| RI | H7567 | Intro
25% | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- DOMESTIC ASSAULT - Provides that effective July 1, 2025, any attorney who self-certifies that they have successfully completed a specialized domestic violence prosecution training course shall have the authorit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18
[Hearing: Apr 24]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2100 | Engross
50% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- GENERAL PROVISIONS - This act would further delineate the definitions of felony, misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7801 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- ELECTRONIC INFORMATION AND DATA PRIVACY ACT - Requires law enforcement agencies to obtain search warrants for electronic information, data, location information and other identifying information of subscribers and customers, exc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18
[Hearing: Apr 24]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7834 | Intro
25% | WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- PERSONAL WATERCRAFT SAFETY - Amends the penalty for violating the provisions of the personal watercraft safety act from a misdemeanor to a violation and reduce the fine from five hundred dollars ($500) to a fine of two hundre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18
[Hearing: Apr 24]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7573 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN - Amends the statute punishing child pornography by replacing the term "child pornography" with the term "child sexual abuse material."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18
[Hearing: Apr 24]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7952 | Intro
25% | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS -- ARBITRATION - Spells out additional notice provisions, fees and costs of the arbitration process, from initiation to default provisions and potential court sanctions for breach of the a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18
[Hearing: Apr 24]
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| RI | H7970 | Intro
25% | DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- DIVORCE AND SEPARATION - Creates a custody procedure for pets in divorce and separation proceedings based on the best interests of the animal. This act would not apply to assistance/service animals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18
[Hearing: Apr 24]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7371 | Intro
25% | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- FAMILY COURT - Gives statewide juvenile hearing boards the authority to refer a juvenile offender to a rehabilitative driving course, as part of a disposition of an offense before the board. The order may be en...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18
[Hearing: Apr 24]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7749 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS - Provides for municipal and state police authorities to acquire and to utilize automated license plate readers. Further, the act identifies what data may be collected and in what ways the data ca...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18
[Hearing: Apr 24]
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| RI | H7054 | Intro
25% | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES - Provides employees with civil administrative remedies against contractors, subcontractors involved in the contract with joint/severable liability imposed on contractors or subcontractors. Effective 9/1/...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18
[Hearing: Apr 24]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H8172 | Intro
25% | DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- FULL ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS - Allows a board to modify an obligor's license to a "Provisional Employment Operator's License" allowing the obligor the ability to operate a motor vehicle during designated hours of empl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H8173 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Permits other residents of residential dwelling unit to extend term of rental agreement for 3 months after death of lessee, however it would not permit temporary tenant to permanent tenancy or rental ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
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| RI | H7048 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SENTENCE AND EXECUTION - Requires sentencing court to consider whether defendant is parent of child, or caregiver of elderly, disabled or terminally ill person whose well-being would be adversely affected by the person's incarce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7637 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SOLITARY CONFINEMENT REFORM ACT - Establishes the restrictive housing oversight committee ("committee") for the purpose of monitoring the use of restrictive housing (solitary confinement), as well as disciplinary and a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7966 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT - Sets standards and procedures to allow and implement conjugal visitation at state correctional facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7743 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- TRIAL - Allows a criminal defendant before the superior court to waive their right to a jury trial with the consent of the attorney general.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7161 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- THE RHODE ISLAND FIRST STEP ACT - Establishes Rhode Island First Step program requiring DOC to assist offenders with reintegration into society, counseling, medical care, education, early sentence termination or pre-release conf...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7102 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SECOND LOOK SENTENCING ACT - Establishes the second look act and would permit incarcerated individuals to petition the sentencing court to consider a motion to reduce a sentence after the defendant has served at least ten (10) y...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7525 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT - Repeals 42-56-38.1 and requires the department of corrections to provide free communication services to inmates and juveniles held in residential placement or detention centers and requires tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7636 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND CIVIL RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT ACT - Provides a remedy for any harm caused due to a deprivation or violation of rights by the State of Rhode Island or its political and/or administrative units or subdivision...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H8154 | Intro
25% | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- FAMILY COURT - Permits the family court to disclose criminal records of juvenile offenders to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System for the purposes of background check conducted when an individual attemp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7956 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SENTENCE AND EXECUTION - Requires the court to set reasonable bail for all those individuals who appear before it as probation violators and establish a presumption of personal recognizance unless the new alleged offense is a cr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H8156 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCE - Provides any person charged with an offense for which bail may be denied that there is a presumption of dangerousness to the community and a risk of flight unless that presumption is rebutted by the defen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H8155 | Intro
25% | PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- PRACTICE IN PROBATE COURTS - Outlines the process for a person petitioning to change their name in the probate court in the town or city where they reside. It also makes the statute regarding name change gender neutr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7831 | Intro
25% | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- JURY LISTS - Amends the jury list and jury qualification statutes to add individuals receiving public assistance benefits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7835 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- RAILROAD, STEAMBOAT, AND BRIDGE POLICE - Provides any police report involving a railroad fatality and all communications between railroad employees not be made public. Additionally, it makes a violation of this section a misdeme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7953 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS IN DISTRICT COURT -- POWERS OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE - Increases the fee payable to justices of the peace to one hundred dollars $100.00.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7096 | Intro
25% | DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT - Prohibits any questioning of a juvenile who is suspected of delinquent or criminal behavior, unless the parent of guardian of the juvenile is present, or unless an attorney is present...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7642 | Intro
25% | DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT - Prohibit the family court from detaining any juvenile or committing any juvenile, under the age of 14 years, to the training school, for any offense other than murder, first degree se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7976 | Intro
25% | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- CONDITIONAL ESCHEAT OF UNCLAIMED FUNDS IN COURT REGISTRIES - Updates the process by which the Supreme Court reports, holds, and escheats unclaimed property in the court registries.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7629 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- INDICTMENTS, INFORMATIONS AND COMPLAINTS - Includes the offense of second-degree sexual assault among the offenses to which there shall be no statute of limitations and provides for a ten (10) year statute of limitations for thi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7830 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL - Allows the attorney general to investigate and bring an enforcement action against persistent fraud or illegality in the carrying on, conducting, or transaction of business or governmen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7802 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- STATE IDENTIFICATION CARDS FOR MINORS WITHOUT RESIDENCE ACT - Allows a minor between the ages of 14 - 17 without a permanent residence/in custody of the DCYF to get state identification card without a signature from parent...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7974 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- UNFAIR CLAIMS SETTLEMENT PRACTICES ACT - Provides insured individuals with a private cause of action under the unfair claims settlement practices act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7667 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES - Provides that a court shall decide cases without deference to administrative agency interpretation of rules.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7236 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT - Includes animal cruelty offenses to the domestic violence crimes committed by a family or household members against another.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H8095 | Intro
25% | ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS - Increases the penalty for violations of the care of dogs statute to a minimum fine of one hundred dollars ($100) and a maximum fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per violation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7955 | Intro
25% | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- JUDGMENTS, ORDERS, AND DECREES - Amends calculations of interest in civil actions a rate determined by average accepted auction price for last auction of 52 week U.S. treasury bills.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7628 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- COUNTY GRAND JURIES - Permits grand juries to issue reports and would provide for a process for review and acceptance by the superior court for dissemination to the public.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7836 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- STOPPING, STANDING, AND PARKING RESTRICTIONS - Penalizes as a misdemeanor for the first two offenses and a felony for any third or subsequent offense for obstructing the free, convenient, and normal use of any municipal, s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7218 | Intro
25% | DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT - Removes the requirement that individual of sixteen (16) years of age or older and found delinquent of two (2) offenses would be automatically certified and afforded a jury trial.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H8105 | Intro
25% | FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT -- POWERS OF ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL -- CIVIL FORFEITURE PROCEDURE - Prohibits civil asset forfeiture regarding violations of the controlled substances laws until a criminal conviction is obtained.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7697 | Intro
25% | DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- THE RHODE ISLAND INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT - Codifies the federal legislation pertaining to the federal Indian child welfare act into state law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7954 | Intro
25% | DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT - Prohibits a peace officer, as defined in § 12-7-21, from employing threats, physical harm, deprivation, deception, coercion, or psychologically manipulative interrogation tactics dur...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H8128 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- FAIR CHANCE IN HOUSING ACT - Limits the use of certain criminal records and credit history reports in denying housing to prospective applicants, provides fines for failure to comply and requires notice of denials be sent to the prospectiv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H8130 | Intro
25% | PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- UNIFORM REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER ON DEATH ACT - Allows an owner or owners of real property to execute a deed that names one or more beneficiaries who will obtain title to the property at the owner's death without the n...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H8129 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- ELECTRONIC IMAGING DEVICES - Includes visual images that are created or manipulated by digitization, or without the consent of the person, within the purview of the crime of unauthorized dissemination of indecent material and exp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7960 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT -- JUST CAUSE EVICTIONS - Provides for just cause evictions for residential landlord tenancies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7962 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Recognizes tenants' unions and provides a procedure whereby the housing resources commission shall administer a hearing process for consolidated complaints filed by tenants' unions, pertaining to the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7049 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Limits rent increases to no more than 4% annually and provides tenants with a civil action to recover damages for any violations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
