Rhode Island Bills

sponsored by Roger Picard

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SB 2250 (2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE GENERALLY - CAUSES OF ACTION (Provides immunity from liability for school employees whose position involves work with students for accidental injury or damage. Provides compensation for certain injuries received by school employees whose position involves work with students.)
Feb 04 2020 02/04/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
Feb 04 2020
SB 2092 (2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- DIGNITY AT WORK ACT (Establishes the Dignity at Work Act, to provide workers with more protection from bullying and harassment in the workplace.)
Jan 21 2020 01/29/2020 Committee Recommended Substitute A Be Held For Further Study
Jan 29 2020
SB 2055 (2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION (Amends the definition of the term "disabled," for purposes of tax relief, to include persons receiving veterans' affairs disability benefits paid by the federal government.)
Jan 21 2020 01/21/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Jan 21 2020
SB 2053 (2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY TAX RELIEF (Amends the definition of "disabled", for the purposes of property tax relief, to include veterans who earn less than thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) annually and who receive disability benefits.)
Jan 21 2020 01/21/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Jan 21 2020
SB 2044 (2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Increases the maximum tax on qualifying low-income property from eight percent (8%) of the previous year's gross scheduled rental income to ten percent (10%) of the prospective year's gross scheduled rental income.)
Jan 21 2020 01/21/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Jan 21 2020
SB 2065 (2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Increases the maximum tax for qualifying low-income housing from eight percent (8%) to ten percent (10%) of the property's previous year's gross scheduled rental income.)
Jan 21 2020 01/21/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Jan 21 2020
SB 2048 (2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Exempts from state taxation certain pension benefits that originate from, and were taxed in another state.)
Jan 21 2020 01/21/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Jan 21 2020
SB 2040 (2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RESIDENCE OF CHILDREN FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES (Requires state reimburse city or town for any costs transporting children placed in foster care by a Rhode Island-licensed child-placing agency or a Rhode Island governmental agency to an educational facility outside the regional transportation district.)
Jan 21 2020 01/21/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Education
Jan 21 2020
SB 2038 (2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Redefines extraordinary costs associated with the education of special education students to be costs that are above the core foundation amount.)
Jan 21 2020 01/21/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Education
Jan 21 2020
SB 2032 (2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RESIDENCE OF CHILDREN FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES (Requires the department of elementary and secondary education and the DCYF to each pay 50% of the out-of-district transportation costs for children allowed to remain in the school where the child is enrolled at the time of placement.)
Jan 21 2020 01/21/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Education
Jan 21 2020
SB 2060 (2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - SALES AND USE TAXES - LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Exempts from the sales and use tax that portion of a motor vehicle lease payment collected for tangible personal property tax, municipal property tax, excise, or any other similar tax.)
Jan 21 2020 01/21/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Jan 21 2020
SB 2039 (2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS (Allows a school district to conduct instruction through virtual education up to five (5) days when schools have been closed due to inclement weather, emergency or any nonscheduled school closings.)
Jan 21 2020 01/21/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Education
Jan 21 2020
SR 2041 (2020 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION -- RIGHT TO AN ADEQUATE EDUCATION (Amends the constitution to guarantee Rhode Island residents with equal opportunity to receive an education and provide judicial enforcement of this provision.)
Jan 21 2020 01/21/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Education
Jan 21 2020
SB 2063 (2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Repeals the provisions of § 16-7-34.3 reimbursing state for conventional public housing students and adds similar language to § 16-7.2-6 providing permanent foundation education aid funding for services to students in conventional public housing.)
Jan 21 2020 01/21/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Jan 21 2020
SB 2062 (2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Amends the method for the calculation of the permanent foundation education aid to school districts, and would make an adjustment based upon students residing in qualified low-income housing. Applies to all school years commencing on or after 7/1/20.)
Jan 21 2020 01/21/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Jan 21 2020
SB 1012 (2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows Woonsocket to assess different tax rates upon motor vehicles and ratable tangible personal property to comply with Motor Vehicle/Trailer Tax Elimination Act.)
Jun 25 2019 07/19/2019 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jul 19 2019
SB 996 (2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CUMBERLAND (Validates and ratifies amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of Cumberland, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of Cumberland on November 6, 2018.)
Jun 20 2019 07/19/2019 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jul 19 2019
SB 190 (2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - CONDOMINIUM LAW - MANAGEMENT OF CONDOMINIUM (Provides that financial and other records be made available for examination by unit owners within thirty (30) days of a request being made.)
Jan 31 2019 07/19/2019 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jul 19 2019
SB 46 (2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS (Allows a school district to conduct instruction through virtual education up to five (5) days when schools have been closed due to inclement weather, emergency or any nonscheduled school closings.)
Jan 16 2019 07/16/2019 Vetoed By Governor
Jul 16 2019
SB 333 (2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - CASUALTY INSURANCE RATING (Raises amount from $1,500 to $3,000 at which insurer may fail to renew private passenger auto policy/assess premium surcharge for property damage claim payment. Eff. 1/1/20.)
Feb 13 2019 07/15/2019 Signed By Governor
Jul 15 2019

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