| RI | H7683 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- REAL ESTATE CONVEYANCE TAX - Imposes a conveyance tax on purchasers, of single-family residential properties, who are for- profit entities with over $15,000,000 in assets, at a rate of $6.90/$500, to be collected for housing production fu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7681 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- BUSINESS CORPORATION TAX -- AFFORDABLE HOUSING TAX CREDIT ACT - Creates business tax credit for, eliminates sale tax on, eliminates income tax on the sale of, and creates a 10 year tax valuation freeze on newly renovated affordable housin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7673 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- FIRST TIME HOME BUYER SAVINGS PROGRAM ACT - Establishes the first time home buyer savings program act. Allows modifications to federal adjusted gross income for $50,000 in contributions and $150,000 of interest and dividends included in f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
To House Finance Committee |
| 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
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7082 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- NONPROFIT DENTAL SERVICE CORPORATIONS -- THE RHODE ISLAND FAIR SHARE FOR DENTAL CARE ACT - Requires carriers offering dental benefit plans to annually submit information which includes the current and projected medical loss ratio for cla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7433 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE POLICIES - Amend the standards for issuing Medicare supplemental insurance policies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H8147 | Intro
25% | AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE HARRISVILLE FIRE DISTRICT AND ESTABLISHING THE CLEAR RIVER ELECTRIC AND WATER DISTRICT - Amends the Harrisville Fire District Charter allowing the district to provide rescue services, fire suppression, medical and ambulanc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Municipal Government & Housing 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 | H8029 | Intro
25% | Enabling act required by § 16-7-44 in order for the principal of, and interest on bonds issued by the Town of Burrillville in support of school housing projects to be eligible for state housing aid reimbursement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7729 | Intro
25% | AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- AGRICULTURE FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - Provides a definition for "agricultural land" and removes the definition of "farmer" within the chapter on agricultural functions of the department of envir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To House Environment and Natural Resources 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 | 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 | H8093 | Intro
25% | WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- FRESHWATER LAKE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - Establishes the Rhode Island lake management program and a restricted receipt account as a find within the department of environmental management to aid with lake and pond management issue...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To House Environment and Natural Resources 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 | H8139 | Pass | House Resolution Proclaiming April Of 2024 To Be "national Child Abuse Prevention Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
House read and passed |
| RI | H7429 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION - Changes the requirements of quarterly meetings of the board to monthly meetings. The chairperson of the board would be the commissioner or acting commissioner of the office of energy reso...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H8122 | Pass | House Resolution Proclaiming April Of 2024, To Be "parkinson's Awareness Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
House read and passed |
| RI | H7462 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ENERGY FACILITY SITING ACT - Increases the membership of the energy facility siting board from 3 to 5 members and would revise the process of energy facility siting to mandate inclusion/participation of the host commun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H7648 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Denies tenants relief afforded under this section when a unit or premises is damaged by fire or other casualty if the fire or other casualty was caused by the negligence or deliberate act of the tenan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7564 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF NURSING SERVICE AGENCIES - Removes the exemption from licensure for certain nursing service agencies accredited by the joint commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7847 | Intro
25% | ELECTIONS -- RHODE ISLAND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES REPORTING - Includes political action committees that register with the Federal Election Commission within the definition of political action committees for the Rhode Island elections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7848 | Intro
25% | ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS - Amends the current law so that it would no longer mandate, but rather simply allows local boards to annually conduct a voter registration drive at each high school within the city or town.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7943 | Intro
25% | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES - Prohibits disclosure terms "down payment", "money down", or any similar language to describe lump sum payments in order to reduce monthly lease payments. Provides that lum...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7946 | Intro
25% | ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- UNLAWFUL CONFINEMENT OF A COVERED ANIMAL - Exempts egg laying hens kept for commercial egg production purposes from the provisions of chapter 4-1.1 until January 1, 2034.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H8042 | Intro
25% | Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of New England Racing Fuel, Inc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
Committee recommends passage |
| RI | H7814 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RENEWABLE ENERGY STANDARD - Requires the PUC to make public notification of any changes in eligibility or production of energy, and would direct the commission to promulgate rules and regulations to allow and facilita...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7816 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- 2021 ACT ON CLIMATE - Incorporates ethical energy standards to the 2021 Act on Climate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7810 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION - Requires the public utilities commission (PUC) to produce a report by January 1, 2025 and each January 1 thereafter, on the ability for the current electric grid to handle the electrifica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7813 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- AFFORDABLE CLEAN ENERGY SECURITY ACT - Makes several amendments relative to the affordable clean energy security act establishing the act's priority over chapter 6.2 of title 42 (the "2021 act on climate").
