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State Legislature US Congress

All 25,118 Active 7,678 In committee 7,673 Passed 5,630 Signed 4,797 Failed 6,972

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 6, 2021

SB 570: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- DUTIES OF UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (Requires every electric distribution company and natural gas distribution company to submit to the division of public utilities and carriers an emergency response plan for review and approval.)

05/06/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 6, 2021

SB 452: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- UTILITY DISTRICT ENERGY COSTS (Requires the state to pay the energy costs necessary to supply public street lighting if the local utility district fails to do so.)

05/06/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 6, 2021

HB 5681: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY TAX RELIEF (Provides a state-funded tax credit for home owners, renters and the disabled who are housing cost-burdened subject to age and income limitations.)

05/06/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 6, 2021

HB 5013: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Raises the earned income tax credit from fifteen percent (15%) to twenty percent (20%) for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2021.)

05/06/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 6, 2021

HB 5677: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Creates a tax deduction for military retirement benefits of a veteran or the veteran's surviving spouse.)

05/06/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 6, 2021

SB 521: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- TRESPASS AND VANDALISM (Prevents a person from being prosecuted for fishing, gathering seaweed, swimming or passage along the sandy or rocky shoreline within ten feet (10') of the most recent high tide line.)

05/06/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 6, 2021

HB 6270: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- EMERGENCY POLICE POWER (Allows the Bristol police department to receive assistance from police departments of nonadjacent cities and towns and the department of public safety for events sponsored by the Bristol Fourth of July committee.)

05/06/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 6, 2021

HB 6072: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- ESTATE AND TRANSFER TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Exempts from the estate tax all property up to the value of five million dollars ($5,000,000).)

05/06/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 6, 2021

SB 506: AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- REDISTRICTING (Requires for adoption of redistricting legislation an affirmative vote of a majority of representatives and senators voting by each of the 2 chambers' and by a majority of representatives and senators in the largest 2 member-represented political parties.)

05/06/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 6, 2021

HB 5528: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Allows a deduction from federal adjusted gross income for interest payments on outstanding student loans.)

05/06/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 6, 2021

HB 5647: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION (Establishes a surtax on the business corporation tax for publicly traded corporations subject to SEC disclosure and reporting requirements, if corporation's ratio of compensation for its CEO to median worker is equal to or greater than 100 to 1.)

05/06/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 6, 2021

SB 787: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF COMMERCE (Creates a deputy secretary of commerce and housing within the executive office of commerce to oversee housing initiatives and develop a housing plan.)

05/06/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study