| H6097 | Pass | House Resolution Celebrating "tree Week" On May 5th Through May 11th In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-09
House read and passed |
| H5223 | Intro
Sine Die | Pension benefits that originate from and were taxed in another state are exempted from Rhode Island state taxation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-09
To House Finance Committee |
| H6095 | Pass | House Resolution Recognizing The 71st Anniversary Of Israel's Establishment On May 9, 2019, And Reaffirming The Bonds Of Friendship And Cooperation Between Rhode Island, The United States, And The State Of Israel
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-09
House read and passed |
| H6016 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the Foster town council to enact an impoundment fee for impounded dogs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-09
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| H5311 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows for modification reducing federal adjusted gross income by allowing up to fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) income from individual retirement accounts or 401K accounts to be subtracted from gross income.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-09
To House Finance Committee |
| H5224 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts from the sale or use tax that portion of a motor vehicle lease payment collected for tangible personal property tax, municipal property tax, excise, or any other similar tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-09
To House Finance Committee |
| H5591 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits persons over the age of sixty-five (65) to deduct from their adjusted gross income the cost of maintaining a personal residence, up to seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-09
To House Finance Committee |
| H6014 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends procedures for annual/special Meetings/election/recall Of Officers/board Of Directors/duties Of Board/officers/tax Assessor/clerks/finance director-treasurer/tax collector/borrowing of funds/lighting installation/repair within 60 days of passa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-09
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| H5417 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides an income tax credit of twenty-five percent (25%) of an elderly resident taxpayer's primary residence water and sewer bills, not to exceed $250.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-09
To House Finance Committee |
| H6015 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the Foster town council to enact ordinances permitting the dog officer in the town to issue citations for the violation of dog ordinances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-09
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| H5410 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows state income taxpayers to deduct from their federal adjusted gross income, all or some of their unreduced social security retirement benefits, depending upon the amount of their gross income.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-09
To House Finance Committee |
| H5156 | Intro
Sine Die | Excludes pension income from taxation under the same circumstances as social security exclusion.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-09
To House Finance Committee |
| H5399 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds 3 new income tax brackets for purposes of Rhode Island state income taxation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-09
To House Finance Committee |
| H5245 | Intro
Sine Die | Raises the earned income tax credit from fifteen percent (15%) to twenty percent (20%) for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2019.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-09
To House Finance Committee |
| H5394 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits cigarette distributors to have partial rolls or sheets of unused tax stamps redeemed by the tax administrator for ninety-eight percent (98%) of their face value.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-09
To House Finance Committee |
| H5523 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a tax on sugary drinks and creates a dedicated revenue source for programs designed to benefit public health.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-09
To House Finance Committee |
| H5581 | Intro
Sine Die | Imposes 1% state tax on sale of hookah tobacco/vaping devices, accessories/supplies/replacement parts & 1% local hookah tobacco/vaping devices tax to be used by cities/towns for education of persons of the dangers of hookah tobacco/vaping device usag...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-09
To House Finance Committee |
| H5603 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides certain restrictions on the sale of tobacco products, enhance the definition of "tobacco products", and would raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products and nicotine delivery systems from 18 to 21 years of age
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-09
To House Finance Committee |
| H5404 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts trigger locks and safes designed and manufactured for firearms storage from sales and use taxes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-08
To House Finance Committee |
| H5221 | 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] | 2019-05-08
To House Finance Committee |
| H6079 | Intro
Sine Die | Entitles correctional officers who have a minimum of twenty-five (25) years of service and who are at least fifty-five (55) years of age to receive a non-Medicare-eligible retiree health care insurance benefit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-08
To House Finance Committee |
| H5112 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, for payment of the Vietnam bonus of James A. Falcon of East Providence, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-08
To House Finance Committee |
| H5793 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts from taxation real property acquired or leased by a railroad entity used in the boarding or disembarking of railroad passengers or supporting passenger railroad operations and services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-08
To House Finance Committee |
| H5854 | Intro
Sine Die | Reduces the rate for sales and use taxes from seven percent (7%) to six and one-half percent (6.5%) upon passage of federal law or court decisions authorizing states to require remote sellers to collect or remit rate or sales taxes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-08
To House Finance Committee |
| H5413 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts the trade-in values of motorcycles from sales tax and exempts from the state sales tax the trade-in value of any pickup truck under eight thousand one hundred pounds (8,100 lbs.) gross weight.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-08
To House Finance Committee |
