| RI | H8213 | Pass | Authorizes the town of Cumberland to issue two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) of the general obligation bonds and notes in order to finance street pavement improvements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Effective without Governor's signature |
| RI | H8219 | Pass | Repeals the authorization for the town of Lincoln to establish municipal court (§ 45-2-51), and adopts an extensive authorization for the town of Lincoln to establish a municipal court – municipal housing court.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Effective without Governor's signature |
| RI | H8307 | Pass | Authorizing The Town Of Cumberland To Issue Not To Exceed $83,000,000 General Obligation Bonds, Notes And Other Evidences Of Indebtedness To Finance The Construction, Renovation, Improvement, Alteration, Repair, Furnishing And Equipping Of Schools An...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Effective without Governor's signature |
| RI | H7416 | Pass | Allows a pharmacist to dispense a partial fill of a Schedule II controlled substance at the request of the patient or the prescriber.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H7496 | Pass | Establishes a procedure for individuals to file a revocable voluntary non-opiate directive form with the person's licensed health care practitioner.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H7578 | Pass | Establishes a web-based caregiver support information center and adds certain elder services to those which are subject to training and support from the elderly affairs department.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H7569 | Pass | Require hospitals to offer flu vaccinations to all inpatient individuals sixty-five (65) years of age or older unless the person has a condition that would not allow such vaccination or if the vaccine is in short supply.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H7600 | Pass | Allows landlords to charge additional security deposits on furniture when a furnished apartment is leased, if the value of the furniture exceeds $7,500.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H8358 | Pass | Establishes the Rhode Island chapter of the children’s advocacy center, a community based organization that would provide a child-friendly, safe and neutral location from which a multidisciplinary team would act in response to child abuse allegatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H7136 | Pass | Prohibits the use of tanning facilities by persons less than eighteen (18) years of age.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-28
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H8166 | Pass | Applies to settlement of St. Joseph Hospital Retirement Plan settlements/joint tortfeasors' releases.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H7451 | Intro | Provides that cell phone tracking notice and warrant requirements do not apply to location information obtained by court order intercepting wire/oral communications or pen registers/trap and trace devices.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-23
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7563 | Intro | Creates a system of consumer protection for regulation by DBR of noninsurance business entities using or disclosing personal identifiable financial information for insurance sales.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-23
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7420 | Engross | Prohibits the rental, lease, or finance of any sale of a cat or dog, with exceptions for animals used for breeding, shows and work.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-21
Committee recommends passage in concurrence |
| RI | H7522 | Pass | Requires the secretary of state to notify the appropriate elected official of a newly registered voter's most recent former place of residence, only if it is located outside of Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-18
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H7652 | Pass | Transfers jurisdiction of the offenses in § 11-9-5 of the general laws ("cruelty to or neglect of child") from the Rhode Island Family Court to the Rhode Island Superior Court.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-18
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H7604 | Pass | Provides that a consumer report agency may not charge a consumer a fee for any security freeze service. Effective September 1, 2018.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H8607 | Intro | Authorizing The Town Of Cumberland To Issue Not To Exceed $83,000,000 General Obligation Bonds, Notes And Other Evidences Of Indebtedness To Finance The Construction, Renovation, Improvement, Alteration, Repair, Furnishing And Equipping Of Schools An...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-08
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7419 | Pass | Prohibits the advertising of unhealthy food and beverage products in schools that do not meet minimum federal and state governmental nutrition standards.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-04
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H7801 | Intro | Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study The Possibility Of Transitioning The State Of Rhode Island To The Establishment Of A Biennial Budget (creates A 13 Member Commission To Study Of The Possibility Of Transitioning The ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-29
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 | H7407 | Intro | Requires charter schools to issue a detailed invoice to the public school districts for local aid.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7881 | Intro | Authorizes the creation of the position of student loan ombudsman within the office of the commissioner of postsecondary education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8185 | Pass | House Resolution Strongly Supporting Holocaust And Genocide Education In Rhode Island's Schools
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-10
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 | H7670 | Intro | Provides 6% base rate increase for Medicaid home care for skilled nursing/therapeutic/nurse assistants/homemakers; 40% increase for Medicaid home care/hospice providers with annual inflation increase effective July 1, 2019.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-02
