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Establishes a simplified exemption from state income tax for small-scale Bitcoin transactions up to $5,000 per month, or $20,000 per taxable year.
This bill would create a tax break for Rhode Island residents who use or sell Bitcoin in small amounts.
Exempts from sales tax the amount paid for a parking space to a patron for one hour or less, in or on a parking facility on which a commercial establishment is located.
This bill would create a sales tax exemption for short-term parking in Rhode Island.
Imposes a sales tax on digital advertising services.
This bill would add a new sales tax to digital advertising services sold in Rhode Island.
Imposes a tax equal to four percent (4%) on net investment income, such as interest, dividends, annuities, royalties, capital gains and rental income, of high-income households, estates and trusts, based upon federal guidelines.
This bill would create a new Rhode Island state tax on investment income earned by high-income households, estates, and trusts.
Creates the interchange fee restriction act prohibiting interchange fees on sales and use tax or excise tax when payment is made with a credit or debit card.
When you pay for something with a credit or debit card, the business accepting your payment pays a small percentage fee — called an interchange fee — to the bank or card network (like Visa or Mastercard) that processed the transaction.
Regulates property insurers to limit underwriting and investment in fossil fuel projects, requires climate risk reporting and emissions disclosures, and aligns insurance practices with science-based climate targets.
This bill would place new rules on property insurance companies operating in Rhode Island, focused on their connections to fossil fuel industries.
VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF THE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., PARENT-TEACHER ORGANIZATION
This bill would restore the official legal status of the Dr.
Allows for the issuance of a Class BV liquor license for the property located at 819 Westminster Street in the city of Providence.
This bill would allow a specific property at 819 Westminster Street in Providence, Rhode Island to receive a Class BV liquor license.
Authorizes the town of Scituate to issue a total of three (3) Class A liquor licenses.
This bill would give the town of Scituate, Rhode Island, the legal authority to issue up to three Class A liquor licenses.
Establishes an oversight process which would safeguard individuals seeking therapy or psychotherapy services by ensuring that the services are delivered by qualified, licensed, or certified professionals.
This bill would create a formal oversight system in Rhode Island to make sure that people who offer therapy or psychotherapy services are properly trained, licensed, or certified to do so.
Prohibits disclosure terms "down payment", "money down", or any similar language to describe lump sum payments in order to reduce monthly lease payments. Provides that lump sum payments are non-refundable in the event of a total loss of the vehicle.
This bill targets how car dealerships and leasing companies describe certain upfront payments when a customer leases a vehicle.
Mandates health insurance coverage by eliminating out-of-pocket costs for lung cancer screenings in order to enable patients to get the critical care they need without delay.
This bill would require health insurance plans in Rhode Island to cover lung cancer screenings at no cost to the patient.
Provides educators and administrators employed in a charter public school or mayoral academy with prevailing wage and benefits oversight and recourse if found in violation of the same.
This bill would require charter public schools and mayoral academies in Rhode Island to pay their teachers and administrators wages and benefits that meet a "prevailing" standard — meaning compensation levels that are considered standard or typical for educators in the area.
Requires that retailers retain money received for gift certificates in a separate account, until the gift certificate is used or redeemed.
This bill would require retailers in Rhode Island to set aside the money they receive when someone buys a gift certificate into a separate, dedicated account.
Makes several amendments to the cannabis act relating to applications for licensure, the social equity assistance program and the application of cannabis tax revenue.
This bill makes several updates to Rhode Island's existing cannabis law, touching on three main areas: how businesses apply for licenses to operate in the cannabis industry, how the state supports people from communities historically harmed by drug enforcement, and how tax money collected from cannabis sales is distributed and spent.
Establishes a procedure for a health insurer to reimburse a healthcare provider no less than sixty-five percent (65%) of each unpaid co-payment, co-insurance or deductible amount due, after reasonable collection efforts.
When a patient receives medical care, they are typically responsible for paying a portion of their bill out-of-pocket in the form of co-payments, co-insurance, or deductibles.
Annually allocate thirty thousand dollars to the Rhode Island Holocaust and Genocide Education commission.
This bill would set aside $30,000 per year from the state budget to fund the Rhode Island Holocaust and Genocide Education Commission.
Makes sexual contact or penetration between any law enforcement officer that is on duty and a person that is a detainee, arrestee, in custody or a suspect a felony.
This bill would make it a serious crime (a felony) for any law enforcement officer who is on duty to engage in sexual contact or sexual penetration with a person they have authority over — specifically someone who is detained, arrested, in custody, or considered a suspect.
Amends the Rhode Island Fair Housing Practices Act to clarify housing-status enforcement, ban discriminatory housing notices, aligns state law with federal standards and removes a ban on public discussion of fair housing cases.
This bill makes several updates to Rhode Island's Fair Housing Practices Act, which is the state law designed to protect people from discrimination when they are trying to rent or buy a home.
Establishes the restrictive housing oversight committee ("committee") for the purpose of monitoring the use of restrictive housing ("solitary confinement"), as well as disciplinary and administrative confinement at the department of corrections.
This bill would create a new oversight committee in Rhode Island specifically focused on monitoring how the state's Department of Corrections uses restrictive housing — more commonly known as solitary confinement.
Requires specific notice of the tax sale to the taxpayer with a copy of this § 44-9-10 attached thereto. Failure to do so would render the tax sale null and void.
This bill changes the rules for how local governments must notify property owners before selling their property for unpaid taxes.
Adds the town of Smithfield to those towns specifically named to tax any person for either a mobile or manufactured home and automatically lien the a mobile or manufactured home.
This bill would add the town of Smithfield, Rhode Island to a list of towns that have specific legal authority to tax mobile homes and manufactured homes.
Authorizes the town of Smithfield, if an aggregate of two hundred fifty (250) or more units should be proposed in comprehensive permit project(s), to enact an emergency moratorium until the permit requirement of § 45-53-4 are amended.
This bill would give the town of Smithfield, Rhode Island a special legal tool to temporarily pause certain housing development projects under specific circumstances.
Repeals the collateral source rule in medical malpractice actions.
This bill would change how medical malpractice lawsuits work in Rhode Island by eliminating what's known as the "collateral source rule.