| RI | H7241 | Intro
25% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- OPTIONAL RETIREMENT FOR MEMBERS OF POLICE FORCE AND FIREFIGHTERS - Amends definition for final compensation, relative to police officers and firefighters, provides them life annuity regardless of age or years of service, upon reti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H8116 | Intro
25% | CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS -- THE RHODE ISLAND LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ACT - Replaces the existing limited liability company act with a newer and updated model act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
To House Corporations 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 | 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 | H7266 | Intro
25% | FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- CURRENCY TRANSMISSIONS -- VIRTUAL CURRENCY KIOSKS - Establishes guidelines for the operation of virtual currency (crypto) kiosks.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To House Innovation, Internet, & Technology 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 | H7787 | Intro
25% | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- RHODE ISLAND DATA TRANSPARENCY AND PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT - Creates the Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protect Act for data privacy protections for the personal data of the citizens of Rh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To House Innovation, Internet, & Technology Committee |
| RI | H8076 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION -- LIFE ESTATE - Entitles holders of a life estate to real property to use any veteran's tax exemptions available to them.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To House Municipal Government & Housing 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 | H7426 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- SOLAR DECOMMISSIONING PLANS - Requires that developers of ground-mounted solar systems submit a plan for decommissioning to be held on file by the municipality and requires DEM, with the office of energy resources, ma...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7454 | Intro
25% | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- TRADE IN ANIMAL FUR PRODUCTS ACT - Prohibits the sale of new fur products and provides graduated civil penalties for violations of the act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7808 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING - Prohibits utility companies from limiting eligibility of net metering site based on prior consumption and requires excess energy not consumed to be credited to consumer. Also amends definition of excess...
[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 | H7327 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS - Requires a member of the public to pay any outstanding balances due and owing for previous requests before being provided copies of records and documents on a new request from law enforcement agencies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H8025 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- REPRODUCTIVE TISSUE SAFETY AND STORAGE ACT OF 2024 - Creates the "Reproductive Tissue Safety and Storage Act of 2024."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7544 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP -- RHODE ISLAND HOPE SCHOLARSHIP PILOT PROGRAM - Extends the time for which a student may enroll in order to qualify for the Promise Scholarship or the Hope Scholarship up to one year after high school gr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| RI | H7507 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- UNFAIR CLAIMS SETTLEMENT PRACTICES ACT - Provides that any insurer refusing to honor a "direction to pay" executed by an insured for payment on a property damage benefit would constitute an unfair claims practice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7639 | Intro
25% | ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS -- ANIMALS AS SENTIENT BEINGS ACT - Classifies animals as sentient beings, not property, capable of experiencing pain, stress, and fear.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| RI | H7455 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- BY POSSESSION AND PRESCRIPTION - Denies the right of footway, except within one hundred (100) yards of the Pawtuxet River in the cities of Warwick and Cranston and except in connection with a right to pass with carriages to be acquired by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7528 | Intro
25% | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- DECISIONS, SPECIAL FINDINGS AND ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGES - Adds the doctrine of assumption of risk to the current comparative negligence statute.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7644 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- COMPENSATION FOR STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS - Allows college athletes and prospects to enter into contracts receive compensation for use of their name, image and likeness rights and would prohibit colleges and at...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
To House Judiciary 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 | H7886 | Intro
25% | ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS - Bans the sale of cosmetics developed/manufactured using animal testing. A violation would be a $1,000 fine for each offense.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7379 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES - Permits municipalities to enact ordinances that provides them the authority to organize local tax amnesty events once every three (3) years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H7425 | Intro
25% | CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS -- UNIFORM PARTNERSHIP ACT - Requires certain limited liability partnership providing professional services to carry liability insurance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7533 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LEAD HAZARD MITIGATION - Requires renovation projects of pre-1978 buildings to comply with provisions of chapter 24.6 of title 23 and chapter 21 of title 28, and require presence of lead inspector and supervisor and re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H7451 | 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] | 2024-03-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7626 | Intro
25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- THE PRACTICE OF ACUPUNCTURE AND CHINESE MEDICINE - Broadens the definition of a "qualified individual" in acupuncture and Chinese medicine to include any person trained and certified in auricular acudetox.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7627 | Intro
25% | House Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study The Feasibility Of Utilizing Federal Title Iv Dollars To Support And Enhance Enrollment In Social Work Education At Ric (creates A 12-member Commission To Study The Feasibility Of Ut...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7799 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM - Allows a licensed health care provider, who is assaulted in the workplace, to use the address of the department of health as the person's substitute address for all purposes, including...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7823 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES - Requires the department of children, youth and families (DCYF) to conduct periodic comprehensive needs assessments to determine whether the department’s programs and servi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7018 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING - Prohibits utility companies from limiting eligibility of net metering site based on prior consumption and requires excess energy not consumed to be credited to consumer. Also amends definition of excess...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| RI | H7584 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES - Reduces the required number of members present to constitute a quorum from three (3) to two (2) members.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7625 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR PREVENTION OF HIV INFECTION - Eliminates prior authorization or step therapy requirement for prescriptions for any HIV prevention drug/prohibits the requirement of any co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7538 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION FEES - Permits disabled veterans to be issued several disabled veteran plates, permits plates to be transferred to their spouse or caretaker during the veteran's life and would allow disabled veteran plates to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27
To House Special Legislation Committee |
| RI | H7508 | Intro
25% | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- UNFAIR SALES PRACTICES - Provides for the legal governance of licensed electronic literacy materials.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27
To House Corporations 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 | H7576 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT--- RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS OF MUNICIPAL POLICE CHIEFS - Provides protections to appointed police chiefs of cities and towns and provides they would be entitled to a hearing and due process before termination and provides f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7072 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution To Approve, Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution Of The State -- Four Year Terms For Representatives And Senators (proposes An Amendment To The State Constitution, Article Iv, Section 1, T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| RI | H7299 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires health insurance policies to provide coverage for the licensed practice of naturopathy and to provide reports.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7234 | 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] | 2024-02-08
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7118 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES -- FOSTER PARENTS' BILL OF RIGHTS - Requires DCYF to prepare an annual report of all findings of suspected and/or verified violations of this chapter and share report on its w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7272 | Intro
25% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Provides that the maximum number of unrelated persons living together that could be constitute an individual household would not be less than one person per bedroom.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| RI | H7117 | Intro
25% | ELECTIONS -- PRIMARY ELECTIONS - Changes the process of nominating candidates for the general election, by replacing the political party primary with a primary general election.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7055 | Intro
25% | House Resolution Expressing Condolences To The People Of The State Of Israel After The October 7, 2023, Terrorist Attacks By Hamas
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
