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State Legislature US Congress

All 25,118 Active 5 In committee 20,549 Passed 5,917 Signed 4,510 Failed 6,972

died · Rhode Island · House May 11, 2022

HB 7928: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- STATE TAX OFFICIALS (Defines "large business registrant" and requires the large business registrant to file returns and remit taxes electronically with fines for failure to do so.)

05/11/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 11, 2022

HB 7925: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES (Increases the maximum state and municipal small purchase limits from $10,000 to $25,000 for construction projects and from $5,000 to $10,000 for all other state and municipal purchases.)

05/11/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 11, 2022

HB 7280: 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.)

05/11/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 11, 2022

HR 8171: JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $3,000,000 FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS TO THE CENTRAL COVENTRY FIRE DISTRICT TO ENSURE THE CONTINUED DELIVERY OF FIRE SUPPRESSION AND EMS SERVICES AND TO TRANSFORM THE DISTRICT FROM ITS EXISTING 3-PLATOON STAFFING MODEL TO A 4-PLATOON MODEL (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $3,000,000 to the Central Coventry Fire District to ensure the continued delivery of fire suppression and EMS services and the transformation to a 4-platoon staffing model.)

05/11/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 11, 2022

HR 8193: JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $200,000 TO CONNECT GREATER NEWPORT (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $ 200,000 to Connect Greater Newport.)

05/11/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 11, 2022

HB 7630: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- INSURANCE BENEFITS (Provides that adjunct faculty members at any state college or university who teach at least 50% of the hours regularly worked by full-time faculty in a semester would be eligible for the same medical benefits as other state employees.)

05/11/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 11, 2022

HB 7774: AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- RHODE ISLAND BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT (Makes numerous technical amendments to the statutes on taxes and corporations, associations and partnerships.)

05/11/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate May 11, 2022

SB 2662: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Allows individuals employed in domestic service or in or about a private home to be included as an employee, for purposes of minimum wages law.)

05/11/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 11, 2022

HB 7643: AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- INDEPENDENT MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS (Eliminates the $2,500 appropriation for the naval militia battalion in their armory afloat, the U.S.S. Providence, and makes an annual appropriation in the amount of $2,500 to the Kingston Reds in the town of Coventry for the rental of an armory.)

05/11/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 11, 2022

HB 6675: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- REFUSE DISPOSAL--ELIMINATION OF POST-USE POLYMERS AND RECOVERED FEEDSTOCKS USED IN ADVANCED RECYCLING PROCESSES FROM SOLID WASTE (Same as 21H-5446 -- Exempts post-use polymers and recovered feedstocks used in advanced recycling processes from the definition of solid waste.)

05/11/2022 Withdrawn at sponsor's request

died · Rhode Island · House May 11, 2022

HR 8181: JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $250,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $250,000 to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management for the creation of a climate dashboard.)

05/11/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 11, 2022

HB 8206: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT (Removes the requirement that (5%) of the hotel tax be paid to the Greater Providence-Warwick Convention and Visitors Bureau and redistribute the (5%) tax to the regional tourism district where the hotel or residential unit is located.)

05/11/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study