| H7935 | Intro
Sine Die | Excludes reality TV show(s) from receipt of tax credits/removes $5 million tax credit cap per motion picture/repeals sunset provisions for tax credits for motion pictures/musical/theatrical productions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24
To House Finance Committee |
| H8230 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Condolences
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-23
House read and passed |
| H8192 | Intro
Sine Die | Extends DOT authority to lease airport property to 50 years. Increase to 9 the directors on the airport corporation board.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-23
To House Corporations Committee |
| H8216 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows RI municipalities to request an expedited permit review process for certain critical municipal public safety projects. The process would be the same as projects of critical economic concern. It would also waive permit fees for municipalities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-23
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| H8229 | Pass | House Resolution Congratulating The 2018 Inductees Into The Rhode Island Music Hall Of Fame
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-23
House read and passed |
| H8231 | Pass | House Resolution Extending Congratulations
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-23
House read and passed |
| H7595 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes compliance/certification procedure for criminal pre-trial discovery/creates a 9 member task force to investigate/make recommendations, pre-trial discovery with report due 1/1/20 and dissolution on 1/1/22.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H8114 | Pass | Allows the city of Pawtucket to fill a vacancy on the Pawtucket City Council by combining councilmatic voting districts for a special primary election and special election in 2018.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-18
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7196 | Pass | Increases the amount of purchases the North Providence's purchasing agent may purchase an item, without bid, from $1,500 to $2,500.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-18
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7486 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution -- Restriction On Tolling (this Joint Resolution Would Propose A Constitutional Amendment Providing That Any New Highway Or Bridge Tolli...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| H7627 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the provisions of the general laws which created the "Rhode Island Bridge Replacement, Reconstruction, and Maintenance Fund Act of 2016" ("Rhode Works"), which would have imposed tolls on large commercial trucks.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| H7886 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds three (3) new income tax brackets for purposes of Rhode Island state income taxation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| H8209 | Intro
Sine Die | House Resolution Thanking And Congratulating The Honorable Donald J. Trump For His Role In Securing The Release Of Three American Detainees From North Korea
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-17
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H8211 | Pass | House Resolution Commemorating The 30th Anniversary Of The Tragic Events In Sumgayit
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-17
House read and passed |
| H8210 | Pass | House Resolution Proclaiming May 19th Of 2018 As "greek Pontian Genocide Remembrance Day" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-17
House read and passed |
| H7558 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the Rhode Island earned income credit from fifteen percent (15%) to fifteen and one-half percent (15.5%).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| H7837 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the use of toll collection facilities to toll collection only and not for issuing any other motor vehicle violation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| H7399 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution -- Restriction On Tolling (proposes A Constitutional Amendment Providing That Any New Highway Or Bridge Toll On Passenger Vehicles Would...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| H7403 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts veterans and active duty military from paying a toll on the Newport Bridge.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| H7148 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a tiered-rate structure for the child care assistance program, with higher rates paid to licensed child care centers and family child care homes that have achieved higher quality ratings in "BrightStars".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-16
To House Finance Committee |
| H7514 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that persons ages sixty-five (65) years and over who have a surcharge applied to water supplied to them for personal use and consumption would receive a twenty-five (25%) discount on such surcharge.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-16
To House Finance Committee |
| H7172 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes aging/disability resource center within division of elderly affairs as part of long-term care system for elderly/disabled persons/family caregivers/providers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-16
To House Finance Committee |
| H7096 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a special motor vehicle registration plate for the Friends of the Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-16
To House Finance Committee |
| H7098 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes community senior services grant program providing financial assistance to municipalities/nonprofit organizations operating senior centers/programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-16
To House Finance Committee |
| H8172 | Pass | Joint Resolution Extending The Reporting And Expiration Dates Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study The Effects Of Enacting A Line Item Veto, Potential Rhode Island Constitutional Amendments For A Governor Runoff, And Requirements For The El...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-16
Senate passed in concurrence |
| H7221 | Intro
Sine Die | Approval and funding of drug awareness programs for minors placed with the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-16
To House Finance Committee |
