| S2675 | Engross
Sine Die | Include the majority leader of the senate as a member of the joint committee on legislative services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-20
Senate read and passed |
| S2666 | Engross
Sine Die | Add court magistrates to the list of covered public officials that are protected from felonious threats.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-20
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2565 | Engross
Sine Die | Require that for every marriage license, an additional fee of forty-six dollars ($46.00) shall be charged of which forty-four dollars ($44.00) would go to the Rhode Island Coalition against Domestic Violence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-20
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2887 | Engross
Sine Die | Require parents or guardians of minors seeking to obtain an operating license to attend a course on the content of driver education curriculum and graduated licensing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2218 | Engross
Sine Die | Give all state income tax return filers the option to have their tax refund directly deposited into their bank account
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
To House Finance Committee |
| S2219 | Engross
Sine Die | Implement fraud and waste detection and reduction solutions within the state Medicaid, RIte Care and RIte Share programs
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
To House Finance Committee |
| S2325 | Engross
Sine Die | Direct the office of management and budget to develop a plan to implement a centralized administrative hearing agency
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2322 | Engross
Sine Die | Provide that for any child attending the East Providence campus of Bradley Hospital, the child's residence district and/or sending district would be responsible for reimbursement to the school department of the city of East Providence
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S3099 | Engross
Sine Die | This act authorizes the town of Lincoln to establish the Lincoln Water Commission as a department of the town.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| S3091 | Engross
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Extending The Reporting And Expiration Dates And Amending The Name Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study The Purchase And Use Of Textbooks In Public Schools (this Would Rename Commission To Study The Purchase And Use Of Text...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S3122 | Engross
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study Regional Energy (this Resolution Creates A Six Member Commission To Monitor And Assess Regional Energy Challenges And Opportunities, And Who Would Report Any Findings To The General ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| S2041 | Engross
Sine Die | Act names a portion of Sand Hill Cove Road in Narragansett, "Durfee Way"
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-17
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| S3083 | Engross
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study Motor Fuel Tax (this Resolution Creates An Eight Member Study Commission To Study And Make Recommendations On The Elimination Of The Motor Fuel Tax And Who Would Report Back By March...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-17
To House Finance Committee |
| S2969 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorize the higher education assistance authority and the governor's workforce board to perform a study of the feasibility of establishing a state administered lifelong learning savings account program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-17
To House Finance Committee |
| S2255 | Engross
Sine Die | Rename the bridge in the city of Providence known as the I-195 Providence River Bridge: No. 1181. It shall hereafter be named and known as the William D. Warner Memorial Bridge
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-17
To House Finance Committee |
| S2733 | Engross
Sine Die | Name the newly relocated and reconstructed Winslow Field Recreation Complex in Warwick the "Dr. Kathleen Hittner Sports Complex at Winslow Park."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-17
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| S2582 | Engross
Sine Die | Establish certain presumptions concerning the use of electricity, gas or other fuel furnished by a public utility for the purpose of computing sales and use taxes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-12
To House Finance Committee |
| S2779 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibit employers from discriminating against employees due to pregnancy or medical conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-12
To House Labor Committee |
| S3085 | Engross
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study The Challenges Facing Commercial Development And The Redevelopment Of Historic Buildings In Rhode Island (this Would Create A 13 Member Commission To Study The Challenges Facing Comm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-12
To House Finance Committee |
| S2950 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires state board of education to adopt a competency and proficiency based learning policy to increase program applicants for students to earn credits through the demonstration of competency.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-12
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S2415 | Engross
Sine Die | Enables the department of employment security to recover all overpayments made due to claimant's fraud and imposes duties relative to notice and determination of benefits or eligibility for waiting period credits on the director of labor and training...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-12
To House Labor Committee |
| S2825 | Engross
Sine Die | Sets reimbursement rates for participating in the non-trade apprenticeship program and permits the human resource development council to establish rules and regulations for the program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-12
To House Labor Committee |
| S2946 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the director of labor and training to consider representatives from industries participating in non-trade apprenticeship programs when making appointments to the apprenticeship council.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-12
To House Labor Committee |
| S2858 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the office of regulatory reform to review state and local regulatory and permitting processes and provide online maps, flow charts, and other visualizations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-11
Committee recommends passage in concurrence |
| S2417 | Engross
Sine Die | Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution Of The State (governor And Lieutenant Governor To Appear Jointly On The Ballot)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-10
