S2365 - Restructures professional development investment fund to assume duties of dissemination of curriculum materials/frameworks/assessments/development plans with annual allocation of $200 per student.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Melissa A. Murray, Louis P. Dipalma, Sandra Cano
Last updated 10 months ago6 Co-Sponsors
EDUCATION -- PAUL W. CROWLEY STUDENT INVESTMENT INITIATIVE - Restructures professional development investment fund to assume duties of dissemination of curriculum materials/frameworks/assessments/development plans with annual allocation of $200 per student.
STATUS
Introduced
S2340 - Establishes a new program where the per pupil funding, calculated annually by RIDE, would be transferred into a newly created educational funding account run by the children's scholarship fund to pay for educational expenses.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Elaine J. Morgan, Gordon E. Rogers, Jessica de la Cruz
Last updated 10 months ago4 Co-Sponsors
EDUCATION -- EDUCATION FREEDOM ACCOUNT PROGRAM - Establishes a new program where the per pupil funding, calculated annually by RIDE, would be transferred into a newly created educational funding account run by the children's scholarship fund to pay for educational expenses.
STATUS
Introduced
S2369 - Permits every municipality in the state to offer a homestead tax exemption of up to 20% of assessed value on residential properties, and also provides that municipalities that grant greater exemptions not be limited by this section.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Ryan William Pearson, Hanna M. Gallo, Louis P. Dipalma
Last updated 10 months ago10 Co-Sponsors
TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES - Permits every municipality in the state to offer a homestead tax exemption of up to 20% of assessed value on residential properties, and also provides that municipalities that grant greater exemptions not be limited by this section.
STATUS
Introduced
S2894 - Allows non-affiliated party voters to vote in party primaries, without becoming an affiliated party voter.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Leonidas P. Raptakis, David P. Tikoian, Matthew L. LaMountain
Last updated 8 months ago9 Co-Sponsors
ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS - Allows non-affiliated party voters to vote in party primaries, without becoming an affiliated party voter.
STATUS
Introduced
S2247 - SENATE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE 81ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE "FOUR CHAPLAINS", THE FOUR MEN OF GOD WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES DURING WORLD WAR II SO THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Leonidas P. Raptakis
Last updated 10 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Senate Resolution Commemorating The 81st Anniversary Of The "four Chaplains", The Four Men Of God Who Sacrificed Their Lives During World War Ii So That Others Might Live
STATUS
Passed
S2700 - Provides protection and prevent the unethical, improper conduct and the collection of fees, by anyone advising or assisting a veteran filing a claim for disability benefits with the Department of Veterans Affairs except as authorized by federal law.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Walter S. Felag, Leonidas P. Raptakis, Jacob Bissaillon
Last updated 9 months ago5 Co-Sponsors
COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES - Provides protection and prevent the unethical, improper conduct and the collection of fees, by anyone advising or assisting a veteran filing a claim for disability benefits with the Department of Veterans Affairs except as authorized by federal law.
STATUS
Introduced
S2091 - AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF SOUTH KINGSTOWN TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $150,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF A NEW HIGH SCHOOL, ATHLETIC FACILITY, AND OTHER SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE TOWN AND ALL EXPENSES INCIDENT THERETO, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COSTS OF DESIGN, DEMOLITION, ATHLETIC FIELDS, LANDSCAPING AND PARKING AND ALL ATTENDANT EXPENSES, INCLUDING ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL AND OTHER PROJECT-RELATED CONSULTING COSTS
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Bridget G. Valverde, Virginia Susan Sosnowski, Victoria Gu
Last updated 9 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
Authorizes town of South Kingstown to issue not more than $150,000,000 bonds and notes to finance the acquisition/construction/improvement/renovation/furnishing/equipping of a new high school/athletic facility/other school facilities in the town.
STATUS
Passed
S2568 - Excludes all overtime earned by an individual from adjusted gross income for tax years 2025 and 2026 and defines overtime as payment of at least 1½ times the rate of regular pay for hours worked over the standard forty (40) hours.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Roger A. Picard
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX - Excludes all overtime earned by an individual from adjusted gross income for tax years 2025 and 2026 and defines overtime as payment of at least 1½ times the rate of regular pay for hours worked over the standard forty (40) hours.
STATUS
Introduced
S2650 - Expands the deinstitutionalization subsidy aid program in the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals to include adoptive parent(s) or siblings(s).
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Leonidas P. Raptakis, David P. Tikoian, John P. Burke
Last updated 9 months ago7 Co-Sponsors
BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS - Expands the deinstitutionalization subsidy aid program in the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals to include adoptive parent(s) or siblings(s).
STATUS
Introduced
S2060 - AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $40,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE PURCHASE AND/OR ACQUISITION OF LAND AND BUILDINGS, CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, FURNISHING AND/OR EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 50% AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Hanna M. Gallo, Joshua B. Miller, Frank S. Lombardi
Last updated 11 months ago4 Co-Sponsors
Authorizes the City of Cranston to issue not to exceed $40,000,000 general obligation bonds.
STATUS
Introduced
S2817 - Includes among the responsibilities of the office of state medical examiners, to provide a multidisciplinary team review of suicide deaths with a goal of reducing its prevalence by examining trends in demographic, geographic and community risk factors.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Sandra Cano
Last updated 5 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS - Includes among the responsibilities of the office of state medical examiners, to provide a multidisciplinary team review of suicide deaths with a goal of reducing its prevalence by examining trends in demographic, geographic and community risk factors.
STATUS
Passed
S2742 - Modernizes all state library laws by eliminating the clearinghouse advisory committee, updating how the clearinghouse publishes its list of publications, reducing the number of physical copies and facilitating digital publication.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mark P. McKenney
Last updated 5 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
LIBRARIES -- STATE LIBRARY - Modernizes all state library laws by eliminating the clearinghouse advisory committee, updating how the clearinghouse publishes its list of publications, reducing the number of physical copies and facilitating digital publication.
STATUS
Passed
S2778 - Eliminates requirement of signing with an "X" for voters who cannot sign their name due to blindness, disability, or inability to read/write and establishes a timeframe for local boards to accept mail ballot applications delivered via the postal service.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jonathon Acosta, Ana B. Quezada, Alana DiMario
Last updated 5 months ago6 Co-Sponsors
ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS - Eliminates requirement of signing with an "X" for voters who cannot sign their name due to blindness, disability, or inability to read/write and establishes a timeframe for local boards to accept mail ballot applications delivered via the postal service.
STATUS
Passed
S2982 - Replaces the term "the drug naloxone" with the term "opioid antagonist" in chapters regulating life insurance policies and group life insurance policies.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Roger A. Picard
Last updated 5 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
INSURANCE -- LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES AND RESERVES - Replaces the term "the drug naloxone" with the term "opioid antagonist" in chapters regulating life insurance policies and group life insurance policies.
STATUS
Passed
S2043 - Adds climate change, sea-level rise and coastal resiliency to the analysis of data of the strategic plan for economic development policy. Adds director of DEM and executive director of CRMC to economic development planning council.
Rhode Island - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Pamela J. Lauria, Alana DiMario, Bridget G. Valverde
Last updated 5 months ago10 Co-Sponsors
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LONG-TERM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Adds climate change, sea-level rise and coastal resiliency to the analysis of data of the strategic plan for economic development policy. Adds director of DEM and executive director of CRMC to economic development planning council.
STATUS
Passed
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