SB 177
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS - ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Excludes preliminary drafts, notes, impressions, memoranda, working papers and work products involving research at state institutions of higher learning from the definition of a public record.)
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Feb 01 2017 |
06/27/2017 Signed By Governor
Jun 27 2017
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SB 168
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS (Requires a real estate broker to release customer or client funds in an escrow account as instructed by the parties to a failed real estate transaction, within ten (10) days of receipt of a written release.)
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Feb 01 2017 |
06/27/2017 Signed By Governor
Jun 27 2017
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SR 987
(2017 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Edward Joseph Mcgovern
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Jun 22 2017 |
06/27/2017 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 27 2017
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SB 52
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- LAW PRACTICE (Requires duly admitted members of the bar of this state to acquire and maintain malpractice insurance in the minimum amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000).)
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Jan 18 2017 |
06/22/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 22 2017
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SB 98
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - SECURITIZATION ACT (Repeals The Public Utility Securitization Act (§§39-1-43 to 60), passed in 1997.)
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Feb 01 2017 |
06/19/2017 Signed By Governor
Jun 19 2017
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SR 957
(2017 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Evelyn V. Fargnoli
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Jun 13 2017 |
06/13/2017 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 13 2017
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SB 584
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - PAYMENT OF WAGES (Eliminates repealed statute references and creates a mechanism for workers to enforce their existing right to continuation of medical benefits, reinstatement after returning from being a temporary caregiver and Sunday pay wage laws.)
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Mar 15 2017 |
06/09/2017 Referred To House Labor
Jun 09 2017
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SB 262
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- ELECTIVE SHARE (Clarifies the surviving spouse's right regarding elective shares against the decedent's will as to real and personal estate for decedents dying on and after January 1, 2017.)
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Feb 15 2017 |
06/08/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 08 2017
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SB 689
(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 30 2017 |
06/06/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 06 2017
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SB 451
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - ESTATE AND TRANSFER TAXES (Increases credit against RI estate tax from $64,400 to $99,600 for decedents dying after 12/31/17 which is equivalent to estate tax exemption of $2,000.)
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Mar 02 2017 |
06/01/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 01 2017
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SB 314
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - SALES AND USE TAXES - PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Subtracts state tax refunds, paid to an individual in the previous year, from federal adjusted gross income, for purposes of the state income tax for tax years beginning January 1, 2018.)
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Feb 16 2017 |
06/01/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 01 2017
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SB 28
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Provides that for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018, a taxpayer entitled to a federal earned-income credit shall be allowed a state earned-income credit equal to 18% of the federal earned-income credit.)
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Jan 18 2017 |
06/01/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 01 2017
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SB 444
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - STUDENT AND RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOANS (Authorizes the creation of a state sponsored loan program to help pay off student debt.)
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Mar 02 2017 |
05/30/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 30 2017
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SB 195
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Permits the Providence licensing board to issue a Class C liquor license for premises at 215 Dean Street.)
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Feb 01 2017 |
05/24/2017 Effective Without Governor's Signature
May 24 2017
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SR 909
(2017 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Declaring May 18Th, 2017, To Be "One Providence Day" In The State Of Rhode Island
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May 18 2017 |
05/18/2017 Senate Read And Passed
May 18 2017
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SB 830
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION (Allows municipalities with a population density greater than two thousand (2,000) people per square mile to exempt from taxation real property used for agricultural operations.)
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Apr 27 2017 |
05/18/2017 Committee Heard
May 18 2017
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SB 875
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS--REGULATORY POWERS OF ADMINISTRATION--UTILITIES (Characterizes incentive payments to utilities as billed distribution revenue for rate setting services.)
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May 11 2017 |
05/18/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 18 2017
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SB 876
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (Permits, rather than requires, electricity and gas revenues to be decoupled from sales and require submission of a full rate filing every three (3) years by electric and gas distribution companies.)
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May 11 2017 |
05/18/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 18 2017
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SR 238
(2017 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY RHODE ISLAND'S MINIMUM WAGE (Creates a fifteen member legislative commission to study Rhode Island's minimum wage, and would report back to the General Assembly by March 30, 2018, and expire on May 30, 2018.)
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Feb 02 2017 |
05/17/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 17 2017
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SB 732
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE RHODE ISLAND EARLY CHILDHOOD INNOVATION ACT (Establishes an early childhood innovation fund to help close the achievement gap for at-risk children as they enter kindergarten)
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Apr 12 2017 |
05/17/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 17 2017
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