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Current trends in Rhode Island legislation over the last 72 hours as measured by public interest and activity.
| Position | Bill | Status | Summary | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | H5068 | Introduced | Promotes healthy school buildings and grounds by prohibiting the use of certain appliances in school buildings. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-22 |
| #2 | H5000 | Introduced | Enables the general assembly, while in grand committee, to fill a vacancy in the office of the lieutenant governor. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-08 |
| #3 | H5003 | Introduced | House Resolution Amending The Rules Of The House Of Representatives For The Years 2019 And 2020 (this Resolution Would Amend The House Rules To Permit Up To Ten (10) Co-sponsor Names To Be Included On All Bills And Resolutions.) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-21 Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| #4 | S0007 | Introduced | Provides a one year moratorium on hospital conversions involving for-profit corporations as acquiree or acquiror. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-12 |
| #5 | H5008 | Introduced | House Resolution Amending The Rules Of The House Of Representatives For The Years 2019 And 2020 (this Resolution Would Amend The House Rules By Removing The Requirement That A Bill Not Be Discharged Until After The Fiftieth Legislative Day.) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-21 Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| #6 | H5011 | Introduced | House Resolution Amending The Rules Of The House Of Representatives For The Years 2019 And 2020 (this Resolution Would Amend The House Rules To Remove Appropriations And Budget Bills From The Exemptions To The Filing Requirements Of Rule (7)(d).) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-21 Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| #7 | S0008 | Passed | Senate Resolution Condemning The Acts Of Violence And Insurrection Committed At The Seat Of Our Country's Democracy And Calling For The Removal Of President Donald J. Trump [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-12 Senate read and passed |
| #8 | S0011 | Passed | Senate Resolution Expressing Sincere Condolences On The Passing Of Nancy J. Amore [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-12 Senate read and passed |
| #9 | H5006 | Introduced | House Resolution Amending The Rules Of The House Of Representatives For The Years 2019 And 2020 (this Resolution Would Amend The House Rules To Permit Remote Voting For House Committees And Would Permit Written, In Person Or Video Testimony.) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-21 Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| #10 | H5007 | Introduced | House Resolution Amending The Rules Of The House Of Representatives For The Years 2019 And 2020 (this Resolution Would Amend The House Rules By Removing The Consent Requirements Of The Majority And Minority Leaders For Suspension Of A Rule.) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-21 Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| #11 | H5009 | Introduced | House Resolution Amending The Rules Of The House Of Representatives For The Years 2019 And 2020 (this Resolution Would Amend The House Rules To Require That Bills Passed Out Of Committee Be Placed On The Floor Calendar Within Seven (7) Days.) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-21 Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| #12 | S0012 | Passed | Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Captain Peter A. Adam [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-12 Senate read and passed |
| #13 | H5015 | Introduced | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $140,000 To Urban Ventures (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of One Hundred And Forty Thousand Dollars ($140,000) To Urban Ventures For Operations And To Implement Activities Assisting Small Business... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-13 |
| #14 | H5014 | Introduced | Creates a new traffic offense, with a fine, for traveling in a bus lane. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-13 |
| #15 | H5019 | Introduced | Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study And Assess The Implementation Of An Improved Medicare-for-all-type Single Payer Program In The State Of Rhode Island (creates A 19 Member Commission To Study And Assess Implementing ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-13 |
| #16 | H5018 | Introduced | Directs the council on elementary and secondary education to develop recommendations for a high school curriculum to prepare students for successful postsecondary education and careers in computer science. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-13 |
| #17 | H5016 | Introduced | Includes the real and tangible personal property of The Providence Community Health Centers, a Rhode Island domestic nonprofit corporation, located in Providence, Rhode Island, on the list of properties exempt from taxation. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-13 |
| #18 | H5017 | Introduced | Adds a definition to the term "manufacture" in the medical marijuana chapter. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-13 |
| #19 | H5013 | Introduced | Raises the earned income tax credit from fifteen percent (15%) to twenty percent (20%) for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2021. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-13 |
| #20 | H5025 | Introduced | Allows North Smithfield historic residence owners to become eligible for state historic residence tax credits. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-15 |
| #21 | H5032 | Introduced | Requires that all meetings closed to the public be audio recorded by audio tape or other audio recording device. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-15 |
| #22 | H5028 | Introduced | Requires the implementation of the civic literacy act for all students between the 8th and 12th grades. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-15 |
| #23 | H5033 | Introduced | House Resolution Amending The Rules Of The House Of Representatives For The Years 2019 And 2020 (this Resolution Amends The House Rules Providing That The Speaker Would, In His Or Her Discretion, Require That Members Comply With Any Public Health Saf... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-21 |
| #24 | H5024 | Introduced | Authorizes the Exeter-West Greenwich Regional School District to issue general obligation bonds not to exceed $17,840,000 for school improvements. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-15 |
