| RI | S2429 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- OBSCENE AND OBJECTIONABLE PUBLICATIONS AND SHOWS - Establishes, as an affirmative defense to the crimes of circulating obscene publications or shows and selling or exhibiting obscene publications to minors, the person's employmen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2375 | Intro
25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND FAMILY CAREGIVER TAX CREDIT ACT - Establishes a tax credit against income tax based on eligible expenses incurred for care and support of an eligible family member.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2398 | Intro
25% | ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL CARE - Prohibits a medical training program from using a live animal while teaching medical procedures if any other accredited training program does not use animals or there is an alternate method that teaches t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2251 | Pass | Senate Resolution Joyously Celebrating The 50th Anniversary Of The American Hellenic Institute (ahi)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2259 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of James M. Casale
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2261 | Pass | Senate Resolution Extending Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Dian K. Reynolds
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2245 | Pass | SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES - Allows the Honorable Ryan Pearson to join Alyssa Poirier and Justin Ledo in marriage on or about February 14, 2024, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S2249 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Sharon Baptista
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2096 | Engross
50% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' BILL OF RIGHTS - Amends LEOBOR to a five (5) member committee and extends summary punishment to fourteen (14) days.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2244 | Pass | Senate Resolution Extending Deepest Sympathy On The Passing Of Madeline Montanaro
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2160 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION - Establishes a group to develop a tuition formula for schools sending students to technical programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2166 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Exempts machinery and equipment used to provide broadband communications service the from the sales and use tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2233 | 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] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2156 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTION AND BENEFITS - Increases the maximum post retirement employment earnings from eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000) to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) a year for certain retired ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2194 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT - Establishes a program within the adult correctional institution to permit medication assisted treatment approved by the FDA to be provided for the treatment of opioid use disorder to any incarc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2209 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PASSING, USE OF LANES, AND RULES OF THE ROAD - Permits the practice of lane-splitting by motorcycles.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2065 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- ESTATE AND TRANSFER TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Increases the net taxable estate exemption to three million six hundred thousand dollars ($3,600,000) on January 1, 2025. Also increases the exemption by one million dollars ($1,000...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2064 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- ESTATE AND TRANSFER TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Increases the net taxable estate exemption to four million dollars ($4,000,000) for deaths that occur on or after January 1, 2025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2134 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Exempts from sales tax the trade-in values of motorcycles as well the proceeds received as a result of an unrecovered stolen or total loss of a motorcycle.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2098 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- TRIAL - Requires prosecutorial consent in order for a defendant to waive a jury trial.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2060 | Intro
25% | Authorizes the City of Cranston to issue not to exceed $40,000,000 general obligation bonds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2035 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET-METERING - Allows a property owner with eligible net-metering systems with a master meter to allocate excess net metering credits to any meter on the property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S2058 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX - Increases the federal adjusted gross income threshold for modification for taxable social security income. Amends references to federal adjusted gross income as pertains to modification of taxable retirement income f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2068 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Exempts the trade-in value of pickup trucks weighing fourteen thousand pounds (14,000 lbs.) or less from sales and use tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2009 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT - Requires all public school teachers hired on or after July 1, 2024, to participate in the retirement system social security pursuant to chapter 7 of title 36.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To Senate Finance Committee |
