Sponsored (introduced) — Historical
John G. Edwards · 1098 bills · page 15 of 44
- HB 5470 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Raises the earned-income tax credit from fifteen percent (15%) to fifty percent (50%) for the tax years 2024 and beyond.) Died
- HB 5475 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Removes the exemption from the state hotel tax for residences rented in their entirety.) Died
- HB 5446 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- LABOR AND PAYMENT OF DEBTS BY CONTRACTORS (Requires a contractor, subcontractor or public body to include offsite fabrication work in weekly certified prevailing wage records.) Failed
- HB 5422 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS (Authorizes schools to issue an out-of-school suspension for students in grades six (6) and above, if they are found to be a threat to the physical safety or health of students, teachers, and administrators.) Failed
- HB 5413 AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONTRACTORS' REGISTRATION AND LICENSING BOARD (Provides that contractors maintain errors and omissions insurance.) Died
- HB 5425 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- THE GREEN BUILDINGS ACT (Creates building energy performance standards based on the size of buildings, to achieve, by way of benchmarking and reporting, a statewide analysis of energy use and strategies to increase energy efficiency.) Died
- HB 6386 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE STONE BRIDGE FIRE DISTRICT TO ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND/OR NOTES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,250,000) TO FINANCE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO ITS WATER SYSTEM (Authorizes the Stone Bridge Fire District in the town of Tiverton to issue bonds to an amount not exceeding one million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($1,250,000).) Enacted
- HB 5595 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- LABOR AND PAYMENT OF DEBTS BY CONTRACTORS (Provides that offsite fabrication work for public works projects be subject to the prevailing wage and reporting requirements thereto.) Died
- HB 6198 AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- FAMILY COURT (Gives statewide juvenile hearing boards the authority to refer a juvenile offender to a rehabilitative driving course, as part of a disposition of an offense before the board. The order may be enforced by the traffic tribunal.) Died
- HB 5016 AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF TIVERTON (Validates and ratifies amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of Tiverton, adopted and approved on November 8, 2022.) Enacted
- HB 5022 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS (Allows school committees to add item(s) not appearing in published notice to their agendas for purposes of discussion only if the revised agenda is filed with the secretary of state and posted on district website at least 48 hrs in advance of the meeting.) Died
- HB 5330 AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- KRATOM CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT (Regulates the distribution of the product known as "Kratom". Violations are subject to administrative fines from $500 to $1,000.) Died
- HB 5392 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Eliminates the so-called "marriage penalty tax" by allowing a tax credit for the difference in taxes computed as married individuals filing jointly in excess of the amount of tax for taxpayers filing as individuals.) Died
- HB 5343 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION (Requires all public high schools to provide instruction on technical and vocational training.) Died
- HB 5127 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT-- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT (Directs the department of corrections to collect information from individuals entering its custody: sex, race, nativity (country of origin), religion, and level of education.) Enacted
- HB 5345 AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- AGRICULTURAL FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT (Provides that Rhode Island assents to the provisions of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act relative to the Preventive Controls for Animal Food Regulation (PCAF) regulations.) Enacted
- HB 5382 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Provides an exemption to the access to public records law for winners of Rhode Island lottery prizes and/or games.) Died
- HB 5342 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM (Requires all public high schools to require students, as part of the curriculum, to enroll in a nutrition course, food preparation course and cooking course during any year of a student's four (4) year enrollment.) Died
- HB 5374 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS (Allows participating municipalities to elect to its employees the deferred compensation plans offered by the state.) Enacted
- HB 5333 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- PROMPT PAYMENT BY DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION (Amends the provisions for prompt payment of monies owed by the department of administration to their contractors or subcontractors.) Died
- HR 6383 HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 10TH, 2023, TO BE "LUPUS DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND Died
- HB 5211 AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MECHANICS' LIENS (Provides the arbitrator in mechanics' lien actions submitted to arbitration the authority to make certain findings of fact regarding procedure compliance and amounts owed which findings would be binding in the mechanics' lien action.) Died
- HB 6485 AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES (Prohibits any agreement whereby an advanced practice registered nurse is restricted in the right to practice in a certain geographic area, assist or provide treatment or establish a professional relationship with any other employer.) Died
- HB 5709 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WAREHOUSE WORKER PROTECTION ACT (Requires employers to provide each employee of a warehouse distribution center, upon hire, with written description of quotas applicable to the employee within defined time periods and adverse employment action for failure to meet the quota.) Died
- HB 5050 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- LABOR AND PAYMENT OF DEBTS BY CONTRACTORS (Amends the definition of public works so that it would include any public works projects performed for any city or town or quasi-municipal entity and the state and any quasi-state entity.) Died