Rhode Island Representative Brandon Potter [D] | Introduced

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RIH7531Intro
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LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES - Commencing 1/1/25, gradually increases the minimum wage for employees receiving gratuities from the current ($3.89) to ($14.95) by 1/1/29 and on 1/1/30 the minimum wage shall be no less than the minimum wa...
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2024-03-27
To House Labor Committee
RIH7532Intro
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LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES - Allows individuals employed in domestic service or in or about a private home to be included as an employee, for purposes of minimum wages law.
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2024-03-27
To House Labor Committee
RIH7579Intro
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LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES - Increases the state minimum wage by $1.25 per year from 2026 through 2029 when it would reach twenty dollars ($20.00) per hour and then provides for subsequent annual adjustments based on the Consumer Pric...
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2024-03-27
To House Labor Committee
RIH8108Intro
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EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND HOPE SCHOLARSHIP PILOT PROGRAM ACT - Extends the sunset date of the Rhode Island hope scholarship pilot program from 2028 to 2030, in order to allow the program to provide eligible students with funding for tuition and manda...
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2024-03-27
To House Finance Committee
RIH7211Intro
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FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- LICENSED ACTIVITIES -- LENDERS AND LOAN BROKERS -- CHECK CASHING - Repeals the provisions of the general laws allowing deferred deposit providers, also known as "payday lenders."
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2024-03-26
To House Corporations Committee
RIH7474Intro
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Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution -- Of Suffrage (would Propose To The Voters Of The State A Constitutional Amendment Regarding Eligibility To Vote And To Be A Candidate....
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2024-03-26
To House State Government & Elections Committee
RIH7540Intro
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ELECTIONS -- PRIMARIES FOR ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND FOR PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE - Establishes the Ranked Choice Voting for Rhode Island Presidential Primaries and provides for new sections on Ranked Choice Voting Tabulation a...
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2024-03-26
To House State Government & Elections Committee
RIH7734Intro
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HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DENSE BREAST NOTIFICATION AND EDUCATION - Amends the notice requirement to patients to follow the mandated FDA national reporting standards following a mammogram.
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2024-03-26
Committee recommends passage of Sub A
RIH7733Intro
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HEALTH AND SAFETY -- NURSING HOME WORKFORCE STANDARDS BOARD ACT - Creates the nursing home workforce standards board act to establish and enforce industry-wide quality of care standards in nursing homes.
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2024-03-26
To House Health & Human Services Committee
RIH7945Intro
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BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY LICENSURE COMPACT - Creates the occupational therapy licensure compact that would allow licensed occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants to practice in all states that join the co...
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2024-03-26
To House Corporations Committee
RIH7940Intro
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COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- SENIOR SAVINGS PROTECTION ACT - Prohibits the charging of any fees to a senior citizen who is 65 years of age or older for a hard-copy paper bill, invoice or statement. The violation of this provisio...
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2024-03-26
To House Corporations Committee
RIH7941Intro
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COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- INTEREST AND USURY - Removes the exemption from interest rate limits provided by the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980, for all loans made within the state of Rhod...
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2024-03-26
To House Corporations Committee
RIH7049Intro
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PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Limits rent increases to no more than 4% annually and provides tenants with a civil action to recover damages for any violations.
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2024-03-22
To House Judiciary Committee
RIH7266Intro
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FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- CURRENCY TRANSMISSIONS -- VIRTUAL CURRENCY KIOSKS - Establishes guidelines for the operation of virtual currency (crypto) kiosks.
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2024-03-22
[Hearing: Mar 28]
To House Innovation, Internet, & Technology Committee
RIH7305Intro
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PROPERTY -- RHODE ISLAND FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES ACT - Prohibits discrimination based on housing status, define "assistance animal", make it unlawful to issue discriminatory notices or statements relating to the sale, rental or leasing of housing and ...
