| RI | H6049 | Engross
50% | Changes the term "assumed name" to "trade name". This act would also centralize the filing, administration and regulation process to the secretary of state. This act would also require trade an annual renewal of the trade name.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | H5490 | Engross
50% | Requires public meetings related to utility rates increases be conducted Monday-Thursday after 5:30 pm.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | H5838 | Engross
50% | Provides thresholds for establishing presence, residency or doing business in the state for out-of-state employees and businesses during a state of emergency declared by either the Governor or the President of the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-08
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | H5411 | Engross
50% | Directs PUC to extend utility termination moratorium for gas/electricity from April 15 to May 1, of each year with discretion to respond to emergency/ economic conditions/customers' needs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-08
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | H5276 | Engross
50% | Providers of a club, facility, or services to a consumer must stop automatic deductions from the consumer’s account or credit card within thirty (30) calendar days of receiving a notice to stop from the consumer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-06
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | H5032 | Engross
50% | Requires all public utilities to maintain a customer service facility within the state to perform services such as addressing customer inquiries and accepting bill payments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-06
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0478 | Intro
25% | A provider of a club, facility, or services to a consumer must stop automatic deductions from the consumer’s account or credit card within thirty (30) calendar days of receiving a notice to stop from the consumer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-23
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0475 | Intro
25% | Prohibits the consideration of an applicant's credit history in determining automobile insurance rates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-23
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0167 | Intro
25% | Requires all state licensed health care facilities to convert the powering of their operations from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. DOH would promulgate rules and regulations to implement the requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0166 | Intro
25% | Creates building energy performance standards based on the size of buildings, to achieve, by way of benchmarking and reporting, a statewide analysis of energy use and strategies to increase energy efficiency.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0174 | Intro
25% | Requires that all sales representatives selling or leasing solar panels are licensed by the department of business regulation and that a statement be provided to homeowners setting forth pertinent information pertaining to the solar panels.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | H5337 | Engross
50% | Prevents insurance companies from treating widowed persons differently than married persons when establishing or maintaining an insured's rate or classification respecting the operation of a personal motor vehicle. Effective 1/1/24
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-15
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0476 | Intro
25% | Replaces time to time language with staggered for acquisitions, commission would review the acquisition plan, and requires annual review. Repeals §§ 39-1-27.3.1 and 39-1-27.8.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-09
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0172 | Intro
25% | Allows the commission to defer or suspend any fees/charges collected for demand-side management or renewables and notifies the governor, speaker of the house, and the senate president of the commission's decision to suspend any fees/charges.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-09
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0479 | Intro
25% | Requires all public utilities to maintain a customer service facility within the state to perform services such as addressing customer inquiries and accepting bill payments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-09
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0169 | Intro
25% | Directs PUC to extend utility termination moratorium for gas/electricity from April 15 to May 1, of each year with discretion to respond to emergency/ economic conditions/customers needs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-09
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0466 | Intro
25% | Requires an electric distribution company, pursuant to a vegetation management plan approved by the DPUC, to carry out vegetation management activities for vegetation clearing around utility infrastructure along public and private rights of way.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-09
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0170 | Intro
25% | Allows a property owner with eligible net-metering systems with a master meter to allocate excess net metering credits to any meter on the property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-09
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0059 | Intro
25% | Implements a $0.75 surcharge on fares charged by rideshare companies and also requires that the surcharges be deposited in a restricted account to be used for street improvements in the municipality where the fare originated.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-02
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0756 | Intro
25% | Grants a right of entry for professional land surveyors to enter upon or cross any lands, air space or water resources necessary to perform surveying services except public utility and/or wastewater treatment facilities upon prior notice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-02
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0754 | Intro
25% | Provides data privacy protections for the personal identifiable information of Rhode Islanders.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-02
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0755 | Intro
25% | Prohibits auto insurance companies from using certain race and geographical locations criteria when determining insurance rates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-02
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0173 | Intro
25% | Establishes the commuter transportation benefit chapter. Employers with five hundred (500) or more employees would be required to establish a pre-tax commuter transportation fringe benefit program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-02
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0474 | Intro
25% | Provides thresholds for establishing presence, residency or doing business in the state for out-of-state employees and businesses during a state of emergency declared by either the Governor or the President of the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-02
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0473 | Intro
25% | Requires employers in Rhode Island with thirty (30) or more employees would be required to list competitive salary ranges on their job postings on the company's hiring page or third-party websites like Glassdoor, LinkedIn, Indeed or other job boards.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-02
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0058 | Intro
25% | Removes the licensing exemption for a lender that originates six (6) loans or less in twelve (12) consecutive months.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-25
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0696 | Intro
25% | Amends outdated provisions of the banking statutes and the home loan protection act, add consumer protections, including minimum capital requirements and limits on investments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-25
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0168 | Intro
25% | Prohibits financial institutions from investing in private detention centers or any entity that owns or invests in a for-profit institution that owns or contracts with a government entity to manage or run a prison.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-25
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0472 | Intro
25% | Creates a new chapter related to grocery stores, specifically limiting the number of self-service checkout units.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-23
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0477 | Intro
25% | Provides state employee public safety professionals with parity to municipal public safety employees in the state/municipal retirement systems effective July 1, 2023 with 10% contribution.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-23
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0176 | Intro
25% | Prohibits employers from seeking/using credit reports in making hiring decisions concerning prospective employees, asking questions about the applicant's financial past during interviews or including credit history questions in their job applications...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-23
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0698 | Intro
25% | Allows hairdressers to have apprentices. After a two (2) year apprenticeship, the apprentice would be eligible to apply for a hairdresser license pursuant to § 5-10-8.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0468 | Intro
25% | Amends the revenue decoupling reconciliation mechanism used by a gas distribution company for the purposes of revenue decoupling to not require that distribution be determined on a revenue-per-customer basis.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0471 | Intro
25% | Mandates the enactment of a city or town ordinance banning the use of gasoline powered lawn equipment by January 1, 2027. Also establishes a reimbursement fund through the office of energy resources.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0467 | Intro
25% | Mandates that by January 1, 2025, all lawn care devices sold in the state have zero emissions and that by January 1, 2028, all lawn care devices used in the state have zero emissions. DEM to promulgate rules and regulations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0164 | Intro
25% | Prohibits the offering or renting of accessory dwelling units for tourist or transient use or through a hosting platform, and enables municipalities to fine property owners and hosting platforms a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-16
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0175 | Intro
25% | Repeals the provisions of the general laws allowing deferred deposit providers, also known as "payday lenders."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-16
To Senate Commerce Committee |
