| RI | H7759 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds roadways to the prohibited activities contained in this section and would also include grass/grass clippings.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7906 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the Rhode Island Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, prohibiting the performance or induction of an abortion of an unborn child capable of feeling pain, unless necessary to prevent serious health risk to the unborn child’s mother. Eff...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7907 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires screening for dyslexia and related disorders for public school students in grades kindergarten through grade four (K-4) and would provide for instruction in cursive writing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-26
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| RI | H7902 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires nonprofit entity exempt from real property tax to provide assessor with information every 5 yeas relating to the usage of the land/building/structures starting December 31, 2020.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-26
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | H7344 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the amount of malt beverages that a manufacturer can sell for offsite consumption from twenty-four 12 oz. And Twenty-four 16 oz. bottles or cans to Fifty-five 12 oz. and forty-one 16 oz. bottles and cans respectively.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-25
To House Small Business Committee |
| RI | H7335 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows highway contractors providing construction services to state/municipalities/RITBA to provide insurance coverage solely for vehicles used in rendering those services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-25
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7334 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides issuance of occupational licenses for military members and spouses stationed in Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-25
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7161 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes fire districts to provide for an exemption, from fire taxes, for volunteer firefighters.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-13
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | H7159 | Intro
Sine Die | Expands the definition of legitimate theaters to extend beyond the city of Newport.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-13
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | H7281 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for the authorized taking of mushrooms from public lands.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-13
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| RI | H7359 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes policy for regulation of occupations, specifying criteria for government regulation to increase opportunities, competition, protect consumers and create a process to review criminal histories to reduce offenders’ disqualifications.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7537 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminates the $2,500 appropriation for the naval militia battalion in their armory afloat, the U.S.S. Providence, and makes an annual appropriation in the amount of $2,500 to the Kingston Reds in the town of Coventry for the rental of an armory.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-12
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7536 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides a modification reducing federal adjusted gross income by allowing up to fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) of income from individual retirement accounts (IRAs) to be subtracted from the gross income.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-12
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7187 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that volunteer firefighters in the state be eligible to utilize the provisions of the state purchasing act, for the purpose of purchasing any motor vehicle.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-11
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| RI | H7501 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows for a tax credit up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) for any resident of the state that is obligated for a student loan, who is attending a college, university, or other post-secondary school in the state, and working within the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-07
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7276 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires PUC to find municipal aggregation plan would be a cost efficient system for affected customers over a 20 year period prior to approval.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-04
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7382 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides an exemption, for private detectives and private security guards, from the law banning nontransparent windshields and windows.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7404 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates an agreement to limit corporate giveaways.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-31
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7375 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that legislative grants would be awarded by senators and representatives in equal prorated shares, one half (1/2) in each chamber.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-30
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7373 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts the trade-in values of motorcycles from sales tax and would exempt from state sales tax the trade-in value of any pickup under eight thousand one hundred pounds (8100 lbs.) gross weight.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-30
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7374 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the general assembly and any governmental or quasi-governmental entity created by it, from issuing moral obligation bonds not secured by the full faith and credit of the state or revenues.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-30
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7149 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows a municipality to publish any public notice in a newspaper within the municipality or any other platform selected by the town or city council of such municipality.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-29
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7347 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that a portion of the first responders surcharge be deposited in a restricted receipt account for purposes of funding the E-911 emergency telephone system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-29
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7168 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the state medical assistance payments made to nursing homes to cover any increased costs resulting from a hike in the minimum hourly wage, benefitting some of its employees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-16
