On Record (43)
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Authorizes the collection of a small additional fee, in addition to the registration fee paid by motorboat owners, to be deposited in a restricted account, in order to fund the newly established freshwater lake management program.
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Prohibits cities or towns that implement a rent control ordinance from raising property taxes and such prohibition would last for as long as the rent control ordinance is in effect.
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Changes the date of the regional school district financial meeting for the Foster-Glocester regional school district to March 24, 2026.
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Changes primary election to Wednesday if after Labor Day and does not mandate local boards of election to have voter registration drive at high school.
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Allows the personal representative of a decedent’s estate to discharge the estate tax lien by recording with decedent’s municipality, a statement stating decedent’s gross estate does not require a state or federal estate tax filing pursuant to §44-22-1.1.
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Provides for the non-partisan election of the attorney general, commencing with the 2030 election.
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Proposes an amendment to the State Constitution, Article IV, Section 1, that would allow a non-partisan election of the secretary of state, commencing with the 2030 election.
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Amends the heading of § 11-47-60.1 to include the words "Dillon's Law."
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Repeals the system for responsible recycling, reuse and disposal of mattresses.
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Repeals the system for proper management of unused paint.
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Establishes a revolving fund to assist first-time home buyers and veterans to purchase a home in Rhode Island by issuing grants of up to forty thousand dollars ($40,000).
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Replaces the existing limited liability company act with a newer and updated model act.
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Amends current law so that private side lead service replacement costs, financed by the water supplier's customers that may be eligible for reimbursement from the state, would no longer be subject to appropriation by the general assembly.
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Prohibits the Rhode Island medical assistance program from requiring prior authorization or a step therapy protocol for the coverage of a medication classified as an anticonvulsant or antipsychotic.
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Provides a series of updates to size, weight, and load regulations for commercial and specialized vehicles.
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Amends the current statute governing exemptions from property taxes for elderly and the disabled in the town of Glocester.
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Requires the board of elections to establish a secure area for the public observation of mail ballot processing and require the mail ballot voter’s signature be compared to the signature on file within the state central voter registration system.
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Exempts from sales tax the amount paid for food and beverages during summer restaurant week and winter restaurant week.
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Authorizes the town of Coventry to apportion the tax levy proportionately between residential and commercial properties.
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Allows Joseph Couto to join Brandon Kemmy and Jacqueline Manousos in Marriage on or about August 2, 2026, within the Town of Tiverton, Rhode Island.
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Joint Resolution Urging The Rhode Island Department Of Environmental Management To Study And Regulate The Impact Of Wake Boats On Rhode Island Public Waterways (urging The Rhode Island Department Of Environmental Management To Study And Regulate The Impact Of Wake Boats On Rhode Island Public Waters.)
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Changes the date of the regional school district financial meeting for the Foster-Glocester regional school district to March 24, 2026.
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Solemnization Of Marriages
SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES - Allows Paul J. Rao to join Spencer Rao and Michaela Smith in Marriage on or about June 20, 2026, within the Town of Foster, Rhode Island.
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Solemnization Of Marriages
SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES - Allows the Honorable Mayor Frank Picozzi to join Madeline Marie Hopkins and Cameron David Charron in Marriage on or about February 10, 2026, within the City of Warwick, Rhode Island.
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House Resolution Amending The Rules Of The House Of Representatives For The Years 2023 And 2024 (prohibits Flags Or Banners Of Any Size From Being Displayed On Any Member's Desk Within The House Chamber.)
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TaxationTAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES
TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES - Authorizes the town of Glocester to levy a supplemental tax, by voter referendum, that exceeds the current tax cap by three percent (3%) for fiscal year 2026, to fund school operations and avoid the loss of critical town services.
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Towns And CitiesTOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES
TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES - Increases the number of days a retired municipal employee could work in a calendar year without interruption of pension benefits to ninety (90) days.
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PUBLIC OFFICERSPUBLIC OFFICERS -- MERIT SYSTEM
PUBLIC OFFICERS -- MERIT SYSTEM - Allows for waiver from testing for temporary or emergency positions.
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HEALTH AND SAFETYHEALTH AND SAFETY -- PUBLIC HEALTH AND WORKPLACE SAFETY ACT
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PUBLIC HEALTH AND WORKPLACE SAFETY ACT - Repeals the exemption granted to pari-mutuel facilities and casinos from the smoke free workplace requirement and provides for a one time appropriate of $1,000,000 to inform patrons of the smoke free policy within the casino.
