Rep. Robert Craven

Primary HB 7037

died · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION

Maddy summaryThis bill amends state laws regarding sales and use taxes by adding a new exemption for scalp hair prostheses and wigs required due to medical hair loss. The legislation also updates definitions for bundled transactions, clarifying how to calculate tax when multiple items are sold together for a single price, and provides specific rules for determining when taxable items in a bundle are too small to require separate tax calculation. Additionally, the bill refines categories for clothing, computers, and related items to ensure consistent application of tax rules across different types of products. These changes directly affect retailers and consumers by altering how certain items are taxed and how bundled sales are processed.

died May 14, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 7335

died · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

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 2024, utilizing funds from the general fund or the American Rescue Plan Act.

died May 14, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 7371

Passed · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- FAMILY COURT

Gives statewide juvenile hearing boards the authority to refer a juvenile offender to a rehabilitative driving course, as part of a disposition of an offense before the board. The order may be enforced by the traffic tribunal.

Passed May 13, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 7447

Passed · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THREATS AND EXTORTION

Maddy summaryThis bill expands the legal definition of "public official" in Rhode Island to explicitly include election officials and poll workers. By adding these individuals to the existing list, the legislation ensures that anyone who knowingly makes threats against them or their immediate families is charged with a felony. The penalty for such threats remains a prison term of up to five years, a fine of up to $5,000, or both. This change directly affects the legal protections available to those administering elections and aims to cover threats motivated by hostility toward their public duties.

Passed May 13, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 7404

died · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM

Relocates certain provisions of the general laws relating to child care assistance from the Rhode Island Works Program to the chapter on child care state subsidies.

died May 9, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 8220

died · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- RHODE ISLAND DRUG COST REVIEW COMMISSION

Creates the Rhode Island drug cost review commission.

died May 9, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 8031

died · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT

Increases the state's share of supplementary assistance to individuals living in a state-licensed assisted-living residence from $332.00 to $352.00, of which $140.00 would be allocated to the personal needs allowance.

died May 9, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HR 8260

Passed · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING MAY 11-18, 2024, AS "QUAHOG WEEK 2024" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Passed May 9, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 7916

died · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS

Adds department of corrections' correctional officers to the list of public safety employees that are entitled to their full salary if they are injured and become disabled as a result of performance of their job duties.

died May 7, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HR 8232

Passed · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

HOUSE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING AND THANKING THOMAS DAMBO FOR BRINGING HIS ARTISTIC TALENTS AND WORLD-RENOWNED GIANT TROLLS FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF ALL RHODE ISLANDERS

Passed May 2, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track