| #25 | H5035 | Introduced | Requires elderly housing complexes of more than 100 residential units provide emergency generators to power all common areas and residential units in building effective 1/1/22. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-15 |
| #26 | S0015 | Introduced | Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution Of The State -- Procedure To Fill Vacancy In Office Of The Secretary Of State, Attorney General Or General Treasurer (this Joint Resolut... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-15 |
| #27 | H5034 | Introduced | Allows the governor to designate any person to solemnize a marriage within the state of Rhode Island on a particular day and within a particular city or town. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-15 |
| #28 | H5036 | Introduced | House Resolution House Resolution Amending The Rules Of The House Of Representatives For The Years 2019-2020 (amends The Rules Of The House For The Years 2019 And 2020 By Establishing A Procedure For The Discipline Of A Member.) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-21 |
| #29 | S0020 | Passed | Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Stephen P. Brun [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-19 Senate read and passed |
| #30 | H5040 | Introduced | Creates the "animal abuser registry act" which would require all persons convicted of felonies involving animal abuse, to register with an online registry to be established and maintained by the department of public safety. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-21 |
| #31 | H5049 | Introduced | Relating To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of Lodie Brien Agency, Inc. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-21 |
| #32 | S0053 | Introduced | Relating To Authorizing The Town Of Westerly To Issue Not To Exceed $2,000,000 General Obligation Bonds, Notes And Other Evidences Of Indebtedness To Finance The Construction, Renovation, Improvement, Alteration, Repair, Furnishing And Equipping Of S... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-19 |
| #33 | S0068 | Introduced | Renames the landing in South Kingstown known as Wordens Pond Landing to Holley Landing. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-19 |
| #34 | S0069 | Introduced | Creates a wine direct license for licensed producers to directly ship limited wine to residents of RI over the age of twenty one (21). [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-19 |
| #35 | S0039 | Introduced | Senate Resolution Protecting And Ensuring Farmland Preservation [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-19 |
| #36 | S0070 | Introduced | To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of Migrant, Llc [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-22 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (01/26/2021) |
| #37 | S0050 | Introduced | Ratify the town of Jamestown Home Rule Charter amendment to Section 219 of the charter adopted at a November 3, 2020 referendum, concerning the process and procedures by which voter initiative can be activated. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-19 |
| #38 | S0023 | Introduced | Provides New Shoreham has the exclusive authority to prescribe rules and regulations pertaining to the operation, licensing, and regulation of transportation network service companies and their services when TNCs are operating in the town of New Shor... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-19 |
| #39 | S0026 | Introduced | Creates the uniform natural gas leaks classification act which classifies gas leaks into different grades and identifies the steps and procedures to be taken and provides a reporting requirement for a gas company subsequent to a leak. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-19 |
| #40 | S0021 | Introduced | Limits the amount of fees charged by a third-party food delivery service to fifteen percent (15%). [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-19 |
| #41 | S0052 | Introduced | Validates and ratify amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of Coventry, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of Coventry on November 3, 2020. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-19 |
| #42 | S0072 | Introduced | Senate Resolution Extending The Reporting And Expiration Dates Of The Special Senate Commission To Study The Effect And Procedures For The Reorganization Of The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (crmc) (extends The Reporting And Expir... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-22 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (01/26/2021) |
| #43 | S0051 | Introduced | Prohibits the operation of through commercial vehicles on Turner Road in Middletown. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-19 |
| #44 | H5060 | Introduced | Repeals the requirement that the Bristol County water authority maintain its reservoirs, wells and well sites, transmission lines and water treatment plants within its jurisdiction in good, sound and safe condition. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-22 |
| #45 | H5021 | Introduced | Prevents employers from refusing to hire or discriminating against individuals for marijuana use and positive test results. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-13 |
| #46 | H5031 | Introduced | Requires the department of transportation, along with the division of motor vehicles and the office of energy resources, to develop, no later than January 1, 2022, a plan for statewide electric vehicle charging station infrastructure. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-15 |
| #47 | H5038 | Introduced | Exempts from attachment five hundred dollars ($500) in savings or deposits in financial or banking institutions. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-21 |
| #48 | H5039 | Introduced | Prohibits the use of display fireworks/aerial consumer fireworks without a permit between 12:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on any day and would make a violation of this permit requirement a civil violation punishable by a fine of $75.00 and court costs. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-21 |
| #49 | S0005 | Introduced | Requires individual health insurers, large group health insurers and small employer health insurers to provide coverage for ten (10) categories of essential health benefits listed in the act. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-19 Placed on Senate Calendar (01/26/2021) |
| #50 | H5001 | Introduced | Criminalizes and sets mandatory minimum felony sentences for the unlawful interference with traffic upon the federal and state highways of this state. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-08 |
