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H7999 - Provides that the $5,500,000 appropriation to the infrastructure bank from the 2023 budget act be allocated for eligible municipal infrastructure grant program projects.
Carol Hagan McEntee, Kathleen A. Fogarty, Arthur Handy
Last updated 7 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM - Provides that the $5,500,000 appropriation to the infrastructure bank from the 2023 budget act be allocated for eligible municipal infrastructure grant program projects.
STATUS
Introduced
H7969 - Allows electronic monitoring of residents or private living unit in nursing or assisted living facility with certain restrictions.
Jason Knight, Evan P. Shanley, Kathleen A. Fogarty
Last updated 3 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ELECTRONIC MONITORING IN NURSING AND ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES - Allows electronic monitoring of residents or private living unit in nursing or assisted living facility with certain restrictions.
STATUS
Passed
H7552 - Provides that every city and town must maintain a municipal veterans' service officer. Also authorizes a one hundred thousand dollar ($100,000) appropriation to be used to fund matching grants for the support and outreach for veterans.
Camille F. Vella-Wilkinson, Jose F. Batista, Joseph J. Solomon
Last updated 8 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- VETERANS' AFFAIRS - Provides that every city and town must maintain a municipal veterans' service officer. Also authorizes a one hundred thousand dollar ($100,000) appropriation to be used to fund matching grants for the support and outreach for veterans.
STATUS
Introduced
H7538 - Permits disabled veterans to be issued several disabled veteran plates, permits plates to be transferred to their spouse or caretaker during the veteran's life and would allow disabled veteran plates to be issued for a commercial vehicle of any size.
Camille F. Vella-Wilkinson, Jose F. Batista, Joseph J. Solomon
Last updated 8 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION FEES - Permits disabled veterans to be issued several disabled veteran plates, permits plates to be transferred to their spouse or caretaker during the veteran's life and would allow disabled veteran plates to be issued for a commercial vehicle of any size.
STATUS
Introduced
H7541 - Permits hit and run victims suffering serious bodily injury to recover under the crime victim compensation program.
Brandon T. Voas, Joshua J. Giraldo, Brandon C. Potter
Last updated 8 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION - Permits hit and run victims suffering serious bodily injury to recover under the crime victim compensation program.
STATUS
Introduced
H7509 - Provides that gift certificates issued by state-chartered institutions of higher education would be exempt from the provisions of the gift certificate statute relating to expiration, escheatment, reissuance and refund.
Alex S. Finkelman, Evan P. Shanley, Jose F. Batista
Last updated 4 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- UNFAIR SALES PRACTICES - Provides that gift certificates issued by state-chartered institutions of higher education would be exempt from the provisions of the gift certificate statute relating to expiration, escheatment, reissuance and refund.
STATUS
Passed
H8095 - Increases the penalty for violations of the care of dogs statute to a minimum fine of one hundred dollars ($100) and a maximum fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per violation.
William W. O'Brien, Robert E. Craven, Alex S. Finkelman
Last updated 3 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS - Increases the penalty for violations of the care of dogs statute to a minimum fine of one hundred dollars ($100) and a maximum fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per violation.
STATUS
Passed
H7332 - Allows private employees at nursing homes, developmental disability and home care providers whose salaries are 90% funded with federal or state monies to be eligible to opt into the state healthcare plan.
Evan P. Shanley, Robert E. Craven, Katherine S. Kazarian
Last updated 8 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- INSURANCE BENEFITS - Allows private employees at nursing homes, developmental disability and home care providers whose salaries are 90% funded with federal or state monies to be eligible to opt into the state healthcare plan.
STATUS
Introduced
H7324 - Removes basement area from the calculation of floor area ratios in relation to the provisions that a zoning ordinance may address.
Jacquelyn M. Baginski, Alex S. Finkelman, John G. Edwards
Last updated 3 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Removes basement area from the calculation of floor area ratios in relation to the provisions that a zoning ordinance may address.
STATUS
Passed
H7297 - Establishes a second avenue of qualification as an optician, to include successfully completing an apprenticeship program.
Alex S. Finkelman, Jacquelyn M. Baginski
Last updated 3 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- OPTICIANS -- QUALIFICATIONS - Establishes a second avenue of qualification as an optician, to include successfully completing an apprenticeship program.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Rhode Island district HD-074
COMMITTEES
Rhode Island House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Alex S. Finkelman is running for Judge, Court of Appeals, District 2 in Minnesota. He received his B.A. degree from Dartmouth College and his J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School. Finkelman was an attorney at Best & Flanagan LLP. He serves on the Board of Directors for thenesota State Bar Association and as an at-large member of the MSBA Assembly. Finkelman lives in Minneapolis, MN. He is married to Julie Schrader. They have two children.read less
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