| S0237 | 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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-13
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| S0243 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows mobile and manufactured homes which are a part of a mobile and manufactured home park to be counted as low and moderate income housing for purposes of compliance with the requirements of the city's or town's comprehensive land use plan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-13
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| S0771 | Intro
Sine Die | Decriminalizes certain commercial sexual activity and repeals the authority to detain a defendant in the event they test positive for venereal disease.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-13
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0799 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the role of the division of motor vehicles in the voter registration and address verification process, by establishing very specific obligations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-13
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0763 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the exemption for estate taxes to two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) effective January 1, 2023. There would be a further increased estate tax exemption to five million dollars ($5,000,000) effective January 1, 2025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0859 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that health insurance contributions made by enrollees for cost sharing requirements include those amounts paid by the enrollee or another person on behalf of the enrollee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-13
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S0546 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits an employer from permanently replacing an employee who has participated or honored a union authorized strike.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-12
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S0358 | Intro
Sine Die | Taxpayers requesting an extension of time to pay state taxes must declare the reasonable amount of tax due in a taxable year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0548 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for the right to strike for public sector workers in Rhode Island, including teachers, with exceptions for police officers, firefighters, 911 employees, and correctional officers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-12
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S0828 | Intro
Sine Die | Extends the time period that schools have to commence construction to correct health and safety deficiencies in order to qualify for increased school housing aid.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-11
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0682 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that the permissive use of a wireless communication device for the purpose of navigation of a motor vehicle shall only be applicable in cases where the device is mounted or otherwise affixed to the vehicle and not held in the motorist's hand...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0333 | Intro
Sine Die | Grants juveniles sentenced as adults parole eligibility after completing fifteen (15) years of sentence with prospective/retroactive. Effective January 1, 1991.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-10
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0597 | Intro
Sine Die | Police body cameras required. Restricts use of force. Mandates various police reporting.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-10
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0141 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution Of The State -- Referendum On Line Item Veto (this Joint Resolution Would Provide For The Publishing And Submission To The Electors A Pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-10
To Senate Rules, Government Ethics and Oversight Committee |
| S0253 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates schools, places of worship and courts as sensitive locations and would require that a judicial warrant be obtained before federal immigration authorities could be granted access to those premises to enforce immigration laws.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-10
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0773 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the law enforcement officers’ bill of right, chapter 42-28.6 of the General Laws, in its entirety.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-10
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0312 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals court costs against all defendants who plead nolo contendere, guilty or are found guilty of certain crimes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-10
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0883 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all persons or entities collecting social security and other personal identification numbers to create and publicly display a privacy protection policy. Violations of this requirement would incur a civil penalty of five-hundred dollars ($500...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0570 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires every electric distribution company and natural gas distribution company to submit to the division of public utilities and carriers an emergency response plan for review and approval.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-06
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| S0864 | 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 Specific Constitutional Procedure, Including An Indepen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-06
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0500 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends several sections of the Rhode Island Zoning Enabling Act of 1991 with the intent of preserving neighborhood character and promoting smart growth.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-06
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| S0204 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that electrical distribution companies submit a time of use rate plan to the PUC setting forth high and on-demand times. The time of use rate plans are to be implemented on or before January 1, 2022.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-06
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| S0531 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits sale/offer for sale of cosmetic product by cosmetic manufacturer/supplier of cosmetic ingredients using animal testing eff. 1/1/22 subject to penalty up to $1,000.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-06
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0308 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases penalties for animal cruelty.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-06
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0506 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires for adoption of redistricting legislation an affirmative vote of a majority of representatives and senators voting by each of the 2 chambers' and by a majority of representatives and senators in the largest 2 member-represented political par...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-06
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0521 | Intro
Sine Die | Prevents a person from being prosecuted for fishing, gathering seaweed, swimming or passage along the sandy or rocky shoreline within ten feet (10') of the most recent high tide line.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-06
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0319 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes a law enforcement or animal control officer to hold an animal confined in a motor vehicle up to seventy-two (72) hours pending a district court hearing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-06
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0534 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the potential appointment of pro bono attorneys, supervised law students and from a list maintained by the DEM to act as animal advocates in animal cruelty and abuse cases, at the court's discretion, to serve the interests of justice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-06
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0601 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the potential appointment of pro bono attorneys, supervised law students and from a list maintained by the DEM to act as animal advocates in animal cruelty and abuse cases, at the court's discretion, to serve the interests of justice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-06
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0309 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits a person convicted of unnecessary cruelty to animals from owning or exercising control of an animal for life and be subject to fine of $1000 for each violation of this act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-06
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0452 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the state to pay the energy costs necessary to supply public street lighting if the local utility district fails to do so.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-06
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| S0537 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates an 18 member special commission on reapportionment to redistrict the districts of the general assembly and the state's congressional districts based on the data collected by the federal Census conducted in 2020 by January 15, 2022.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-06
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0806 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the sale, offer of sale, trade or distribution of fur products as defined and makes any violation punishable by a fine of five hundred dollars ($500) up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) and up to one year in jail.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-06
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0787 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a deputy secretary of commerce and housing within the executive office of commerce to oversee housing initiatives and develop a housing plan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-06
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| S0154 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a fee on companies that sell fossil fuels in Rhode Island and establishes a fund to disburse the collected funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-05
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| S0837 | Intro
Sine Die | Decreases an employee’s obligation for contribution from wages and require an employer to contribute one-half of the amount to an employee’s contribution.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-05
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S0838 | Intro
Sine Die | Removes the requirement, that retail businesses that promote themselves using games of chance, have to register those games of chance with the secretary of state and pay a one hundred fifty dollar ($150) filing fee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-05
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| S0216 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires state to reimburse the city/town for any costs associated with transporting children placed in foster care by RI-licensed child-placing agency or RI governmental agency to an educational facility outside the regional transportation district.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-05
To Senate Education Committee |
| S0518 | Intro
Sine Die | Delineates the definitions of felony, misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S0437 | Intro
Sine Die | For proposed wages, workers' compensation, temporary disability and unemployment benefits this act creates a new definition for "employee".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-05
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S0431 | Intro
Sine Die | For purposes of overtime pay on Sundays and holidays, removes health care and maintenance workers from the definition of employees not entitled to overtime pay, thereby enabling them to collect overtime pay.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-05
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S0215 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the department of elementary and secondary education and the DCYF to each pay 50% of the out-of-district transportation costs for children allowed to remain in the school where the child is enrolled at the time of placement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-05
To Senate Education Committee |
| S0466 | Intro
Sine Die | Waives the adoption fee to adopt a dog or cat from a public animal shelter for a veteran that presents a current and valid driver’s license or identification card with the word “veteran” printed on its face.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-05
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| S0207 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires state to reimburse the city/town for any costs associated with transporting children placed in foster care by RI-licensed child-placing agency or RI governmental agency to an educational facility outside the regional transportation district.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-05
To Senate Education Committee |
| S0758 | Intro
Sine Die | Sets forth new renewable energy standards.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-05
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| S0808 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides 13 weeks of benefits to persons returning to work of $150 per week prorated plus additional compensation up to $1,950 prorated with benefits expiring on January 1, 2022.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-05
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S0272 | 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] | 2021-05-05
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S0110 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits PFAS, a class of fluorinated organic chemicals, from being used in food packaging.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-05
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| S0362 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds one new income tax bracket for purposes of state income taxation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-03
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0159 | Intro
Sine Die | Excludes $25,000 of eligible military retirement income paid by state federal government to persons 60 years or older effective 2022 from state income tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-03
To Senate Finance Committee |