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7181 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS - Makes changes to the access to public records act, including clarifying various provisions, increasing the sanctions for knowing and willful violations of the law, and making certain traffic accident data ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7763 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS - Provides for free APRA records, DOA manages all APRA Records, and uses an online database for records.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7778 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY FAIRNESS IN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES - Expands the duties of the small business ombudsman, by also having the ombudsman serve as the Rhode Island commerce corporation's small business advocat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To House Small Business Committee |
| RI | H8026 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Exempts certain U.S. employees from having to obtain state licenses to carry a visible or concealed pistol or revolver.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7410 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS - Prohibits subscription or access fee charges for public access to recorded real estate instruments/limits recording and copying fees to amounts provided by statute with regards to cities/towns/third-party provid...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7536 | 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] | 2024-03-12
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H7821 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND OLMSTEAD PLAN COMMISSION ACT - Creates an Olmstead Plan for people vulnerable to unnecessary institutionalization to update a continuum of care to receive services and supports in the least restrictive env...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7622 | Intro
25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS - Requires the DOH and the EOHHS to collaborate with community health centers to establish new programs designed to attract federal funds, with a focus on the utilization of Teaching Health Center Graduate M...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7911 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT - Prohibits total education aid paid to any local education agency from being reduced by more than one percent (1%) of the municipal education appropriation in the previous fiscal year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7931 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAX HOLIDAY - Creates a sales and use tax holiday for the second Saturday and Sunday in July, annually.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7563 | Intro
25% | AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- ORGANIC FARMING AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAM - Establishes the organic farming and certification program to be administered by the department of environmental management.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| RI | H7797 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- VACCINATION, TESTING, AND MASK MANDATES PROHIBITION - Prohibits a private employer from mandating a COVID-19 vaccination upon any full-time, part-time, or contract employee without providing individual exemptions that allow an em...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H7806 | Pass | House Resolution Designating February Of 2024 As "american Heart Month" To Raise Awareness About Cardiovascular Disease And The Importance Of Knowing One's Cholesterol
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
House read and passed |
| RI | H7772 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of Approximately $30,000,000 To Rhode Island's Public Schools For Safety And Security Improvements (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $100,000 To Each Public School In Rhode Islan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7556 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION FEES - Allows veterans with "Disabled Veterans" license plates to all the rights and privileges to persons possessing a disability parking permit. There would be no requirement of a parking privilege placard t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7442 | Intro
25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT - Requires the state to implement the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact no later than July 1, 2024, and restores access to telemedicine for all residents and allows treatment by ou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7380 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- PUBLIC NOTICE ACT - Allows the towns of Burrillville and Glocester to publish notices in any newspaper located within their municipalities and would also allow publication in other designated digital or print platforms...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H7430 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RENEWABLE ENERGY STANDARD - Restores several provisions of the Renewable Energy Standards chapter which were repealed in 2022.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| RI | H7498 | Intro
25% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES - 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 inte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7059 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- LABOR AND PAYMENT OF DEBTS BY CONTRACTORS - Amends the definition of public works so that it would include any public works projects performed for any city or town or quasi-municipal entity and the state and any quasi-sta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H7116 | Engross
50% | ELECTIONS -- PRIMARIES FOR ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND FOR PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE - Would amend certain signature requirements and deadlines regarding primaries for election of delegates to national conventions for presidential...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