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State Affairs And GovernmentSTATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - Establishes an agricultural restricted receipt account within the department of environmental management. An advisory committee would be established to determine suggested uses of the funds in said account.
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Towns And CitiesTOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES
TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES - Allows any peace officer working in a Rhode Island school as a full or part-time resource officer to work in excess of the seventy-five (75) working days in a calendar year, and not have an interruption in their benefits.
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Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution -- Establishing A State Spending Growth Limit Based On Inflation Or Personal Income Growth (proposes A Constitutional Amendment To Establish A State Spending Growth Limit Based On Inflation Or Personal Income Growth.)
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TaxationTAXATION -- ESTATE AND TRANSFER TAXESTAXATION -- ESTATE AND TRANSFER TAXES -- ENFORCEMENT AND COLLECTION
TAXATION -- ESTATE AND TRANSFER TAXES -- ENFORCEMENT AND COLLECTION - Allows the personal representative of a decedent’s estate to discharge the estate tax lien by recording with decedent’s municipality, a statement stating decedent’s gross estate does not require a state or federal estate tax filing pursuant to §44-22-1.1.
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Waters And NavigationWATERS AND NAVIGATION -- REGULATION OF BOATS
WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- REGULATION OF BOATS - Authorizes the collection of a small additional fee, in addition to the registration fee paid by motorboat owners, to be deposited in a restricted account, in order to fund the newly established freshwater lake management program.
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EducationEDUCATION -- SCHOOL EMPLOYEE BACKGROUND CHECKS
EDUCATION -- SCHOOL EMPLOYEE BACKGROUND CHECKS - Provides for a comprehensive criminal and employment background check procedure for all school employees.
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Probate Practice And ProcedurePROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- COLLECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF DECEDENT'S ESTATES
PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- COLLECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF DECEDENT'S ESTATES - Allows a duly authorized administrator or executor of an estate to request decedent's funds on deposit with any financial institution without cost.
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PUBLIC FINANCEPUBLIC FINANCE -- STATE BUDGET
PUBLIC FINANCE -- STATE BUDGET - Limits growth in state spending from exceeding the amount of growth in inflation or personal income growth, whichever is greater.
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TaxationTAXATION -- ESTATE AND TRANSFER TAXESTAXATION -- ESTATE AND TRANSFER TAXES -- ENFORCEMENT AND COLLECTION
TAXATION -- ESTATE AND TRANSFER TAXES -- ENFORCEMENT AND COLLECTION - Generates an estate tax discharge upon the recording of a statement by the executor or other estate representative that the value of the decedent’s gross estate does not require a state or federal tax filing.
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State Affairs And GovernmentSTATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING AND MORTGAGE FINANCE CORPORATION
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING AND MORTGAGE FINANCE CORPORATION - Expands Rhode Island Housing’s authority to revise the qualified allocation plan to prioritize cost-efficient affordable housing production and total units, while reducing the scoring weight of non-production-related criteria.
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Public Utilities And CarriersPUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- MORATORIUM ON NET METERING, LONG-TERM CONTRACTS AND SUBSIDIES FOR HEAT PUMPS
PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- MORATORIUM ON NET METERING, LONG-TERM CONTRACTS AND SUBSIDIES FOR HEAT PUMPS - Places a moratorium on net metering contracts, subsidies for heat pumps and long-term contracts for the purchasing of solar or wind energy.
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Public Utilities And CarriersPUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- THE RENEWABLE ENERGY GROWTH PROGRAM
PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- THE RENEWABLE ENERGY GROWTH PROGRAM - Repeals the renewable energy growth program.
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Public Utilities And CarriersPUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION-NATURAL GAS SUPPLIERS
PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION-NATURAL GAS SUPPLIERS - Requires Rhode Island Energy to enter into at least one long-term contract, for at least a four (4) year period, to procure natural gas pipeline capacity with an interstate pipeline operator.
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Restores the requirement that a local review board issue findings for denial in reviewing a comprehensive permit request and clarifies that affordable housing units shall be included in each town and city when the building permits for units are granted.
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Requires that any covered entity that develops/provides online services, products, or features that children are reasonably likely to access shall consider the best interest of children when designing/developing such online service, product, or feature.
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Increases continuing education requirements for physician assistants, removes restrictions of PAs to render charitable care and aid for school and youth programs or cardiac arrest and removes restrictive covenants as to ownership by a PA.
