| S2602 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires notice of claims of common law right to be given to an employer and the employer's workers' compensation insurance carrier and clarifies liability of employers and their insurers for workers' compensation claims.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2594 | Intro
Sine Die | Extends the effective date of the Rhode Island uninsured employers fund to July 1, 2019.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2797 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the lawful age to purchase a rifle/shotgun to from 18 years of age to 21 years of age. Also requires a person complete a basic rifle/shotgun safety course before they can legally purchase a rifle/shotgun.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2804 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides uninsured and/or uninspected vehicles not operated within this or any state may avoid suspension/revocation registration if plates removed. Violators subject to fine up to $150.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2499 | Intro
Sine Die | Caps the system benefit charge at the annual published Consumer Price Index or two and one-half percent (2.5%), whichever is greater.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-05
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| S2286 | Intro
Sine Die | Defines and recognizes the existence and potential liability of lead entities concerning the payment of wages.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2776 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires elementary schools to provide instruction in cursive penmanship.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-05
To Senate Education Committee |
| S2783 | 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] | 2018-04-05
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2790 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes procedures to notify individuals of any breaches of their unencrypted personal information and penalties for any violation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2792 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution -- General Assembly To Review Regulations
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2800 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires audio and video recordings of all open meetings of state and quasi-public agencies and bodies be transmitted to the secretary of state's office for posting on its website to be available for public access.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2593 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows for employers, in workers' compensation actions, to shift the legal burden to employees to prove they were not intoxicated at the time of injury or death, after a showing that the employee had a positive test for intoxicating substances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2706 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits any contractual clause in a contract for home repairs which would limit the homeowners ability to initiate legal proceedings against the contractor for breach of contract.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2265 | Intro
Sine Die | Ends Rhode Island's "employment-at-will" legal doctrine, provides job protection for employees that satisfactorily perform their duties provides specific remedies for wrongful discharge.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2808 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides immunity to any person or organization that provides food or wild game to a food pantry, food bank or DEM for ultimate distribution to needy individuals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2155 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows a retired member of the teachers, state employees, or municipal retirement system to serve as an elected town treasurer without a suspension of their retirement benefits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2739 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the "Healthy Beverage Act" and requires children's meals provided by restaurants include certain healthy beverage options if the beverage comes with the meal.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| S2479 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the fair employment practices act by clearly establishing that employees of a defendant employer may be individually liable for unfair employment practices.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S2735 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that anytime the state increases the required minimum wage, the direct care and indirect care of Medicaid rates paid by the state to nursing facilities would be increased by the same percentage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S2329 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits, rather than requires, electricity and gas revenues to be decoupled from sales and require submission of a full rate filing every three (3) years by electric and gas distribution companies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Withdrawn at sponsor's request (04/05/2018) |
| S2477 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals § 25-3-7 of the general laws which gives the director of the department of labor and training the authority to exempt certain classes of employees from receiving overtime pay for Sunday and holiday work.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S2103 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts certain executive, administrative, and professional employees from overtime pay if their weekly wages exceed one thousand thirty-six dollars ($1,036), an increase from the current two hundred dollars ($200).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S2245 | Intro
Sine Die | For purposes of overtime on Sundays and holidays, remove the exemption in the definition of employees for health care and maintenance workers, thereby entitling them to overtime pay.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S2470 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the computation formula relative to temporary disability insurance and adds siblings and caregivers to those workers eligible to receive temporary caregiver insurance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S2714 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals several criminal offenses pertaining to three (3) bridges, including the Crawford Street Bridge, the Apponaug River Bridge, and the Pawtuxet Falls Bridge.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2718 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals sections of the general laws dealing with grading of various qualities of mackerel and the sale or export of pickled fish not approved or branded
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2713 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals § 11-12-1 of the general laws that prohibits engaging in a duel with a dangerous weapon.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2021 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits any entity or individual from advertising the sale, purchase, receipt, transport, delivery or salvage of any auto wrecking or discarded automobile unless the advertiser is a licensed junk or salvage yard.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2711 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the provision of the general laws that require baskets of charcoal be sealed by the sealer of weights and measures of the town where the person so using the basket resides, or of the town where the charcoal is measured for sale.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2730 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the licensing requirements for certain shows or exhibitions occurring on Sundays with certain designated cities and/or towns.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2716 | Intro
Sine Die | Removes auctioneers, corders of wood and fence viewers as subjects of this violation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2082 | Intro
Sine Die | Senate Resolution Respectfully Urging The United States Congress To Pass Legislation Establishing An Improved "medicare For All" Single Payer Program That Would Provide Universal, Comprehensive And Affordable Health Care
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-03
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S2732 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals § 11-12-3 of the general laws that prohibits a Rhode Island resident from engaging in a duel outside the state that results in a mortal wound.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2723 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the requirement that city and town councils appoint an inspector or saleratus, bicarbonate of soda, and cream of tartar in order to test for adulterated product, and eliminates the fine for any person selling such adulterated product.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2721 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals § 11-12-2 of the general laws that prohibits a person from challenging another to a duel with a dangerous weapon and from accepting such a challenge.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2727 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals § 11-12-4 of the general laws that prohibits a person from being a second at a duel that results in the infliction of a mortal wound.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2724 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the section of the law prohibiting the testing of the speed of a horse on a public highway.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2720 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the section of the law imposing a fine of up to five dollars ($5.00) for every person guilty of profane swearing and cursing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2237 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a universal, comprehensive, affordable single-payer health care insurance program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-03
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S2731 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the prohibition of the general laws regarding the removal of gravel or the deposit of debris from Easton's Beach, the enforcement provisions, and the bounds of Easton's Beach.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2728 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the section of general law that require phone books containing a "Warning" that refusal to relinquish, or damage a phone in certain circumstances a crime.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2322 | Intro
Sine Die | Reduces the usury rate to twelve percent (12%).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-03
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| S2726 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the authority of the city or town council, bureau of licenses or board of police commissioners to revoke any license issued for amusements, performances and/or movies on Sunday.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2729 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the restrictions on the use of the waters off Goat Island which are no longer needed since the closing of the torpedo station there.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2722 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals § 11-6-2 of the general laws wherein any individual who commits adultery shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2715 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals requirement that persons between 16 and 21 who cannot speak, read or write English to attend classes until they learn (minimum 200 hours). Also repeals fines and institutional commitment for failure to take such classes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2672 | Intro
Sine Die | Redefines the term "covered services" as used to describe applicable subscriber agreements between a health care entity and a dentist, to exclude waiting period and alternate benefit provisions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-03
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S2717 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals several sections of the general laws regarding the packaging and branding of pickled fish.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2725 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the statute imposing a fine not to exceed twenty dollars ($20.00) on a person robbing or drawing a fishpot, weir or net belonging to another person.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2733 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals Chapter 46-11 which prohibits the taking of seaweed by anyone not a resident of the town of Barrington and imposes fines for doing so.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
