| RI | H7856 | Intro 25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- COMPOSTING AND ORGANIC WASTE DIVERSION - Establishes Compost Fund to award grants related to reducing the amount of solid waste generated in the state. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7685 | Intro 25% | WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- OIL SPILL PREVENTION, ADMINISTRATION AND RESPONSE FUND - Provides funds to support Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council to reduce climate emissions. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7684 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - Exempts urban and small farmers from sales taxes, real, tangible and personal property taxes and income taxes. It also defines urban and small farmers and urban farmland. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7258 | Intro 25% | AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- STATE FORESTS AND FORESTRY PROJECTS - Directs the general assembly to fund ten full time equivalent positions in FY 2025 to support DEM's efforts in the areas of forestry and forestry projects. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7677 | Intro 25% | HIGHWAYS -- MAINTENANCE OF TOWN HIGHWAYS - Requires that all inspections, cleaning and maintenance and repairs of sidewalks along state highway and municipal roads, with the exception of snow and ice removal, be the responsibility of the state. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7674 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Exempts new or used bicycles from sale and use tax. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7590 | Intro 25% | CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM -- 2024 BOND REFERENDA - Submits 2024 capital development program requesting the issuance of $100,000,000 in general obligation bonds to the voters for approval at the November 8, 2024, general election. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7775 | Intro 25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $180,000 For The Rhode Island State Conservation Committee And Its Three Conservation Districts (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $180,000 To The Ri State Conservation Committ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7997 | Intro 25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION - Directs the department of transportation to effectuate a complete and total restoration, reconstruction and refurbishing of the Stone Bridge abutment in Portsmouth. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8003 | Intro 25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $10,000,000 To The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (crmc) (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $10,000,000 To The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Coun... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7918 | Intro 25% | CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM -- 2024 BOND REFERENDA - Submits 2024 capital development program requesting the issuance of $25,000,000 in general obligation bonds to the voters for approval at the November 5, 2024, general election. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7611 | Intro 25% | HIGHWAYS -- RELOCATION OF UTILITY SERVICES - Utility relocation costs related to highway construction to be partially or fully paid for by the state. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7995 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- TAX CREDIT FOR FOOD DONATION - Provides a tax credit for food donations by qualified taxpayers to nonprofit organizations up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) per year. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7491 | Intro 25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY - Authorizes the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority to enter into certain projects and procure related services including the transit center project, using design build contrac... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7483 | Intro 25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $750,000 To Waterfire Providence (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $750,000 To Waterfire Providence.) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7482 | Intro 25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $500,000 To The Rhode Island Black Business Association (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $500,000 To The Rhode Island Black Business Association.) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7769 | Intro 25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $500,000 To The Ri African Diaspora Community (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $500,000 To The Ri African Diaspora Community.) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7999 | Intro 25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM - Provides that the $5,500,000 appropriation to the infrastructure bank from the 2023 budget act be allocated for eligible municipal infrastructure grant program ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7186 | Intro 25% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- STATE AID - Includes municipal detention facility corporations as exempt from taxation, and requires that an amount equal to twenty-seven percent (27%) of all tax that would have been collected if the property was taxable be paid ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7932 | Intro 25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation To Higher Ground International To Provide Support To Complete The Initial Phase Of Higher Ground International's New Headquarters (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $450,000 To Higher Ground Internati... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7675 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Phases out the local meals and beverage tax by January 1, 2028. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7408 | Intro 25% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- STATE AID - Reinstates general revenue sharing of state aid among the 39 cities and towns in RI. The initial amount would be based upon population, and would be increased annually thereafter based on the increase in the Consumer P... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7933 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- RHODE ISLAND NEW QUALIFIED JOBS INCENTIVE ACT 2015 - Sunsets/discontinues the Jobs Development Act rate reduction as of July 1, 2024. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7484 | Intro 25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- COMPOSITION OF FIRE DISTRICT AND PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT BOARDS OF COMMISSIONERS -- VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER RECRUITMENT ACT - Allows anyone receiving a state pension to serve on fire district boards and the Pascoag utili... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7478 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- RHODE ISLAND NEW QUALIFIED JOBS INCENTIVE ACT 2015 - Provides that a business unable to meet its first year employment level under the qualified jobs tax credit program established by chapter 48.3 of title 44 would not lose eligibility fo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7688 | Intro 25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT - Redirects the distribution of the hotel tax money generated in the South County regional tourism district. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7668 | Intro 25% | CRIMINALS -- CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- PRISONER MADE GOODS - Allows correctional industries to conduct business for goods or services with any 501(c)(3) and would require customers of correctional industries to pay fifty present (50%) of an order ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7030 | Intro 25% | MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' HOME - Reduces the assessment by the Rhode Island Veterans Home against a resident's net income from eighty percent (80%) to fifty percent (50%). [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7679 | Intro 25% | MOTOR AND MOTOR VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION FEES - Provides that when a registrant voluntarily cancels the registrant's motor vehicle registration, that person would receive a partial refund of the fee that had been paid. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7690 | Intro 25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $100,000 To The Rhode Island Department Of Veterans Of Foreign Wars (ri Vfw) For The Ri Veterans Services Officers (vso) Program (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $100,000 To ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7025 | Intro 25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE LOTTERY - Designates a special account for veterans' causes to be funded by Keno sales, less prizes and commissions, generated on Memorial Day and Veterans Day with disbursement pursuant to appropriation by the g... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7996 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- STATE TAX OFFICIALS - Reduces the interest rate on delinquent payments to the twelve percent (12%) per annum. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7400 | Intro 25% | EDUCATION -- FEDERAL AID - Establishes new programs for free breakfast and lunch meals in all public schools. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7550 | Intro 25% | THE CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM - Authorizes the submission of proposals for several bonds to the people of the state at the general election to be held in November, 2024. These bonds relate to capital development and the "green economy." [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-06 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7907 | Intro 25% | EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT - Adds multilingual learners into the determination of high-need students and provides a student success factor of twenty-five percent (25%) of the core instruction per-pupil amount and re... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7551 | Intro 25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - Repeals the sunset for the small business assistance program and permanently extends the program beyond the scheduled expiration date of December 31, 2024. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7549 | Intro 25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY - Prohibits the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) from imposing any fares and/or charges for service provided to the general public. Effective 1/1/2025. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7499 | Intro 25% | PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS - Allows retired public safety officers to seek secondary employment with the state or any municipality without any reduction or forfeiture of retirement benefits. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7488 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Exempts the trade-in value of pickup trucks under fourteen thousand pounds (14,000 lbs.) gross weight. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7332 | Intro 25% | PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- INSURANCE BENEFITS - Allows private employees at nursing homes, developmental disability and home care providers whose salaries are 90% funded with federal or state monies to be eligible to opt into the state healthca... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7224 | Intro 25% | MAKING REVISED APPROPRIATIONS IN SUPPORT OF FY [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7185 | Intro 25% | PUBLIC FINANCE -- REVENUE ESTIMATING CONFERENCES - Changes the timeframe of the Revenue Estimating Conferences meeting to within the last ten (10) days of April and the first ten (10) days of November of each year. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7028 | Intro 25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- HEALTH CARE FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED RESIDENTS ACT - Increases the income limits for disabled individuals to one hundred eighty percent of the federal poverty level to qualify for medical assistance coverage. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-05 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7024 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- BUSINESS CORPORATION TAX - Allows cannabis establishments, as defined pursuant to § 21-28.11-3, to claim any deduction to income that would be allowable under the laws of the United States but for 26 U.S.C. § 280E. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-05 To House Finance Committee |