SB 2740
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - RETAIL LICENSES (Allows railroad companies who hold a Class G license to serve alcohol at retail aboard its trains and in its controlled station premises up to 60 minutes prior to a train's scheduled departure.)
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Mar 20 2018 |
07/10/2018 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jul 10 2018
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SB 2006
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS-NOMINATION OF PARTY AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES-CITY OF WOONSOCKET (Provides that nomination papers for certain candidates for citywide nonpartisan office in the city of Woonsocket would require at least one hundred (100) signatures.)
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Jan 11 2018 |
07/05/2018 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jul 05 2018
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SB 2915
(2018 Regular Session)
An Act Authorizing The Town Of North Kingstown To Finance Construction, Renovations, Remediation, Alterations, Additions And Other Improvements And/Or Related Equipment And To Issue Not More Than $27,000,000 Bonds And Notes Therefor, Of Which Up To $13,500,000 Is For School Purposes And Up To $13,500,000 Is For Other Town Purposes
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May 17 2018 |
07/05/2018 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jul 05 2018
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SB 2983
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - THE HOSPITAL CONVERSION ACT (Requires health director/attorney general to conduct hospital conversion investigations with stenographic record of the proceedings.)
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Jun 20 2018 |
07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
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SB 2824
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ADVISORY COMMISSION ON HISTORICAL CEMETERIES (Authorizes the advisory committee on historical cemeteries to revive the program for marking governors' graves. The department of administration would administer the funding for the plaque.)
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Apr 12 2018 |
07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
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SB 2500
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Requires the office of energy resources to conduct a study to verify the energy savings measures from the state energy efficiency programs.)
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Mar 01 2018 |
06/28/2018 Signed By Governor
Jun 28 2018
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SR 2390
(2018 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY VETERAN AND MILITARY SPOUSE EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES (This resolution would extend the reporting date of the special legislative commission to study veteran and military spouse education & employment opportunities from April 30, 2018, to April 30, 2019, and said commission would expire on July 30, 2019.)
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Feb 15 2018 |
06/22/2018 House Passed In Concurrence
Jun 22 2018
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SB 2516
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Prohibits nonprofit hospitals from real and personal property tax exemptions if nonprofit converts to a for-profit and then back to a nonprofit.)
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Mar 01 2018 |
06/20/2018 Referred To House Judiciary
Jun 20 2018
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SB 2074
(2018 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.)
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Jan 18 2018 |
06/19/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 19 2018
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SB 2199
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION (Provides that the taxation of military service pensions for purposes of the Rhode Island personal income tax would be reduced and phased out over a five (5) year period from 2018 to 2022.)
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Feb 01 2018 |
06/12/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 12 2018
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SB 2525
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- STATE TAX OFFICIALS (Places twelve percent (12%) per annum interest rate on delinquent tax payments for business corporation, sales and use, estate and personal income taxes.)
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Mar 01 2018 |
05/24/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 24 2018
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SB 2016
(2018 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.)
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Jan 11 2018 |
05/24/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 24 2018
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SB 2863
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES (Includes the general assembly elections in the risk-limiting audits within the jurisdiction of the board of elections.)
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May 03 2018 |
05/10/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 10 2018
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SB 2018
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Adds urns and shrouds, prayer cards and other items customarily sold or provided by a funeral director to those funeral items which are already exempt from sales and use taxes.)
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Jan 11 2018 |
05/09/2018 Referred To House Finance
May 09 2018
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SB 2104
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ESTABLISHING AN OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL (Establishes office of inspector general which would be charged with preventing fraud and mismanagement of public funds, regardless of their source and would oversee all state programs and operations.)
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Jan 18 2018 |
05/09/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 09 2018
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SB 2068
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- MICRO ZONE ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION ACT (Creates micro zones in distressed areas to stimulate economic revitalization/employment opportunities/business development through redevelopment of abandoned industrial/commercial structures.)
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Jan 18 2018 |
05/04/2018 Referred To House Finance
May 04 2018
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SR 2703
(2018 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE, PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS -- A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE (MAJORITY VOTE REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL OFFICERS' ELECTION) (This proposed constitutional amendment would provide for a run-off election between the top two vote getters for each general office if no candidate has received a majority.)
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Mar 20 2018 |
05/03/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2018
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SR 2702
(2018 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND (FOUR YEAR TERMS AND TERM LIMITS FOR SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES) (This resolution would propose an amendment to the Constitution to the electors of the state that increases the length of term for senators and representatives to four (4) years and would impose a limit of four (4) consecutive terms for those offices.)
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Mar 20 2018 |
05/03/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2018
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SB 2305
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS (Changes the period of time a voter may have to change their party affiliation from the 90th day preceding any primary election for which the voter is eligible to the 29th day preceding any primary election for which the voter is eligible.)
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Feb 01 2018 |
05/03/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2018
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SB 2704
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - MAIL BALLOTS - CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES (Requires any person voting by mail ballot or emergency mail ballot to provide proof of identity, excepting those in a hospital, hospice, or skilled nursing facility.)
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Mar 20 2018 |
05/03/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2018
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