| H7778 | Intro
Sine Die | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY FAIRNESS IN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES - Expands the duties of the small business ombudsman, by also having the ombudsman serve as the Rhode Island commerce corporation's small business advocat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To House Small Business Committee |
| H7639 | Intro
Sine Die | ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS -- ANIMALS AS SENTIENT BEINGS ACT - Classifies animals as sentient beings, not property, capable of experiencing pain, stress, and fear.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| H7039 | Pass | Authorizes town of South Kingstown to issue not more than $150,000,000 bonds and notes to finance the acquisition/construction/improvement/renovation/furnishing/equipping of a new high school/athletic facility/other school facilities in the town.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
Signed by Governor |
| H8024 | Intro
Sine Die | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE LICENSES - Prohibits manufacturers of alcoholic beverages from holding or having any interest in a wholesaler license.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To House Small Business Committee |
| H7861 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- LIABILITY INSURANCE - Requires that insurance policies for property damage, personal injuries, and indemnification other than payment of compensation for workers compensation, state policy limits and no amount of the policy may be used t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7760 | Intro
Sine Die | TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - Exempts all Narragansett Indian Tribe homeowners from real estate taxes and real estate tax liens, imposed by the state or any municipality. Also declares the Tribe as the sole sovereign federally recognized...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H7843 | Intro
Sine Die | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE LICENSES - Allows for the holder of a manufacturer’s license to be able to transport beer, spirits or wine between its satellite taprooms.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To House Small Business Committee |
| H7718 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- CASUALTY INSURANCE RATING - Permits the use of telematics by motor vehicle insurance companies to record the driving habits of insured motorists for the purpose of pricing, underwriting and customer service.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7180 | Intro
Sine Die | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - Requires the secretary of the executive office of health and human services to present to the general assembly a plan for the realignment of state hospitals into a department of ho...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H7762 | Intro
Sine Die | PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- NARRAGANSETT INDIAN LAND MANAGEMENT CORPORATION - Repeals sections of the Narragansett Indian Land Management Corporation Act and acknowledges the Narragansett Indian Tribe as the sole aboriginal people sovereign to the t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H7845 | Intro
Sine Die | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION -- HUMAN SERVICES FTE ACCOUNTABILITY PORTAL - Directs the department of administration to establish a human services transparency FTE portal.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H7605 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- UNFAIR CLAIMS SETTLEMENT PRACTICES ACT - Establishes a definition of consumer accessible fair market value for purposes of determining the value of any vehicle that is damaged or totaled as a result of damage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7325 | Intro
Sine Die | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- FOOD ALLERGY AWARENESS IN FOOD-SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS - Requires food service establishments to add an additional warning to their menus relative to food allergens and impose a civil penalty on those establishments that fail to i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To House Small Business Committee |
| H8006 | Intro
Sine Die | WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL - Provides that the legislature would be the body that negotiates on behalf of the state for all activities occurring in, on and over state submerged land extending beyond twenty-five (25)...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H7862 | Intro
Sine Die | PROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM LAW - Creates a process for condominium associations to give notice to and obtain approval from unit mortgage holders for certain association actions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7842 | Intro
Sine Die | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE LICENSES - Allows for the holder of a manufacturer’s license to be able to sell one one-sixth (1/6) barrel key of malt beverage, produced on the premises, per day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To House Small Business Committee |
| H7868 | Intro
Sine Die | PROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM LAW - Eliminates unreasonable and fiscally irresponsible constraints of budget caps created in some condominium documents by developers to help sell units.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7268 | Intro
Sine Die | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Requires purchasers of firearms, to take and pass a basic firearm safety test and requires the firearm test administered by DEM be updated every two years, as deemed appropriate and repeals § 11-47-35.2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7752 | Intro
Sine Die | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Provides that any person eighteen (18) years of age who is issued a license or permit may carry a stun gun.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7726 | Intro
Sine Die | EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS - Requires specific actions and procedures that a public school district or the department of elementary and secondary education shall follow as a part of their proposal to phase out, merge or close a public s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
To House Education Committee |
| H7827 | Intro
Sine Die | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Disqualifies individuals with prior felony convictions from purchasing or possessing a firearm.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H8026 | Intro
Sine Die | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Exempts certain U.S. employees from having to obtain state licenses to carry a visible or concealed pistol or revolver.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7722 | Intro
Sine Die | EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM - Promotes the integration of diversity, equity and inclusion principles into school curriculum and also in hiring practices for education staff.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
To House Education Committee |
| H7270 | Intro
Sine Die | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Provides the review and appeal process for individuals applying for a permit or license to carry a handgun with the licensing authority or attorney general.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7829 | Intro
Sine Die | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Specifies that it is unlawful for any person under the age of eighteen (18) to possess a firearm.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7751 | Intro
