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S2214 - Exempts out-of-state businesses and their employees performing services, during declared state or federal disasters or emergencies, from state or local business requirements, as well as state or local taxes or fees.
Mark P. McKenney, Virginia Susan Sosnowski, Roger A. Picard
Last updated 5 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- FACILITATING BUSINESS RAPID RESPONSE TO STATE DECLARED DISASTER ACT OF 2024 - Exempts out-of-state businesses and their employees performing services, during declared state or federal disasters or emergencies, from state or local business requirements, as well as state or local taxes or fees.
STATUS
Passed
S2152 - Enacts the Comprehensive PFAS Ban Act of 2024, prohibiting the intentional addition of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances of PFAS in products offered for sale or manufactured in the state as of January 1, 2027.
Meghan E. Kallman, Alana DiMario, Joshua B. Miller
Last updated 5 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- CONSUMER PFAS BAN ACT OF 2024 - Enacts the Comprehensive PFAS Ban Act of 2024, prohibiting the intentional addition of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances of PFAS in products offered for sale or manufactured in the state as of January 1, 2027.
STATUS
Passed
S2092 - Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of the Johnnycake Center Realty Corporation, a domestic nonprofit corporation, located in South Kingstown.
Virginia Susan Sosnowski, Bridget G. Valverde, Victoria Gu
Last updated 7 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of the Johnnycake Center Realty Corporation, a domestic nonprofit corporation, located in South Kingstown.
STATUS
Passed
S2085 - Increases insurance coverage for hearing aids from one thousand five hundred dollars to two thousand dollars, per ear, every three years for all people regardless of age.
Leonidas P. Raptakis, Walter S. Felag, Bridget G. Valverde
Last updated 11 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Increases insurance coverage for hearing aids from one thousand five hundred dollars to two thousand dollars, per ear, every three years for all people regardless of age.
STATUS
Introduced
S2226 - Provides that a magistrate of the family court has the power and authority to hear contested divorce matters.
Dominick J. Ruggerio, Dawn Euer, Hanna M. Gallo
Last updated 5 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- FAMILY COURT - Provides that a magistrate of the family court has the power and authority to hear contested divorce matters.
STATUS
Passed
S2186 - Incorporates universal design principals into new construction of low- and moderate-income housing to provide greater accessibility for persons with disabilities.
Victoria Gu, Meghan E. Kallman, Tiara T. Mack
Last updated 10 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING AND RESOURCES ACT OF 1998 - Incorporates universal design principals into new construction of low- and moderate-income housing to provide greater accessibility for persons with disabilities.
STATUS
Introduced
S2054 - Increases the state earned-income credit as of January 1, 2025 to seventeen percent (17%) of the federal earned-income credit, not to exceed the amount of state income tax.
Walter S. Felag, Tiara T. Mack, Frank A. Ciccone
Last updated 11 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX - Increases the state earned-income credit as of January 1, 2025 to seventeen percent (17%) of the federal earned-income credit, not to exceed the amount of state income tax.
STATUS
Introduced
S2058 - Increases the federal adjusted gross income threshold for modification for taxable social security income. Amends references to federal adjusted gross income as pertains to modification of taxable retirement income from certain pension plans or annuities.
Walter S. Felag, Virginia Susan Sosnowski, Frank S. Lombardi
Last updated 11 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX - Increases the federal adjusted gross income threshold for modification for taxable social security income. Amends references to federal adjusted gross income as pertains to modification of taxable retirement income from certain pension plans or annuities.
STATUS
Introduced
S2070 - Prohibits an insurance company from imposing any cost-sharing requirements for any diagnostic or supplemental breast examinations.
Samuel D. Zurier, Virginia Susan Sosnowski, Joshua B. Miller
Last updated 11 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Prohibits an insurance company from imposing any cost-sharing requirements for any diagnostic or supplemental breast examinations.
STATUS
Introduced
S2098 - Requires prosecutorial consent in order for a defendant to waive a jury trial.
Dominick J. Ruggerio, Ryan William Pearson, David P. Tikoian
Last updated 11 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- TRIAL - Requires prosecutorial consent in order for a defendant to waive a jury trial.
STATUS
Introduced
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Senator from Rhode Island district SD-037
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Rhode Island Senate
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