| S0093 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution Of The State Of Rhode Island (sessions Of General Assembly) (proposes A Constitutional Amendment Which, If Approved By The Voters, Chang...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-09
To Senate Rules, Government Ethics and Oversight Committee |
| S0492 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the conditions of bail and recognizance to permit the release of a person charged with a misdemeanor without financial conditions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0472 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes the possession of schedule I through V controlled substances and possession of more than an ounce of marijuana misdemeanors punishable by up one year imprisonment and /or a five hundred dollar ($500) fine or both.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0419 | Intro
Sine Die | Gradually increases the state's contribution to the teachers' retirement system, while reducing the municipal contribution, eventually resulting in the contributions being shared equally.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0237 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the penalty provisions for disorderly conduct, willful trespass, and shoplifting.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0700 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the penalty for anyone found guilty of reckless driving while eluding police to a felony punishable by up to 5 years imprisonment and subject to a loss of license from 1 to 2 years and a possible forfeiture of their motor vehicle.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0677 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows health care providers to refuse to accept payment by virtual credit card payment (a single-use digital credit card) at least once each health insurance contract year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-09
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S0089 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes criminal offense of driving under the influence resulting in bodily injury punishable by penalties including fines plus $500,000 insurance coverage/ 2 to 5 yrs imprisonment/ license revocation up to 2 yrs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0191 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the provisions of the general laws allowing deferred deposit providers, also known as "payday lenders."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-09
Committee heard |
| S0693 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases penalties for a variety of motor vehicle offenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0683 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a reinsurance program in order to provide stability in the individual insurance market and imposes a shared responsibility payment penalty for individuals who do not have health insurance coverage with certain exceptions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-09
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S0601 | Intro
Sine Die | Extends the “lookback” period for third and subsequent offenses involving driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs under § 31-27-2 and for failure or refusal to submit to chemical tests under § 31-27-2.1 from five (5) years to ten (10) y...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0159 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes law enforcement/animal control officer to hold animal confined in motor vehicle up to 72 hours pending district court hearing as to costs/fees/surrender of possession/ownership.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-04
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0634 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the director of the department of transportation to organize and complete snow removal from all sidewalks located on state highway overpasses and pedestrian overhead walkways within 24 hours of a snowstorm.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-04
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| S0324 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes any municipal water supply system, any regional water quality management district commission to enter into a transaction with municipal water supply systems or regional water quality management district commissions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-04
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| S0686 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the department of transportation to clear sidewalks of snow and ice on state roads for school bus stops along routes approved by the respective school committees and chief of police for each city and town.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-04
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| S0770 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the "Neil Fachon Terminally Ill Patients' Right To Try Act of 2019," which establishes the conditions for the use of experimental treatments for terminally ill patients.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-04
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S0768 | 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] | 2019-04-04
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0786 | Intro
Sine Die | Strips tax exempt status of municipal detention facility corporation; provides corporation ceases 90 days after dissolution vote and city/town council resolution; requires annual municipal approval of lease.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-04
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0145 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires nonprofit dental service plan providers to provide notice of any changes relating to coverage to all plan purchasers purchasing dental services for employees under a group or individual policy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-04
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S0083 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the use of a dog or cat as security for its purchase where the seller or lender can repossess the dog or cat for failure to make payments. It also provides exceptions for certain agricultural activities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-04
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0082 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all persons or entities caring for or having custody of an animal to report animal abuse, cruel neglect or abandonment to the police.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-04
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0219 | Intro
Sine Die | Mandates that builders of new 1 or 2 family residential dwellings provide the home buyer with written information regarding the installation of an automatic fire sprinkler system subject to civil penalties enforced by the atty gen or state fire marsh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-04
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| S0481 | Intro
Sine Die | Bans persons convicted of animal cruelty from possessing companion animals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-04
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0160 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for the mandatory microchipping of all dogs and cats and applicable penalties to the owner for failing to microchip the animal.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-04
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0444 | 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] | 2019-04-04
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S0705 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits pet shops from offering for sale cats or dogs that are not obtained from an animal shelter, dog pound or animal rescue. Further prohibits any person from selling, exchanging, trading, bartering or displaying any dog or cat in public.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-04
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0167 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the use of wild or exotic animals in traveling animal acts and sets forth the penalties for violation of such prohibition.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-04
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0408 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a 7 member commission to study of the merits and feasibility of a pyrolysis or gasification facility in the State, and who would report back to the Senate by March 7, 2020, and would expire on May 7, 2020.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-03
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| S0541 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the council on elementary and secondary education to waive certain provisions of the laws on elementary and secondary education for public schools but would prohibit the waiver of other listed provisions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-03
To Senate Education Committee |
| S0015 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires public schools, including charter schools, begin the school year on the day after Labor Day commencing in the school year 2020-2021.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-03
To Senate Education Committee |
| S0402 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires schools to comply with recycling and composting laws and promotes food donation and local food service contracts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-03
To Senate Education Committee |
| S0375 | Intro
Sine Die | Electrical apprentices qualify for journeyperson "B" exam by successfully completing 288 hours of classroom training in a recognized trade school.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-03
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S0624 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the honorary, unpaid, position of the official state astronomer to be appointed by the secretary of state for a term of five (5) years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-03
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| S0549 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes certain student privacy rights in regard to take-home technology devices from school.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-03
To Senate Education Committee |
| S0655 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires a school committee to demonstrate a good faith effort to meet the required number of days in the school year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-03
To Senate Education Committee |
| S0381 | Intro
Sine Die | Names the traffic tribunal building on New London Avenue "The Albert E. DeRobbio Traffic Tribunal."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-03
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| S0725 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds thermal systems insulation workers, apprentices, journeypersons, contractors and masters to the mechanical trades' regulation chapter of the general laws.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-03
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S0266 | Intro
Sine Die | Combine all public school districts into four school districts, based on counties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-03
To Senate Education Committee |
| S0378 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the painting of a portrait of the president of the senate to be hung in the state house.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-03
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| S0114 | Intro
Sine Die | Council on elementary and secondary education to mandate libraries in high schools to be open one hour before, during and one hour after school.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-03
To Senate Education Committee |
| S0464 | Intro
Sine Die | Defines the term "ghost gun" and bans the manufacture, sale purchase or possession of a machine gun, a ghost gun or an undetectable firearm.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0295 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the automatic phase out of the nursing facility reimbursement price based methodology.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-02
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S0469 | Intro
Sine Die | Enhances penalties for failure to report lost or stolen firearms to the police department, and specify penalties for making a false report of lost or stolen firearms.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0578 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the rate of payment to licensed nursing facilities by the state to correspond with any increase in minimum wage as well as ensure that the rearray of the costs of the facility are performed as scheduled.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-02
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S0156 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits the issuance of pistol and revolver carry permits to the office of the attorney general.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0637 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits sale/possession of feeding device holding more then 10 ammunition rounds punishable by up to $5,000 fine or up to 5 years imprisonment with law enforcement/military personnel exceptions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0537 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes that manufacturers of devices capable of connecting to the Internet equip the devices with reasonable security features.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-02
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| S0597 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the definition of firearms to include taser. Permits any person over the age of eighteen (18) to possess a stun gun. Enacts the review and appeal process of applying for a license to carry with the licensing authority or attorney general.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0636 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits firearms possession within 300 feet of school grounds except for peace officers, retired law enforcement officers, persons providing school security, firearms on private property and unloaded firearms in containers or locked car racks.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
