| RI | H7104 | Pass | Requires DOT to identify the impact of Rhode Works projects and the realignment of the Newport Bridge ramps on Rhode Island small business commercial areas.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H7309 | Pass | Designates the Class A Tall Ship commonly known as the "SSV Oliver Hazard Perry" as the official flagship and tall ship ambassador of the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H7481 | Pass | Establishes a public scorecard system to show how long-term care reform is meeting its goals of rebalancing the way services are delivered and moneys are spent on various service types.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H8193 | Pass | Authorizes Newport to set the effective tax rate applicable to any property class in an amount not to exceed by 50% the rate applicable to any other class in the first year following a comprehensive revaluation or any update.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-28
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H7433 | Engross | Creates a special motor vehicle registration plate for The Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-23
Committee recommends passage in concurrence |
| RI | H8361 | Pass | House Resolution Honoring Representative Jeremiah T. O'grady For His Service To The People Of The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-23
House read and passed |
| RI | H7793 | Engross | Requires, by July 1, 2019, the establishment of renewable energy siting ordinances in all cities and towns which would meet the standards set by a working group within the office of energy resources.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-22
House read and passed |
| RI | H7978 | Intro | Clarifies that § 34-7-4 ("right of footway denied") applies only to private rights of footway.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-22
House passed Sub A |
| RI | H8353 | Pass | House Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Be Known As The "rhode Island Online Data Transparency And Privacy Protection Commission" (creates An 11 Member Commission To Study Potential Legislation And/or Regulations To Protect Indi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-22
House read and passed |
| RI | H7699 | Intro | Requires schools to comply with recycling and composting laws and promotes food donation and local food service contracts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-21
House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) |
| RI | H7570 | Intro | Permits students to possess and use over-the-counter products to treat menstrual cramps or vaginal yeast infections during school activities without a doctor's or parent's note.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-20
House passed Sub A |
| RI | H7673 | Intro | Renames the state airport in Warwick to "Rhode Island International Airport" and would rename the building known as the "Interlink" to the "Theodore Francis Green Interlink."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-20
House passed Sub A |
| RI | H8033 | Intro | Enables cities and towns to provide property tax relief to individuals who take resiliency measures to rehabilitate their property because of flood hazards.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-20
House passed Sub A |
| RI | H8326 | Pass | House Resolution Honoring Kathleen Bazinet On Being Named Chief Marshal Of The 2018 Bristol, Rhode Island, Fourth Of July Celebration
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-19
House read and passed |
| RI | H8324 | Intro | Requires a monthly tax collection accounting and compliance with federal, state and local laws by hosting platforms for transient rentals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-15
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8274 | Pass | House Resolution Extending The Reporting And Expiration Dates Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study The Low And Moderate Income Act (this Resolution Would Extend The Reporting And Expiration Dates Of The Legislative Commission To Study The L...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-13
House read and passed |
| RI | H7111 | Intro | Protects individuals from internet disclosure of personally identifiable information by commercial websites/online service operators and creates right of action for violations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-12
Committee recommends passage of Sub A |
| RI | H8306 | Intro | Requires the DOT to establish a schedule of all maintenance, including landscaping and mowing of lawns on state roads, and provide a copy of said schedule to the department of public works in any city or town where the state road is located.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-12
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H8303 | Intro | Provides immunity to persons donating food to food banks.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7743 | Pass | Allows Patricia Antonelli, Esq. to join Lauren Gayle Lemisch and Fred Raheb, Jr., in marriage on or about October 13, 2018, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07
Effective without Governor's signature |
| RI | H7348 | Intro | Establishes a pilot program to promote the creation of roof solar installations on school property in order to reduce the use of fossil fuels and to generate electricity in school buildings.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-05
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8284 | Pass | House Resolution Honoring Mr. Steve Brosnihan, A 2018 Jefferson Award Winner, For Creating And Founding The "good Night Lights" Program In Support Of Hasbro Children's Hospital
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-05
House read and passed |
| RI | H7075 | Pass | Makes possession bump stocks, binary triggers or trigger cranks punishable by up to10 years in imprisonment and/or a $10,000 fine and penalizes modification of semi-automatic weapons to full automatic fire with a single pull or hold in the same way.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-01
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H7516 | Intro | Exempts from taxation the donation of alcoholic beverages to nonprofit organizations that are exempt from federal taxation under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-29
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8124 | Intro | Repeals the automatic phase out of the nursing facility reimbursement price based methodology.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-29
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8169 | Intro | Authorizes Newport and Middletown to collect an additional one percent (1%) meal and beverage tax to fund schools, school safety, and capital improvements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-29
