HB 7146
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- ESTATE TAX (Provides an exemption from the estate tax for a closely held corporation or a limited liability company that has no more than five hundred (500) employees as of the date of the decedent's death.)
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Jan 12 2018 |
05/08/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 08 2018
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HB 7147
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- ESTATE AND TRANSFER TAXES (Repeals the state estate tax.)
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Jan 12 2018 |
05/08/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 08 2018
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HB 7108
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - SALES AND USE TAXES - LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Eliminates sales and use taxes on electricity and natural gas bills.)
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Jan 11 2018 |
05/03/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2018
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HB 7106
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE -- STATE BUDGET (Requires a 2/3 affirmative vote by both the house of representatives and senate in connection with a proposed transfer of funds from a public utilities commission approved energy efficiency plan to the general fund.)
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Jan 11 2018 |
05/01/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 01 2018
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HB 7435
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ESTABLISHING AN OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL (Establishes the office of inspector general as an independent administrative agency charged with the responsibility to investigate, detect, and prevent fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement in the expenditure of public funds.)
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Feb 02 2018 |
05/01/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 01 2018
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HR 7313
(2018 Regular Session)
HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE 911 EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SYSTEM (Creates a 5 member legislative commission to study the 911 Emergency Phone System, and who would report back to the House of Representatives no later than February 7, 2019, and whose life would expire on May 7, 2019.)
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Jan 26 2018 |
05/01/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 01 2018
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HB 7143
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES (Provides Rhode Island bidders on contracts to purchase office equipment and/or machinery a five percent (5%) adjustment when determining the lowest responsible bidder.)
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Jan 12 2018 |
05/01/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 01 2018
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HB 8057
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL SAFETY EVALUATION PROGRAM FUND (Establishes a restricted receipt account for the purpose of funding school safety evaluations, to be known as the "Rhode Island Public School Safety Evaluation Program Fund.")
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Apr 05 2018 |
04/26/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 26 2018
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HB 7279
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITY ACT (Provides a bidding procedure for naming rights to the Rhode Island Convention Center.)
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Jan 25 2018 |
04/25/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 25 2018
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HB 7758
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - RHODE ISLAND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES REPORTING (Requires campaign treasurers, to file with the board of elections a copy of every written agreement that is entered into by a candidate and a committee of a political party, where the agreement pertains to campaign contributions or expenditures.)
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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 8059
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - FEDERAL AID (Prohibits lunch-shaming of children unable to pay for meals served as part of breakfast/lunch program offered at elementary/secondary schools.)
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Apr 05 2018 |
04/25/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 25 2018
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HR 8108
(2018 Regular Session)
House Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Barbara Pierce Bush, Former First Lady Of The United States
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Apr 24 2018 |
04/24/2018 House Read And Passed
Apr 24 2018
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HB 7628
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- DUTIES OF UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (Requires all public utilities regulated by the PUC to file a rate request for a decrease in their base rates to reflect any federal tax savings as a result of the enactment of federal tax legislation commencing May 1, 2019, and every May 1 thereafter.)
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Feb 14 2018 |
04/24/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 24 2018
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HB 7770
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOBILE AND MANUFACTURED HOMES--AFFORDABLE HOUSING (Qualifies mobile and manufactured homes as affordable housing when installed and affixed in mobile and manufactured home parks in groups of twenty (20) or more for a year or more.)
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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 7871
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - RHODE ISLAND COMMERCE CORPORATION (Provides that the board of directors of the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation shall include a senior manager of a business which derives a majority of its revenue from the defense industry and has facilities located in the state.)
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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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HB 7760
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- AUTOMATED TRAFFIC VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS (Repeals the Rhode Island automated traffic violation monitoring system act of 2005/the Rhode Island automated school-zone-speed-enforcement system act of 2016 authorizing the use of sensors which produce images of motor vehicles violating traffic laws.)
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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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HB 7786
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - CHANGEABLE MESSAGE SIGNS (Regulates the use of electronic changeable highway message signs (CMS) and requires the signs to display traffic operational, regulatory, warning, guidance, accident, and road information only.)
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Feb 28 2018 |
03/27/2018 Withdrawn At Sponsor's Request
Mar 27 2018
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HB 7389
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - CHILD ADVOCATE OFFICE (Re-enforces the authority of the office of the child advocate in accessing records necessary to its investigative powers.)
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Feb 01 2018 |
03/14/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 14 2018
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HB 7361
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (Declares null/void contract between credit card issuers/vendors/businesses prohibiting reduced price for customers paying in cash.)
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Jan 31 2018 |
03/06/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 06 2018
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HB 7638
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - GARBAGE FEEDING (Repeals the entirety of section imposing a fine on carrying swill (garbage) into the town of Middletown to feed swine.)
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Feb 14 2018 |
03/01/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 01 2018
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