| RI | S0803 | Intro
25% | Establishes a seven (7) member public-private partnership infrastructure oversight commission to approve all requests for proposals submitted for public-private partnership construction of qualified facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-23
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0800 | Intro
25% | Establishes transit-oriented housing development program to create a transit-oriented development district for development of housing funded by an annual tax on passenger vehicles registered in this state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-23
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0801 | Intro
25% | Amends the zoning enabling statute to provide for the allowance of redeveloping more minimum housing options as permitted uses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-23
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0802 | Intro
25% | Brings state law into federal compliance by prohibiting or otherwise lending this use of refrigerant designated as acceptable pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 7671k as long as the refrigerant is listed and installed in accordance therewith.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-23
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0313 | Intro
25% | Amends the Harrisville fire district charter to allow the district to provide rescue services in addition to fire suppression, medical and ambulance services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-16
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0111 | Intro
25% | Validates and ratifies amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of Richmond, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the Town of Richmond on November 4, 2008 and November 8, 2022.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-09
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0303 | Intro
25% | Allows the town council of New Shoreham to adopt a tax classification plan in accordance with the provisions of this section, to be applicable to taxes on or after the assessment date of December 31, 2023.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-08
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0599 | Intro
25% | Requires landlords to conduct a radon test of all residential rental properties every five (5) years. Short-term residential rentals would be excluded from radon testing requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0597 | Intro
25% | 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] | 2023-03-07
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0591 | Intro
25% | Requires as part of the solar permit application an assessment on carbon-neutral, a solar permit would only be approved if it was carbon neutral based on the assessment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0588 | Intro
25% | Provides another method for municipalities to identify and calculate private residences as low and moderate income housing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0589 | Intro
25% | CHAPTER 2429)]AS AMENDED BY 1938 R.I. PUB. LAWS, CH. 2646 1954 R.I. PUB. LAWS, CH. 3384 1955 R.I. ACTS AND RESOLVES 707 1958 R.I. ACTS AND RESOLVES 1081 1962 R.I.ACTS AND RESOLVES 1160 1963 R.I.ACTS AND RESOLVES 787 1963 R.I.ACTS AND RESOLVES 788 197...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0594 | Intro
25% | Amends the state building code with regard to buildings and structures owned by a municipality upon any land owned by the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0586 | Intro
25% | Mandates the RITBA to design a safety barrier or netting system on the Mount Hope Bridge, the Claiborne Pell Bridge, and the Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge by January 1, 2024, with construction commencing no later than June 30, 2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0587 | Intro
25% | Enables cities and towns to impose an impact fee of 2% on the total consideration charged for occupancy of a house, condominium, or other resident dwelling that is rented in its entirety for less than 31 consecutive days.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0593 | Intro
25% | Allows municipalities without public transportation extending to urban service boundaries to reduce the low- or moderate-income housing requirements from ten percent (10%) to six percent (6%).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0592 | Intro
25% | Provides that water utility companies be responsible for all costs associated with maintenance, operation and delivery of water pumping stations to individual parcels of land and schools with no pumping stations on the property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0596 | Intro
25% | Adds an eighth member from the town of West Greenwich to the Kent County Water Board. The act would also raise the number required for a quorum from four (4) to five (5), and five (5) members would be required to take action.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0598 | Intro
25% | Exempts from taxation the real, tangible and personal property of Wood River Health Services, Inc. a Rhode Island domestic nonprofit corporation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0595 | Intro
25% | Allows impact fees to be imposed on commercial properties to subsidize the creation of affordable housing projects within the municipality, at the discretion of the appropriate governmental agency.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0590 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Rhode Island Inclusive Home Design Act as a new article in the state building code.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0309 | Intro
25% | Includes non-owner-occupied residential properties used for short-term rentals for tourist or transient use to be assessed as Class 2 properties on or after the assessment date of December 31, 2023.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-16
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0301 | Intro
25% | Permits towns and cities to regulate all houseboats within their jurisdiction.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-16
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0310 | Intro
25% | Removes the municipal preemption on prohibiting the offering of residential units for tourist or transient use through a hosting platform.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-16
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0304 | Intro
25% | Adds grass/grass clippings to the items prohibited from being deposited or blown onto a highway or roadway.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-16
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0308 | Intro
25% | Authorizes municipalities to establish rules and regulations and issue licenses for short-term rentals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-16
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0306 | Intro
25% | Spells out the responsibilities of both the landlord and tenant with respect to the inspection and treatment of bed bugs in residential premises.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-16
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0311 | Intro
25% | Prohibits a landlord, lessor, sub-lessor, real estate broker, property management company, or designee to require or receive a fee for a rental application from a prospective tenant or tenant.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-16
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0307 | Intro
25% | Requires single-family residential zoning in municipalities with populations of over twenty-thousand (20,000) shall allow middle housing and mandates that those municipalities adopt zoning regulations for middle housing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-16
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0312 | Intro
25% | Prohibits a landlord from charging a rental application fee in excess of ten percent (10%) of one month’s periodic rent.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-16
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0305 | Intro
25% | Empowers the secretary of housing to create a written guide for consumers relating to the rights and duties of landlords and tenants, updated on an annual basis, at a minimum.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-16
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0315 | Intro
25% | Requires all property owners of rental property to file with the secretary of state notice of their name, address, telephone number, email address and other information.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-16
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0317 | Intro
25% | Amends the definition of "low and moderate income housing" to include housing secured by a federal government voucher or subsidy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-16
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0316 | Intro
25% | Grants a right of first refusal to qualified nonprofits for the purchase of certain multi-family residential properties at market prices, within a reasonable period of time to promote the creation and preservation of affordable rental housing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-16
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0300 | Intro
25% | Extends COVID moratorium. Establishes outdoor dining act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-16
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0113 | Intro
25% | Requires that all maintenance of sidewalks along state highways, with the exception of snow and ice removal, be the responsibility of the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-01
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0031 | Intro
25% | Authorizes and empowers the department of transportation to plant pollinator-friendly species of trees, shrubs, grasses and plants.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-18
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
