| H5484 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the definition of the term "aftermarket part" to refer to all motor vehicle replacement parts, excluding windshields, rear and side windows, and any other vehicular glass, and amends the title of chapter 10.2 to reference the change.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-04
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| H5501 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes procedures for the licensing of naturopathic physicians, and defines the practice of naturopathic medicine.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-04
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5197 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the labeling of all raw and packaged food that is entirely or partially produced with genetic engineering, commencing January 1, 2016.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-04
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5380 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the practice of naturopathic medicine subject to oversight by the director of the department of health.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-04
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5502 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all food businesses, with the exception of restaurant's, who have gross sales of over $500,000 to post a sign informing their customers that all there food products contain modified organisms, unless there labels say otherwise.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-04
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5006 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates an economic hardship relief fund from penalties imposed on contractors for past due construction projects to be paid to business owners who can show a decline in revenue as a result of the past due completion of a road or bridge project.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5427 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that municipal insurance corporations be regulated by the Rhode Island department of business regulation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5378 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the sale and/or delivery of hearing aids directly to the consumer through the internet or direct mail, and provides for criminal penalties for violations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5342 | Intro
Sine Die | House Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study The Efficiency And Cost Of Snow Removal From State And Local Roads (creates A 5 Member Study Commission To Study The Efficacy And Fiscal Impact And Outlay From Snow Removal On State ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5303 | Intro
Sine Die | Decreases the interest on civil action money damage judgments from twelve percent (12%) per annum to six percent (6%) per annum.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5466 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the imprisonment penalty for a malicious injury or killing of an animal from 2 to 5 years. Also, imposes an additional assessment if it can be proven that the convicted person is found to have committed said offense in the presence of a chi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5324 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires governor to submit a zero-based budget, to be phased out in over five (5) years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5726 | Intro
Sine Die | Reduces the motion picture production tax credit from 25% to 22.5% and would further provide that the credit be issued in the form of a rebate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| H5235 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that the governor submit a zero based budget to the general assembly. The zero based budget would be phased in over a five (5) year period.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5355 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that only one registration plate be issued per vehicle.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5482 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires HIE advisory commission with making strategic plan/recommendations to department of health for standards/infrastructure for EHR systems interoperability.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5252 | Intro
Sine Die | Changes the real property tax exemption for St. Andrew's School to five (5) acres.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| H5377 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits home inspectors or associate home inspectors from entering into contracts limiting their liability to less than $500,000.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5230 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the office of management and budget to develop a plan to implement a centralized administrative hearing agency.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5414 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires a court of competent jurisdiction to order the appointment of an animal care advocate where animal cruelty is at issue.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5401 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all commercial haulers of solid waste to be licensed by DBR, renewable every 5 years with penalties for violations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5424 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits any person under twenty-one (21) years of age from a nightclub where alcoholic beverages are served.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5430 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes it a disciplinary offense for a veterinarian’s failure to return an animal after treatment, solely because of an unpaid bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5305 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that interest on judgments would accrue from the date of the filing of the civil action and not the date the cause of action accrued. This would also apply to medical malpractice claims.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5097 | Intro
Sine Die | Delays the issuance of license plates from 9/1/15 to 9/1/17 and provides owners with option to retain current plates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5425 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires health insurers to maintain accurate and up-to-date directories of all in-network providers, and to provide that information to plan enrollees. This act would take effect upon passage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5400 | Intro
Sine Die | House Resolution Creating A Special House Commission To Study The Feasibility Of Utilizing Self-service Kiosks In Lieu Of Beach Fees At Rhode Island State Beach Parking Lots
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5717 | Intro
Sine Die | Reduces the historic structure tax credit and would further provide that the credit be issued in the form of a rebate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| H5376 | Intro
Sine Die | Expand the open enrollment period of all Medicare supplement insurance policies, or Medigap so that applications would be accepted anytime throughout the year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-02
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| H5734 | Intro
Sine Die | Reinstates the residential renewable energy system tax credit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
To House Finance Committee |
| H5316 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts school bus drivers laid off at the end of the school year, who have an agreement for or with a call-back date at the start of the next term, from the usual eligibility requirements for receipt of unemployment benefits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5232 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that child support garnishment be paid first before any other garnishment including a garnishment for the payment of taxes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5728 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits legal notice by way of a department of administration authorized website.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
To House Finance Committee |
| H5476 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the disposal of any recyclable materials and/or recyclable waste in the central landfill per any rules or regulations promulgated by the Rhode Island resource recovery corporation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5233 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the minimum amount of a state purchase subject to competitive bidding.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5320 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study The Actual And Potential Effects Of Ocean Acidification On Rhode Island (creates A Special Legislative Study Commission To Study And Report On Effects Of Ocean Acidification On Rhode...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5005 | Intro
Sine Die | Enables the authority to work with MBTA to allow commuter rail passes to be used on RIPTA buses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5351 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for periodic drug and alcohol testing for operators of government vehicles and prescribe penalties for those testing positive.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5523 | Intro
Sine Die | Reduces the licensing fee to $500 for any distillery producing less than 50,000 gallons per year and grants a tax exemption to distilleries doing business in RI for at least 12 months.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5150 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires, prior to the award of authority, that all bidders for public works contracts provide a list of the subcontractors to be utilized.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5716 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides municipality or LEA with A rating or better with any of primary rating agencies and can issue and sell bonds on open market without general assembly approval or being issued through Rhode Island health and educational building corporation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
To House Finance Committee |
| H5228 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the "Student Equal Economic Opportunity Act" which would identify those students who are exempt from paying nonresident tuition at public universities, colleges or community colleges.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5659 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the requirement of notice to husband of a patient before an abortion procedure.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5648 | Intro
Sine Die | Require that an ultrasound fetal image be made of every fetus about to be aborted for review by the woman seeking the abortion, and would add language which makes it clear that a woman can refuse an abortion.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5273 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation to consider the use of incineration as a method to dispose of solid waste.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5363 | Intro
Sine Die | Seeks to prohibit employers from demanding payment or deductions from a tip or service charge given to waitstaff, prohibiting tip pools and would require that any service charge imposed by an employer be remitted to the service staff.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5172 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires municipalities that fail to make required contributions to their locally administered pension funds, to use any budget surplus they may have to make up for their delinquent contributions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| H5722 | Intro
Sine Die | Lowers the sales and use tax rates to five percent (5%).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
To House Finance Committee |
| H5415 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the “Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act” for the purpose of regulating the official publication of legal material in an electronic record.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| H5144 | Intro
Sine Die | Mandates that RIPTA provide basic transit services to all cities and towns with the exception of the town of New Shoreham.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