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2024-03-22
To House Judiciary Committee
RIH7304Intro
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PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Requires landlords of residential properties give tenants notice of rent increase at least 90 days prior to increase and requires notice requirement for rent increases for month to month tenants who a...
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2024-03-22
To House Judiciary Committee
RIH7768Intro
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House Resolution Respectfully Requesting The Rhode Island Congressional Delegation To Support House Resolution 54 Of The 2023-2024 Congress To Amend The United States Constitution To Prove That The Rights Protected And Extended By The Constitution Ar...
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2024-03-22
Withdrawn at sponsor's request (03/26/2024)
RIH7746Intro
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PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Provides that landlords would pay interest on security deposits in residential landlord-tenant matters.
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2024-03-22
To House Judiciary Committee
RIH7888Intro
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EDUCATION -- THE SCHOOL LIBRARIES ACT - Requires every public school in Rhode Island to have a school library or library media center in a permanent and dedicated space available to students in grades K-12 with a librarian available.
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2024-03-22
[Hearing: Mar 28]
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee
RIH7890Intro
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TOWNS AND CITIES -- ACTIONS BY AND AGAINST TOWNS - Requires a municipality to disclose on their official website the specific issues, details and costs of any legal action of which the town or city is a named defendant.
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2024-03-22
[Hearing: Mar 28]
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee
RIH7961Intro
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PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Imposes a fine up to $150 a day on a landlord for failure to deliver a copy of a state or local housing code violation to each residential tenant and a notice to prospective tenants of the building af...
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2024-03-22
To House Judiciary Committee
RIH7967Intro
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PROPERTY -- HOMELESS BILL OF RIGHTS - Updates the Homeless Bill of Rights to add rules governing the interaction with encampments and include the right to access clean and sanitary conditions.
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2024-03-22
To House Judiciary Committee
RIH7957Intro
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PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL TENANT'S RIGHT TO LEGAL REPRESENTATION ACT - Creates the division of civil representation within the department of housing and require civil representation by a Designated Legal Organization to provide legal representation to ...
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2024-03-22
To House Judiciary Committee
RIH7950Intro
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TOWNS AND CITIES -- SUBDIVISION OF LAND - Provides amendments relative to the permitting authority of, and acceptable forms of financial security permissible for construction and/or improvement guarantees relating to the completion of required public...
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2024-03-22
To House Judiciary Committee
RIH7960Intro
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PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT -- JUST CAUSE EVICTIONS - Provides for just cause evictions for residential landlord tenancies.
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2024-03-22
To House Judiciary Committee
RIH7962Intro
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PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Recognizes tenants' unions and provides a procedure whereby the housing resources commission shall administer a hearing process for consolidated complaints filed by tenants' unions, pertaining to the ...
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2024-03-22
To House Judiciary Committee
RIH7309Intro
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CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- DISORDERLY CONDUCT - Requires disorderly conduct to include an actual public disturbance as evidenced by gathering of people drawn to and watching conduct and prohibits police officers from being complainant for purposes of estab...
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2024-03-21
To House Judiciary Committee
RIH7315Intro
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FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT - Makes the possession of small amounts of schedule I through V controlled substances, except for the possession of marijuana, civil violations punishable by a ($100) fine for a first offense and up...
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2024-03-21
To House Judiciary Committee
RIH7575Intro
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CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- OBSCENE AND OBJECTIONABLE PUBLICATIONS AND SHOWS - Establishes, as an affirmative defense to the crimes of circulating obscene publications or shows and selling or exhibiting obscene publications to minors, the person's employmen...
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2024-03-21
To House Judiciary Committee
RIH7808Intro
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PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING - Prohibits utility companies from limiting eligibility of net metering site based on prior consumption and requires excess energy not consumed to be credited to consumer. Also amends definition of excess...
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2024-03-21
To House Corporations Committee
RIH7463Intro
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MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT - Provides for code blue and code red alerts to trigger certain procedures municipalities must follow during extreme heat or cold to help at-risk individuals with shelter.
