Bill
HB 6014
HB 6014 spans two states: Michigan expands DV shelters to include common household pets; Rhode Island amends sales/use tax exemptions (details unclear).
Note on source material and scope
- The materials provided appear to combine text from two different bills numbered HB 6014 in different jurisdictions: (1) a Michigan bill amending the state domestic and sexual violence statute to address sheltering of victims and their pets, and (2) a Rhode Island bill amending §44-18-30 (sales and use tax exemptions). The identifying Title and most legislative actions supplied (introduced 02/28/2025; House Finance) correspond to the Rhode Island sales/use tax measure, while other materials (introduced 09/26/2024; Rep. Kimberly Edwards; referred to Criminal Justice) correspond to the Michigan domestic-violence amendment. Below are concise, separate summaries of each component and the procedural status information available.
Purpose and intent
- To update definitions and shelter program requirements in the Michigan domestic and sexual violence prevention and treatment act (1978 PA 389) to explicitly include “common household pets” and to clarify shelter services and prime sponsor duties.
Key provisions / changes
- Adds or clarifies definitions:
- “Common household pet” = domesticated animals commonly kept in the home for pleasure (examples: dog, cat), not kept for commercial purposes.
- Clarifies “board,” “department,” “dating relationship,” and “family or household member” definitions.
- Shelter program requirements (section 7):
- A prime sponsor may receive funds to establish/maintain shelter programs for victims, their dependent children, and common household pets.
- Emergency shelter may be provided directly or via transient/residential community facilities.
- A shelter program must either directly provide at least 3 of the listed services (crisis/support counseling, emergency health care, legal assistance, financial assistance, housing assistance, transportation assistance, child care) or assist victims in obtaining/referring to at least 3 of those services.
- Prime sponsors are directed, “to the extent possible,” to utilize services of county community mental health programs.
Who is affected
- Domestic violence victims and their dependent children and household pets.
- Prime sponsors (counties, cities, townships, federally recognized tribes, nonprofit organizations) that run shelters.
- Shelter operators, county mental health programs, and providers of the enumerated support services.
Procedural status (Michigan-related)
- Introduced 09/26/2024 by Rep. Kimberly Edwards; referred to Committee on Criminal Justice. Subsequent status: committee recommended measure be held for further study (04/10/2025).
Purpose and intent
- The bill is captioned to amend §44-18-30, the list of gross receipts exempt from Rhode Island sales and use taxes (liability and computation). The excerpt supplied reproduces a detailed list of exemptions.
Key content (excerpted)
- Exemptions enumerated include (examples):
- Sales the state is constitutionally prohibited from taxing.
- Newspapers (definition and exclusions).
- School meals served by schools, colleges, student organizations, PTAs.
- Certain containers (returnable and non-returnable) and related definitions.
- Sales to/by specified nonprofit, charitable, educational and religious organizations; contractors providing services to exempt entities when properly certified.
- Gasoline and certain fuels.
- Purchases used directly in manufacturing for resale (including software, utilities, and definitions of “consumed” and “manufacturing”).
Who is affected
- Retailers and purchasers claiming exemptions (nonprofits, schools, hospitals, manufacturers).
- Contractors and suppliers engaged in exempt projects.
- State revenue collections to the extent exemptions change or are clarified.
Limitations / uncertainty
- The provided text largely reproduces existing exemption categories; the excerpt does not clearly indicate which specific language is being changed or added. Without the full bill text or amendment markup, the precise substantive changes to current law are not identifiable from the excerpt alone.
Procedural status (Rhode Island-related)
- Introduced 02/28/2025 by Representatives Fascia, Chippendale, Place, Paplauskas, Quattrocchi, and Casey; referred to House Finance. Committee action timeline shows hearings and the same 04/10/2025 entry that the measure be held for further study.
Recommendation
- Because the materials appear to conflate two different HB 6014s and the Rhode Island excerpt lacks visible redline/strike-through to show changes, obtain the official, jurisdiction-specific bill text (with amendment markup) to confirm the sponsor, the exact statutory changes, and fiscal notes before relying on this summary for policy or compliance decisions.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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