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7880 | Intro | Establishes the "Rhode Island Livable Home Modification Grant Act" allowing individuals to retrofit their residence to nationally recognized accessibility standards and receive (50%) of the total sum spent, up to five thousand dollars ($5,000).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8115 | Pass | House Resolution Proclaiming May, 2018, To Be "national Melanoma Awareness Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
House read and passed |
| RI | H8103 | Pass | House Resolution Recognizing The 70th Anniversary Of Israel's Establishment And Reaffirming The Bonds Of Friendship And Cooperation Between Rhode Island, The United States, And The State Of Israel
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
House read and passed |
| RI | H7142 | Intro | Establishes the "Rhode Island Livable Home Tax Credit Act", and would provide for its administration.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8094 | Pass | House Resolution Commemorating "holocaust Remembrance Day" On April 12, 2018
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-12
House read and passed |
| RI | H7973 | Intro | Authorizes certain state and municipal agents to take possession of animals found abandoned or neglected, and to proceed to provide all necessary care and treatment for the animal.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-11
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| RI | H7135 | Intro | Increases insurance coverage for hearing aids from one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) to two thousand dollars ($2,000), per ear, every three years. In addition, the amount of insurance coverage would no longer be based on the age of the recip...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| RI | H7438 | Intro | Provides that the state board of elections would be subject to the rule-making provisions of the "administrative procedures act".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7707 | Intro | Requires that Interscholastic League Athletes and youth sports athletes who are female and 19 years of age or younger and who play certain softball positions wear protective face masks during practice and at games.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-03
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| RI | H7586 | Intro | Deletes the requirement that a political circular or flier contain the name of its author.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-02
Withdrawn at sponsor's request (04/04/2018) |
| RI | H7269 | Intro | Provides for the licensing and regulation of central service technicians.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-28
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| RI | H7882 | Intro | Expands the current law so that RI adult residents would be included in the department of health immunization registry presently maintained for children. Also provides that any person may opt-out of the registry by contacting the department.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-28
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| RI | H7369 | Intro | Prohibits the use of containers, or food packaged in containers, that contain bisphenol A.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-27
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| RI | H7952 | Intro | Eliminates the tax exemption for the sale of bibles.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-15
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7943 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Reverend N. David Bouley
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-14
House read and passed |
| RI | H7188 | Pass | Allows Rebecca M. Taylor to join Elizabeth Rose Thorsen and Lee Hunter Robinson in marriage on or about June 30, 2018, within the town of Cumberland, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-09
Effective without Governor's signature |
| RI | H7248 | Intro | Prohibits possession/breeding of wildcats/hybrid cats without a permit from DEM. Exempts facilities accredited by AZA. Violators subject to $500 fine or 90 days imprisonment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-28
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| RI | H7442 | Intro | Makes a technical amendment to the statute which provides for the automatic termination of certain real property restrictions after thirty (30) years has lapsed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-28
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7831 | Intro | Allows an eligible person to carry over residential renewable energy tax credits for a maximum of three years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-28
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7830 | Intro | Prohibits the collection of a sales or use tax on that portion of a motor vehicle lease payment representing taxes payable by the lessor on the leased motor vehicle.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-28
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7260 | Intro | Provides prorated reimbursement of registration fees for the surrender of unexpired vehicle registrations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-13
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7122 | Intro | Authorizes school committees to appoint one designee to the board of directors of the governing body of certain charter public schools which students from the district attend.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-07
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| RI | H7071 | Intro | Makes it a criminal offense to leave a child under 7 years of age unattended in a motor vehicle for longer than fifteen minutes, punishable by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or by a fine of no more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7149 | Intro | Requires municipality comprehensive plans to include present and future interests of the school system including curriculum and instruction as well as buildings, transportation routes, fields, playgrounds, sidewalks, raised crosswalks and parking lot...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-25
To House Municipal Government Committee |
