| RI | H7257 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- REAL ESTATE CONVEYANCE TAX - Increases conveyance tax for residential properties sold above $2,000,000 to a rate of $3.30 per $500, to be collected for RI housing for elderly affordable housing development. Provides and exemption to any e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7713 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- ELECTRIC BICYCLES - Defines 3 classes of electric bicycles, authorizes the DEM to determine allowable uses of electric bicycles at properties under the department's jurisdiction, allows Class 1 electric bicycles to legally...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Committee recommends passage of Sub A |
| RI | H8170 | Intro
25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONTRACTORS' REGISTRATION AND LICENSING BOARD - Requires all applicants who seek to register as a contractor to produce a legible copy of a valid government issued identification.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7983 | Intro
25% | 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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Proposed Substitute |
| RI | H7776 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $20,000,000 For The Housing Down Payment Assistance Program (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $20,000,000 To Support The Down Payment Assistance Program.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8178 | Intro
25% | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION - Redefines the groups included in "minority community-based organizations" for purposes of them making recommendations for appointments to state boards, commissions, public author...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H8173 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Permits other residents of residential dwelling unit to extend term of rental agreement for 3 months after death of lessee, however it would not permit temporary tenant to permanent tenancy or rental ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7720 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- PHARMACY FREEDOM OF CHOICE -- FAIR COMPETITION AND PRACTICES - Ensures that independent pharmacies are protected from pharmacy benefit discrimination toward non-affiliated pharmacies and helps protect consumers' ability to choose local, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7716 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- HEALTH CARE ACCESSIBILITY AND QUALITY ASSURANCE ACT - Requires that healthcare entities and network plans, eff. 1/1/25, include provision in every contract with a provider of mental health/substance use disorders that rates paid pursuant...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H8070 | Intro
25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PSYCHOLOGISTS - Includes licensed school psychologists under the provisions of the general laws governing the regulations of psychologists and expands the licensing of school psychologists for independent practice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H8143 | Intro
25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES - Restricts audits of pharmacists conducted by insurers and their intermediaries, limiting audits to 1 per year unless fraud or misrepresentation is reasonably suspected. The Rhode Island attorney would have t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7590 | Intro
25% | CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM -- 2024 BOND REFERENDA - Submits 2024 capital development program requesting the issuance of $100,000,000 in general obligation bonds to the voters for approval at the November 8, 2024, general election.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7685 | Intro
25% | WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- OIL SPILL PREVENTION, ADMINISTRATION AND RESPONSE FUND - Provides funds to support Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council to reduce climate emissions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7684 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - Exempts urban and small farmers from sales taxes, real, tangible and personal property taxes and income taxes. It also defines urban and small farmers and urban farmland.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7674 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Exempts new or used bicycles from sale and use tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7611 | Intro
25% | HIGHWAYS -- RELOCATION OF UTILITY SERVICES - Utility relocation costs related to highway construction to be partially or fully paid for by the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7859 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- MOTOR VEHICLES OWNED BY A GOVERNMENTAL BODY - Requires that any government owned vehicle that is to be replaced, be replaced with a zero-emission vehicle, defined as a vehicle which produces no emissions from the on-bo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7856 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- COMPOSTING AND ORGANIC WASTE DIVERSION - Establishes Compost Fund to award grants related to reducing the amount of solid waste generated in the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7918 | Intro
25% | CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM -- 2024 BOND REFERENDA - Submits 2024 capital development program requesting the issuance of $25,000,000 in general obligation bonds to the voters for approval at the November 5, 2024, general election.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8049 | Intro
25% | This act serves as the enabling act required by § 16-7-44 of the general laws in order for the principal and interest on bonds issued in support of school housing projects to be eligible for state housing aid reimbursement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8050 | Intro
25% | Authorizes Providence to issue not more than $400,000,000 general obligation bonds & notes to finance the construction, related demolition, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, landscaping, furnishing and equipping of schools throughout the c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7023 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY FOR PACKAGING - Reduces equitable relationships between packaging producers and local governments and communities by establishing the Package Reduction and Recycling Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| RI | H7096 | Intro
25% | DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT - Prohibits any questioning of a juvenile who is suspected of delinquent or criminal behavior, unless the parent of guardian of the juvenile is present, or unless an attorney is present...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7218 | Intro
25% | DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT - Removes the requirement that individual of sixteen (16) years of age or older and found delinquent of two (2) offenses would be automatically certified and afforded a jury trial.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7642 | Intro
25% | DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT - Prohibit the family court from detaining any juvenile or committing any juvenile, under the age of 14 years, to the training school, for any offense other than murder, first degree se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7697 | Intro
25% | DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- THE RHODE ISLAND INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT - Codifies the federal legislation pertaining to the federal Indian child welfare act into state law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7783 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PESTICIDE CONTROL - Precludes the use of second generation anticoagulant rodenticide products which contain brodifacoum, bromadiolone, difenacoum, or difethialone, except in certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| RI | H8104 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- SCHOOL AND YOUTH PROGRAM CONCUSSION ACT - Authorizes the sport of skateboarding to be a youth sports program that is part of Rhode Island Interscholastic League Competition.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
To House Education Committee |
| RI | H8102 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- SCHOOL EMERGENCY DRILLS ACT - Makes revisions to the number, timing, and procedures to be followed when schools grades K through 12 implement fire drills, evacuation drills, and crisis response drills, designed to protect the health and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
To House Education Committee |
| RI | H8128 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- FAIR CHANCE IN HOUSING ACT - Limits the use of certain criminal records and credit history reports in denying housing to prospective applicants, provides fines for failure to comply and requires notice of denials be sent to the prospectiv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7017 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION - Directs PUC to extend utility termination moratorium for gas/electricity from April 15 to May 1, of each year with discretion to respond to emergency/ economic conditions/customers' needs...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7715 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- TERMINATION OF SERVICE TO PERSONS WHO ARE DISABLED, SERIOUSLY ILL, OR IN ARREARS OF PAYMENT - Extends the forbearance of utility terminations for customers with serious illness certifications and would amend various p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7888 | Intro
25% | 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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H7981 | Intro
25% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Amends the provisions relative to permitted uses within residential, industrial and commercial zoning use districts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H7305 | Intro
25% | 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7647 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Requires landlords to list all mandatory fees when advertising any residential property for rent as well as on the first page of any lease. Prohibits a landlord from charging a convenience fee when th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7746 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Provides that landlords would pay interest on security deposits in residential landlord-tenant matters.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7961 | Intro
25% | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7965 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE AND SALE - Provides prospective owner-occupants a first opportunity to purchase properties acquired through foreclosure and would prohibit bundled foreclosure sales.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7957 | Intro
25% | 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7960 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT -- JUST CAUSE EVICTIONS - Provides for just cause evictions for residential landlord tenancies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7962 | Intro
25% | 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7540 | Intro
25% | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7733 | Intro
25% | 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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H8046 | Intro
25% | ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS - Allows citizens of a city or town who are at least sixteen (16) years of age to register to vote and to vote in school committee elections in municipalities where school committees are elected entities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7022 | Intro
25% | WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- ACT ON COASTS -- COASTAL RESILIENCY - Requires the chief resilience officer (CRO) be charged with creation/maintenance/updating of the state's resiliency/recovery program along with climate change resiliency plan with ocean/r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| RI | H7309 | Intro
25% | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7285 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- UTILITY THERMAL ENERGY NETWORK AND JOBS ACT - Establishes thermal energy networks network infrastructure by any public utility company that provides electric/natural gas distribution to maximize cost-effective investm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7315 | Intro
25% | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7356 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMPREHENSIVE PFAS BAN ACT OF 2024 - Enacts the Comprehensive PFAS Ban Act of 2024, prohibiting the intentional addition of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances of PFAS in products offered for sale or manufactured in the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
