| H5035 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a special motor vehicle registration plate for The Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-22
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| H5482 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows the family court, after a fact-finding hearing establishing paternity, including the use of DNA, to terminate the parental rights of a person convicted of sexual assault which resulted in the birth of a child.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H6110 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the imposition of administrative penalties against a school district that fails to link the school district's bullying policy on the homepage of the school district's website.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-22
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S0558 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the state to phase in the use of zero emission vehicles beginning in 2020 using state fleet replacement revolving loan funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-21
Committee heard and continued |
| S0830 | Intro
Sine Die | Limited compassion centers to purchase marijuana for resale as medical marijuana.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0669 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the city of Newport to impose an additional two percent (2%) real estate transfer tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-21
Committee heard and continued |
| H6128 | Intro
Sine Die | Streamlines process for municipal retirement plans to join MERS by providing flexible funding policies/enables investment commission/general treasurer to invest closed plan assets for maximum efficiency/safety/liquidity.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-20
To House Finance Committee |
| S0738 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Rhode Island health insurance market stability and consumer protection act in order to update state law to reflect current insurance standards, practice and regulation to maintain market stability.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-20
To House Finance Committee |
| S0055 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes small business development fund to encourage formation of private capital investment in underserved small businesses with annual report and termination after 6 years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-20
To House Finance Committee |
| S0747 | Pass | Removes the overtime exemption for firefighters unless they are paid at the rate of one and one-half (1 1/2) times their regular rate for all hours worked in excess of forty-two (42) hours.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-17
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H5174 | Pass | Serves as the enabling act for the Providence Public Buildings Authority school housing projects to be eligible for state housing aid reimbursement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-17
Signed by Governor |
| S0748 | Pass | Removes the overtime exemption for firefighters and rescue service personnel employed by the cities and towns.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-17
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0847 | Pass | Serves as the enabling act for the Providence Public Buildings Authority school housing projects to be eligible for state housing aid reimbursement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-17
Signed by Governor |
| H5662 | Pass | Removes the overtime exemption for firefighters unless they are paid at the rate of one and one-half (1 1/2) times their regular rate for all hours worked in excess of forty-two (42) hours.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-17
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H5663 | Pass | Removes the overtime exemption for firefighters and rescue service personnel employed by the cities and towns.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-17
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H5843 | Pass | Allows Charles Krohn Fipshaw to join Rory Bagwell Clark and Stephen Mitchell Miller in marriage on or about June 8, 2019, within the Town of New Shoreham, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-16
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H5824 | Pass | Allows Andrea Bolton to join Megan Elizabeth Chapman and Nicholas Jerome Leary in marriage on or about August 31, 2019, within the Town of Johnston, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-16
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H6064 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes process to set maximum contaminate levels of polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-16
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| S0153 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the department of motor vehicles to issue driving privilege licenses and driving privilege permits to applicants unable to establish lawful presence in the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5866 | Pass | Allows Evan Chernov to join Allison Chernov and Marland Hobbs in marriage on or about May 26, 2019, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-16
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H5881 | Pass | Allows Andrew James Bucci to join Nicole Marie Bucci and Daniel Michael MacDonald in marriage on or about May 17, 2020, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-16
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H5889 | Pass | Allows Samuel Dillavou to join Colleen Weber and Spencer Frenchman in marriage on or about June 29, 2019, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-16
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H6100 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a provisional educator certification to be issued by the board of education to teachers who meet qualifications set by the board and who shall be subject to supervisory conditions set by the board.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S0836 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a mechanism for employees to enforce their existing right to continuation of medical benefits, reinstatement of status and benefits after returning from being a temporary caregiver and relating to Sunday wage laws.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To Senate Labor Committee |
| H5877 | Intro
Sine Die | Helps expedite the payments made to subcontractors for work they perform on state contracts. It would also establish a new process to help minority business enterprises collect for their work on state contracts from their prime contractors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To House Finance Committee |
| S0790 | Intro
Sine Die | Expedites a victim of domestic abuse eligibility for and receipt of unemployment benefits by removing the waiting period and other impediments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To Senate Labor Committee |
