| S2642 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that a tax payment shall be paid by midnight on the date in which the tax becomes due and payable, and reduces the amount of penalty for taxes unpaid from a maximum of twenty-one percent (21%) to ten percent (10%).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2630 | Intro
Sine Die | Develops and implements strategies to improve the compensation of early educators so programs can attract, develop, and retain effective staff to care for and educate young children and provide family-focuses services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Education Committee |
| S2697 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the maximum amount to be recovered in civil court action as a small claims from two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) to seven thousand dollars ($7,000).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2653 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds medical directors or their designees to those individuals to whom disclosure of information contained in any prescription-drug-database is allowed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| H7378 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a review process like the existing state service privatization process, which municipalities must follow whenever they seek to privatize the yearly furnishing of municipal services in excess of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| S2625 | Intro
Sine Die | Incorporate provisions of the National Association of Insurance Commissioner standards into chapter 1.1 of title 27, the "credit for reinsurance act".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| H7487 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates "Northern Star Coral" as the official state coral.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To House Special Legislation Committee |
| S2699 | Intro
Sine Die | Expands the availability of public funds to candidates for the general assembly while also increasing the maximum amount of funds available for general office candidates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2255 | Intro
Sine Die | Landlords responsible to tenants if tenants evicted due to landlord neglect and allows municipality to place lien on property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2651 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires written consent by recipient or parent before vaccine and prohibits discrimination against those who don't vaccinate and fines up to $25,000 for violation. Also prohibits DCYF from investigating for failure to vaccinate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S2283 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the lien and notice procedures for facility operators of dry dock facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2659 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires insurance coverage for health care services provided by a naturopathic doctor licensed in this state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S2703 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the Apprenticeship Pathways to Earning a Bachelor’s Degree Act, to enable an individual to earn a bachelor’s degree at public higher education instructions throughout the state by earning credits through apprenticeships.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S2633 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires any food service establishment must contract with a licensed and registered pest control business with employees that are commercially certified or licensed pesticide applicators.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| S2624 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for the sale of self-service storage insurance in this state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| S2686 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires municipalities/state departments/agencies to submit annual report relating to enforcement of disability parking program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7114 | Intro
Sine Die | Changes the service requirement for admissions to RI Veterans' Home from 90 days to 2 years, and gives priority to veterans defined as war veterans.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To House Veterans Affairs Committee |
| S2676 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts a person from examination who hold a national or state-base claims certification that requires a minimum of 40 hours pre-exam casework, a competency examination and 24 hours of continuing education required for certification renewals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2655 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that home and community based services for developmentally disabled persons would be person-centered and support services consistent with their plan of care.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S2693 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a statutory scheme to better enforce campaign finance reporting laws for criminal convictions for campaign contributions embezzlement or violations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2662 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes a licensed pharmacist, who successfully completes a course on tobacco cessation therapy, to prescribe and dispense tobacco cessation drug products to a qualified patient pursuant to rules adopted by the board of pharmacy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S2666 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the number of members of the transit authority from eight to nine and makes the mayor of Providence or designee an ex officio member with voting privileges.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| S2646 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the department of human services and/or the department of administration to pilot at least one contract using verification software for billable hours and for professional or technical services in excess of one million dollars.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Finance Committee |
| H7380 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the procedure for holding annual meeting, special meetings, election, recall and duties of the board of directors and officers, as well as the duties of the tax assessor, district clerk, finance director-treasurer and tax collector.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| H7416 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the definition of "disabled", for the purposes of property tax relief, to include veterans who earn less than thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) annually and who receive disability benefits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| S2635 | Intro
Sine Die | Updates and modernize the Department of Environmental Management’s ability to enforce environmental laws.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| S2722 | Intro
Sine Die | Includes the chief inspector and inspector as those exempt from carrying a firearm without a permit and defines them as peace officers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7331 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows DEM to extend certain deadlines for required sewer construction in the replacement of cesspools, which deadlines would not extend beyond January 1, 2025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| S2702 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution Of The State (proposal For Constitutional Amendment For Voter Approval For Appropriations For Less The Arc To Pension Fund Or For Bond P...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2669 | Intro
Sine Die | Transfers all responsibility for oversize/overweight permitting to the department of transportation and amends and increases fines for all oversize and overweight infractions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| S2623 | Intro
Sine Die | Update the long-term care insurance statute into conformance with the latest version of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners model.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S2696 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all applicants for employment with the department of BHDDH or any of its licensed facilities or programs to have the attorney general's office conduct their mandated nationwide criminal records check.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2705 | Intro
Sine Die | Establish the commuter transportation benefit act. Employers with five hundred (500) or more employees would provide a pre-tax transportation fringe benefit program or provide transportation to the employees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S2077 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution - Redistricting (this Proposed Constitution Amendment, If Adopted, Would Adopt A Constitutional Procedure For Redistricting.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2643 | Intro
Sine Die | Add the workers' compensation administration fund to those restricted receipt accounts not subject to indirect cost recoveries.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2671 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires any public utility or its contractor to reimburse an excavator for lost time expense incurred, including manpower and equipment from the utility's incorrect marking of underground utilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| H7352 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates new standards for determining whether a state work license applicant's past criminal contacts/convictions should disqualify them from receiving a government-issued license.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| S2248 | Intro
Sine Die | Mapleville Number 4 Fire District
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| S2661 | Intro
Sine Die | Changes the name of doctor or naturopathy to naturopathic doctor and permit them to administer IVs perform phlebotomy, and consult, but not change, patient’s prescription medication.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S2721 | Intro
Sine Die | Removes the sunset date of December 31, 2020, for the multidisciplinary team review of drug-related overdose deaths.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7308 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits captive hunting/possession, sale, breeding, importation of any mammal for purpose of captive hunting.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| S2675 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends certain election statutes to require ballot questions be written in plain language.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2717 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the "Healthy Beverage Act" which requires that children's meals offered by restaurants include certain healthy beverage options if beverage is automatically included in the meal.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| S2648 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminates the two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) hemp licensing fee and would reduce the hemp licensing application fee from two hundred fifty dollars ($250) to one hundred dollars ($100).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2701 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Evaluate And Provide Recommendations On The Merits Of Establishing A "top Two Open Primary" In The State Of Rhode Island (create An 11 Member Commission To Study, Evaluate, And Provide Rec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2627 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for school construction projects approved after July 1, 2020, that Rhode Island based architectural businesses be used or the project is only eligible to receive five (5) incentive points.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Education Committee |
| S2687 | Intro
Sine Die | Regulates the distribution of food products containing the drug kratom, a drug of concern for its stimulant and sedative effects, to consumers by the department of health.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2068 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits PFAS, a class of fluorinated organic chemicals, from being used in food packaging.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S2685 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows state police to maintain registry of firearms sold, requires firearms dealer, person or other entity, to submit monthly reports to superintendent of state police, including manufacturer, importer, model, serial number, type of firearm and cali...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7305 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the practice of importing a wild animal into the state, which animal is not native or indigenous to the state, for the purpose of conducting canned hunting.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