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5291 | Pass | Requires secretary of state to collect/publish governor's executive orders on website arranged by topic rather than in numerical/chronological order.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5328 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires funeral directors/agents to notify secretary of state and the chairperson of the board of canvassers upon filing death certificate for the purpose of removal from the roles of registered voters.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5448 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts recoverable plastics from materials classified as solid waste/provides for converting of recoverable plastics into valuable raw materials.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-25
Meeting postponed (06/27/2019) |
| RI | H6159 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for a limited license to be issued to HVAC service personnel to work on electrical wiring, equipment and components when servicing HVAC systems.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-24
Meeting postponed (06/24/2019) |
| RI | H6047 | Pass | Allows Calden B. Collins to join Alyssa Beth Collins and Joshua Ernest Rogers in marriage on or about November 30, 2019, within the City of Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-20
Effective without Governor's signature |
| RI | H5977 | Pass | Allows Jason Grabowski to join Danielle Baron and Shaun Darigan in marriage on or about July 27, 2019, within the Town of Glocester, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-13
Effective without Governor's signature |
| RI | H6223 | Pass | House Resolution Celebrating The 5th Annual "rhode Island Calamari Festival" On September 7th Of 2019, And Thanking Rhode Island's Fishermen And Fishing Industry Workers For All Their Hard Work
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-13
House read and passed |
| RI | H5641 | Intro
Sine Die | Includes in the definition of affordable housing houses whose assessed value meets the criteria of affordable housing even if such houses are not for sale. In addition, proposed housing developments which meet the criteria would be included.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-07
Proposed Substitute |
| RI | H5276 | Intro
Sine Die | Excludes the growth of marijuana and any of its derivatives from the provisions requiring the permitted use of plant agriculture within all city and town zoning ordinances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-04
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| RI | H6175 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the Exeter town sergeant or designees to conduct division of motor vehicles vehicle identifying number and odometer inspections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-04
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H5599 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the life appropriations act prohibiting public dollars from the state of Rhode Island to be awarded to any entity that performs convenience abortions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-30
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | 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 |
| RI | H5311 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows for modification reducing federal adjusted gross income by allowing up to fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) income from individual retirement accounts or 401K accounts to be subtracted from gross income.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-09
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5410 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows state income taxpayers to deduct from their federal adjusted gross income, all or some of their unreduced social security retirement benefits, depending upon the amount of their gross income.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-09
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5591 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits persons over the age of sixty-five (65) to deduct from their adjusted gross income the cost of maintaining a personal residence, up to seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-09
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5597 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides, for the tax year 2018 and thereafter, that any tax overpayment would be refunded with interest calculated at twelve percent (12%) compounded daily if not received by the thirtieth day of June in the subsequent year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-09
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5404 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts trigger locks and safes designed and manufactured for firearms storage from sales and use taxes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-08
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5413 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts the trade-in values of motorcycles from sales tax and exempts from the state sales tax the trade-in value of any pickup truck under eight thousand one hundred pounds (8,100 lbs.) gross weight.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-08
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5374 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates unused monies collected by the division to be allocated for the operation and maintenance of a statewide police and fire dispatch center.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-07
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5406 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that legislative grants would be awarded by senators and representatives in equal prorated shares, one half (1/2) in each chamber.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-07
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5600 | Intro
Sine Die | Assigns to the division of agriculture within (DEM) the responsibility of administering all bond referenda approved funding for preservation of farm or agricultural land.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-06
Withdrawn at sponsor's request (05/07/2019) |
| RI | H5593 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits the motor vehicle administration to allow auctions of registration plates for charity.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-02
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5588 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the cities and towns to place funds generated from automated school-zone-speed-enforcement systems in a state operated restricted receipt account for school safety programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-02
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5992 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes procedure/process to prohibit intentional environment manipulation by geoengineering and requires license from DEM to conduct any such activities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-02
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| RI | H6035 | Intro
Sine Die | House Resolution Extending The Reporting And Expiration Dates Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study The Efficacy And Cost Of Implementing A Recycling Program For All Multi-family Residential Units, Including Condominium Complexes (extends Th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-02
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| RI | H5309 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits the authority of the Rhode Island commerce corporation to finance any transaction to five million dollars ($5,000,000) for any one individual, business entity or project.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-01
To House Finance Committee |
