| RI | H7296 | Intro
25% | HIGHWAYS -- CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF STATE ROADS - Authorizes and empowers the department of transportation to plant pollinator-friendly species of trees, shrubs, grasses and plants.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| RI | H7329 | Intro
25% | House Resolution Urging The Federal Government To Pursue A Broad Range Of Measures To Reduce The Danger Of Nuclear War, To Sign And Ratify The Treaty On The Prohibition Of Nuclear Weapons (tpnw), To Make Nuclear Disarmament The Centerpiece Of Our Nat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7393 | Intro
25% | ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS - Increases role of division of motor vehicles in voter registration and addresses verification process, by establishing very specific obligations and responsibilities that must be followed before offering an indiv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7502 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of The Honorable Grace Frances Klinger
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
House read and passed |
| RI | H7126 | Intro
25% | Authorizes the City of Cranston to issue not to exceed $40,000,000 general obligation bonds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-05
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| RI | H7486 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX -- CAPITAL GAINS - Amends the capital gains tax rates and holding period from 5 years to 1 year. Imposes a non-owner occupied tax on homes assessed at more than $1,000,000.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7034 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT - Increases the hourly wages paid to prisoners, for work performed by prisoners, with the consent of the director of corrections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| RI | H7056 | Intro
25% | FOOD AND DRUGS -- FORCE-FED POULTRY PRODUCTS - Prohibits force-feeding to create a force-fed poultry product nor hire another to engage in force feeding of a poultry product. Violations would be subject to a civil penalty of $500.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7059 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- LABOR AND PAYMENT OF DEBTS BY CONTRACTORS - Amends the definition of public works so that it would include any public works projects performed for any city or town or quasi-municipal entity and the state and any quasi-sta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H7075 | Intro
25% | ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS - Provides that the trapping and subsequent release of any unowned feral or free roaming cat for the purpose of spaying or neutering of the cat would not be considered abandonment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7047 | Intro
25% | FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT - Amends the current law on controlled substances to permit a person to be in possession of less than one ounce of psilocybin and permits psilocybin to be securely cultivated within a person's resid...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7104 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- CORROSION PREVENTION AND MITIGATION WORK REQUIREMENTS - Gives authority to the DLT to enforce violations of the laws relating to corrosion prevention and mitigation work requirements. Also adds civil monetary penalties fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H7109 | Intro
25% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS - Adds the city of Central Falls as exempt from taxation for property acquired by an agency for redevelopment purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H7411 | Pass | House Resolution Commemorating "national School Counseling Week" On February 5-9, 2024, In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
House read and passed |
| RI | H7232 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY ACT - Incorporates the department of elementary and secondary education's SurveyWorks school climate indicators for evaluating the performance of LEAs and individual public schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To House Education Committee |
| RI | H7398 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - Provides the state would cover dialysis for the treatment of end stage renal disease ("ESRD") and kidney transplants for persons who do not qualify for full Medicaid due to their i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7213 | Intro
25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- RHODE ISLAND PHYSICAL THERAPIST LICENSURE COMPACT ACT - Allows the state to become a member of the physical therapist licensure compact adopted by twenty-five (25) states in order to facilitate the interstate practice of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7265 | Intro
25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICAL THERAPISTS - Amends the licensing statute to allow a graduate of a board approved physical therapy school to be reinstated upon a failed examination upon the filing and registering for a second examination.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7334 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS - Directs the executive office of health and human services to increase Medicaid rates for the Early Intervention and First Connections programs allow...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7333 | Intro
25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICARE SAVINGS PROGRAMS - Expands eligibility for the qualified Medicare beneficiary program by increasing the income limit from 100% to 138% of the federal poverty line.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7338 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX - Creates an additional Rhode Island personal income surtax of 3% on taxable income over $1,000,000, with the existing three-bracket personal income tax structure remaining in place.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7339 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION TAX CREDITS - Eliminates the sunset provision for the motion picture production tax credit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7046 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- STUDENT COMPUTER DEVICE PRIVACY - Prohibits an educational institution or school district from accessing or using location data for tracking a student's institutional device or personal device, except in limited circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Innovation, Internet, & Technology Committee |
| RI | H7095 | Intro
25% | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DIGITAL ELECTRONICS RIGHT TO REPAIR ACT - Establishes a digital electronics right to repair, which would allow for digital electronic equipment and parts that are sold in this state on or after Janua...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Innovation, Internet, & Technology Committee |
| RI | H7273 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires insurance coverage for all services provided by a pharmacist provided coverage of such services would have been covered if provided by a physician, advanced practice nurse, or physician...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7251 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND EARLY EDUCATOR COMPENSATION STABILIZATION ACT - Directs the departments of human services and education to work together to sustain and strengthen existing workforce development and compensation programs for educators workin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-19
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7252 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT - Amend the calculation of state funding provided to local education agencies for special education services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-19
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7259 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $1,000,000 To The Rhode Island Department Of Labor And Training To Encourage Members Of The State, City, And Town Police Departments To Seek A College Degree (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-19
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7113 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE EMBLEMS - Designates as the state music, the genre of rhythm and blues which contains elements of pop, soul, funk, hip-hop, and electronic music.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18
To House Special Legislation Committee |
| RI | H7228 | Pass | House Resolution Commending The Emergency And Essential Workers And Volunteers Who Helped To Keep Rhode Islanders Safe During The Extreme Weather Events Of 2023
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18
House read and passed |
| RI | H7168 | Intro
25% | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION - Creates "Harter's Law" to extend the civil statute of limitations for injuries resulting from first degree child abuse to thirty-five (35) years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7123 | Intro
25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM - Eliminates the sunset on the provision of finding for child care for eligible child care educators and child care staff.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7122 | Intro
25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM - Removes the requirement that families consent to, and cooperate with the department of human services in establishing paternity and enforcing child and medical support orders as a condition of eligib...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7125 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSES -- VIOLATIONS - Eliminates the requirement of paying reinstatement fees to restore a person's right to drive.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7124 | Intro
25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- RHODE ISLAND CHILDCARE ESSENTIAL ACT - Creates the Rhode Island Child Care Assistance Program that governs both family eligibility for the state's child care subsidy program and the rates paid to child care providers serving familie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7027 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- INSPECTOR GENERAL - Establishes the office of inspector general as an independent administrative agency charged with the responsibility to investigate, detect, and prevent fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement in the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-05
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7024 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- BUSINESS CORPORATION TAX - 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] | 2024-01-05
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7032 | Intro
25% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- AWARD OF MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS - Increases the maximum state and municipal small purchase limits from $10,000 to $25,000 for construction projects and from $5,000 to $10,000 for all other state and municipal purchases.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-05
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7028 | Intro
25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- HEALTH CARE FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED RESIDENTS ACT - Increases the income limits for disabled individuals to one hundred eighty percent of the federal poverty level to qualify for medical assistance coverage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-05
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7000 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of The Honorable Neil A. Corkery
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-02
House read and passed |
| RI | H7004 | Pass | House Resolution Extending Deepest Sympathy On The Passing Of Madeline Montanaro
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-02
House read and passed |
