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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 4, 2022

HB 7916: AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES - STATE AID TO LIBRARIES (Requires that the state’s share to public libraries be fixed at twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount appropriated by the city or town in their budgets for fiscal year 2023, utilizing funds from the general fund or the American Rescue Plan Act.)

05/04/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 4, 2022

HB 7492: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS (Authorizes municipalities to tax school tuition and school meals. Contains exemptions from taxation.)

05/04/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 4, 2022

HB 7381: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Allows a deduction from federal adjusted gross income for interest payments on outstanding student loans.)

05/04/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 4, 2022

HB 7857: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM (Establishes medical professional scholarship program within postsecondary education council with commission awarding $5,000 for 4 years of college attendance to eligible applicants funded by $25 assessment fee on medical professionals seeking licensure.)

05/04/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate May 4, 2022

SB 2407: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES -- MINIMUM WAGE FOR PROVIDERS (Requires state contracted human services providers to pay their employees a starting hourly wage, of no less than twenty-one dollars ($21.00) per hour, and to include wage incremental raises for existing employees.)

05/04/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 4, 2022

HB 7635: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - RHODE ISLAND PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP (Provides that a student who enrolls for the first semester at CCRI after the student completes basic training prior to becoming a military reservist is eligible for a promise scholarship.)

05/04/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate May 4, 2022

SB 2882: AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- QUALITY SELF-DIRECTED SERVICES (Increases the hourly compensation for "individual providers" from no less than fifteen dollars ($15.00) on April 1, 2022, and gradually increases several times until June 30, 2023, when it would be eighteen dollars ($18.00) and continuing.)

05/04/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate May 3, 2022

SB 2799: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' BILL OF RIGHTS (Increases committee in law enforcement officers’ bill of rights hearing to 5, three as permanent. Hearings commenced in 15 days, allow for summary suspension of 5 days and would mandate pay suspended while the case is pending.)

05/03/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 3, 2022

HB 7292: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES--ENFORCEMENT AND COLLECTION (Provides that any person who has a retail sales permit would not be required to pay a separate registration fee to make sales at flea markets; provided, however, the person would remain responsible to pay all taxes due as a result of sales at a flea mkt.)

05/03/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 3, 2022

HB 7171: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- BUSINESS CORPORATION TAX (Provides technical amendments to the existing Pass-through Entity Election Tax statute to allow tax practitioners and the Rhode Island Division of Taxation to comply with the provisions in practice.)

05/03/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate May 3, 2022

SB 2196: AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (Increases eligibility for the three (3) federal Medicare Savings Programs and eliminates the asset test for these programs.)

05/03/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House May 3, 2022

HB 7128: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Creates a sales tax holiday on August 6 and 7, 2022)

05/03/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study