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State Legislature US Congress

All 25,118 Active 7,678 In committee 7,673 Passed 5,917 Signed 4,510 Failed 6,972

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 15, 2022

HB 7955: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows cities/towns to exceed max levy cap based on increased valuations as a result of new construction development.)

03/15/2022 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/17/2022)

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 14, 2022

HB 7682: AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT--RENT STABILIZATION ACT (Limits rent increases to no more than four percent (4%) annually.)

03/14/2022 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/17/2022)

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 10, 2022

SB 2589: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE - IDENTIFICATION OF STATE PENSION FUNDS WITH MILITARY CONTRACTORS (Requires the state investment commission to identify pension fund investments in military weapon manufacturers whether held directly and indirectly.)

03/10/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 10, 2022

SB 2636: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Requires towns and cities to allow tiny homes to be used as an accessory dwelling and excludes tiny homes from affordable housing.)

03/10/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 10, 2022

SB 2569: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Requires an electric utility company to bury power lines for all residential customers who have experienced ninety-six (96) or more consecutive hours of power outage, unless the outage was caused by the resident.)

03/10/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 10, 2022

SB 2661: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS (Amends open meetings act to allow public bodies to hold in person, virtual or hybrid meetings, and provide for virtual access in cases of a virtual or hybrid meeting. These sections would expire on July 1, 2023.)

03/10/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 10, 2022

SB 2587: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- EDUCATION FREEDOM ACCOUNT PROGRAM (Establishes a new program where the per pupil funding, calculated annually by RIDE, would be transferred into a newly created educational funding account run by the children's scholarship fund to pay for educational expenses.)

03/10/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 10, 2022

SB 2602: AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM (Exempts the receipt of child support from being treated as earned income for purposes of Rhode Island Children Works' Program benefits.)

03/10/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 10, 2022

SB 2600: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Places limitations on the tax-exempt real and personal property a nonprofit college, university or hospital may hold.)

03/10/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 10, 2022

SB 2665: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Repeals the law that prevented municipalities from establishing their own minimum wage for their employees.)

03/10/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 10, 2022

SB 2638: AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' HOME (Provides any present or past resident with service-connected disabilities overcharged, during their residency from January 1, 2007 to January 1, 2021.)

03/10/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 10, 2022

SB 2593: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Adds one new income tax bracket for purposes of Rhode Island state income taxation. The new bracket would be a rate of ten and ninety-nine one-hundredths percent (10.99%) on taxable income over four hundred thousand five hundred dollars ($400,500).)

03/10/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance