| H8264 | Intro
Sine Die | Enhances reporting for state agencies required for violations of the fair employment practices chapter and the equal opportunity and affirmative action chapter. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07 To House Labor Committee |
| S2198 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes community senior services grant program providing financial assistance to municipalities/nonprofit organizations operating senior centers/programs. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07 Committee heard |
| S2295 | Intro
Sine Die | Codifies the public corruption and white-collar crime unit within the department of attorney general. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2910 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires $5,000,000 bond referendum for affordable housing with $700 price ceiling for fiscal year 2019/$5,000,000 appropriated for every fiscal year thereafter. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07 Committee heard |
| S2186 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes school committees to appoint one designee to the board of directors of the governing body of certain charter public schools which students from the district attend. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07 To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S2210 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a mental health consumer advocate and wellness recovery center to provide support for those suffering from mental health issues and would appropriate two-hundred ninety five thousand dollars ($295,000) to operate the program. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07 Committee heard |
| H8275 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the DCYF and the department of education to identify or develop a program of age appropriate sexual abuse and sexual awareness education. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07 To House Labor Committee |
| H8277 | Intro
Sine Die | Mandates sexual harassment training for employees and supervisors of employers of fifty (50) or more employees. It would recommend an annual climate survey for employers. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07 To House Labor Committee |
| H8280 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for the statute of limitations would be tolled during the period of investigation by the commission for human rights for a period of up to one year. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07 To House Labor Committee |
| S2300 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a new chapter and make several amendments to existing statutes providing for penalties for crimes against the public trust. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H8276 | Intro
Sine Die | Extends the timeframe within which to bring an action for an unlawful employment practice. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07 To House Labor Committee |
| H8279 | Intro
Sine Die | Expands and clarify the definition of employees for purposes of the fair employment practices chapter. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07 To House Labor Committee |
| H8278 | Intro
Sine Die | Forbids an employer to require an employee to execute a nondisclosure agreement; or non-disparagement agreement regarding alleged violations of civil rights or criminal conduct. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07 To House Labor Committee |
| H7384 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that all persons serving on boards and commissions appointed by the governor have a connection to the state through residence or licensure. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06 To House Judiciary Committee |
| H8294 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a nineteen (19) member permanent joint oversight commission to study and evaluate property tax related issues. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06 To House Finance Committee |
| H8291 | Intro
Sine Die | House Resolution Requesting An Independent Investigation Of Failures Within The State Of Rhode Island's Executive Office Of Health And Human Services (eohhs) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06 To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7889 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies the procedures for seeking a protective order from district or family court and the requirements of the surrender of any firearms. Repeals outdated family court form for complaints for protection from abuse. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06 Committee recommends passage of Sub A |
| H8288 | Intro
Sine Die | Mandates applicants for state contracts in excess of $50K disclose discrimination complaints for prior 5 years. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06 To House Labor Committee |
| H8240 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that students in the seventh grade receive education in Internet safety. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06 To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H8295 | 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 provisions. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06 To House Finance Committee |
| H8244 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the base pension benefit for surviving spouses of beneficiaries from sixty-seven and one half (67.5%) percent to one hundred percent (100%), retroactive to July 1, 2014. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06 To House Finance Committee |
| H8207 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the Medicaid eligible non-emergency medical transportation act. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06 To House Finance Committee |
| H8242 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a formula to create a transitional alternative payment method incentive to be used in calculating reimbursement rates that must be paid by health insurance carriers to eligible Rhode Island hospitals. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06 To House Finance Committee |
| H7246 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a personal income tax debt resolution process within the division of taxation upon submission of an offer in compromise effective July 1, 2018. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06 To House Finance Committee |
| H8243 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides gradual pension benefits increase over 5-year period starting 9/1/18 from 75% to 77.5% of base amount using cost-of-living adjustments over lifetime. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06 To House Finance Committee |
| H8245 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the "Hospital Closure Transition Act which would facilitate the acquisition of a closed hospital's assets by an existing hospital by exempting the acquisition from the hospital conversions and health care facilities licensing acts. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06 To House Finance Committee |
