SB 464: AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (Permits payments to parents who serve as certified nursing assistant caregiver for their children.)
05/18/2017 Committee heard
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SB 176: AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - THE EDWARD O. HAWKINS AND THOMAS C. SLATER MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACT (Increased the number of permits for medical marijuana compassion centers from three (3) to six (6).)
05/18/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Sponsors
Adam J. Satchell
(D)
,
Frank Lombardo
(D)
,
Stephen R. Archambault
(D)
,
Michael J. McCaffrey
(D)
,
Josh Miller
(D)
SB 775: AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - CHILD CARE - STATE SUBSIDIES (Establishes a tiered-rate structure for the child care assistance program, with higher rates paid to licensed child care centers and family child care homes that have achieved higher quality ratings in "BrightStars".)
05/18/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Sponsors
Elizabeth A. Crowley
(D)
,
Harold M. Metts
(D)
,
Ana Quezada
(D)
,
Josh Miller
(D)
,
Gayle L. Goldin
(D)
SB 141: AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE (Increases the income eligibility limit for the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) to 200% of the federal poverty level from 180%.)
05/18/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Sponsors
Elizabeth A. Crowley
(D)
,
Harold M. Metts
(D)
,
Hanna Gallo
(D)
,
Sue Sosnowski
(D)
,
Gayle L. Goldin
(D)
SB 876: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (Permits, rather than requires, electricity and gas revenues to be decoupled from sales and require submission of a full rate filing every three (3) years by electric and gas distribution companies.)
05/18/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Sponsors
Frank Lombardo
(D)
,
Paul V. Jabour
(D)
,
Stephen R. Archambault
(D)
,
Michael J. McCaffrey
(D)
,
Ana Quezada
(D)
SB 447: AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- CHILD CARE--STATE SUBSIDIES (Increases the child care provider reimbursement rate by five percent (5%).)
05/18/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
SB 830: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION (Allows municipalities with a population density greater than two thousand (2,000) people per square mile to exempt from taxation real property used for agricultural operations.)
05/18/2017 Committee heard
SB 420: AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- ADULT USE OF CANNABIS ACT (Establishes a system for the regulation and taxation for adult use and cultivation of marijuana.)
05/18/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Sponsors
Harold M. Metts
(D)
,
Michael J. McCaffrey
(D)
,
Nicholas D. Kettle
(R)
,
Josh Miller
(D)
,
Dominick Ruggerio
(D)
HB 5197: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ENERGY SITING (Requires environmental impacts be considered in energy plant siting proceedings.)
05/17/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Sponsors
Lauren Carson
(D)
,
Arthur Handy
(D)
,
Julie Casimiro
(D)
,
Cale P. Keable
(D)
,
J. Aaron Regunberg
(D)
HB 5369: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ENERGIZE RHODE ISLAND: CLEAN ENERGY INVESTMENT AND CARBON PRICING ACT OF 2017 (Establishes a fee on companies that sell fossil fuels in RI and also establishes a receipt account to disburse the funds from.)
05/17/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Sponsors
Susan Donovan
(D)
,
Lauren Carson
(D)
,
Arthur Handy
(D)
,
Cale P. Keable
(D)
,
J. Aaron Regunberg
(D)
SB 507: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGE--GRATUITIES (Incrementally increases from the $3.89 per hour subminimum wage for tipped workers to $9.00 per hour on January 1, 2021. Starting on January 1, 2022, the minimum hourly wage for tipped workers would be equal to the state's regular minimum hourly wage.)
05/17/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Sponsors
Elizabeth A. Crowley
(D)
,
Lou DiPalma
(D)
,
James A. Seveney
(D)
,
Jeanine Calkin
(D)
,
Gayle L. Goldin
(D)
SB 510: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WAGES (Gradually increases the hourly minimum wage from $9.60 to $15.00 on January 1, 2022, as well as gradually increasing the hourly minimum wage for employees receiving gratuities from $3.89 an hour to $15.00 an hour on January 1, 2026.)
05/17/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Sponsors
Walter Felag
(D)
,
Maryellen Goodwin
(D)
,
Lou DiPalma
(D)
,
James A. Seveney
(D)
,
Jeanine Calkin
(D)
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