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H7448 - Amends provisions relative to confidentiality of health care communications and the process for requesting records and/or confidential health care information.
Rebecca M. Kislak, Joshua J. Giraldo, Brandon T. Voas
Last updated 8 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONFIDENTIALITY OF HEALTH CARE COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ACT - Amends provisions relative to confidentiality of health care communications and the process for requesting records and/or confidential health care information.
STATUS
Introduced
H7498 - Allows any peace officer working in a Rhode Island school as a full or part-time resource officer to work in excess of the seventy-five (75) working days in a calendar year, and not have an interruption in their benefits.
John G. Edwards, Michael W. Chippendale, Raymond A. Hull
Last updated 8 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES - Allows any peace officer working in a Rhode Island school as a full or part-time resource officer to work in excess of the seventy-five (75) working days in a calendar year, and not have an interruption in their benefits.
STATUS
Introduced
H7489 - Reduces the corporate minimum tax to three hundred fifty dollars ($350).
Joseph J. Solomon, Brandon T. Voas, Alex S. Finkelman
Last updated 8 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
TAXATION -- BUSINESS CORPORATION TAX - Reduces the corporate minimum tax to three hundred fifty dollars ($350).
STATUS
Introduced
H7476 - Amends certain election statutes to require ballot questions be written in plain language reasonably calculated to be understood by persons with an eighth-grade reading level.
Evan P. Shanley, Matthew S. Dawson, John G. Edwards
Last updated 4 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
ELECTIONS -- STATEWIDE REFERENDA ELECTIONS - Amends certain election statutes to require ballot questions be written in plain language reasonably calculated to be understood by persons with an eighth-grade reading level.
STATUS
Passed
H7499 - Allows retired public safety officers to seek secondary employment with the state or any municipality without any reduction or forfeiture of retirement benefits.
Evan P. Shanley, Matthew S. Dawson, Camille F. Vella-Wilkinson
Last updated 8 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS - Allows retired public safety officers to seek secondary employment with the state or any municipality without any reduction or forfeiture of retirement benefits.
STATUS
Introduced
H7456 - Amends the state’s apprenticeship laws to make them more consistent with applicable federal regulations and makes said laws more comprehendible and consistent with each other.
Scott A. Slater, Grace Diaz, John G. Edwards
Last updated 3 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ELECTRICIANS - Amends the state’s apprenticeship laws to make them more consistent with applicable federal regulations and makes said laws more comprehendible and consistent with each other.
STATUS
Passed
H7424 - Changes the term "assumed name" to "trade name" and centralizes the filing, administration and regulation process of trade names to the secretary of state and requires an annual renewal of the trade name.
Evan P. Shanley, John G. Edwards, David A. Bennett
Last updated 3 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- FILING OF ASSUMED NAME - Changes the term "assumed name" to "trade name" and centralizes the filing, administration and regulation process of trade names to the secretary of state and requires an annual renewal of the trade name.
STATUS
Passed
H7496 - Establishes the Rhode Island Climate Change and Ocean Protection Youth Education and Workforce Development Act.
Jennifer Smith Boylan, Terri Cortvriend, Karen Alzate
Last updated 8 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND CLIMATE CHANGE AND OCEAN PROTECTION YOUTH EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACT - Establishes the Rhode Island Climate Change and Ocean Protection Youth Education and Workforce Development Act.
STATUS
Introduced
H7485 - Allows a modification for all taxable pension and/or annuity income includible in federal adjusted gross income for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025.
William W. O'Brien, Jacquelyn M. Baginski, Joseph J. Solomon
Last updated 8 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX - Allows a modification for all taxable pension and/or annuity income includible in federal adjusted gross income for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
H7440 - Amends the current law to allow for the harvesting of blue crabs during the hours of darkness.
Jennifer Smith Boylan, Megan L. Cotter, David A. Bennett
Last updated 3 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
FISH AND WILDLIFE -- LOBSTERS AND OTHER CRUSTACEANS - Amends the current law to allow for the harvesting of blue crabs during the hours of darkness.
STATUS
Passed
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Representative from Rhode Island district HD-070
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Rhode Island House
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