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Disabled veteran license plate may be transferred to veterans' spouse or issued to veteran or veterans spouse.
This Rhode Island bill would make it easier for disabled veterans and their spouses to use special disabled veteran license plates.
Defines "military-connected student", "advance enrollment" and "open enrollment" to give them flexibility in choosing a school district.
This bill creates new legal definitions and enrollment rights specifically for children of military families in Rhode Island.
Includes veterans 75 years or older with a combined service connected disability rating of 70% as eligible for disabled veterans license plates.
This bill would expand who qualifies for Rhode Island's disabled veterans license plates.
Allows the dependents of a national guard member, who is in good standing, to be eligible for tuition assistance.
This bill would expand Rhode Island's existing tuition assistance program for National Guard members to also cover their dependents — meaning their spouses and children.
Authorizes the town of Jamestown to authorize, by ordinance, the expansion of the local tax exemption ordinance for seniors.
This bill gives the town of Jamestown, Rhode Island the legal authority to expand its existing property tax exemption program for senior citizens.
Requires the state building commissioner to implement electronic permitting for any category of state or local permit authorized under state law to significantly impact the expediency of construction and development.
This bill would require Rhode Island's state building commissioner to set up an electronic (online) permitting system for construction and development projects.
Requires radon testing within one year of any residential real estate transaction and the installation of a radon mitigation system if unsafe radon levels are present, at the seller's expense.
This bill would require that every home involved in a residential real estate sale be tested for radon gas within one year of the transaction closing.
Authorizes and empower the department of transportation to plant pollinator friendly native species of trees, shrubs, grasses and plants within limits of a roadway, including state highways.
This bill would give Rhode Island's Department of Transportation (RIDOT) the authority to plant native, pollinator-friendly trees, shrubs, grasses, and other plants along roadsides and state highways.
Requires the public utilities commission to provide for a classification of service for retail electricity consumers that are large energy use facilities.
This bill would require Rhode Island's Public Utilities Commission (PUC) — the state agency that oversees electric, gas, and water services — to create a special category of electric service specifically for "large energy use facilities.
Requires all public utilities to maintain a customer service facility within the state to perform services such as addressing customer inquiries and accepting bill payments.
This bill would require all public utility companies operating in Rhode Island — such as electric, gas, water, and telecommunications providers — to maintain at least one physical customer service office located within the state.
Permits on and after July 1, 2027, for an insurer to consider the zip code in which the vehicle is garaged provided that the calculation of the zip code is segmented by the municipality where the vehicle is garaged.
This bill would change how car insurance companies in Rhode Island are allowed to calculate your auto insurance rates.
Establishes certain presumptions pertaining to early childhood education programs operating in RIDE-certified school buildings.
This bill deals with how early childhood education programs (like pre-K or daycare programs) are evaluated and rated when they operate inside school buildings that have already been certified by the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE).
Permits students at failing schools to enroll in any public school and also established the Rhode Island education revitalization fund to provide funding to the school choice program.
This bill would give students who attend low-performing or "failing" schools in Rhode Island the option to transfer and enroll in any public school of their choosing.
Enables parents to review public school learning materials/object if the parent decides that the material is harmful. Also a parent may withdraw their student from the activity or class where the material is used and request an alternative assignment.
This bill, called the "Rights of Parents and Guardians in Public Educational Instruction Act," would give parents and guardians in Rhode Island the formal right to review learning materials used in their child's public school classes.
Amends the certain provisions relative to school waste recycling and refuse disposal and requires reports of waste audits by educational entities and reports of program participation by vendors.
This bill updates Rhode Island's existing rules around how schools handle their trash and recycling.
Prohibits the state, municipalities, or courts from attempting to collect any motor vehicle violation fines or costs, after more than seven (7) years of the fine becoming final.
This bill would set a deadline on how long Rhode Island's government can try to collect unpaid traffic ticket fines.
Establishes the first-time home buyer savings program act. Allows modifications to federal adjusted gross income for $50,000 in contributions and $150,000 of interest and dividends included in federal adjusted gross income.
This bill would create a special savings program in Rhode Island designed to help people who have never owned a home save money for their first home purchase.
Exempts from the sales tax scalp hair prosthesis or wig that are necessary due to hair loss from a medical condition.
This bill would remove the Rhode Island sales tax from wigs and scalp hair prostheses when a person needs them because of hair loss caused by a medical condition.
Prohibits state agencies from entering into software contracts that limit the agency's ability to install or run the software of the agency's choosing on their hardware.
This bill would set a new rule for how Rhode Island state government agencies buy and use software.
Provides a tax credit for food donations by qualified taxpayers to nonprofit organizations up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) per year.
This bill would create a new tax benefit in Rhode Island for people and businesses that donate food to nonprofit organizations.
Exempts from sales tax energy storage systems, as defined in § 39-33-1.
This bill would remove the Rhode Island sales tax from purchases of energy storage systems.
Generates an estate tax discharge upon the recording of a statement by the executor or other estate representative that the value of the decedent’s gross estate does not require a state or federal tax filing.
When someone passes away, their estate (the property and assets they leave behind) sometimes must go through a process to confirm that all applicable taxes have been paid before that property can be transferred to heirs.
Provides that adjunct faculty members at any state college or university who teach at least 50% of the hours regularly worked by full-time faculty in a semester be eligible for the same medical benefits as other full-time state employees.
This bill would extend medical health insurance benefits to adjunct (part-time) faculty members who work at Rhode Island's public colleges and universities.
Mandates insurance coverage for scalp cooling treatments for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy to prevent hair loss during chemotherapy treatments.
This bill would require health insurance companies in Rhode Island to cover scalp cooling treatments for cancer patients who are undergoing chemotherapy.