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2024-03-19
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee
RIH7699Intro
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STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING AND CONSERVATION TRUST FUND ACT - Restructures RI Housing and Conservation Trust Fund, increase its membership to 15 members, 11 of whom are to be from the general public and reallocate the percent...
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2024-03-19
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee
RIH7764Intro
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STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS - Requires public bodies to offer translation services for all open meetings of said bodies.
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2024-03-19
To House State Government & Elections Committee
RIH7822Intro
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INSURANCE -- BENEFIT DETERMINATION AND UTILIZATION REVIEW ACT - Limits the use by insurers of step therapy, a protocol that establishes a specific sequence in which prescription drugs for a specified medical condition are covered by an insurer, by al...
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2024-03-19
To House Health & Human Services Committee
RIH7893Intro
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HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE - Establishes building safety code standards for multi-dwelling buildings and requires the development of recommendations for resolving any conflicts between fire safety codes and the building codes.
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2024-03-19
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee
RIH7874Intro
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INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires coverage for acute mental health crisis mobile response and stabilization services to any individual enrolled as a plan beneficiary.
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2024-03-19
To House Health & Human Services Committee
RIH7987Intro
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TOWNS AND CITIES -- HOUSING MAINTENANCE AND OCCUPANCY CODE -- NOTICE OF VIOLATIONS - Requires a housing code enforcement officer to give a copy of any housing code violation notice to all tenants of the building affected by a housing code violation a...
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2024-03-19
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee
RIH8010Intro
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PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES - Establishes the Rhode Island purchasing cooperative for procurement of public service and municipal vehicles for all state and municipal agencies to participate in procurement opportunities of zero-emiss...
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2024-03-19
To House State Government & Elections Committee
RIH7973Intro
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FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT - Amends the uniform controlled substances act and reclassifies simple possession of 28 grams or less of certain controlled substances as a misdemeanor.
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2024-03-19
Withdrawn at sponsor's request (03/21/2024)
RIH7988Intro
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PROPERTY -- PUBLIC AUCTIONS BY ELECTRONIC OR REMOTE PROCEDURES - Brings greater public scrutiny to the public auction sales of real estate in Rhode Island by requiring public auctions by any city or town of real estate or an interest therein shall on...
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2024-03-19
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee
RIH8072Intro
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STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND HEALTH CARE REFORM ACT OF 2004 -- HEALTH INSURANCE OVERSIGHT - Protects the solvency of health systems, physicians, and advance practice providers and insurers, encourage fair treatment of hospitals an...
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2024-03-15
To House Health & Human Services Committee
RIH7233Intro
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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...
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2024-03-12
To House Health & Human Services Committee
RIH7410Intro
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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...
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2024-03-12
To House Judiciary Committee
RIH7455Intro
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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...
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2024-03-12
To House Judiciary Committee
RIH7534Intro
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TOWNS AND CITIES -- CITY HOUSING AUTHORITIES - Allows RIHMFC and related organization to administer allocations of funds for low-income housing.
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2024-03-12
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee
RIH7701Intro
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HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE -- ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT - Consolidates and transfers the duties of the state building inspector to the state building code commissioner and establish a state building code education and training acad...
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2024-03-12
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee
RIH7698Intro
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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.
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2024-03-12
To House Judiciary Committee
RIH7887Intro
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House Resolution Respectfully Urging The United States Congress To Protect Patients And Traditional Medicare From Medicare Advantage
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2024-03-12
To House Health & Human Services Committee
RIH7983Intro
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HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE - Amends various provisions relative to the duties of the state building commissioner and would establish a building code education and training unit to educate building officials and inspectors statewide.
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2024-03-12
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee
RIH7379Intro
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TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES - Permits municipalities to enact ordinances that provides them the authority to organize local tax amnesty events once every three (3) years.
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2024-03-07
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee
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