| H8123 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows municipal water supply system and any regional water quality management district commission to enter into an agreement called a "transaction" effectively merging the entities and becoming a public utility. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06 To House Finance Committee |
| H8252 | Intro
Sine Die | Enables all persons with at least two (2) years law enforcement or military work experience to work as a school security employee regardless of the nature, source or amount of their other income. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06 To House Judiciary Committee |
| H8251 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires police officers receive mental health training in compliance with commission certified standards for persons suffering from mental illness/substance use disorder/intellectual/developmental disabilities. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06 To House Judiciary Committee |
| H8258 | Intro
Sine Die | Limit to 7 yrs the period within which bus. corp tax/personal income tax may be assessed for taxpayers failing to file returns on date return was due to be filed/10 yrs within which collection actions can begin from date balance assessed with 4 excep... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06 To House Finance Committee |
| H8254 | 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] | 2018-06-06 To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7213 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds tutoring to the list of occupations which may be performed at a state college or university by a retired public officer or employee without forfeiture or impairment of retirement benefits, subject to an annual limitation of $18,000. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-05 To House Finance Committee |
| S2903 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the town of Middletown from annually increasing its tax levy more than 2% of the total for its prior fiscal year without an affirmative vote of its electors upon the occurrence of one or more of five conditions. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-05 To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2497 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the "Insurance Data Security Act" which would adopt the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Model Act regarding data security. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-05 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study |
| H8199 | Intro
Sine Die | Includes the towns of Lincoln and North Providence in Region I and the city of Cranston and the town of Johnston in Region II for grades nine (9) through twelve (12) for school bus districts. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-05 To House Finance Committee |
| S2818 | Intro
Sine Die | Relieves Central Falls from reimbursing state for expenses related to fiscal stability act, expenses related to Central Falls school district bankruptcy proceeding, expenses of Moreau v Flanders, or expenses incurred after termination of the receiver... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-05 To Senate Finance Committee |
| H7856 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides a stipend up to $450 to retirees in years when there are no cost of living adjustments. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-05 To House Finance Committee |
| S2659 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies the status of pilot payments to the town of Exeter in view of its not presently having a police department [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-05 To Senate Finance Committee |
| H7205 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the town of Coventry from charging its sewage works' users more than the interest the town has actually paid for its borrowed funds for sewage works' purposes. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-05 To House Municipal Government Committee |
| H7620 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies the accumulated depreciation reduction by taking into account physical deterioration and obsolescence. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-05 To House Finance Committee |
| S2904 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the town of Middletown to adopt annual fair market assessments of its ratable property that do not exceed the two percent (2%) annual increase ceiling. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-05 To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2929 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits the taking of domesticated and undomesticated game birds on a shooting preserve subject to certain requirements on licensing, shooting area and records required to be kept. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-05 Senate held on desk |
| H7212 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts from state taxation certain pension benefits that originate from, and were taxed in another state. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-05 To House Finance Committee |
| H8109 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the "refundable investment tax credit act" to provide for a refundable investment tax credit for certain investments in the construction of facilities, acquisition of tangible property, and the training of employees in the state. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-05 To House Finance Committee |
| S2856 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes Newport and Middletown to collect an additional one percent (1%) meal and beverage tax to fund schools, school safety, and capital improvements. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-05 To Senate Finance Committee |
| H7348 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a pilot program to promote the creation of roof solar installations on school property in order to reduce the use of fossil fuels and to generate electricity in school buildings. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-05 To House Finance Committee |
| H7822 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts from the sales or use tax that portion of a motor vehicle lease payment collected for tangible personal property tax, municipal property tax, excise tax or any other similar tax [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-05 To House Finance Committee |
| H8065 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the RI airport and aviation fund to be managed by the Rhode Island airport corporation and funded by an aviation jet fuel excise tax in the amount of 7% of the gross sales of aviation jet fuel sold and used in the propulsion of aircraft. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-05 To House Finance Committee |
| H8090 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits the taking of domesticated and undomesticated game birds on a shooting preserve subject to certain requirements on licensing, shooting area and records required to be kept. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-04 To House Corporations Committee |
| H8272 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies the application of elections law to financial town or district meetings. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-01 To House Judiciary Committee |