| H5614 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts from sales tax any amount a construction contractor charges clients for materials and supplies in connection with a construction contract.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-08
To House Finance Committee |
| H5159 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides a tax credit for community service hours provided by state residents to certain not for profit entities and municipal departments that are certified to issue credits for state community service volunteerism hours.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-08
To House Finance Committee |
| H5098 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts self-employed sole practicing investigators operating independently from any partnership, corporation, limited liability company or association from the sale tax imposed on services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-08
To House Finance Committee |
| H5577 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts reusable bags not including paper/plastic bags from state sales tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-08
To House Finance Committee |
| H5622 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for a use tax exemption for all health care facilities licensed by the department of health that are required by a federal or state government entity to purchase, store, use, or otherwise consume prewritten computer software.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-08
To House Finance Committee |
| H6083 | Pass | House Resolution Commemorating The 74th Anniversary Of V-e Day (victory In Europe) On May 8, 2019, In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-08
House read and passed |
| H6082 | Pass | House Resolution Congratulating Team 78, Airstrike, On Qualifying For The New England "for Inspiration And Recognition Of Science And Technology" (first) Robotics Competition District Championship And Competing At The First World Championship
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-08
House read and passed |
| H5157 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds urns and shrouds, prayer cards and other items customarily sold or provided by a funeral director to those funeral items which are already exempt from sales and use taxes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-08
To House Finance Committee |
| H5010 | Intro
Sine Die | Defines as "disabled," persons receiving veterans' affairs disability benefits paid by the federal government for purposes of property tax relief and would be retroactive to January 1, 2018.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-08
To House Finance Committee |
| H5307 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts from the sales and use taxes products used for feminine hygiene in connection with the menstrual cycle.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-08
To House Finance Committee |
| H5099 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminates the ten dollar ($10.00) fee requirement for the sales tax permit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-08
To House Finance Committee |
| H5222 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that a nonprofit hospital facility converted from for-profit hospital facility would have a payment in lieu of tax agreement with the applicable city or town or subject to a municipal payment equal to sixty-five percent (65%) of the tax due.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-08
To House Finance Committee |
| H5948 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows a municipality, in which twelve percent (12%) of the housing in a municipality qualifies for low-income housing, to charge a tax up to ten percent (10%) of the current year's gross scheduled rental income.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-08
To House Finance Committee |
| H5932 | Pass | House Resolution Extending The Reporting And Expiration Dates Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study And Make Recommendations To Encourage Economic Development Within Blackstone Valley (extends The Reporting And Expiration Dates Of The Commis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-08
House read and passed |
| H5947 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the maximum tax for qualifying low-income housing from eight percent (8%) to ten percent (10%) of the property's previous year's gross scheduled rental income. The increase shall be used by local municipalities for public school education a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-08
To House Finance Committee |
| H5158 | Intro
Sine Die | Includes a book of fiction or non-fiction within the definition of a "work" which is original or creative and for "one-of-a-kind, limited production" thus qualifying them for exemption from the sales tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-08
To House Finance Committee |
| H5859 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires any reimposition of car/trailer excise tax subsequent to fiscal year 2024 phase-out shall provide a uniform statewide tax rate for use by cities and towns.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-08
To House Finance Committee |
| H6075 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Condolences
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-07
House read and passed |
| H5103 | Intro
Sine Die | Enables the RI public transit authority (RIPTA) to work with the Massachusetts Bay Transit authority (MBTA) to allow commuter rail passes to be used as dual passes for both RIPTA and MBTA.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-07
To House Finance Committee |
| H5104 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes rules and procedures for licensing emergency shelters, including setting minimum standards and prohibiting the charging of fees to the residents.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-07
To House Finance Committee |
| H6074 | Pass | House Resolution Celebrating May 5th Through May 11th, 2019, As "national Correctional Officers And Employees Week" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-07
House read and passed |
| H6076 | Pass | House Resolution Extending Congratulations
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-07
House read and passed |
| H6054 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows a motor vehicle repair shop owner to sell, at a commercially recordable sale, a customer's vehicle if they fail to pay over thirty (30) days of properly charged storage fees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-07
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5374 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates unused monies collected by the division to be allocated for the operation and maintenance of a statewide police and fire dispatch center.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-07
To House Finance Committee |
| H5521 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the provisions of the general laws allowing deferred deposit providers, also known as "payday lenders."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-07
To House Finance Committee |
