| RI | H7403 | Intro 25% | PUBLIC FINANCE -- STATE FUNDS - Allocates, to the cities and towns of the state, a portion of state income taxes for new employees of not-for-profit healthcare institutions and private educational institutions. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18 [Hearing: Apr 23] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7537 | Intro 25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SMALL BUSINESS ADVOCACY - Amends the composition of the small business advisory council. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18 [Hearing: Apr 23] To House Small Business Committee |
| RI | H7986 | Intro 25% | PROPERTY -- ABANDONED PROPERTY - Requires towns and cities to publish a list of abandoned properties and makes various other amendments relative to the sale of abandoned property by a receiver. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18 [Hearing: Apr 23] To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H7983 | Intro 25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE - Amends various provisions relative to the duties of the state building commissioner and would establish a building code education and training unit to educate building officials and inspectors statewide. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18 [Hearing: Apr 23] To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H8057 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Removes the exemption from the state hotel tax for residences rented in their entirety. Effective 1/1/2025. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18 [Hearing: Apr 23] To House Finance 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] | 2024-04-18 [Hearing: Apr 24] To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H8109 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- STATEWIDE TANGIBLE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION - Repeals the language that eff. 2025 fiscal year all cities/towns/fire districts would receive a reimbursement equal to the tangible property levy for the 12/31/22 assessment date less the tangib... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18 [Hearing: Apr 23] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8183 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Imposes a tax of five percent (5%) upon the rental of a house or condominium. The funds from the tax to be used exclusively for infrastructure improvements, riverine and coastal resilienc... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7725 | Engross 50% | EDUCATION -- CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS - Allows emergency preliminary certificates for teaching to be issued for up to a total of five (5) years. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-16 To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | H7541 | Intro 25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION - Permits hit and run victims suffering serious bodily injury to recover under the crime victim compensation program. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7542 | Intro 25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- INSPECTION OF MOTOR VEHICLES - Changes the inspection requirement for a new motor vehicle from two (2) years to five (5) years from the date of purchase. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7853 | Intro 25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT - Increases the minimum wage amount for any person committed to the adult correctional institution from three dollars to five dollars a day for every day the person shall labor. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8056 | Intro 25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Prohibits insurance companies from paying a rate that is less than the approved Medicaid rate set by the executive office of health and human services. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11 To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H8098 | Intro 25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- COUNCIL ON THE ARTS - Establishes a Rhode Island creative futures fund in the amount of eighteen million dollars ($18,000,000). [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8166 | Pass | House Resolution Recognizing The Celebration Of The Cambodian New Year And "the Year Of The Dragon" On April 14-16, 2024 [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11 House read and passed |
| 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 | H8159 | Intro 25% | PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- PUBLIC BUILDINGS - Authorizes and funds the painting of a portrait of the president of the senate and former presidents of the senate who may be living to be hung in the state house. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10 To House State Government & Elections 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 | 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 | 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 | H8049 | Intro 25% | This act serves as the enabling act required by § 16-7-44 of the general laws in order for the principal and interest on bonds issued 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 | H8050 | Intro 25% | Authorizes Providence to issue not more than $400,000,000 general obligation bonds & notes to finance the construction, related demolition, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, landscaping, furnishing and equipping of schools throughout the c... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7384 | Engross 50% | GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS - Renames the "Roosevelt Benton Youth Assessment Center" as the "Roosevelt Benton Center". [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05 To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| RI | H7559 | Engross 50% | EDUCATION -- DISTRICT CHARTER SCHOOL - Requires that certain quarterly reports required to be filed by district charter schools, mayoral academies and independent charter schools be submitted to the commissioner of elementary and secondary education. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05 To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | H7017 | Intro 25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION - Directs PUC to extend utility termination moratorium for gas/electricity from April 15 to May 1, of each year with discretion to respond to emergency/ economic conditions/customers' needs... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02 To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7240 | Intro 25% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- OPTIONAL RETIREMENT FOR MEMBERS OF POLICE FORCE AND FIREFIGHTERS - Authorizes an annual two and one-half percent (2.5%) escalation for all active and retired police and firefighter's retirement pension allowance, compounded each y... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02 To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H7286 | Intro 25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION - Creates an income-sensitive tiered subsidy program to ensure that home energy utility costs are affordable for eligible low-income households. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02 To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7434 | Intro 25% | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES - Amends the current law to allow for the sale of alcoholic beverages by the bottle to be consumed on the premises of a licensee. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-01 Withdrawn at sponsor's request (04/04/2024) |
