Sponsored (introduced) — Historical

Charlene M. Lima · 629 bills · page 23 of 26

HB 6054 AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL CARE (Defines pet grooming facilities and requires that pet grooming facilities be licensed and provides penalties for those pet grooming facilities that fail to obtain a license.) Died
HB 5379 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.) Died
HB 5057 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGE (Increases the minimum wage to ten dollars and fifty cents ($10.50) commencing July 1, 2017.) Died
HB 5727 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSE - ELECTRONIC IMAGING DEVICES (Prohibits minors from transmitting or posting indecent visual depictions of themselves or other minors on any website and require the family court to determine whether the purpose of the post was for harassment in deciding appropriate punishment.) Died
HB 5725 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - SEXUAL ASSAULT (Amends the definition of "sexual contact" for the purposes of criminal offenses to include the intentional touching of the victim's own intimate parts at the accused's instruction.) Died
HB 5265 AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- FORECLOSED PROPERTY UPKEEP ACT (Establishes "Foreclosed Property Upkeep Act" requiring a purchaser to maintain property by posting a bond and identify an agent for service of process.) Died
HB 5173 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.) Died
HB 5157 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Redefines "first-time offender" and permits individuals with a record of up to two (2) misdemeanor convictions to be eligible for expungement.) Died
HB 5627 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - DENTAL HEALTH COVERAGE (Permits dental patients of five health care providers to assign their dental benefits to dentist of their choice.) Died
HB 5162 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - EMERGENCY REDUCTION OF SCHOOL YEAR (Provides that when the governor declares a state of emergency requiring the closing of schools, the lost day would not be made up at the end of the school year.) Died
HB 5504 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE (Grants an annual increase of three percent (3%) cost-of-living retirement adjustment on the first fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) of a retiree's annual allowance.) Died
HB 5248 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - SALES AND USE TAXES - LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Exempts containers and storage devices designed for safe storage of guns from sale and use tax.) Died
HB 5061 AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMAL AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Requires a court of competent jurisdiction to order the appointment of an animal care advocate where animal cruelty is at issue.) Died
HR 5900 HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO EXAMINE THE ISSUE OF LICENSING BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS (Creates a seventeen member commission to examine the issue of licensing builders and contractors, and who would report back to the House no later than February 8, 2018; and would expire on May 8, 2018.) Died
HB 5563 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.) Died
HB 5275 AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS (Requires businesses with gross annual sales of more than $500,000 to post signs that food they offer for sale may contain genetically modified organisms.) Died
HB 6267 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- EXCISE ON MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAILERS (Provides for the reduction and elimination of the motor vehicle excise tax. Also provides that cities, towns, and fire districts would be reimbursed for the revenues lost by the reduction and elimination of the excise tax.) Died
HB 5258 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - HIGHWAYS - LOITERING (Makes loitering in a public highway or on certain median strips a misdemeanor subject to a fine not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).) Died
HB 5499 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION PLATES (Permits the motor vehicle administration to allow auctions of registration plates for charity.) Died
HB 5697 AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - RHODE ISLAND FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES (Clarifies that "housing status" is a protected class under the Rhode Island Fair Housing Practices Act.) Died
HB 5726 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT (Raises the age of consent for sexual intercourse to age eighteen provided however that consensual penetration between two individuals between the ages of sixteen and twenty would not be a violation of this statute.) Died
HB 5292 AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (Specifies certain exemptions to the state deceptive trade practices act applicable to those subject to regulation by enumerated federal commissions authority and state financial regulatory bodies.) Died
HB 5164 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES--LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Repeals the sales tax on pet care services.) Died
HB 5564 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- CONTRACTORS' BONDS (Prohibits state, general contractors, and construction managers from withholding a retainer of more than five percent (5%) from public works contracts.) Died
HB 5395 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- PRESERVATION OF FAMILIES WITH DISABLED PARENT (Precludes parental disability serving as basis for denial/restrictions involving matters of a child's welfare/foster care/family law/guardianship/adoption without written findings by the family court.) Died