Sine Die | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Punishes as felony act of unlawfully discharging a firearm or incendiary or explosive substance or device with the intent to hit or fire into any unoccupied dwelling, building, other structure or ship, automobile or oth...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7217 | Intro
Sine Die | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- ASSAULT WEAPONS - Bans the possession, sale, and transfer of assault weapons. Possession of assault weapons owned on the effective date of this act to be "grandfathered". Violations are punishable by a fine or imprisonment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7374 | Intro
Sine Die | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS -- CONCEALED CARRY REFORM - Expands firearm rights to recognize out of state carry permits, authorizes weapons carried during emergency evacuation and establishes an appeal process for permit denied.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7269 | Intro
Sine Die | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Prohibits purchases of more than one firearm in any thirty (30) day period.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7828 | Intro
Sine Die | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS - Allows a law enforcement agency to consider expunged records when issuing a license or permit to carry a pistol or revolver.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7644 | Intro
Sine Die | EDUCATION -- COMPENSATION FOR STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS - Allows college athletes and prospects to enter into contracts receive compensation for use of their name, image and likeness rights and would prohibit colleges and at...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7322 | Intro
Sine Die | TOWNS AND CITIES -- ORDINANCES - Allows municipalities to seek recovery of fines associated with ordinance violations by permitting the municipality to include the fines on a property tax bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| H7233 | Intro
Sine Die | FOOD AND DRUGS -- HEALTHY KIDS ACT - Establishes the Healthy Kids Act whereby restaurants would be required to offer at least two (2) healthy versions of children's meals, or twenty-five percent (25%) of the children's meals on its menu, whichever is...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| H7821 | Intro
Sine Die | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND OLMSTEAD PLAN COMMISSION ACT - Creates an Olmstead Plan for people vulnerable to unnecessary institutionalization to update a continuum of care to receive services and supports in the least restrictive env...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| H7536 | Intro
Sine Die | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES - Repeals § 3-7-19 which prohibits retail liquor licenses within two hundred feet (200') of schools and religious institutions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| H7409 | Intro
Sine Die | PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS - Provides that any benefit that a beneficiary is entitled to shall be exempt from lien, attachment or garnishment and would not be transferable or assignable and provid...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7574 | Intro
Sine Die | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- THIRD-PARTY LITIGATION FINANCING CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT - Comprehensively regulates the practices of third-party litigation financers in Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7698 | Intro
Sine Die | PROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM LAW - Defines deed restricted unit. This act would further limit the increase in annual condominium fees for a deed restricted unit to five percent (5%) of the proceeding year's monthly common expenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7651 | Intro
Sine Die | TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES - Provides that only residential properties and new or rehabilitated residential affordable housing units would be subject to the tax under § 44-5-13.1 relating to taxation of low-income housing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| H7368 | Intro
Sine Die | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- NOISE LIMITS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - Enables municipalities to install and use automated systems to detect noise limit violations in order to enhance enforcement abilities and reduce noise violations state-wide.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7528 | Intro
Sine Die | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- DECISIONS, SPECIAL FINDINGS AND ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGES - Adds the doctrine of assumption of risk to the current comparative negligence statute.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7694 | Intro
Sine Die | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND INDIVIDUAL MARKET AFFORDABILITY ACT OF 2024 - Creates the Rhode Island Individual Market Affordability Act of 2024 to help reduce out-of-pocket costs for low- and moderate-income consumers enrolled in the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| H7886 | Intro
Sine Die | ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS - Bans the sale of cosmetics developed/manufactured using animal testing. A violation would be a $1,000 fine for each offense.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| H7750 | Intro
Sine Die | PROPERTY -- BY POSSESSION AND PRESCRIPTION - Repeals the provisions of § 34-7-4 regarding rights of footway being acquired by adverse possession.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7863 | Intro
Sine Die | PROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM LAW - Allows unit owners to participate in association meetings remotely through the use of digital platforms such as zoom or googlemeet.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
Withdrawn at sponsor's request (03/14/2024) |
| H7864 | Intro
Sine Die | PROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM LAW - Provides that the "rights of secured lenders" provision from § 34-36.1-2.19 be applicable to condominiums created before July 1, 1982.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
Withdrawn at sponsor's request (03/14/2024) |
| H7410 | Intro
Sine Die | PROPERTY -- RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS - Prohibits subscription or access fee charges for public access to recorded real estate instruments/limits recording and copying fees to amounts provided by statute with regards to cities/towns/third-party provid...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7455 | Intro
Sine Die | PROPERTY -- BY POSSESSION AND PRESCRIPTION - Denies the right of footway, except within one hundred (100) yards of the Pawtuxet River in the cities of Warwick and Cranston and except in connection with a right to pass with carriages to be acquired by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7608 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING REFORM ACT - Authorizes any and all state licensing authorities to issue licenses to individuals moving into this state with a minimum of three (3) years of practice, in good standing in any other s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7425 | Intro
Sine Die | CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS -- UNIFORM PARTNERSHIP ACT - Requires certain limited liability partnership providing professional services to carry liability insurance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To House Corporations Committee |
