Rep. Charlene Lima

Primary HB 6050

In committee · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - REGULATION OF SALES (Exempts persons over 59 yrs of age and those who cannot operate a motor vehicle because of a disability from being charged a fee for an ID card from the DMV provided they have no valid operator's license or are surrendering one due to inability to drive.)

In committee Mar 31, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 5057

In committee · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGE (Increases the minimum wage to ten dollars and fifty cents ($10.50) commencing July 1, 2017.)

In committee Mar 30, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 5275

In committee · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS (Requires businesses with gross annual sales of more than $500,000 to post signs that food they offer for sale may contain genetically modified organisms.)

In committee Mar 29, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 5726

In committee · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT (Raises the age of consent for sexual intercourse to age eighteen provided however that consensual penetration between two individuals between the ages of sixteen and twenty would not be a violation of this statute.)

In committee Mar 22, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HR 5900

In committee · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO EXAMINE THE ISSUE OF LICENSING BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS (Creates a seventeen member commission to examine the issue of licensing builders and contractors, and who would report back to the House no later than February 8, 2018; and would expire on May 8, 2018.)

In committee Mar 22, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 5725

In committee · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - SEXUAL ASSAULT (Amends the definition of "sexual contact" for the purposes of criminal offenses to include the intentional touching of the victim's own intimate parts at the accused's instruction.)

In committee Mar 22, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 5727

In committee · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSE - ELECTRONIC IMAGING DEVICES (Prohibits minors from transmitting or posting indecent visual depictions of themselves or other minors on any website and require the family court to determine whether the purpose of the post was for harassment in deciding appropriate punishment.)

In committee Mar 22, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 5906

In committee · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - BOARD OF EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS (Requires each member of the board of education to have experience in a position of higher education.)

In committee Mar 22, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 5395

In committee · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- PRESERVATION OF FAMILIES WITH DISABLED PARENT (Precludes parental disability serving as basis for denial/restrictions involving matters of a child's welfare/foster care/family law/guardianship/adoption without written findings by the family court.)

In committee Mar 15, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 5622

In committee · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - FORMS AND EFFECT OF CONVEYANCES (Provides that all transfers of a mortgage interest on residential property be recorded so as to provide a clean chain of title for consumers to track the owner of their mortgage loans.)

In committee Mar 13, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track