| H7483 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires active duty military personnel receive daycare services for their dependents at state expense.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-16
To House Finance Committee |
| H7824 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes Rhode Island rivers/coastal adaptation fund; enables cities, towns and state to apply for grants to fund projects that invest in measures to address the impacts of climate change. Trust to be funded by fees on barrels of petroleum product...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-16
To House Finance Committee |
| H7375 | Pass | House Resolution Amending The Membership And Extending The Reporting And Expiration Dates Of The Special Legislative Commission To Assess And Make Recommendations On The Educational Needs Of Children With Dyslexia And/or Reading Disabilities (increas...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-16
House read and passed |
| H8204 | Pass | House Resolution Proclaiming May Of 2018 To Be "child Care Awareness Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-16
House read and passed |
| H8205 | Pass | House Resolution Recognizing And Thanking The Honorable Scott Avedisian For His Service To The City Of Warwick And The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-16
House read and passed |
| H7618 | Intro
Sine Die | Raises the maximum reimbursement rate for licensed child care providers by five percent (5%).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-16
To House Finance Committee |
| H8206 | Pass | House Resolution Extending The Reporting Date Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study Unlawful Sexual Harassment In The Workplace (extends The Reporting Date Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study Unlawful Sexual Harassment In The Work...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-16
House read and passed |
| H7013 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes rules and procedures for licensing emergency shelters, including setting minimum standards and prohibits the charging of fees to the residents.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-16
To House Finance Committee |
| H7430 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes 100% tax credit for disabled/elderly drivers age 65 and older for vehicle modification costs/training fees incurred necessary to retain their license/registration per rules/regs of tax administrator eff. 1/2018.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-16
To House Finance Committee |
| H7997 | Pass | To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of Pride Electric Llc
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-16
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7555 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that for the purpose of determining income limitations for receiving general public assistance, child support that is in arrears for thirty (30) days or more would not be considered to be income.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-16
To House Finance Committee |
| H7969 | Pass | To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of F. Nasiff, Jr. & Co., Inc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-16
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7352 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Making Appropriations Of $175,000 To The Rhode Island Community Food Bank (this Joint Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of An Additional One Hundred Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($175,000) To The Rhode Island Community Fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-16
To House Finance Committee |
| H7140 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows small business employers to purchase health insurance for its employees through the state employee group plan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-16
To House Finance Committee |
| H8168 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all students to perform a minimum amount of community service each school year and grants them the option to perform certain forms of community service for academic credit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-16
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7911 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for authorizations for services to developmentally disabled adults issued on or after July 1, 2018 be developed on an annual basis with funding for these services to be issued on an annual basis.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-16
To House Finance Committee |
| H7881 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the creation of the position of student loan ombudsman within the office of the commissioner of postsecondary education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
To House Finance Committee |
| H7666 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a tax-credit for the amount in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) contributed to a public school district for the express purpose of making physical improvement to a school.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
To House Finance Committee |
| H7400 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a fee on companies that sell fossil fuels in Rhode Island and also establishes a receipt account to disburse the funds from.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
To House Finance Committee |
| H7089 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Approving Project Status For Remediation And/or Monitoring Of The Truk-away Landfill Suspected Hazardous Waste Disposal Site Located In The City Of Warwick
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
To House Finance Committee |
| H7052 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the authorized holdings of Jewish Seniors Agency of Rhode Island to two million dollars ($2,000,000.00) and exempt the same from taxation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
To House Finance Committee |
| H7204 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits veterans' benefits for members discharged based on sexual orientation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
To House Finance Committee |
| H7489 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides a ten (10) year phase out to the personal property tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
To House Finance Committee |
| H7655 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits municipal tipping fees paid by municipalities to rate increases of no more than four percent (4%) per year over the base rate of forty-seven dollars ($47.00) a ton beginning in July of 2019 for fiscal year 2020-2021, and all years thereafter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
To House Finance Committee |