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Requires the state to implement the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact no later than July 1, 2026.
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Permits Coventry to require two parking space for each studio, one-bedroom, or two-bedroom low- or moderate-income housing units upon the determination that limited or no local public transportation or off-street parking availability near these units.
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Sets timelines for Coventry's new construction, including one year for final approval, two (2) years for building permits, and temporary inclusion of units in the town's count until completion or three (3) years, whichever comes first.
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Directs the general assembly to fund ten full time equivalent positions in FY 2027 to support DEM's efforts in the areas of forestry and forestry projects.
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Adopts several concepts from other jurisdictions with the goal of promoting a stronger climate for business growth in Rhode Island, including a "Franchise Fee" in lieu of the corporation tax.
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Makes it a felony for any person to remove or attempt to remove any firearm or other weapon or any communication device from any peace officer or investigator of the department of attorney general.
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Submits the state's 2026 capital development program requesting the issuance of general obligation bonds totaling $217,000,000 for approval of the electorate at the general election to be held in November 2026.
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Exempts individual retirement accounts as a countable resource for public assistance. This act also prohibits the state as a creditor against an ABLE account in the event of death of a beneficiary.
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Prohibits health insurance companies or other payors from including in physician participation agreements any provisions that restrict or prevent a physician from charging patients reasonable administrative or operational fees to support overhead.
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Increases penalties for a variety of motor vehicle offenses.
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Authorizes the tax administrator to waive interest and penalties on delinquent taxes paid in full during a one week amnesty period. Also reinstates a suspended driver’s license upon payment in full.
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Repeals the corporation minimum tax.
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Establishes property, tangible, sales and use tax exemptions as incentives for the location of qualified data centers in Rhode Island.
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Details each of those limited emergency circumstances where a registered nurse and advanced practice registered nurses, may safely administer anesthesia such as critical life-saving or emergency situations where there is imminent threat to life or limb.
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Limits the application fees paid under the certificate of need program within the department of health to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000
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Includes municipal detention facility corporations as exempt from taxation, and requires that an amount equal to 27% of all tax that would have been collected if the property was taxable be paid to the municipality annually.
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Designates certain program workers and shift coordinators at the training school as peace officers while on duty.
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Allows the town of Tiverton to receive a one-half (1/2) credit for affordable housing units for manufactured homes in age restricted communities in conformance with all zoning laws and/or ordinances of the town.
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Prohibits applications for a comprehensive permit under the Rhode Island comprehensive planning and land use regulation act in any watershed overlay protection district located in the town of Tiverton.
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Changes the maximum term of employment for a superintendent from three (3) to five (5) years.
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Provides that public meetings involving collective bargaining agreements of school teachers shall be open to the public.
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Requires 10% of all rental fees collected by the water resources board pursuant to a lease with the Coventry Pines Golf Club be paid to the town of Coventry and 10% to the Central Coventry Fire District.
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Updates the description of the early intervention program and the agency responsible for the program under Part C of the federal Individuals with disabilities education act.
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Prohibits RIPTA from using state funds or the proceeds of any bond(s) to pay for any work performed after 8/1/26, pursuant to the “transit center joint development project” RFP and/or pursuant to related the preliminary services agreement.
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Amends the current law on low-income housing to include moderate-income housing and eliminates the income percentages used to determine qualifications for low or moderate income housing.
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Requires that the governor submit a zero-based budget to the general assembly with the zero-based budget phased in over a five (5) year period, commencing with the fiscal budget year of July 1, 2027.
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Increases from seven (7) days to nine (9) days the period of time in which a request for a recount of the votes cast can be made to the board of elections. No certificates of election may be issued, until …
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Amends the audit compliance requirements for municipalities' contributions to pension plans under the budget of accounts and installation of systems chapter.
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Allows an individual school district that can utilize its own buses or vendors at a lower cost than the statewide system, to obtain reimbursement for these costs from state funds.
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Amends the school funding formula to ensure that local education authorities do not lose funding due to disruptions in the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
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Requires all schools and educational institutions to develop and implement a school safety plan that would provide for immediate access to school facilities by first responders in an emergency.
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Creates a special motor vehicle registration plate for The Rhode Island Hockey Hall of Fame.
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Increase the estate exemption to $5,000,000 for January 1, 2027, $7,500,000 for January 1, 2029, $10,000,000 for January 1, 2031. This act would eliminate the estate tax for decedents whose death occurs on or after January 1, 2033.