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H7172 - Repeals the law that allowed employers to pay some of their minor employees and employees who are full time students and not attained the age of nineteen (19), less than minimum hourly wages, requiring them to be paid a minimum hourly wage.
Enrique George Sanchez, Cherie L. Cruz, John Joseph Lombardi
Last updated 9 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES - Repeals the law that allowed employers to pay some of their minor employees and employees who are full time students and not attained the age of nineteen (19), less than minimum hourly wages, requiring them to be paid a minimum hourly wage.
STATUS
Introduced
H7972 - Expands the crime of false reporting to include shootings or other dangerous events.
Kathleen A. Fogarty, Arthur Handy, Thomas E. Noret
Last updated 4 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- PUBLIC UTILITIES - Expands the crime of false reporting to include shootings or other dangerous events.
STATUS
Engrossed
H7966 - Sets standards and procedures to allow and implement conjugal visitation at state correctional facilities.
Ramon A. Perez, Grace Diaz, Jose F. Batista
Last updated 7 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT - Sets standards and procedures to allow and implement conjugal visitation at state correctional facilities.
STATUS
Introduced
H7973 - Amends the uniform controlled substances act and reclassifies simple possession of 28 grams or less of certain controlled substances as a misdemeanor.
Leonela Felix, Brianna E. Henries, David Morales
Last updated 7 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT - Amends the uniform controlled substances act and reclassifies simple possession of 28 grams or less of certain controlled substances as a misdemeanor.
STATUS
Introduced
H8105 - Prohibits civil asset forfeiture regarding violations of the controlled substances laws until a criminal conviction is obtained.
David J. Place, Jose F. Batista, Brian C. Newberry
Last updated 6 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT -- POWERS OF ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL -- CIVIL FORFEITURE PROCEDURE - Prohibits civil asset forfeiture regarding violations of the controlled substances laws until a criminal conviction is obtained.
STATUS
Introduced
H7526 - Mandates that the clerk of the district court automatically seal individual counts of criminal complaints upon dismissal pursuant to rule 48(a) of the rules of criminal procedure for district court.
Leonela Felix, Robert E. Craven, Jason Knight
Last updated 8 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS - Mandates that the clerk of the district court automatically seal individual counts of criminal complaints upon dismissal pursuant to rule 48(a) of the rules of criminal procedure for district court.
STATUS
Introduced
H7549 - Prohibits the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) from imposing any fares and/or charges for service provided to the general public. Effective 1/1/2025.
Leonela Felix, David Morales, Karen Alzate
Last updated 8 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY - Prohibits the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) from imposing any fares and/or charges for service provided to the general public. Effective 1/1/2025.
STATUS
Introduced
H7535 - Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of the Providence Preservation Society.
Edith H. Ajello, Grace Diaz, David Morales
Last updated 6 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of the Providence Preservation Society.
STATUS
Engrossed
H7527 - This act would further delineate the definitions of felony, misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor.
Leonela Felix, Jose F. Batista, Cherie L. Cruz
Last updated 8 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- GENERAL PROVISIONS - This act would further delineate the definitions of felony, misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor.
STATUS
Introduced
H7546 - Provides a tax upon the endowment of a private institution of higher education equal to two percent (2%) upon each dollar over $1,000,000,000.
David Morales, Michael W. Chippendale, Nathan W. Biah
Last updated 8 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - Provides a tax upon the endowment of a private institution of higher education equal to two percent (2%) upon each dollar over $1,000,000,000.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Rhode Island district HD-008
COMMITTEES
Rhode Island House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
John Joseph Lombardi is a Professor and former Dean of the Mendoza School of Business at the University of Notre Dame. He currently serves as a fellow on the Steering Committee at the Aspen Institute. Lombardi previously served as the Chancellor of Indiana University Kokomo and as an associate dean at Johns Hopkins University. He earned his B.A. in economics at St. Bonaventure University and his master's and doctorate at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.read less
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