Committee recommends passage in concurrence |
| S2602 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarify the criminal offense of human trafficking. This act would also revise the procedures governing forfeitures of proceeds seized from human trafficking.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2601 | Engross
Sine Die | Require the department of children, youth and families to provide the family court with transition plans and the child would continue under the jurisdiction of the family court until he or she turns twenty-one (21) years of age.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-05
To House Finance Committee |
| S2545 | Engross
Sine Die | Eliminate the responsibility of the division of public buildings, and the department of administration to acquire suitable courtrooms for the sessions of the district court.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-05-29
Placed on House Calendar |
| S2880 | Engross
Sine Die | Include any individually identifiable evaluations of public school superintendents, administrators, principals, teachers and all other school employees as a public record.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-05-28
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2385 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a nondiscriminatory clause under the children's bill of rights for all children who are under the supervision of the department of children, youth, and families
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-05-28
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S2691 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the DEM director to approve the new location and manner of relocation of animals displaced from facilities that had their license or registration revoked.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-05-22
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2881 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarify the distinction between dissolution of a corporation and revocation of its charter and the results of such events.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-05-21
To House Corporations Committee |
| S2635 | Engross
Sine Die | Permit the settlor of a revocable trust to provide for a person other than the trustee to direct actions of the trust.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-05-21
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2688 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a new position within the water resources division of DEM which would have oversight over all freshwater lakes, streams, and ponds within the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-05-15
To House Finance Committee |
| S2267 | Engross
Sine Die | Require the director of environmental management to identify critical areas for improving service to customers doing business with the department
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-05-15
To House Finance Committee |
| S2646 | Engross
Sine Die | Increase imprisonment penalties for driving so as to endanger, resulting in death and driving so as to endanger resulting in personal injury. This act would also create a new criminal offense of dui resulting in personal injury.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-05-15
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2514 | Engross
Sine Die | Enable a dentist to be issued a limited registration to engage in the practice of dentistry if the dentist holds a position that is a CODA-accredited post-doctoral dental education program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-05-08
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S2281 | Engross
Sine Die | Create the joint committee of the repealer for a term of five (5) years to compile suggestions for repeal of statutes, regulations, and executive orders received from citizens, businesses, and government agencies
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-05-07
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2731 | Engross
Sine Die | This act will change the currently observed date for Vietnam Veteran's Day from May 15 to March 29 every year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-17
To House Veterans Affairs Committee |
| S2655 | Engross
Sine Die | Require that any sentence imposed for the crime of assault with bodily fluid would run consecutively to, and not concurrently with, any sentence previously imposed
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-17
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2649 | Engross
Sine Die | Increase the statute of limitations for unlawful appropriation from three (3) years to ten (10) years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2029 | Engross
Sine Die | Provide that if a person has been convicted of first or second degree murder but has not been sentenced to life in prison, then that convict must serve at least 50% of that sentence prior to being eligible for parole consideration
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-18
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2099 | Engross
Sine Die | Require parole board members be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-18
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2284 | Engross
Sine Die | Include interest earned on moneys held in a prisoner’s account as part of the prisoner’s funds to be turned over upon release from the prison
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-18
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2084 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorize police officers to provide a verbal warning to a person who is smoking in a vehicle containing a child who is restrained or required to be restrained
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2268 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorize the city of Pawtucket to issue not more than $3,500,000 general obligation bonds and notes to evidence loans from the municipal road and bridge revolving loan fund administered by the RI Clean Water Finance Agency
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-13
To House Finance Committee |
| S2015 | Engross
Sine Die | Require dry cleaners either to post a list containing the retail price charged for each type of garment except for garments requiring special handling, or display a printed leaflet or flyer listing these prices in a conspicuous location
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-02-26
To House Small Business Committee |
| S2155 | Engross
Sine Die | Allow the governor to designate any person not having a felony criminal record to solemnize a marriage. The secretary of state would promulgate rules to implement this designation. The certificate for said designation would cost $150
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-02-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
