Sponsored bills
Establishes a revolving fund to assist first-time home buyers and veterans to purchase a home in Rhode Island by issuing grants of up to forty thousand dollars ($40,000).
Eliminates the sunset provision for the motion picture production tax credit.
Establishes a speed limit for school buses being driven on a limited access highway to ten miles per hour (10mph) less than the posted speed limit.
This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $1,380,000 to the Rhode Island State Police for the operation of a State Police recruit training academy.
Allows a school district to establish a school year that is the equivalent of one hundred eighty (180) days through the use of longer school days or a combination of longer school days and shorter days in which school is in session.
"Pupil Transportation Vehicle" to be and constructed to seat not more than ten (10) passengers including the operator, rather than the existing limit of eight (8) passengers.
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.
SNAP) EAT WELL, BE WELL PILOT REWARDS PROGRAM (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $5,000,000 to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Eat Well, Be Well Pilot Rewards Program.
Changes the formula to determine the state's share of educational cost by adding 3 new variables to the formula.