| RI | H7127 | Intro 25% | PUBLIC FINANCE -- RHODE ISLAND RETIREMENT SAVINGS PROGRAM ACT - Establishes Rhode Island Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program to be administered by the general treasurer. [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 | 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 | H7647 | Intro 25% | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Requires landlords to list all mandatory fees when advertising any residential property for rent as well as on the first page of any lease. Prohibits a landlord from charging a convenience fee when th... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H8044 | Intro 25% | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKPLACE PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY ACT - Protects bullying/psychological abuse in workplace inflicted upon employees by employers/co-employees/provides civil remedies to affected employees/fines against employers/imprisonment... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H8058 | Intro 25% | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Prohibits use of algorithm or artificial intelligence to set residential rental amounts and prohibits landlord price fixing of residential rents. Violations constitute a deceptive trade practice and v... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7211 | Intro 25% | FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- LICENSED ACTIVITIES -- LENDERS AND LOAN BROKERS -- CHECK CASHING - Repeals the provisions of the general laws allowing deferred deposit providers, also known as "payday lenders." [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26 To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7733 | Intro 25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- NURSING HOME WORKFORCE STANDARDS BOARD ACT - Creates the nursing home workforce standards board act to establish and enforce industry-wide quality of care standards in nursing homes. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26 To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7940 | Intro 25% | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- SENIOR SAVINGS PROTECTION ACT - Prohibits the charging of any fees to a senior citizen who is 65 years of age or older for a hard-copy paper bill, invoice or statement. The violation of this provisio... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26 To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7941 | Intro 25% | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- INTEREST AND USURY - Removes the exemption from interest rate limits provided by the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980, for all loans made within the state of Rhod... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26 To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7572 | Intro 25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- GAMBLING AND LOTTERIES - Allows social gaming in private residences and in public taverns or private clubs as long as the gambling is incidental to a bona fide social relationship between the participants and no person other than... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 To House Judiciary 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 | H8024 | Intro 25% | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE LICENSES - Prohibits manufacturers of alcoholic beverages from holding or having any interest in a wholesaler license. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To House Small Business Committee |
| RI | H8067 | Pass | House Resolution Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day And The 100th Anniversary Of The Establishment Of Diplomatic Relations Between The United States Of America And Ireland [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 House read and passed |
| RI | H7721 | Intro 25% | EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES - Outlines the requirements and process for LEAs to get written parental consent before conducting an evaluation or making an initial placement of a student in a special education program of services. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13 To House Education Committee |
| RI | H7368 | Intro 25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- NOISE LIMITS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - Enables municipalities to install and use automated systems to detect noise limit violations in order to enhance enforcement abilities and reduce noise violations state-wide. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7652 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES - Amends provisions relative to the levy and assessment of local taxes and would provide that the city of Providence may adopt a tax classification with unrestricted tax rates for certain classes of prop... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12 To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H7651 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES - Provides that only residential properties and new or rehabilitated residential affordable housing units would be subject to the tax under § 44-5-13.1 relating to taxation of low-income housing. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12 To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H7748 | Intro 25% | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- STATE AND MUNICIPAL COURT COMPACT - Authorizes the use of automated traffic violation monitoring systems for all traffic signal laws, including the "Don't Block the Box Statute" and allows for jurisdiction of t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7825 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CERTIFIED SURGICAL FIRST ASSISTANTS - Allows for the licensing of certified surgical first assistants to assist in surgeries through the department of health and a seven (7) member board of licensure. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12 To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7378 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES - Permits every municipality in the state to offer a homestead tax exemption of up to 20% of assessed value on residential properties, and also provides that municipalities that grant greater exemptions ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07 To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H7382 | Intro 25% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Provide 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] | 2024-03-07 To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |