Provides amendments to the membership provisions of planning boards or commissions and would enable municipalities to establish "combined review boards" to replace separate planning and zoning boards.
Maddy summaryThis bill requires every town and city in the state to switch to electronic permitting for all development applications related to zoning, land subdivision, and low-income housing by October 1, 2025. To fund the necessary digital systems and staff, the law mandates that applicants pay an additional fee equal to one-tenth of one percent of their total application cost, which goes to a state office to build a uniform online platform. The legislation also allows the state building commissioner to create specific rules for how these digital tools must be implemented and ensures that local governments can be reimbursed for their compliance costs. Ultimately, the act moves the entire process of submitting plans, reviewing documents, and calculating fees online to streamline how communities handle construction and development projects.
Maddy summaryHB 8180 clarifies the rules for Rhode Island's motion picture production tax credit by expanding which expenses count toward the credit. The bill ensures that all costs for goods and services performed within the state qualify as certified production costs, provided they are incurred and paid during the production process. This change directly affects film and television companies making movies, documentaries, or commercials in Rhode Island, allowing them to include a broader range of local expenses when applying for the tax incentive. The legislation also defines specific eligibility requirements, such as needing at least 51% of filming days or budget spent in the state, while excluding certain types of content like news coverage or reality television. By updating these definitions, the law aims to provide clearer guidance on how production companies can utilize the state's financial support for local media projects.
Maddy summaryThis bill allows banks to choose a specific method for calculating how much of their income is subject to state tax. Under the new rules, if a bank elects to use this allocation and apportionment method, it must add back certain business expenses paid to related companies within the same corporate group to its taxable income. The law includes exceptions for these added expenses if the bank can prove the transactions were made for legitimate business reasons at fair market rates. These changes apply to tax years starting on or after January 1, 2025, and also provide a process for banks to request alternative calculation methods if the standard formula does not accurately reflect their state business activity.
Eliminates prior authorization or step therapy requirement for prescriptions for any HIV prevention drug/prohibits the requirement of any copayment or the meeting of any deductible to obtain the prescription covered by the contract, plan, or policy.
Includes among the responsibilities of the office of state medical examiners, to provide a multidisciplinary team review of suicide deaths with a goal of reducing its prevalence by examining trends in demographic, geographic and community risk factors.
Provides that no person, for over ten days, shall be restricted from enforcing a right under any pledge, security, credit, guarantee agreement, arrangement or other agreement credit enhancement to which a federal home loan bank is a party.
Allows the sharing of certain information between the division of taxation and the secretary of state's office regarding an entity's tax status as compliant or non-compliant.
Requires employers in the state with more than 50 employees to display a poster containing basic information on veterans' benefits and services be created and distributed by the DLT in consultation with the office of veterans services.
Maddy summaryThis bill is a House Resolution that formally honors Representative Camille F.J. Vella-Wilkinson for her eight years of service in the Rhode Island House of Representatives. It recognizes her legislative work, including sponsoring laws related to birth control access, veterans' benefits, and climate resilience, as well as her background as a former Navy officer and city council member. The resolution expresses gratitude for her contributions and directs the Secretary of State to send a certified copy of the document to Representative Vella-Wilkinson.
