HB 7886
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Adds three (3) new income tax brackets for purposes of Rhode Island state income taxation.)
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Feb 28 2018 |
05/17/2018 Committee Postponed At Request Of Sponsor (05/17/2018)
May 17 2018
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HB 7824
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- THE RIVERS AND COASTAL ADAPTATION FUND (Establishes Rhode Island rivers/coastal adaptation fund; enables cities, towns and state to apply for grants to fund projects that invest in measures to address the impacts of climate change. Trust to be funded by fees on barrels of petroleum products.)
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Feb 28 2018 |
05/16/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 16 2018
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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.)
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Feb 01 2018 |
05/15/2018 Committee Postponed At Request Of Sponsor (05/15/2018)
May 15 2018
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HB 7356
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS METRICS (Requires that the division of planning create a checklist of environmental and energy issues that certain state construction projects which cost in excess of $10,000,000 would need to consider and address.)
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Jan 31 2018 |
05/09/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 09 2018
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HB 7900
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE HOME ENERGY RATE AFFORDABILITY ACT (Creates the Home Energy Rate Affordability Program to ensure that utility rates are affordable for low-income households.)
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Feb 28 2018 |
05/09/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 09 2018
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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.)
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Feb 14 2018 |
05/08/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 08 2018
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HB 7343
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - SALES AND USE TAXES - LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Clarifies that for purposes of its exemption from sales tax, a book would be of fiction or non-fiction.)
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Jan 31 2018 |
05/03/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2018
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HB 7976
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LITTLE CIGAR TAX (Requires little cigars tax be imposed in the same manner as cigarette tax with twenty-five percent (25%) of revenue applied to smoking cessation programs and that little cigars be sold in packs of twenty (20) or more.)
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Mar 16 2018 |
05/03/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2018
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HB 7953
(2018 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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Mar 15 2018 |
05/02/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 02 2018
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HB 7674
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC POWER UTILITY COUNCIL ACT (Establishes the Rhode Island public power utility council.)
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Feb 15 2018 |
04/30/2018 Meeting Postponed (05/01/2018)
Apr 30 2018
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HB 8140
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE - DIVESTITURE OF INVESTMENTS IN MANUFACTURERS OF FIREARMS (Prohibits the investing of assets of any pension or annuity fund managed by the state investment commission in companies that manufacture firearms.)
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Apr 27 2018 |
04/27/2018 Introduced, Referred To House Finance
Apr 27 2018
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HB 7357
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM--CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS (Requires the yearly state contribution to the pension system not be reduced until the fund ratio meets or exceeds eighty percent (80%).)
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Jan 31 2018 |
04/26/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 26 2018
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HR 8115
(2018 Regular Session)
House Resolution Proclaiming May, 2018, To Be "National Melanoma Awareness Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
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Apr 25 2018 |
04/25/2018 House Read And Passed
Apr 25 2018
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HB 7721
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - NOMINATION DEADLINES (Makes changes in the declaration of candidacy period from late June to early June and moves primary elections from September to August.)
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Feb 28 2018 |
04/25/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 25 2018
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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.)
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Feb 15 2018 |
04/24/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 24 2018
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HB 8076
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES--LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Adds electronic nicotine-delivery systems to the definition of "Tobacco" for tax purposes.)
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Apr 11 2018 |
04/11/2018 Introduced, Referred To House Finance
Apr 11 2018
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HB 7732
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - PFAS IN FOOD PACKAGING (Prohibits PFAS, a class of fluorinated organic chemicals, from being used in food packaging.)
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Feb 28 2018 |
04/11/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 11 2018
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HB 7799
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND TRAINING (Provides an opportunity for employees affected by plant closings or mass layoffs to furnish competitive bids to purchase businesses otherwise at risk of reducing workforce.)
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Feb 28 2018 |
04/05/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 05 2018
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HB 7368
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- COMMUNICATION ACCESS SERVICES (Requires health insurance to provide coverage for communication access between deaf patients and their physicians.)
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Jan 31 2018 |
04/04/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 04 2018
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HB 7720
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - COURTS (Vests with the governor the sole authority to nominate, on the basis of merit, from a list submitted by the judicial nominating commission with the advice and consent of the senate, all judges and magistrates, to all courts.)
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Feb 28 2018 |
04/03/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 03 2018
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