HB 5655
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - RHODE ISLAND DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE ACT (Amends several sections of the general laws pertaining to the calculation of impact fees by municipalities in the state by requiring that needs assessments of the fees be conducted every 5 years with certain exceptions.)
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Mar 01 2017 |
06/27/2017 Signed By Governor
Jun 27 2017
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HR 6260
(2017 Regular Session)
House Resolution Extending The Reporting And Expiration Dates Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study The Low And Moderate Income Act
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May 26 2017 |
06/21/2017 House Read And Passed
Jun 21 2017
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HB 5238
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING (Provides for increases in the amount of foundation level school support that a community would receive, based upon a community's ability to meet and surpass its minimum low and moderate income housing requirements.)
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Jan 26 2017 |
06/21/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 21 2017
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HB 5107
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - MINIMUM WAGES (Commencing on January 1, 2018, require that all developmental disabilities organizations that employ five (5) employees or more and who are reimbursed for such services by the state, to pay their employees at least fifteen ($15.00) dollars per hour.)
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Jan 13 2017 |
06/21/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 21 2017
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HB 5237
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TUITION EQUITY (Creates the "Student Equal Economic Opportunity Act" which would identify those students who are exempt from paying nonresident tuition at public universities, colleges or community colleges.)
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Jan 26 2017 |
06/21/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 21 2017
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HB 5423
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PERSONAL INCOME TAX CREDIT (Provides an income tax credit of twenty-five percent (25%) of an elderly resident taxpayers primary residence water and sewer bills, not to exceed $250.)
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Feb 08 2017 |
06/20/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 20 2017
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HB 6030
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES AND CLOSED MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT PLANS (Makes it easier for locally administered municipal retirement plans to join the municipal employees' retirement system, by providing greater flexibility in funding policies than would otherwise be required.)
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Mar 30 2017 |
06/14/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 14 2017
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HB 6317
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- RHODE ISLAND PATHWAYS PROJECT (Requires the executive office of health and human services (EOHHS) to conduct a study to assess the impact of using Medicaid funds to provide coverage for the treatment of the chronically homeless.)
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Jun 08 2017 |
06/14/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 14 2017
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HB 5978
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - RAILROAD PRESERVATION (Suspends any payments due to MBTA or its operating subcontractor for so long as either is in default on the South County operating agreement.)
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Mar 22 2017 |
06/08/2017 Committee Postponed At Request Of Sponsor (06/08/2017)
Jun 08 2017
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HB 5333
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Exempts all military pension income from personal income tax for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2017.)
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Feb 01 2017 |
06/08/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 08 2017
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HB 5567
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES (Raises the jurors' fees for each day's attendance on the superior court to twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per day commencing July 1, 2018 and increases to thirty-five dollars ($35.00) per day commencing July 1, 2019 and thereafter.)
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Feb 16 2017 |
06/08/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 08 2017
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HB 5820
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSE -- CHILDREN (Raises the legal minimum age to purchase tobacco products and nicotine-delivery systems from age eighteen (18) to age twenty-one (21).)
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Mar 02 2017 |
06/07/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 07 2017
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HB 6048
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - CHILD CARE - STATE SUBSIDIES (Establishes a tiered-rate structure for the child care assistance program, with higher rates paid to licensed child care centers and family child care homes that have achieved higher quality ratings in "BrightStars".)
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Mar 31 2017 |
06/07/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 07 2017
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HB 5976
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - ESTABLISHMENT OF CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Establishes district-charter compacts between charter schools and traditional public schools and would establish a compact fund to be supported by appropriations from the general assembly as well as grants, gifts and bequests.)
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Mar 22 2017 |
06/07/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 07 2017
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HB 5787
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - SUGARY DRINKS (Creates a tax on sugary drinks for the purpose of reducing the demand for those beverages, and discouraging the excessive consumption of, sugary drinks.)
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Mar 01 2017 |
05/31/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 31 2017
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HB 5791
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Raises the earned income tax credit from fifteen percent (15%) to twenty percent (20%) for tax years beginning on and after January 1, 2018.)
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Mar 01 2017 |
05/30/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 30 2017
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HB 6196
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HEALTH CARE FACILITIES STAFFING (Prohibits health care facilities from requiring 1st year medical residents to work a shift in excess of 24 hours except in cases of national, state or municipal emergency, disaster or other catastrophic event.)
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May 05 2017 |
05/25/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 25 2017
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HB 5331
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS - SMALL LOAN LENDERS (Repeals the provisions of the general laws allowing deferred deposit providers, also known as "payday lenders.")
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Feb 01 2017 |
05/25/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 25 2017
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HB 5473
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS (Allows legal guardians to notify the medical examiner that the performance of an autopsy was against a family's religious beliefs. Friends, without legal status, would no longer be able to provide this information.)
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Feb 15 2017 |
05/24/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 24 2017
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HR 6241
(2017 Regular Session)
House Resolution Proclaiming May 25Th Of 2017, As "Afterschool And Summer Learning Day" In The State Of Rhode Island
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May 23 2017 |
05/23/2017 House Read And Passed
May 23 2017
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