| H6426 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the Rhode Island Life Science Hub, a quasi-public corporate body and agency of the state to coordinate life science initiatives on behalf of Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-23
To House Finance Committee |
| H6431 | Pass | House Resolution Recognizing And Congratulating The Members And Coach Of The East Greenwich High School Team On Their 1st Place Victory At The 40th Rhode Island Academic Decathlon
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-23
House read and passed |
| H6430 | Pass | House Resolution Proclaiming May 23, 2023, As "rhode Island Community Health Center Day"
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-23
House read and passed |
| H6432 | Pass | House Resolution Honoring The 30 Year Anniversary Of The Restoration Of The Rose Island Lighthouse, And The Rose Island Lighthouse And Fort Hamilton Trust, For Their Ongoing Contribution To Environmental Conservation And Education And Acknowledging T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-23
House read and passed |
| H6405 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $22,775,000 To The Rhode Island Airport Corporation For Repairs To The Pier At 1390 Roger Williams Way, North Kingstown, Ri 02852 (the Former Aircraft Carrier Pier) (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-23
To House Finance Committee |
| H6373 | Pass | House Resolution Extending The Reporting And Expiration Dates Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study And Review The Cost And Status Of The State Of Rhode Island Owned, Vacant, And Abandoned Properties And Provide Recommendations For Methods T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-23
House read and passed |
| H5780 | Pass | Reduces the fee for an original driver privilege card from fifty dollars ($50.00) to twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-23
Signed by Governor |
| H5379 | Pass | Amends the Harrisville fire district charter to allow the district to provide rescue services in addition to fire suppression, medical and ambulance services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-23
Signed by Governor |
| H6327 | Intro
Sine Die | Mandates that the work week be reduced to thirty-two hours and rate of pay for a thirty-two (32) hour workweek would remain the same as the rate of pay for forty hours.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-22
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| H6421 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires helmets be worn by all riders, regardless of age, while riding any electric bicycle or electric motorized bicycle.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-19
To House Corporations Committee |
| H5039 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the maximum post retirement employment earnings from eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000) to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) a year for certain retired educators.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
To House Finance Committee |
| H6019 | Intro
Sine Die | House Resolution Supporting The Reinstatement Of Rhode Island State Worker Pensioners Cost-of-living Adjustments (colas)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
To House Finance Committee |
| H6417 | Pass | House Resolution Proclaiming The Week Of May 14 Through May 20, 2023, To Be "national Police Week" In The State Of Rhode Island, In Remembrance Of All The Police And Law Enforcement Officers Who Have Lost Their Lives In The Line Of Duty
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
House read and passed |
| H6355 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends Class Three tax classification for Newport to include non-owner occupied residential properties used as short-term rentals for tourist or transient use, applicable to tax assessments on or after December 31, 2023.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| H6017 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows members of retirement systems who also served in the national guard or reserves to purchase retirement services credits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
To House Finance Committee |
| H5914 | Pass | Requires conservation and preservation restrictions to be liberally interpreted in favor of the grants awarded.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
Signed by Governor |
| H6416 | Pass | House Resolution Honoring And Celebrating "armed Forces Day" On May 20th, 2023, In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
House read and passed |
| H6043 | Pass | Expands child support interception of insurance payments to include life insurance proceeds payable to non-custodial parents who are the beneficiaries of the policy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
Signed by Governor |
| H5092 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows teachers, state and municipal employees to retire upon the earlier of reaching age sixty (60) with thirty (30) years of service or the employee's retirement eligibility date under present state statutes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
To House Finance Committee |
| H5403 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds the administrator of community confinement and the home confinement coordinator in the state retirement system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
To House Finance Committee |
| H6418 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Condolences
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
House read and passed |
| H5263 | Pass | Provides a tax abatement of up to $2,000 to Jamestown firefighters based upon years of service, quantity of calls responded to and number of training hours and is transferrable to a surviving spouse until remarriage or death.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
Signed by Governor |
| H6118 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides a retired teacher with 4% COLA increase for 10 years, reduced by every COLA year received, on the first $60,000 of retirement allowance. After totaling 10 years of adjustments, the annual increase shall be reduced to 3% until death.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
To House Finance Committee |
| H5783 | Pass | Authorizes the city of Providence to enter into a thirty (30) year tax exemption agreement relating to the Port of Providence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
Signed by Governor |
| H6415 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of The Honorable Bryan K. Wilson
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
House read and passed |
| H6006 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides a one-time allowance of five hundred dollars ($500) for eligible members of the employees' retirement system of Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
To House Finance Committee |
| H6207 | Intro
Sine Die | Awards all pension system members 3% COLA applied to first $50,000 of retirement allowance annually exp.1/1/24 provided prior year investment return gains 10% or more until fund is 80% funded.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
To House Finance Committee |
| H6185 | Pass | Amends the election laws to change certain deadlines for declarations of candidacy, party disaffiliation and submission of nomination papers for special federal elections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
Signed by Governor |
| H6260 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows individuals receiving state pensions to serve on fire and utility district boards. Provides for no reporting of compensation levels or hours worked to any state agency except for tax purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
To House Finance Committee |
| H6295 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides all retired teachers and all retired state employees a one-time stipend in the amount of 3% of the lesser of either the member's retirement allowance or the $30,000 of the member's retirement allowance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
To House Finance Committee |
| H6419 | Pass | House Resolution Extending Congratulations
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
House read and passed |
| H5381 | Pass | Amends the composition of the Fort Adams foundation to include a representative from the division of parks and recreation in place of a member of the public.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
Signed by Governor |
| H6420 | Pass | House Resolution Congratulating Tyler Kolek Of Cumberland, Rhode Island, On His Outstanding Season With The Marquette University Basketball Team, And For Leading The Golden Eagles Into The Second Round Of The Ncaa Tournament
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
House read and passed |
| H5038 | Intro
Sine Die | Restores the cost of living allowance (COLA) to state employees, and/or their beneficiaries, who retired prior to July 1, 2012.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
To House Finance Committee |
| H5006 | Pass | Provides for abortion coverage in the Medicaid program and repeal the abortion coverage exclusion for state employee insurance plans.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
Signed by Governor |
| H5404 | Intro
Sine Die | Compensates pre-2011 retirees with a non-compounded one-time adjustment for the difference in benefits between 2011 and 2023. Provides a COLA for the year 2024 and every year thereafter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
To House Finance Committee |
| H5240 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that the current COLA suspension schedule would be replaced with a fractional annual COLA of twenty-five percent (25%) of the COLA declared for that plan year, as it pertains to retired teachers, state and municipal employees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
To House Finance Committee |
| H5812 | Intro
Sine Die | Effective July 1, 2023, entitle environmental police officers to the benefits provided by chapter 21.2 of title 45 entitled "Optional retirement for members of police force and firefighters."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
To House Finance Committee |
| H5317 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows any peace officer working in a Rhode Island school as a full or part-time resource officer to work in excess of the seventy-five (75) working days in a calendar year, and not have an interruption in their benefits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
To House Finance Committee |
| H6254 | Pass | House Resolution Extending The Reporting And Expiration Dates Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study The Effects And Impact That Hybrid And Virtual Learning Employed During The Pandemic Has Had On The Achievement Rates Of Children In Kinderga...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
House read and passed |
| H5984 | Intro
Sine Die | Includes the deputy chief of inspection and inspector within the provision of law relating to retirement on service allowance relating to correctional officers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
To House Finance Committee |
| H6195 | Pass | To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of Sisters, Inc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
Signed by Governor |
| H6306 | Pass | To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of Featherbed Estates Homeowners Association, Inc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
Signed by Governor |
| H5641 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides state employee public safety professionals with parity to municipal public safety employees in the state/municipal retirement systems eff. 7/1/23 with 10% contribution.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
To House Finance Committee |
| H5194 | Intro
Sine Die | Restores longevity payments of five percent (5%) of base salary for employees after ten (10) years of service and increase to ten percent (10%) of base salary after twenty (20) years of service, beginning July 1, 2023.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
To House Finance Committee |
| H6117 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows members who retired before January 1, 2023 to receive two stipends of five hundred dollars ($500).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
To House Finance Committee |
| H6184 | Pass | Validates and ratifies amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of Warren, adopted and approved on November 8, 2022.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
Signed by Governor |
| H5643 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits retired state employees to receive mileage and wages equal to that of full-time members of the board or commission but in no event shall it be greater than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
To House Finance Committee |
| H6314 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $125,000 To The Rhode Island Department Of Environmental Management (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $125,000 To The Dem To Fund Engineering And Architectural Analyses For In...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| H6414 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $300,000 To Roger Williams University For The Roger Williams University Law School Business Start-up Clinic (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $300,000 To Roger Williams Univer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
