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Provides a tax credit to a taxpayer that makes a qualified investment in a qualified business.
This bill would create a new tax credit for Rhode Island taxpayers who invest money in certain local businesses.
Requires effective January 1, 2027, that upon the execution of a lease agreement for a mobile and manufactured homes in a mobile and manufactured home park, a complete copy of the lease be provided to the tenant within 10 days of execution.
This bill would require landlords who own mobile home parks and manufactured home parks to give tenants a complete copy of their signed lease agreement within 10 days of signing.
Directs the office of law revision to identify, on a yearly basis, any decisions or holding of the United States Supreme Court that would require amendments to any state statutes.
This bill would give the Rhode Island Office of Law Revision a new ongoing responsibility: each year, it would need to review decisions made by the U.
Requires quarterly reading of electric and gas meters.
This bill would require utility companies in Rhode Island to physically read customers' electric and gas meters at least once every three months (quarterly).
Provides that effective July 1, 2026, the profit margin of any electric distribution company or distributor of natural gas, would not exceed four percent (4%), in any given calendar year.
This bill would place a limit on how much profit electric and natural gas distribution companies can make in Rhode Island.
Permits the town of Tiverton to require additional testing, to be performed by and at the expense of the developer, to ensure that there is no dewatering or loss of effective recharge to surrounding wells within close proximity of the new construction.
This bill would give the town of Tiverton, Rhode Island special authority to require extra water testing when new housing developments are being built nearby.
Authorizes the division of motor vehicles to issue special license plates in recognition and support of the Lime Rock Foundation, Inc.
This bill would allow Rhode Island's Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to create and issue a special commemorative license plate in recognition and support of the Lime Rock Foundation, Inc.
Provides that evidence of life or work expectancy be based on statistical data using blended statistics and provides a chart with "completed age" and "expectation" which shall be used by courts as evidence and not be based on race, ethnicity or sex.
This bill changes how Rhode Island courts calculate a person's life expectancy or work expectancy in civil lawsuits — such as personal injury or wrongful death cases.
Bans preferential treatment to a public or private university applicant because of the student's familial relationship to a previous university attendee.
This bill would make it illegal for Rhode Island colleges and universities — both public and private — to give an applicant an advantage in the admissions process simply because a family member previously attended that school.
Authorizes a property owner to pursue reasonable actions to protect their property from coastal hazards that affect life, infrastructure, or essential land uses without prior approval.
This bill would allow Rhode Island property owners to take protective actions against coastal hazards — such as erosion, flooding, or storm damage — without needing to get prior approval from the Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC), which is the state agency that normally oversees activities along Rhode Island's coastline.
Requires EOHHS to provide self-measured blood pressure monitoring for eligible pregnant and postpartum individuals, covering home monitors, training, data transmission, and co-interventions, with state funds if federal aid is unavailable.
This bill would require Rhode Island's Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) to provide a home blood pressure monitoring program for pregnant women and new mothers who qualify.
Authorizes municipalities, through ordinance, to require private real property owners to obtain a license to operate a dwelling unit as student housing.
This bill would give Rhode Island cities and towns the option to create a local licensing system specifically for private landlords who rent their properties to college or university students.
Requires public schools to give congressionally chartered youth organizations limited access for recruitment and brief student presentations with parent notice, while preserving school safety and discretion.
This bill would require Rhode Island public schools to allow certain youth organizations — specifically those that have been officially recognized by the U.
Directs the manage existing workforce development and compensation programs for the early educators workforce.
This bill focuses on organizing and managing programs that support people who work in early childhood education in Rhode Island — such as teachers and caregivers at daycare centers, preschools, and similar settings.
Details each of those limited emergency circumstances where a registered nurse and advanced practice registered nurses, may safely administer sedation, such as critical life-saving or emergency situations where there is an imminent threat to life or limb.
This bill clarifies the specific emergency situations in which registered nurses (RNs) and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) are legally permitted to administer sedation to patients.
Removes the cap on post-retirement employment for teaching administrator or staff member who has retired under the provisions of title 16, 36 or 35 of the general laws.
This bill would remove the current limit on how much a retired school employee can work and earn while still collecting their pension.
Permits students diagnosed with asthma, a condition that may lead to bronchospasm or anaphylaxis, or both, to carry and self-administer asthma medication or auto-injectable or intranasal epinephrine, or both.
This bill would allow students in Rhode Island schools to carry and use their own asthma inhalers or epinephrine devices (such as an EpiPen or nasal spray) on school grounds.
Ensures any public school with available seats, after completion of the initial enrollment period for students, shall make all open seats available to other students residing within the same school district.
This bill would require public schools in Rhode Island to open up any empty seats to other students within the same school district, once the initial enrollment period has ended.
Requires that certain data centers requiring large amounts of electricity be required to fund the cost of necessary infrastructure improvements to supply such electricity.
This bill addresses who should pay for electrical infrastructure upgrades when large data centers move into Rhode Island.
Allows RI to opt out of the provisions of DIDMCA exempting out of state lenders from interest rate limits which apply to RI lenders. Prevents evasion of statutory interest rate limits and lending rules for loans made in RI.
This bill addresses a gap in Rhode Island's lending laws created by a federal law called the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act (DIDMCA), passed in 1980.
JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION -- ESTABLISHING A STATE SPENDING GROWTH LIMIT BASED ON INFLATION OR PERSONAL INCOME GROWTH (Proposes a constitutional amendment to establish a state spending growth limit based on inflation or personal income growth.)
This bill proposes a change to Rhode Island's state constitution that would put a cap on how fast state government spending can grow each year.
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $991,000 FOR THE TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $991,000 for the town of Middletown to upgrade the gymnasium at the new Middletown middle high school to serve a regional emergency shelter.)
This bill would authorize the state of Rhode Island to send $991,000 to the Town of Middletown for a specific construction project.
Removes nuclear plant projects from seeking the approval from the general assembly for the construction of said nuclear plant.
This bill would change the process for approving the construction of nuclear power plants in Rhode Island.
Makes it a felony to price gouge prescriptions or pharmaceuticals in time of a shortage.
This bill would make it illegal — and specifically a felony crime — for anyone to dramatically raise the prices of prescription drugs or other pharmaceutical products during a shortage.