HB 5483
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (Amends electric distribution companies authority to charge interconnecting renewable energy customers for certain modifications and places timetables on interconnection work.)
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Feb 15 2017 |
06/30/2017 Signed By Governor
Jun 30 2017
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HB 6224
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION--BENEFITS (Repeals a provision of the workers' compensation law that provides that for injuries on and after July 1, 2023, "material hindrance" includes only compensable injuries causing a greater than sixty-five percent (65%) degree of functional impairment.)
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May 17 2017 |
06/30/2017 Signed By Governor
Jun 30 2017
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HR 6051
(2017 Regular Session)
HOUSE RESOLUTION RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - ENERGY FACILITIES SITING ACT (Creates a 14 member special legislative study commission whose purpose it would be to make a comprehensive study/review of the Energy Facility Siting Act, and report back to the House no later than 1/31/18, and whose life would expire on 6/2/18.)
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Mar 31 2017 |
06/28/2017 House Passed Sub A
Jun 28 2017
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HB 5274
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RENEWABLE ENERGY GROWTH PROGRAM (Expands the renewable energy growth program for an additional ten (10) years after the fifth program year, with an annual target of forty (40) nameplate megawatts for each year of the ten (10) year period.)
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Jan 27 2017 |
06/27/2017 Signed By Governor
Jun 27 2017
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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 5243
(2017 Regular Session)
HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY RHODE ISLAND'S MINIMUM PRICING STATUTES (Creates a nine (9) member study commission to study Rhode Island's minimum pricing statutes, and report back no later than April 6, 2017, and expires on June 6, 2017.)
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Jan 26 2017 |
06/26/2017 House Passed As Amended (Floor Amendment)
Jun 26 2017
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HB 6244
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Robert Sarkis Ovoian to join Stephanie Lynn Knott and Daniel Mark Ovoian in marriage on or about October 21, 2017, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island.)
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May 24 2017 |
06/23/2017 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jun 23 2017
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HB 5575
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- STATEWIDE MUNICIPAL SOLAR PERMIT (Requires the Rhode Island office of energy resources, in consultation with the building commission to promulgate rules and regulations to create a statewide solar photovoltaic permit application.)
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Feb 16 2017 |
06/19/2017 Signed By Governor
Jun 19 2017
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HB 6034
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - PETS (Allows psittacine birds (parrots and parakeets) to accompany their owners at state-owned campgrounds, subject to the restrictions enumerated.)
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Mar 30 2017 |
06/14/2017 Committee Heard
Jun 14 2017
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HB 5751
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Amends the state aid funding formula for compensation of school districts for the additional costs of students learning English.)
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Mar 01 2017 |
06/07/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 07 2017
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HB 5562
(2017 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%).)
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Feb 16 2017 |
06/07/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 07 2017
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HB 5495
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- MENTAL HEALTH CONSUMER ADVOCATES OF RHODE ISLAND -- OASIS WELLNESS AND RECOVERY CENTER (Establishes a mental health consumer advocate and wellness recovery center to provide support for those suffering from mental health issues and would appropriate two-hundred ninety five thousand dollars ($295,000) to operate the program.)
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Feb 15 2017 |
06/07/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 07 2017
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HB 5173
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO RIPTA -- ELDERLY AND DISABLED BUS PASS ASSISTANCE (Reinstates free RIPTA bus fares for elderly and disabled riders who meet means test criteria.)
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Jan 19 2017 |
06/07/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 07 2017
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HB 5771
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - SALES AND USE TAXES (Raises the local hotel tax rate from one percent to two and one-half percent.)
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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 5770
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES--ENFORCEMENT AND COLLECTION (Provides that any person who has a retail sales permit would not be required to pay a separate registration fee to make sales at flea markets; however, the person remains responsible to pay all taxes due as a result of sales at a flea market.)
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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 5563
(2017 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 16 2017 |
05/30/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 30 2017
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HR 6268
(2017 Regular Session)
House Resolution Congratulating The Bishop Hendricken High School Academic Decathlon Team On Winning The 2017 Division Ii Academic Decathlon National Championship
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May 30 2017 |
05/30/2017 House Read And Passed
May 30 2017
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HB 5560
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Increases the personal income tax rates, with the revenue collected therefrom to be deposited into a restricted receipt account for the purpose of reimbursement to municipalities for public school construction.)
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Feb 16 2017 |
05/30/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 30 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 5288
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - PAYMENTS TO FIRE COMPANIES (Provides appropriation of state funds to cities and towns who are members of NBMTF for maintenance of boats servicing Narragansett Bay.)
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Jan 27 2017 |
05/25/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 25 2017
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