| RI | S0507 | Intro
25% | Removes the requirements that all contributions be forwarded to the general treasurer to be deposited in a restricted account and distributed as prescribed in this chapter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-02
[Hearing: Jun 6]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0988 | Intro
25% | Requires electric vehicle parking spaces in new and expanded parking lots.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-02
[Hearing: Jun 6]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0511 | Intro
25% | Prohibits state agency contract for licensing of software applications designed for generally available desktop/server hardware cannot limit agency choice to install/run software o its hardware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-02
[Hearing: Jun 6]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0530 | Intro
25% | Amends RI's existing Healthcare Services Funding Plan Act by adding an account relating to a new Psychiatry Resource Network to fund RI's present PediPRN and MomsPRN, as well as similar programs which may be added by regulation in the future.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-02
[Hearing: Jun 6]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0534 | Intro
25% | Increases the taxable wage base upon which employees make contributions to the TDI and TCI funds, increases individual benefit rates for lower wage individuals, and creates an opt- in option for self-employed workers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-02
[Hearing: Jun 6]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S1092 | Intro
25% | Provides that the property tax rate for each classification in Newport be uniform, except for non-owner occupied and owner-occupied properties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-02
[Hearing: Jun 6]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0990 | Intro
25% | Requires utilities to follow STIP project schedules. Requires permits for non-road repairs. Prohibits expenses and penalties to be paid with rate payer increases.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-02
[Hearing: Jun 6]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0987 | Intro
25% | Provides $4,000,000 to support comprehensive and effective afterschool/school vacation/summer learning/workforce development programs for students grades PK-12, requires annual report to general assembly and the governor on status/progress of the pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-02
[Hearing: Jun 6]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S1091 | Intro
25% | Authorizes the town of Cumberland to issue bonds and notes in an amount not exceeding $52,000,000 to finance construction, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, furnishing, & equipping of a new elementary school and other related school facili...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-02
[Hearing: Jun 6]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S1071 | Intro
25% | Establishes a new, temporary process in the department of children, youth and families, for the hiring of social workers and child protective investigators at the department for a one year period commencing on August 1, 2023.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-02
[Hearing: Jun 6]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0716 | Intro
25% | Eliminates the "until June 30, 2023" sunset on the increase in the total amount of earnings a partial-unemployment insurance claimant can receive before being entirely disqualified for unemployment insurance benefits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-02
[Hearing: Jun 6]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0086 | Intro
25% | Enables school teachers, state and municipal employees to retire earlier.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-30
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0984 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $3,000,000 To Rhode Island College For The Rhode Island Vision Education And Services Program (rivesp) (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $3,000,000 To Rhode Island College For The Rhode Island Vis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-30
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0985 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $28,000,000 To Olneyville Housing Corporation (dba One Neighborhood Builders), In Partnership With Crossroads Ri, Foster Forward, And Family Service Of Rhode Island (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-30
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0556 | Intro
25% | Allows the presumption of in-the-line-of-duty illness unless contrary evidence is presented.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-30
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S1074 | Intro
25% | Authorizes North Smithfield to issue 18,000,000 of general obligation bonds and notes to finance the construction of a new police station or the renovation, improvement, alteration and repair of an existing building to be used as a police station.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-30
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S1085 | Intro
25% | Creates the Rhode Island Life Science Hub, a quasi-public corporate body and agency of the state to coordinate life science initiatives on behalf of Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-30
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0859 | Intro
25% | Allows the host city or town to impose a two percent (2%) tax on the endowment of a private institution of higher education, to be used only for the host's public school district.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-25
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0531 | Intro
25% | Adds the workers' compensation administration fund to those restricted receipt accounts not subject to indirect cost recoveries.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-25
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0775 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $2,500,000 To The Haus Of Codec (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $2,500,000 To The Haus Of Codec To Support Unhoused Members Of The Lgbtq+ Community Through Transitional Housing, Workforce Traini...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-25
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0438 | Intro
25% | Repeals the exemption granted to pari mutual facilities and casinos from the smoke free workplace requirement contained in the Public Health and Workplace Safety Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-25
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0560 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $5,000,000 To The Rhode Island Department Of Environmental Management For The Preservation, Protection, And Conservation Of Farmlands (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of Five Mi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-25
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0989 | Intro
25% | Establishes Rhode Island municipal transportation infrastructure program to pay for municipal roadwork.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-25
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0709 | Intro
