| RI | H7509 | Engross
50% | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- UNFAIR SALES PRACTICES - Provides that gift certificates issued by state-chartered institutions of higher education would be exempt from the provisions of the gift certificate statute relating to exp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/23/2024) |
| RI | H7476 | Engross
50% | ELECTIONS -- STATEWIDE REFERENDA ELECTIONS - Amends certain election statutes to require ballot questions be written in plain language reasonably calculated to be understood by persons with an eighth-grade reading level.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-21
[Hearing: May 23]
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7447 | Engross
50% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THREATS AND EXTORTION - Considers election officials and poll workers "public officials" for purposes of the prohibition on making threats to public officials.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7629 | Engross
50% | 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] | 2024-05-13
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7739 | Engross
50% | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- DISTRICT COURT PRACTICE - Amends the filing fees and time frame for certain claims of appeal to superior court.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H8095 | Engross
50% | 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] | 2024-05-13
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | H8097 | Engross
50% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES - Creates special motor vehicle registration plates for vehicles based on the nonprofit entity Rhode Island Fire Chiefs Honor Flight Hub.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
House passed Sub A |
| RI | H7424 | Engross
50% | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- FILING OF ASSUMED NAME - Changes the term "assumed name" to "trade name" and centralizes the filing, administration and regulation process of trade names to the secretary of state and requires an ann...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-07
Committee recommends passage in concurrence |
| RI | H7203 | Engross
50% | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES - Adds the month of August to the dates a Class A retail alcoholic beverage establishment can offer unlimited free samples of wine, beer and distilled spirits products.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-16
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| RI | H7468 | Engross
50% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION FEES - Exempts the Rhode Island Disaster Medical Assistance Team, Inc. from payment of certain vehicles registration fees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-16
To Senate 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) school years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-16
To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | H7470 | Engross
50% | MOTOR VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS - Adds "loose material" to the contents of a vehicle that must be covered by a covering that must remain in place until the vehicle's contents are purged from the vehicle.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
