| RI | H5533 | Intro
25% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- STATE AID - Reinstates general revenue sharing of state aid among the 39 cities and towns in Rhode Island. The initial amount is based upon population, and increased annually thereafter based on the increase in the Consumer Price ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5520 | Intro
25% | ELECTIONS -- ELECTION OF ELECTORAL COLLEGE ELECTORS - Changes the manner by which presidential electoral college electors are elected and create a system of grouping of municipalities of equal populations, one of each of Rhode Island's electoral vote...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H5521 | Intro
25% | GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- REDISTRICTING COMMISSION - Creates a redistricting commission to act every ten (10) years to adopt a redistricting plan for all general assembly and congressional districts. It also provides for a possible right of appeal of the p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H5519 | Intro
25% | ELECTIONS -- AGREEMENT AMONG THE STATES TO ELECT THE PRESIDENT BY NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE - Repeals authorizing Rhode Island to join an interstate compact, which would allow Presidents and Vice Presidents to be elected by a national popular vote rather...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H5034 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS - Allows school committees to add item(s) not appearing in published notice to their agendas for purposes of discussion only if the revised agenda is filed with the secretary of state and posted on distri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H5231 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RHODE ISLAND UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ACT - Provides that commercial driver instruction would include industry-specific training on the recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H5387 | Intro
25% | MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' HOME - Adds “space force” to the branches of the military included in various sections of general law regarding the veterans home, veterans cemetery and the power of armed forces officers to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To House Veterans Affairs Committee |
| RI | H5474 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX - Phases in modifications to federal adjusted gross income over a four (4) year period for social security income, from twenty percent (20%) up to eighty percent (80%), beginning on or after January 1, 2026.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5449 | Intro
25% | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES - Repeals § 3-7-19 which prohibits retail liquor licenses within two hundred feet (200') of schools and religious institutions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H5445 | Intro
25% | STATUTES AND STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION -- EFFECT OF GENERAL LAWS - Directs the office of law revision to identify, on a yearly basis, any decisions or holdings of the United States Supreme Court that would require amendments to any state statutes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5455 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1990 - Defines "anti-Semitism" for the state human affairs commission to use while investigating and working to resolve complaints of discrimination and for the commission against prejudice and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H5456 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND COMMERCE CORPORATION - Requires a seventy-five percent (75%) supermajority vote by the board of directors to establish a quorum and to approve any action taken by the commerce corporation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H5025 | Intro
25% | ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS - Provides that the trapping and subsequent release of any unowned feral or free roaming cat for the purpose of spaying or neutering of the cat would not be considered abandonment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-11
Committee recommends passage |
| RI | H5215 | Intro
25% | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- UNFAIR SALES PRACTICES - Provides that health clubs must discontinue automatic deductions from the consumer's account or credit card within 30 calendar days of receiving a notice to stop from the con...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-11
Committee recommends passage |
| RI | H5414 | Pass | House Resolution Joyously Celebrating The 90th Birthday Of Robert Edward Kenahan On February 8th, 2025
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-11
House read and passed |
| RI | H5356 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DETERMINATION OF NEED FOR NEW HEALTHCARE EQUIPMENT AND NEW INSTITUTIONAL HEALTH SERVICES - Limits the application fees paid under the certificate of need program within the department of health to twenty-five thousand dollars ($2...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H5403 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- BUSINESS CORPORATION TAX - Repeals the corporation minimum tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5406 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Exempts the trade-in value of pickup trucks under eight thousand eight hundred pounds (8,800 lbs.) gross weight, used exclusively for personal use, from sales tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5355 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DETERMINATION OF NEED FOR NEW HEALTHCARE EQUIPMENT AND NEW INSTITUTIONAL HEALTH SERVICES - Repeals the certificate of need process statutes which are used by the department of health to determine the need for new health care equi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H5392 | Intro
25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM - Provides that a family eligible for cash assistance pursuant to § 40-5.2-11, shall if qualified, be provided SNAP benefits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5240 | Pass | House Resolution Commemorating The 82nd Anniversary Of The "four Chaplains", The Four Men Of God Who Sacrificed Their Lives During World War Ii So That Others Might Live
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
House read and passed |
| RI | H5213 | Pass | House Resolution Congratulating President Donald J. Trump And Vice President James David Vance On Their Election, And Recognizing The 2024 Election As An Historic Election
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
House read and passed |
| RI | H5153 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Gratitude And Appreciation To The Marzilli Family For More Than Six Decades Of Wonderful Memories And Delizioso Fine Dining At Marzilli's Old Canteen
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
House read and passed |
| RI | H5084 | Intro
25% | ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES - Adds early voting to the fifty (50) feet buffer prohibitions against politicking on election day voting.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-16
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H5015 | Intro
25% | House Resolution Amending The Rules Of The House Of Representatives For The Years 2023 And 2024 (requires That The Bill Sponsor Or Another Member Of The House Be Present In Order To Formally Present A Bill To A Committee Before Any Testimony Is Taken...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-15
To House Rules Committee |
| RI | H5011 | Intro
25% | House Resolution Amending The Rules Of The House Of Representatives For The Years 2023 And 2024 (prohibits Flags Or Banners Of Any Size From Being Displayed On Any Member's Desk Within The House Chamber.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-15
To House Rules Committee |
| RI | H5016 | Intro
25% | House Resolution Amending The Rules Of The House Of Representatives For The Years 2023-2024 (requires That All Legislative Grants Allocated To The Senate Be Distributed In Accordance With The Rules Of The Senate And That All Legislative Grants Alloca...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-15
To House Rules Committee |
| RI | H5042 | Intro
25% | FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- LICENSED ACTIVITIES - Repeals the provisions of the general laws allowing deferred deposit providers, also known as "payday lenders."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-15
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H5060 | Pass | House Resolution Commemorating January Of 2025, As "rhode Island Slavery And Human Trafficking Prevention Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-15
House read and passed |
| RI | H5063 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Rufina Delizo Rice
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-15
House read and passed |
| RI | H5022 | Intro
25% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- AWARD OF MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS - Increases the maximum state and municipal small purchase limits from $10,000 to $25,000 for construction projects and from $5,000 to $10,000 for all other state and municipal purchases.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-10
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5002 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Mary Ann Edwards
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-09
House read and passed |
| RI | H5005 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of The Honorable Thomas R. Diluglio
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-09
House read and passed |
| RI | H5003 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Timothy R. Phillips
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-09
House read and passed |
