Rep. Jackie Baginski

Maddy summaryHR 5789 proposes to appropriate $1,000,000 for the Meshanticut Lake paved walking path in Cranston, Rhode Island. This funding is specifically for the fiscal year 2025-2026. The purpose is to restore and enhance the walking path, ensuring it remains a safe and accessible recreational resource for the community.

Authorizes a retroactive tax credit for tax yr 2026/thereafter/allowing investment tax credits to be passed through to the personal income tax returns of eligible Sub-S corporation shareholders/limited liability company members who meet certain conditions

Generates an estate tax discharge upon the recording of a statement by the executor or other estate representative that the value of the decedent’s gross estate does not require a state or federal tax filing.

Maddy summaryHB 5753 proposes a change to the state's business corporation tax laws. It directly affects small business corporations that have elected "subchapter S" status. The bill would exempt these subchapter S corporations from paying the minimum annual corporate tax during their first year of existence. Currently, the minimum tax for these corporations is $400. This measure aims to provide a tax exemption for newly formed subchapter S corporations in their initial year of operation.

Maddy summaryHouse Bill 5403 proposes to repeal the state's corporation minimum tax. This change would directly affect all corporations, including certain small businesses, that are currently required to pay this minimum amount. The bill specifically removes the provision in state law that mandates a minimum tax payment, which is currently set at $400 for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2017. If enacted, corporations would no longer be subject to this baseline tax.

Maddy summaryHB 6097, titled "Qualified Data Centers Location Incentive," aims to encourage the development and operation of data centers in Rhode Island. The bill amends existing state law to define "qualified data centers" and specify "eligible qualified data center costs" within the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation framework. It establishes tax exemptions for these qualified data centers and their colocation tenants. These incentives apply to expenditures made for developing, acquiring, constructing, or operating such facilities starting July 1, 2025.

Requires the local board of canvassers to publish early voting dates, hours, and location, at least twice in a newspaper of general circulation and to publish the same on the municipality's website for the duration of in-person early voting period.

Permits retired superior court magistrates to be assigned to perform service pursuant to §§ 8-2-11.1, 8-2-39, 8-2-39.1 or 8-2-39.2 and be reemployed by the superior court without any forfeiture or reduction of any retirement benefits.

Adds a rebuttable defense if any person shall die or sustain a personal injury while committing robbery of the owner, lessor, or occupant of a motor vehicle and that the owner or occupant of the vehicle acted in self-defense.

Maddy summaryHouse Bill 6188, known as the "Linda DaLomba Purple Alert Act," establishes a statewide emergency alert system for missing adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities. This system, called a "Purple Alert," will publicly disseminate information through a partnership between law enforcement, media outlets, and other entities. An alert can be activated when an adult with a documented intellectual disability is missing, their whereabouts are unknown, and their disappearance indicates a credible threat of danger. The State Police will develop protocols for activating these alerts, and the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency will conduct annual reviews and mandatory training for participating agencies.