Rhode Island Bills

sponsored by J. Aaron Regunberg

Bill Title Introduced↓ Latest Action
HB 7665 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- RESIDENTIAL RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM TAX CREDIT (Allows carry over of residential renewable energy tax credits for a maximum of three years.)
Feb 15 2018 02/15/2018 Introduced, Referred To House Finance
Feb 15 2018
HB 7661 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- DUTIES OF UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (Requires the public utilities commission to periodically review the advertising expense, passed through in utility rates, to determine whether the expense should be deemed allowable or should be excluded from the utility's rates.)
Feb 15 2018 04/24/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 24 2018
HB 7584 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - CONFIDENTIALITY OF HEALTH CARE COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION (Prohibits disclosure in a civil action of a person's confidential health care information through ex parte contact with the provider or the provider's legal representative.)
Feb 14 2018 04/11/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 11 2018
HB 7618 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- CHILD CARE--STATE SUBSIDIES (Raises the maximum reimbursement rate for licensed child care providers by five percent (5%).)
Feb 14 2018 05/16/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 16 2018
HB 7629 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Establishes a nineteen percent (19%) carried interest fairness fee for investment management services in order to tax the carried interest income of hedge fund and private equity investors as traditional ordinary earned income.)
Feb 14 2018 05/08/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 08 2018
HB 7636 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WAGES (Gradually increases the hourly minimum wage from $9.60 to $15.00 on January 1, 2022, as well as gradually increasing the hourly minimum wage for employees receiving gratuities from $3.89 an hour to $15.00 an hour on January 1, 2026.)
Feb 14 2018 04/12/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 12 2018
HB 7601 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS - ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Revises the public records chapter by amending certain definitions for public body and public records and the procedures related to viewing them.)
Feb 14 2018 03/14/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 14 2018
HB 7590 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURES - RETURN OF SEIZED PROPERTY (Requires state and municipal authorities to return forfeited property 90 days after the underlying substantive matter is concluded in the owner's favor unless the property seized is a forfeitable controlled substance.)
Feb 14 2018 03/27/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 27 2018
HB 7623 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE USE (Clarifies the term drug addiction as a chronic/relapsing brain disease with compulsive drug seeking/use despite harmful consequences.)
Feb 14 2018 02/14/2018 Introduced, Referred To House Finance
Feb 14 2018
HB 7524 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PARKS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS -- PUBLIC USE OF PRIVATE LANDS--LIABILITY LIMITATIONS (Changes the definition of "owner" to exclude the state and municipalities for the purposes of liability limitations relating to public use of private lands.)
Feb 09 2018 04/11/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 11 2018
HB 7539 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- DISORDERLY CONDUCT (Amends the penalty provisions for disorderly conduct and willful trespass to monetary penalties only, absent certain circumstances, and would make a first or second offense shoplifting a civil violation.)
Feb 09 2018 03/20/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 20 2018
HB 7532 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION (Requires that the judicial selection commission be composed of at least three (3) members of color.)
Feb 09 2018 04/03/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 03 2018
HB 7528 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES (Prohibits discrimination in housing against those persons who have a lawful source of income.)
Feb 09 2018 02/27/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 27 2018
HB 7512 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURES GENERALLY - CAUSES OF ACTION (Allows a minor to bring specified malpractice actions at any time up to reaching twenty-one (21) years of age.)
Feb 08 2018 07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
HB 7422 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- THE NET NEUTRALITY PROTECTION ACT OF 2018 (Requires net neutrality by fixed or mobile broadband Internet access services.)
Feb 02 2018 03/20/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 20 2018
HB 7395 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE-WORK ON HOLIDAYS AND SUNDAYS (Repeals § 5-3-7 of the general laws which gives the director of the department of labor and training the authority to exempt certain classes of employees from receiving overtime pay for Sunday and holiday work.)
Feb 01 2018 03/08/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 08 2018
HB 7400 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ENERGIZE RHODE ISLAND: CLEAN ENERGY INVESTMENT AND CARBON PRICING ACT OF 2018 (Establishes a fee on companies that sell fossil fuels in Rhode Island and also establishes a receipt account to disburse the funds from.)
Feb 01 2018 05/15/2018 Committee Postponed At Request Of Sponsor (05/15/2018)
May 15 2018
HB 7396 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN (Requires children who seek a special limited work permit to successfully complete a worker rights' training program established and funded by the department of labor and training.)
Feb 01 2018 03/29/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 29 2018
HB 7347 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - THE RHODE ISLAND STUDENT LOAN AUTHORITY (Establishes a reduction in interest program on student loans issued or serviced by the Rhode Island Student Loan Authority.)
Jan 31 2018 01/31/2018 Introduced, Referred To House Finance
Jan 31 2018
HB 7342 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES (Repeals the voter identification law, which required voters to prove their identity with written documents before they would be allowed to vote.)
Jan 31 2018 03/14/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 14 2018

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