| S0901 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the Exeter town sergeant or designees to conduct division of motor vehicles vehicle identifying number and odometer inspections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0894 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $140,000 To Urban Ventures
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-22
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0558 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the state to phase in the use of zero emission vehicles beginning in 2020 using state fleet replacement revolving loan funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-21
Committee heard and continued |
| S0830 | Intro
Sine Die | Limited compassion centers to purchase marijuana for resale as medical marijuana.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0669 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the city of Newport to impose an additional two percent (2%) real estate transfer tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-21
Committee heard and continued |
| S0738 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Rhode Island health insurance market stability and consumer protection act in order to update state law to reflect current insurance standards, practice and regulation to maintain market stability.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-20
To House Finance Committee |
| S0153 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the department of motor vehicles to issue driving privilege licenses and driving privilege permits to applicants unable to establish lawful presence in the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0836 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a mechanism for employees to enforce their existing right to continuation of medical benefits, reinstatement of status and benefits after returning from being a temporary caregiver and relating to Sunday wage laws.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S0790 | Intro
Sine Die | Expedites a victim of domestic abuse eligibility for and receipt of unemployment benefits by removing the waiting period and other impediments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S0633 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Authorizing The Issuance Of Garvee Bonds
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To House Finance Committee |
| S0835 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits an employer, employment agency, labor organization, or employee, to commit any act declared to be an unlawful employment practice; individuals would be held personally liable for such conduct.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S0615 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits employer discrimination against medical marijuana cardholders testing positive, allows for civil remedies for medical marijuana cardholders experiencing discrimination, provides state as sole regulator for compassion centers/medical marijua...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S0507 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for the release of unperfected mechanics' liens by the filing of an affidavit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S0373 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits employees who are covered by employer sponsored disability insurance programs to elect to be exempt from the state temporary disability insurance program, provided the employer has submitted documentation to the director confirming such cover...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S0726 | Intro
Sine Die | Comprehensively amends the state's apprenticeship laws to make them easier to understand and be more consistent with each other and applicable federal regulations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To House Corporations Committee |
| S0405 | Intro
Sine Die | Defines the term "farm products" for the purposes of enforcement and regulation of the agricultural functions of the department of environmental management.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| S0614 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts newspaper deliverers from the minimum wage laws.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S0617 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires state contracted human services providers to pay his or her employees a minimum hourly wage no less than one hundred forty-four percent (144%) of the state minimum wage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S0713 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires builders on state public school contracts $5,000,000 or more to have 15% of the labor performed by apprentices, and sets forth other consequential requirements for such contracts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To House Finance Committee |
| S0714 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the workforce board to fund a non-trade apprenticeship incentive program in fisheries.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To House Finance Committee |
| S0821 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $770,000 To The Rhode Island Executive Office Of Health And Human Services For The Individual Provider Program (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $770,000 To The Department Of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-14
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0061 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes cities/towns to establish a property tax credit program in exchange for volunteer service by persons over age 60 up to $1,500 calculated by multiplying service hours by the state minimum wage per hour.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-14
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0436 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the law on property tax relief extended to elderly and/or disabled persons.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-14
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0280 | Intro
Sine Die | Expands eligibility for elderly services assistance to persons under age 65 suffering from physician confirmed Alzheimer's disease related dementia with income not to exceed 250% of federal poverty level.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-14
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0288 | Intro
Sine Die | Removes the seven million ($7,000,000) dollar limit allowing the motion picture production company tax credit to be carried forward. Increases the total credits that may be issued up to twenty five million ($25,000,000.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-14
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0125 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires verification of hours worked on computers by contractors for professional or technical services rendered to the departments of transportation, health, human services, administration and commerce in contracts exceeding $100,000.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-14
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0064 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts reusable bags not including paper/plastic bags from state sales tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-14
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0438 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $185,000 To The Division Of Elderly Affairs In The Department Of Human Services To Fund Elder Respite Services (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $185,000 To The Division Of Elderly Affairs In The ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-14
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0152 | Intro
Sine Die | Codifies the current state of the law on reproductive rights in Rhode Island by incorporating the protections set forth in Roe v. Wade limiting restrictions on an individual's decision to terminate a pregnancy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-14
Defeated in Committee |
| S0147 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Rhode Island Livable Home Modification Grant which allows eligible homeowners and renters to retrofit their residence to nationally recognized accessibility standards.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-10
To House Finance Committee |
| S0665 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the tax administrator to remit eighteen percent (18%) of all hospital licensing fees to the city of Woonsocket collected from any hospital located in the city of Woonsocket.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0169 | 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] | 2019-05-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0050 | 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] | 2019-05-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0460 | Intro
Sine Die | Changes the definition of employee and employer for purposes of the fair employment practices act, while expanding personal liability for violations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0666 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the tax administrator to remit thirteen percent (13%) of all hospital licensing fees to the municipality wherein the hospital is located.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0456 | Intro
Sine Die | Places limits on the terms that can be included in an agreement that settles a claim of sexual harassment, retaliation for reporting sexual harassment and stalking.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0848 | Intro
Sine Die | An insurer found in violation of the unfair claims settlement practices act can be liable for three (3) times the amount of damages.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0826 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the definition of the practice of pharmacy to include the authority to prescribe drugs and devices and would provide the conditions for which a pharmacist may prescribe an indicated drug or device.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-07
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S0827 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires public places to have naloboxes or naloxone on the premises for access and use during emergencies by trained employees or the general public with "Good Samaritan" protections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-07
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S0193 | Intro
Sine Die | Refunds the minimum tax paid by corporations with annual gross income of less than four hundred dollars ($400); but caps the amount refunded at four hundred dollars ($400).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-07
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| S0332 | Intro
Sine Die | Regulates snow removal contracts between service providers and service receivers, limit liability between them, and declare certain indemnity agreements void as against public policy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0447 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the personal care product industry to more fully disclose the ingredients they use and, where applicable, identify ingredients that have been published as a chemical of concern on one or more designated list included in the act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-02
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S0510 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases penalties for violations of certain wage and hour laws.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-02
To House Labor Committee |
| S0454 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires every health insurance contract to provide coverage for all FDA-approved contraceptive drugs, voluntary sterilization procedures, patient education and counseling as well as Medicaid coverage for a 12 month supply for Medicaid recipients.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-02
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S0696 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds Rhode Island certified state constables to the definition of peace officer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0343 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies the jurisdiction of special police officers upon the land and buildings of educational institutions, and on roads adjacent to the educational institutions to instances where the officer notices that a person is in danger of bodily harm.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0218 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits PFAS, a class of fluorinated organic chemicals, from being used in food packaging.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-02
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S0716 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires lottery director to setoff lottery prize exceeding $600 against back child support (1st priority)/labor benefit overpayments (2nd priority)/back taxes (3rd priority)/non-tax state debts (4th priority) before prize payment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-01
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| S0382 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the annual flat fee given to Lincoln and Tiverton by their respective sports wagering facilities to two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-01
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| S0014 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that the board of elementary and secondary education adopt a competency-based/proficiency-based learning policy whereby students can earn credits through demonstration of competency.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-01
To Senate Education Committee |
