SB 53: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE GENERALLY (Reduces the statutory interest on judgments for money in civil actions from 12% to 6%.)
04/06/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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SB 671: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- TOWN OF NORTH KINGSTOWN--MUNICIPAL COURT (Allows the North Kingstown municipal court to issue arrest warrants.)
04/06/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
SB 121: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES (Exempts the trade-in value of pickup trucks under eight thousand one hundred pounds (8,100 lbs.) gross weight, used exclusively for personal use, from sales tax.)
04/06/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
SB 254: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES (Exempts the trade-in value of pickup trucks under eight thousand one hundred pounds (8,100 lbs.) gross weight, used exclusively for personal use, from sales tax.)
04/06/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
SB 606: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS (Authorizes magistrates to preside over additional matters that are heard before the family court.)
04/06/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
SB 424: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS - JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY (Limits tortfeasor liability to several only if defendant’s act or omission constituted no more than 25% of the plaintiff's damages.)
04/06/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
SB 609: AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- REGULATION OF SALES (Provides that a person under the age of twenty-one (21) years of age who is convicted of possession of an alcoholic beverage has committed a violation, and not a felony or misdemeanor.)
04/06/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Sponsors
Donna M. Nesselbush
(D)
,
Stephen R. Archambault
(D)
,
William J. Conley, Jr.
(D)
,
Michael J. McCaffrey
(D)
SB 457: AN ACT RELATING TO SALES AND USE TAXES - LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION (Exempts the trade-in value of pickup trucks weighing fourteen thousand pounds (14,000 lbs.) or less from sales and use tax.)
04/06/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
SB 120: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - EXCISE TAX ON VEHICLES (Bases motor vehicle values for excise purposes on the NADA guidebook valuations.)
04/06/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Sponsors
Elizabeth A. Crowley
(D)
,
William J. Conley, Jr.
(D)
,
Michael J. McCaffrey
(D)
,
Marc A. Cote
(D)
SB 181: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS (Repeals the law regarding contributions among joint tortfeasors and replaces it with the Apportionment of Tort Responsibility Act, in order to provide a uniform and comprehensive system for the apportionment of tort responsibility.)
04/06/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
SB 485: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Authorizes pharmacies to dispense prescriptions of less than a thirty (30) day supply for purposes of synchronizing a patient's medications.)
04/06/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
SB 410: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS - CONTRIBUTION AMONG JOINT TORTFEASORS (Original tortfeasor is liable for a injuries victim suffers due to negligent third-party treatment.)
04/06/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Sponsors
Donna M. Nesselbush
(D)
,
Stephen R. Archambault
(D)
,
William J. Conley, Jr.
(D)
,
Michael J. McCaffrey
(D)
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