| H5358 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires returns of a marriage certificate to be filed within two (2) business days after the ceremony, and would validate the common practice of filing the return by mail.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5486 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that penalties or restitution payments for larceny or campaign expenditure reporting violations be deposited into the general fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5500 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits certain social media companies from censoring users speech by either removal of the user's speech or using algorithms to prevent the user's speech.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S0359 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the statute imposing a fine not to exceed twenty dollars ($20.00) on a person robbing or drawing a fishpot, weir or net belonging to another person.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0355 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals several criminal offenses pertaining to three (3) bridges, including the Crawford Street Bridge, the Apponaug River Bridge, and the Pawtuxet Falls Bridge.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5444 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Rhode Island global warming solutions act to reduce carbon emissions across various sectors of the local economy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-28
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| H5303 | Intro
Sine Die | Gives cities and towns the option of entirely exempting the homestead of a disabled veteran or their surviving spouse from taxation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-28
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| H5776 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes "Digital Asset Business Act". Regulates virtual-currency. Exempts virtual-currency from securities requirements and taxation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-28
To House Finance Committee |
| H5254 | Intro
Sine Die | Names a certain portion of Sand Hill Cove Road in Narragansett, "E. Richard Durfee Road".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-28
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| S0349 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals sections of the general laws dealing with grading of various qualities of mackerel and the sale or export of pickled fish not approved or branded.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0520 | Pass | Senate Resolution Commemorating The "hez Advocacy Day" On February 28, 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-28
Senate read and passed |
| H5445 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for the authorized taking of mushrooms from public lands.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-28
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| S0348 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals several sections of the general laws regarding the pickling, packaging, sorting, and branding of pickled fish.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0521 | Pass | Senate Resolution Extending Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Lucia Norma Ricci-curcio
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-28
Senate read and passed |
| H5790 | Pass | House Resolution Proclaiming April 16, 2019, To The "healthcare Decisions Day" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-28
House read and passed |
| H5447 | Intro
Sine Die | Mandates minimum levels of biobased product in heating oil.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-28
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| S0354 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the provision of the general laws that require baskets of charcoal be sealed by the sealer of weights and measures of the town where the person so using the basket resides, or of the town where the charcoal is measured for sale.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5446 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes changes to the membership of the energy facilities siting board by increasing the size of the board from three (3) to seven (7) members for certain applications, and also imposes additional requirements on applicants for energy facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-28
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| S0350 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the requirement that city and town councils appoint an inspector or saleratus, bicarbonate of soda, and cream of tartar in order to test for adulterated product, and eliminates the fine for any person selling such adulterated product.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0363 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals Chapter 46-11 which prohibits the taking of seaweed by anyone not a resident of the town of Barrington and imposes fines for doing so.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0352 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals § 11-12-4 of the general laws that prohibits a person from being a second at a duel that results in the infliction of a mortal wound.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0362 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals § 11-12-1 of the general laws that prohibits engaging in a duel with a dangerous weapon.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0358 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals § 11-12-3 of the general laws that prohibits a Rhode Island resident from engaging in a duel outside the state that results in a mortal wound.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0519 | Pass | Senate Resolution Honoring And Thanking Angel Jimenez Of Providence For His Alertness In Noticing There Was A Fire Taking Place At Hasbro Children's Hospital And Immediately Notifying His Mother
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-28
Senate read and passed |
| S0356 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the section of the law authorizing the impoundment of at large animals in private ways in Newport.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0357 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the licensing requirements for certain shows or exhibitions occurring on Sundays within certain designated cities and/or towns.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0361 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the requirement that phone books contain a "Warning" that refusal to relinquish, or damage a phone in certain circumstances may be a crime.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0364 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals § 11-22-11 which prohibits the testing of the speed of a horse on a public highway and the applicable fine.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0360 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the prohibition of the general laws regarding the removal of gravel or the deposit of debris from Easton's Beach, the enforcement provisions thereto, and the bounds of Easton's Beach.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5051 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the division of motor vehicles to issue courtesy veterans' plates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-28
To House Special Legislation Committee |
| S0351 | Intro
Sine Die | Removes auctioneers, corders of wood and fence viewers as subjects of this violation and would set forth the penalty for impersonating the town sealer of weights and measures.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0353 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals § 11-12-2 of the general laws that prohibits a person from challenging another to a duel with a dangerous weapon and from accepting such a challenge.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0393 | Pass | Senate Resolution Proclaiming The Month Of March 2019, To Be "arts In The Schools Month"
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-27
Senate read and passed |
| S0417 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates and funds a study on the impact of the use of marijuana in this state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-27
To Senate Finance Committee |
| H5710 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes the practice of aiding a minor in the process of getting an abortion a civil and criminal offense.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5073 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits declawing on a cat or other animal, unless a licensed veterinarian has determined that the procedure is necessary for a therapeutic purpose.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-27
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S0422 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the state estate tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-27
To Senate Finance Committee |
| H5611 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a universal, comprehensive, affordable single-payer health care insurance program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-27
To House Finance Committee |
| H5267 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits a medical school in this state from using a live animal while teaching medical procedures if there is an alternate teaching method utilized by at least one accredited school in the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-27
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H5615 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that the tax administrator credit electronic sales and use tax payments made electronically exactly when received.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-27
To House Finance Committee |
| H5203 | Intro
Sine Die | Prevents promulgating any regulation discriminating against/giving preference to the number/percentage of participants receiving adult day care services based upon their age/age group.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-27
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H5361 | 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] | 2019-02-27
To House Labor Committee |
| H5346 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the definition of employees for purposes of the fair employment practices chapter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-27
To House Labor Committee |
| H5356 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows for the extension of child support obligations for non-custodial parents beyond emancipation if the children are attending a two (2) or four (4) year college and still live with the custodial parent until such children reach the age of (21).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S0511 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes the arbitrator's decision binding on all matters pertaining to certified public school teachers and municipal employees, including those matters involving the expenditure of money.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-27
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S0430 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the "student equal economic opportunity act" which would allow students who meet certain requirements to be exempt from paying nonresident tuition at Rhode Island universities, colleges or community colleges.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-27
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0270 | Intro
Sine Die | Reduces the number of water quality fund classes from three to two.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-27
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| S0415 | Intro
Sine Die | Senate Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study The Effect Of Wind Turbines On All Marine Life (creates A 5 Member Commission To Study The Effect Of Wind Turbines On All Marine Life, And Report Back To The Senate By February 11, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-27
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| H5439 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes the fair employment practices act expressly applicable to individuals elected to state public officer or any political subdivision thereof and would provide civil liability for a person who directly or indirectly violates the chapter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-27
To House Labor Committee |
| S0432 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds the Judiciary's Indirect Cost Recovery – Supreme Court, Victims' Rights Information, RI Supreme Court Disciplinary Counsel and Small Claims Mediation accounts to the list of restricted receipt accounts which are not subject to indirect cost re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-27
To Senate Finance Committee |
