HB 5094: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - GENERAL STATE OFFICERS (Enables the general assembly in grand committee to fill a vacancy in the office of the lieutenant governor.)
01/24/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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HB 5032: AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW-- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- UNFAIR SALES PRACTICES (Prohibits price-gouging of prescribed drugs or pharmaceuticals in times of market emergency or market shortages and makes violators guilty of a felony and subject to injunctive relief.)
01/24/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
HB 5030: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - REGULATORY POWERS OF ADMINISTRATION (Prohibits utility rate increases in excess of two and one-half percent (2.5%) over any twenty-four (24) month period.)
01/24/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
HB 5031: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - REGULATORY POWERS OF ADMINISTRATION (Provides that any rate increase with respect to electric distribution companies would be no greater than the increase in the Consumer Price Index or five and one-half percent (5.5%), whichever is greater.)
01/24/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
HB 5012: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- SURPRISE BILLS FOR MEDICAL SERVICES (Provides for a dispute resolution process for emergency services and surprise bills for medical services performed by nonparticipating (out-of-network) health care providers.)
01/24/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
HB 5036: AN ACT RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY - LOBBYIST POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS (Prohibits lobbyists from making any political contributions to any member of the general assembly from January 1 through July 1 in any year, unless the general assembly adjourns for the year prior to July 1.)
01/24/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
HB 5043: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- VETERAN LEASED MOTOR VEHICLE (Permits cities and towns to apply the unused excise tax exemption afforded a qualifying veteran to the tax paid on a leased vehicle.)
01/19/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Sponsors
James N. McLaughlin
(D)
,
Mia Ackerman
(D)
,
Sam Azzinaro
(D)
,
Camille Vella-Wilkinson
(D)
,
Robert B. Lancia
(R)
HB 5171: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER EXCISE TAX ELIMINATION ACT OF 1998 (Increases the exemption for the motor vehicle excise tax from five hundred dollars ($500) to six thousand dollars ($6,000) commencing on fiscal year 2018.)
01/19/2017 Introduced, referred to House Finance
SB 45: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION (Provides that corporations with less than fifty (50) employees shall not be subject to the four hundred dollar ($400) minimum corporate tax.)
01/18/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance
SB 83: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM (Provides a detailed process by which a proponent of a voter initiative and referendum proposal would present the proposal to the secretary of state, the general assembly and the governor.)
01/18/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs
SB 36: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ESTABLISHING AN OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL (Establishes office of inspector general which would be charged with preventing fraud and mismanagement of public funds, regardless of their source and would oversee all state programs and operations.)
01/18/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance
SB 47: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - OFFENSES PERTAINING TO SCHOOLS (Makes several changes to department of health's authority to mandate certain vaccinations, reinstates philosophical exemption to vaccinations, and requires public hearings when changes to required vaccinations are proposed.)
01/18/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
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