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8190 | Intro | Changes the period of time a voter may have to change their party affiliation from the 90th day preceding any primary election for which the voter is eligible to the 29th day preceding any primary election for which the voter is eligible.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-29
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H8189 | Intro | Establishes the "Short-Term Rentals Act" which sets forth requirements for short-term listing services and short-term rental providers when renting to a person for less than thirty (30) days.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-29
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H8248 | Pass | House Resolution Recognizing The Week Of June 18th - 24th, 2018, As "national Pollinator Week" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-29
House read and passed |
| RI | H7860 | Intro | Increases the income eligibility limit for medical assistance coverage for seniors and disabled individuals from one hundred percent (100%) to one hundred thirty-three percent (133%) of federal poverty level.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7873 | Intro | Directs council on postsecondary education to assess $50.00 per semester transportation fee on RI public college students with student ID cards serving as pass for services furnished/operated by RI public transit authority.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7859 | Intro | Requires the participation and input of the EOHHS, DHS, DCYF and BHDDH in medical assistance and public assistance caseload estimating conferences and the generation of monthly data to the members of the caseload estimating conference.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7935 | Intro | Excludes reality TV show(s) from receipt of tax credits/removes $5 million tax credit cap per motion picture/repeals sunset provisions for tax credits for motion pictures/musical/theatrical productions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8066 | Intro | Increases funding appropriated to staffing for developmental disabilities direct support services by an equal amount when an increase of the minimum wage rate occurs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8192 | Intro | Extends DOT authority to lease airport property to 50 years. Increase to 9 the directors on the airport corporation board.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-23
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7096 | Intro | Creates a special motor vehicle registration plate for the Friends of the Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-16
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7098 | Intro | Establishes community senior services grant program providing financial assistance to municipalities/nonprofit organizations operating senior centers/programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-16
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7172 | Intro | Establishes aging/disability resource center within division of elderly affairs as part of long-term care system for elderly/disabled persons/family caregivers/providers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-16
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7430 | Intro | Establishes 100% tax credit for disabled/elderly drivers age 65 and older for vehicle modification costs/training fees incurred necessary to retain their license/registration per rules/regs of tax administrator eff. 1/2018.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-16
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7824 | Intro | Establishes Rhode Island rivers/coastal adaptation fund; enables cities, towns and state to apply for grants to fund projects that invest in measures to address the impacts of climate change. Trust to be funded by fees on barrels of petroleum product...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-16
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7400 | Intro | Establishes a fee on companies that sell fossil fuels in Rhode Island and also establishes a receipt account to disburse the funds from.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8141 | Intro | Establishes the Rhode Island Forest Conservation Act which prohibits any state economic and other incentives to develop or convert forest land for renewable energy uses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-10
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| RI | H7356 | Intro | Requires that the division of planning create a checklist of environmental and energy issues that certain state construction projects which cost in excess of $10,000,000 would need to consider and address.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-09
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7432 | Intro | Establishes the deceased spousal unused credit against the Rhode Island estate tax available to a surviving spouse for the unused estate tax credit of the first spouse to decease.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7890 | Intro | Amends the definition of the term "commission" for purposes of the historic residence tax credit to mean the local historic district commission created by the city or town council, and not the state historical preservation and heritage commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8176 | Pass | House Resolution Welcoming The 2017-2018 Volvo Ocean Race To Newport, Rhode Island, On May 19-20, 2018
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
House read and passed |
| RI | H7401 | Intro | Directs that services provided by school social workers and certified school psychologists be included as health care related services eligible for federal Medicaid reimbursement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-02
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8080 | Intro | Requires initial and continuing education in land use law and planning for local planning and/or zoning board and commission members.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-26
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | H8085 | Intro | Requires the seating of any district court file, where a trespass and eviction complaint which after trial, results in a verdict for the tenant and no appeal is taken.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H8097 | Intro | Removes the exception to the $100,000 limitation of damages when the state is engaged in a proprietary function in the commission of a tort and would exempt the state and any city or town or fire district from interest awards in civil actions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
To House Judiciary Committee |
