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Sherry Roberts · 448 bills · page 11 of 18

HB 7501 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- STUDENT LOAN TAX CREDIT (Allows for a tax credit up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) for any resident of the state that is obligated for a student loan, who is attending a college, university, or other post-secondary school in the state, and working within the state.) Died
HR 7547 HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING JANUARY OF 2020 AS "RHODE ISLAND SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND Died
HB 7753 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDINGS (Requires audio and video recordings of all open meetings of state and quasi-public agencies and bodies to be transmitted to the secretary of state's office.) Died
HB 7756 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Amends the definition of firearms to include taser. Permits any person over the age of eighteen (18) to possess a stun gun. Enacts the review and appeal process of applying for a license to carry with the licensing authority or attorney general.) Died
HB 7052 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE RHODE ISLAND CESSPOOL ACT OF 2007 (Exempts a residential homeowner who has abandoned an on-site system from obtaining a contractor to pump out and to fill in with material, as long as the residential homeowner has taken the necessary steps to secure the abandoned on-site system.) Died
HB 7534 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- 911 EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBER ACT -- PREPAID WIRELESS E-911 CHARGE ACT (Eliminates first responder surcharges from the 911 Emergency Telephone Number Act.) Failed
HB 7902 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Requires nonprofit entity exempt from real property tax to provide assessor with information every 5 yeas relating to the usage of the land/building/structures starting December 31, 2020.) Died
HR 7119 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF DANIEL P. MURPHY Died
HB 8082 AN ACT RELATING TO THE CENTRAL COVENTRY FIRE DISTRICT (Amends the procedures for the holding the annual meeting/special meetings/the election/recall/duties of the board of directors/officers/tax assessor/district clerk/finance director-treasurer/tax collector/borrowing funds/installation/lighting repair.) Died
HB 7824 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] (Provides that any school teaching sexual education to students shall provide the sexual education curriculum to every parent or guardian of a student, and the parent or legal guardian shall consent to the teaching of such sexual education curriculum.) Failed
HB 7886 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Permits Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode Island plates to be issued for passenger or commercial vehicles. A minimum of six hundred (600) pre-ordered plates would be required.) Died
HB 5405 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDINGS (Requires audio and video recordings of certain open meetings of municipal government to be transmitted to the secretary of state's office.) Died
HB 5644 AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING (Allows a local review board of a city or town to provide reasonable conditions and limitations on any low and moderate income housing project.) Died
HB 5675 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND DOMESTIC ABUSE (Expedites a victim of domestic abuse eligibility for and receipt of unemployment benefits by removing the waiting period and other impediments.) Died
HB 5468 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDINGS (Requires audio and video recordings of all open meetings of state and quasi-public agencies and bodies to be transmitted to the secretary of state's office.) Died
HB 5684 AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS - RHODE ISLAND TURNPIKE AND BRIDGE AUTHORITY (Limits the use of toll collection facilities to toll collection only and not for issuing any other motor vehicle violation.) Died
HR 5496 JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE, PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE (MAJORITY VOTE REQUIREMENT THROUGH INSTANT RUNOFF VOTING FOR GENERAL OFFICERS AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS' ELECTION) Died
HB 5591 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX -- DEDUCTION FOR MAINTAINING RESIDENCE (Permits persons over the age of sixty-five (65) to deduct from their adjusted gross income the cost of maintaining a personal residence, up to seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500).) Died
HB 5276 AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Excludes the growth of marijuana and any of its derivatives from the provisions requiring the permitted use of plant agriculture within all city and town zoning ordinances.) Failed
HR 5498 JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION -- GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO REVIEW REGULATIONS Died
HB 5779 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- LICENSES AND REGISTRATIONS (Requires the payment of all outstanding city or town taxes, fees and fines due and payable prior to renewal of a driver's license or vehicle registration.) Died
HB 5503 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Requires that the attorney general's office respond to complaints prohibiting public access public records within twenty (20) days and would proceed as necessary within that timeframe.) Died
HB 5410 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Allows state income taxpayers to deduct from their federal adjusted gross income, all or some of their unreduced social security retirement benefits, depending upon the amount of their gross income.) Died
HB 5641 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING AND MORTGAGE FINANCE CORPORATION (Includes in the definition of affordable housing houses whose assessed value meets the criteria of affordable housing even if such houses are not for sale. In addition, proposed housing developments which meet the criteria would be included.) Died
HR 5719 JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND -- STANDING TO SUE GRANTED TO MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY (This joint resolution would propose a constitutional amendment which, if approved by the voters, would grand standing to each member of the general assembly to file a lawsuit in the Superior Court challenging any governmental expenditure or tax.) Died