milk Regulations" And Whose Purpose Would Be To Review All Raw Milk Regulations And M...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
Senate passed Sub A |
| S0236 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits discrimination in housing against those persons who have a lawful source of income.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S0300 | Intro
Sine Die | Has each public institution of postsecondary education establish a plan for addressing mental health needs of its students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S0492 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes a licensed psychiatric/mental health nurse clinical specialist to attest a patient's condition/need for treatment, submit documents to court, testify in court when the patient is receiving treatment at a licensed community mental health ce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S0427 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits any questioning of a juvenile who is suspected of delinquent or criminal behavior, unless the parent of guardian of the juvenile is present, or unless an attorney is present or the juvenile and their parents have waived their presence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S0965 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the grounds on which the DMV may refuse registration for failure to pay a fine to include, interest, penalties, or other monetary amount. Requires the municipality that requests the denial to add and forward an additional $5 fee to the DMV.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence |
| S0595 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the family court, after finding by clear and convincing evidence that a child was conceived as a result of sexual assault, to terminate the parental rights of the father including the right to notice for subsequent adoption proceedings.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S0665 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows for a judge or magistrate to impose the requirements of blood and/or urine testing for the presence of illicit substances, if necessary, for anyone convicted of driving under the influence or refusal to submit to a chemical test.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Senate passed Sub A |
| S0900 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the owner of a self-storage facility to notify an occupant who has been defaulted, of the default, by verified electronic mail.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-28
Committee recommends passage of Sub A |
| S0765 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the dissemination of any indecent image of another person without authorization for the purpose of harassing, intimidating, threatening another person.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0401 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits a person from electronically disseminating visual images of another engaged in sexually explicit conduct or the intimate parts of another.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0446 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the definitions of "smoking" and "retail tobacco store" to include electronic smoking devices, electronic nicotine delivery system products and other products that rely on vaporization or aerosolization.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-28
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S0277 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study The Effects Of Legalizing Marijuana (creates A 15 Member Commission To Review And Make Recommendations On The Effects Of Legalizing Marijuana, And Who Would Report Back To The Genera...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-28
House passed Sub A in concurrence |
| S0995 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that all city employees covered by Central Falls retirees' settlement agreement would have benefits gradually increased over five years from 75% base to 87.5% base pension benefit amount.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-28
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0811 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes sex trafficking victims eligible for criminal injuries compensation fund and designates them as abused, neglected children and establishes "safe harbor" provisions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-28
Senate passed Sub A |
| S0516 | Intro
Sine Die | Restores the lottery commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-27
Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study |
| S0966 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits a borrower and a licensee to agree to interest and fees charged by the licensee if disclosure is made pursuant to 12 CFR Part 1026.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-27
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| S0517 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes litigation loan agreements subject to state usury statutes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0831 | Intro
Sine Die | Adopts the Health Insurance Market Stabilization and Consumer Protection Act of 2017.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-26
To House Corporations Committee |
| S0973 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the RI health benefit exchange to seek a waiver under the Affordable Care Act, allow qualified small business owners/sole proprietors to purchase qualified health benefit plans offered by the exchange & not be forced into the individual ma...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-26
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S0956 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts from sales and use taxes specialized packaging equipment such as kegs for alcoholic beverages.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-23
To House Finance Committee |
| S0739 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for a voluntary deduction from any refund from the Rhode Island personal income tax for a contribution to the substance use and mental health leadership council of RI.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-23
To House Finance Committee |
| S0942 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a system of consumer protection for regulation by DBR of noninsurance business entities in disclosing personal identifiable financial information for insurance sales.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-22
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| S0052 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires duly admitted members of the bar of this state to acquire and maintain malpractice insurance in the minimum amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0977 | Intro
Sine Die | Relieves municipal police unions of their obligation to represent non-member employees, in the grievance process, if they haven't been union members for 90 days before the grievance event.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-21
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S0970 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes it more efficient for municipal retirement plans to join the state municipal employees retirement system, by providing greater flexibility in funding policies depending on the circumstances of each municipal plan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0976 | Intro
Sine Die | Relieves state employee unions of their obligation to represent non-member employees, in the grievance process, if they haven't been union members for 90 days before the grievance event.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-21
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S0829 | Intro
Sine Die | Extends by one year, to June 30, 2018, the existing formula used to distribute hotel tax funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0978 | Intro
Sine Die | Relieves municipal employees' unions of their obligation to represent nonmember employees, in the grievance process, if they haven't been union members for 90 days before the grievance event.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-21
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S0975 | Intro
Sine Die | Relieves bargaining agent from obligation to represent firefighters who have not maintained membership for 90 days prior to grievance event.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-21
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S0967 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for-profit hospitals that are converted to not-for-profit hospitals would remain subject to municipal taxation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0919 | Intro
Sine Die | Senate Resolution Respectfully Requesting That The Ri Congressional Delegation Work To Revise The Food Safety Modernization Act And To Delay Its Implementation
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-21
Senate passed Sub A |
| S0122 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminates the September 2017 termination date of the child care assistance program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-21
To House Finance Committee |
| S0219 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits Bristol to charge $.35 landing fee on passengers over 12 years old arriving in its port excluding commercial fishing vessels.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-20
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0644 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires insurance plans to include coverage for effective communication access services between patients who are deaf and their healthcare professionals in order to ensure that their health needs and treatments are understood.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-20
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
