Rep. Brian Kennedy

Primary HB 5458

Signed into law · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - CASUALTY INSURANCE RATING (Raises amount from $1,500 to $3,000 at which insurer may fail to renew private passenger auto policy/assess premium surcharge for property damage claim payment. Eff. 1/1/20.)

Signed into law Jul 15, 2019 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 5765

Signed into law · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - ELECTIVE MEETINGS (Mandates that polls in all cities and towns except New Shoreham open at 7 am and provides time for receipt of ballots cast outside the US.)

Signed into law Jul 15, 2019 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 5679

Signed into law · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - ENGINEERS (Requires that plans for natural gas infrastructure be built to a set of design standards approved by a certified engineer if the work poses a material public safety risk.)

Signed into law Jul 15, 2019 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 5457

Signed into law · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE (Allows disability insurance with a benefit limit in excess of a benefit limit available from an admitted insurer to be written in the surplus lines market.)

Signed into law Jul 8, 2019 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 6033

Signed into law · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - LICENSING OF MASSAGE THERAPISTS (Makes sweeping changes to the law on massage therapy licensing.)

Signed into law Jul 8, 2019 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 5207

Signed into law · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- TRAVEL INSURANCE ACT (Creating the travel insurance act to establish comprehensive/uniform regulatory framework for travel insurance. Clarifying/bolstering enforcement authority over participants in the travel insurance industry.)

Signed into law Jun 28, 2019 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 6210

Passed · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - THE RHODE ISLAND CESSPOOL ACT OF 2007 (Allows DEM to extend certain deadlines for required sewer construction in the replacement of cesspools, which deadlines would not extend beyond January 1, 2025.)

Passed Jun 28, 2019 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 5470

Signed into law · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS (Classifies all vehicles used by the department of corrections in the performance official duties as authorized emergency vehicles.)

Signed into law Jun 28, 2019 0 co-sponsors

Primary HR 6256

Passed · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

HOUSE RESOLUTION REINSTATING THE LIFE OF AND EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION KNOWN AS THE "RHODE ISLAND ONLINE DATA TRANSPARENCY AND PRIVACY PROTECTION COMMISSION" (Reinstates the life and extends the reporting and expiration dates of the "Rhode Island Online Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Commission" from February 5, 2019, to February 5, 2020, and would expire on May 5, 2020.)

Passed Jun 26, 2019 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 5892

Passed · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE (Expands definition of "employee" to include a caterer licensed by the department of health and division of taxation and food truck.)

Passed Jun 25, 2019 0 co-sponsors Track