SR 855: SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SYMPATHY ON THE PASSING OF TERESA NAPOLITANO
05/04/2017 Senate read and passed
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HB 5459: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Provides for a reduction to local per pupil funding for state-operated schools that do not have teachers who participate in the state teacher's retirement system.)
05/04/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
SB 800: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - ELECTION OFFENSES (Eliminates the requirement of identifying the name or names of the author of a circular, flier, or poster designed to injure or defeat any candidate for election to public office.)
05/04/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
SB 214: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - ALTERNATIVE FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE INCENTIVE (Creates tax incentives for the installation of alternative fuel facilities. Takes effect upon passage and this chapter would be repealed on January 1, 2020.)
05/04/2017 Committee heard
Sponsors
Walter Felag
(D)
,
Lou DiPalma
(D)
,
Josh Miller
(D)
,
Sue Sosnowski
(D)
,
Jeanine Calkin
(D)
SB 796: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - CAMPAIGN FINANCE (Makes numerous changes to the campaign finance report law concerning exemptions, filing paper copies of statements, and maximum late filing fines.)
05/04/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
HB 5136: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FOUNDATION LEVEL SCHOOL SUPPORT (Permits the town of Tiverton to be prospectively reimbursed at the forty percent (40%) floor of the housing aid share ratio on projects completed before June 30, 2010.)
05/04/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
SB 229: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES (Provides that the state board of elections would be subject to the rule-making provisions of the "administrative procedures act".)
05/04/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Sponsors
Adam J. Satchell
(D)
,
Harold M. Metts
(D)
,
Frank Lombardo
(D)
,
Stephen R. Archambault
(D)
,
William J. Conley, Jr.
(D)
HB 5992: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICES AND EMPLOYEES - RETIREMENT SYSTEM - CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS (Awards all state retirement members a 3% annual COLA applied to first $50,000 of retirement allowance on or after 1/1/18, provided prior year investment return yields gain of 10% or more until pension system funding ratio exceeds 80%.)
05/03/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
HB 5169: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - GET ON YOUR FEET LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM (Establishes "The Get On Your Feet Loan Forgiveness Program" in Rhode Island, to assist recent college and university graduates in the repayment of their student loans, by providing a grace period for the first 2 years after graduation.)
05/03/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Sponsors
Stephen Casey
(D)
,
Lauren Carson
(D)
,
Bob Phillips
(D)
,
Michael A. Morin
(D)
,
Raymond H. Johnston Jr.
(D)
HB 5925: AN ACT RELATING TO CITIES TOWNS AND CITIES - CENTRAL FALLS RETIREE PENSION BENEFITS (Provides that all city employees covered by Central Falls retirees' settlement agreement would have benefits gradually increased over five years from 75% base to 87.5% base pension benefit amount.)
05/03/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
HB 5329: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (Allows any teacher or athletic coach, who has retired to substitute at state schools and public schools for a period of no more than one hundred twenty (120) days in one school year without forfeiture or reduction of retirement benefits.)
05/03/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
HR 6187: HOUSE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND CONGRATULATING THE RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE CLASS OF 2017, ITS NEW PRESIDENT, AND ITS ALUMNI
05/03/2017 House read and passed
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