| H5218 | Intro
Sine Die | Substitutes the office of health insurance commissioner for the director of business regulation as the overseer of health insurance claims and sets forth guidelines to use to determine whether substantial compliance has been met.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To House Finance Committee |
| H5875 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes CCRI, RIC, URI to sell obsolete/discarded/surplus technology to students at a discounted price with monies collected used to purchase updated electronic equipment/technology.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To House Finance Committee |
| H5370 | Intro
Sine Die | Extends the reimbursement to a school district or municipality for the employment of a new hire school resource officer from a period of three (3) years to ongoing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To House Finance Committee |
| S0835 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits an employer, employment agency, labor organization, or employee, to commit any act declared to be an unlawful employment practice; individuals would be held personally liable for such conduct.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S0615 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits employer discrimination against medical marijuana cardholders testing positive, allows for civil remedies for medical marijuana cardholders experiencing discrimination, provides state as sole regulator for compassion centers/medical marijua...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To Senate Labor Committee |
| H5402 | Intro
Sine Die | Expands the health services council from twelve (12) to twenty-four (24) members and amends the hospital conversion act relative to disclosure.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To House Finance Committee |
| H5582 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides the office of the health insurance commissioner with oversight of risk-bearing provider organizations and health care risk contracts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To House Finance Committee |
| H5106 | Intro
Sine Die | Expands the tiered-rate structure for childcare assistance program to meet federal benchmark for access to high-quality childcare for all age groups of children.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To House Finance Committee |
| S0507 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for the release of unperfected mechanics' liens by the filing of an affidavit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S0373 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits employees who are covered by employer sponsored disability insurance programs to elect to be exempt from the state temporary disability insurance program, provided the employer has submitted documentation to the director confirming such cover...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S0726 | Intro
Sine Die | Comprehensively amends the state's apprenticeship laws to make them easier to understand and be more consistent with each other and applicable federal regulations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To House Corporations Committee |
| H5011 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies the status of pilot payments to the town of Exeter in view of its not presently having a police department.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To House Finance Committee |
| S0405 | Intro
Sine Die | Defines the term "farm products" for the purposes of enforcement and regulation of the agricultural functions of the department of environmental management.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| S0614 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts newspaper deliverers from the minimum wage laws.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To Senate Labor Committee |
| H5626 | Intro
Sine Die | Awards all pension system members 3% COLA applied to first $50,000 of retirement allowance annually exp. 1/1/20 provided prior year investment return gains 10% or more until fund is 80% funded.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To House Finance Committee |
| H5617 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the definition of "dependent child" and allows an additional year of vocational education upon successful completion of the first year of education at CCRI.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To House Finance Committee |
| H5783 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for a statewide real time threat notification system for schools administered by the department of public safety.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H5916 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Rhode Island health insurance market stability and consumer protection act in order to update state law to reflect current insurance standards, practice and regulation to maintain market stability.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To House Finance Committee |
| H5858 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the general assembly to appropriate not less than $5,000,000 annually in capital financing for affordable housing development.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To House Finance Committee |
| S0617 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires state contracted human services providers to pay his or her employees a minimum hourly wage no less than one hundred forty-four percent (144%) of the state minimum wage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S0713 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires builders on state public school contracts $5,000,000 or more to have 15% of the labor performed by apprentices, and sets forth other consequential requirements for such contracts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To House Finance Committee |
| H5933 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a restricted receipt account for all 911 funds and requires that they be used solely for the operation of the 911 system. Authorizes the PUC to reduce 911 surcharges to the extent they exceed the sums needed to operate the 911 system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To House Finance Committee |
| S0714 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the workforce board to fund a non-trade apprenticeship incentive program in fisheries.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To House Finance Committee |
| H6099 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the council on elementary and secondary education to implement a teacher assessment and evaluation system which emphasizes the alignment of instruction delivered to the state's standards.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-15
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