25% | Provides that the maximum aggregate amounts for small purchases within the chapter on state purchases be adjusted to not exceed $25,000 for construction and $10,000 for all other purchases.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-25
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0260 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of Approximately $30,000,000 To Rhode Island's Public Schools For Safety And Security Improvements (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $100,000 To Each Public School In Rhode Islan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-25
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0213 | Intro
25% | Creates a sales tax holiday on August 12 and 13, 2023.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-25
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0535 | Intro
25% | Increases rates for supplemental assistance. Increases supplemental income allowance and personal needs allowance by the same increase in CPI-U for the recent calendar year over the previous calendar year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-25
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0865 | Intro
25% | Requires the state investment commission to identify pension fund investments in military weapon manufacturers whether held directly or indirectly.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-25
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0999 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Authorizing Appropriation Of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) To Commerce Rhode Island For Express Purpose Of Providing Base Level Operation Funds For Local Visitor Centers (this Resolution Authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-23
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0250 | Intro
25% | Refunds the minimum tax paid by corporations with annual gross income of less than four hundred dollars ($400); but caps the amount refunded at four hundred dollars ($400).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-23
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0251 | Intro
25% | Establishes a statewide limit of twelve percent (12%) per year on interest charged by cities and towns on delinquent taxes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-23
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0554 | Intro
25% | Requires 10% of all rental fees collected by the water resources board pursuant to a lease with the Coventry Pines Golf Club be paid to the town of Coventry and 10% to the Central Coventry Fire District.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-23
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S1029 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $15,200,000 To Be Used To Purchase Pfas-free Firefighting Gear (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $15,200,000 To Cities And Towns To Purchase Firefighter And Rescue Personnel Protective Gear Which ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-23
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0533 | Intro
25% | Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of PACE Organization of Rhode Island, provided that the organization is qualified as a tax-exempt corporation pursuant to 26 USC 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-22
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0249 | Intro
25% | Provides that projects previously approved for historic tax credits funded through the cultural arts and the economy grant program would continue to qualify for tax credits until June 30, 2026.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-22
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0867 | Intro
25% | Provides tax relief on electricity and natural gas for the months of December 2022 through March 2023.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-19
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0377 | Intro
25% | Permits a parent or caretaker relative of a family applying for child care assistance to qualify for child care assistance without first establishing paternity, or enforcing child support and medical support orders.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0968 | Intro
25% | Allows cannabis establishments, as defined pursuant to § 21-28.11-3, to claim any deduction to income that would be allowable under the laws of the United States but for 26 U.S.C. § 280E.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0780 | Intro
25% | Improves educational attainment related outcomes for current former foster youth at the post-secondary level from 14 yrs. to 21 years up to 26 years of age under certain circumstances from funds appropriated by the general assembly.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0227 | Intro
25% | Provides eligibility for benefits for a pregnant person from onset of pregnancy and allow lawful permanent residents to receive benefits without a waiting period. Increases the monthly cash benefit to fifty percent (50%) of the federal poverty level.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0551 | Intro
25% | Appropriates five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) per fiscal year to invest in a climate change and ocean protection workforce development grant program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0558 | Intro
25% | Appropriates five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) per fiscal year to invest in climate change and ocean protection education to enhance literacy of these issues for Rhode Island's youth and include a grant program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0781 | Intro
25% | Adjusts the state's monthly share of Supplemental Security Income to equal the federal Supplemental Security Income benefit in January of that calendar year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0224 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Rhode Island student loan repayment program wherein eligible individuals may apply to have their student loans, or a portion thereof, paid by the state directly to the individual’s lending agency.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0539 | Intro
25% | Authorize the appropriation of a sum that is sufficient to establish to provide direction and proposals to reduce racial disparity in incarceration.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0265 | Intro
25% | Mandates that any surplus state tax revenue received in any fiscal year would be refunded to the taxpayers of this state on a proportional basis in relation to the personal income tax liability incurred by the taxpayers in that fiscal year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0538 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $5,000,000 To Eleanor Slater Hospital, Zambarano Unit (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $5,000,000 To Eleanor Slater Hospital, Zambarano Unit For The Purpose Of Re-building A ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0525 | Intro
25% | Requires general treasurer upon request from RIDE to establish education savings account to assist remote-learning students with educational support exempt from state income tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0540 | Intro
25% | Provides for an annual appropriation for the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0263 | Intro
25% | Establishes a new educational program that allows students to enroll public and private schools of their choice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
To Senate Finance Committee |
