House Bills as of 3/11/20
House Bill No. 7026
BY Lombardi, Hull, Walsh, Lyle
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS – 911 EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBER ACT (Makes knowingly filing a false alarm or reporting false information using the 911 emergency telephone number a felony.)
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01/09/2020 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
01/24/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/28/2020)
01/28/2020 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
House Bill No. 7101
BY Mattiello, Marszalkowski, Barros, Johnston, Alzate
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT – STATEWIDE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (Establishes a statewide public safety computer aided dispatch records management system.)
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01/15/2020 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
01/20/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/22/2020)
01/22/2020 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
House Bill No. 7124
BY Bennett, Solomon, Edwards, Canario, Serpa
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY — ANIMAL CARE (Authorizes emergency medical service providers to transport and provide first aid to police dogs injured in the line of duty.)
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01/16/2020 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W.
House Bill No. 7151
BY Corvese, Canario, Vella-Wilkinson, Azzinaro, Ucci
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES — EXPLOSIVES, FIREWORKS, AND PYROTECHNICS (Prohibits the use of display fireworks/aerial consumer fireworks without a permit between 12:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on any day and would make a violation of this permit requirement a civil violation punishable by a fine of $75.00 and court costs.)
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01/16/2020 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
01/24/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/28/2020)
01/28/2020 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
02/28/2020 Scheduled for consideration (03/03/2020)
03/03/2020 Committee recommends passage
House Bill No. 7160
BY Place, Newberry
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO THE OAKLAND – MAPLEVILLE NUMBER 4 FIRE DISTRICT
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01/16/2020 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government
02/07/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/13/2020)
02/13/2020 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
House Bill No. 7171
(Governor)
BY Abney
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MAKING APPROPRIATIONS IN SUPPORT OF FY 2021
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01/16/2020 Introduced, referred to House Finance
House Bill No. 7183
BY Casimiro, Caldwell, Shanley, Donovan, Jackson
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES – PAYMENTS TO FIRE COMPANIES (Appropriates funds to city and town members of NBMTF who maintain boats servicing Narragansett Bay.)
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01/22/2020 Introduced, referred to House Finance
House Bill No. 7187
BY Quattrocchi, Price, Nardone, Roberts, Place
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS — STATE PURCHASES (Provides that volunteer firefighters in the state be eligible to utilize the provisions of the state purchasing act, for the purpose of purchasing any motor vehicle.)
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01/22/2020 Introduced, referred to House Finance
02/11/2020 Withdrawn at sponsor’s request
House Bill No. 7194
BY Price, Casimiro
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION – EXETER VOLUNTEER FIRE AND RESCUE – REAL PROPERTY EXEMPTIONS (Authorizes the Exeter town council, by ordinance to increase the real property tax exemption for active Exeter volunteer members of fire and rescue companies from fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).)
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01/22/2020 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government
02/14/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2020)
02/27/2020 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
03/06/2020 Scheduled for consideration (03/12/2020)
House Bill No. 7203
BY Williams, Lombardi, Vella-Wilkinson, Cassar, Almeida
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES — NON-TRANSPARENT WINDSHIELD AND WINDOWS EXEMPTION (Exempts state or municipal police officers, firefighters, judges of state court, and members of the Rhode Island general assembly from the requirement of transparent windshields and windows.)
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01/22/2020 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
02/28/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2020)
03/04/2020 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
House Bill No. 7213
BY Canario, Edwards, Noret, Morin, Vella-Wilkinson
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES — LIGHTING EQUIPMENT (Prohibits a motor vehicle from displaying a red or blue light or sign in its windshield.)
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01/22/2020 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
01/31/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/04/2020)
02/04/2020 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
House Bill No. 7347
BY Nardone, Quattrocchi, Place, Newberry, Lombardi
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS – REIMBURSEMENT 911 RESTRICTED RECEIPT ACCOUNT (Provides that a portion of the first responders surcharge be deposited in a restricted receipt account for purposes of funding the E-911 emergency telephone system.)
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01/29/2020 Introduced, referred to House Finance
House Bill No. 7380
BY Nardone, Chippendale
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO THE CENTRAL COVENTRY FIRE DISTRICT (Amends the procedure for holding annual meeting, special meetings, election, recall and duties of the board of directors and officers, as well as the duties of the tax assessor, district clerk, finance director-treasurer and tax collector.)
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01/30/2020 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government
02/14/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2020)
02/27/2020 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
House Bill No. 7415
BY Azzinaro, Craven, McEntee, Casimiro, Filippi
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY — NEW HOME BUYERS FIRE PROTECTION ACT (Mandates builders of new 1 and 2 family dwellings to provide written info to buyer about installation of automatic sprinkler system subject to civil penalties for violations/results of radon tests/certification of working smoke detector devices eff 1/1/21)
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01/31/2020 Introduced, referred to House Small Business
02/14/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
02/17/2020 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/25/2020)
02/28/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/03/2020)
03/03/2020 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
House Bill No. 7449
BY Morin, O’Brien, Casimiro, Amore, Vella-Wilkinson
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES — CANCER BENEFITS FOR FIREFIGHTERS (Clarifies a presumption applying to firefighters that if any type of cancer is found in a firefighter with three (3) exceptions would be conclusively presumed to be an occupational cancer arising out of their employment.)
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02/05/2020 Introduced, referred to House Labor
02/07/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/11/2020)
02/11/2020 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
House Bill No. 7534
BY Nardone, Filippi, Quattrocchi, Newberry, Roberts
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS — 911 EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBER ACT — PREPAID WIRELESS E-911 CHARGE ACT (Eliminates first responder surcharges from the 911 Emergency Telephone Number Act.)
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02/12/2020 Introduced, referred to House Finance
03/04/2020 Withdrawn at sponsor’s request
House Bill No. 7617
BY Messier, Fellela, McLaughlin, Ranglin-Vassell, Johnston
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES – RETIREMENT SYSTEM – CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS (Awards all pension system members 3% COLA applied to first $30,000 of retirement allowance annually exp. 1/1/21 provided prior year investment return gains 10% or more until fund is 80% funded.)
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02/14/2020 Introduced, referred to House Finance
House Bill No. 7698
BY Quattrocchi, Filippi, Price, Roberts, Nardone
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS — STATE PURCHASES (Permits certain volunteer firefighters to purchase motor vehicles by utilizing state purchasing provisions.)
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02/26/2020 Introduced, referred to House Finance
House Bill No. 7858
BY Filippi, Chippendale, Lyle, Nardone, Quattrocchi
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY – EXPLOSIVES – NOTICE (Expands the notice requirements relating to the use of explosives by requiring fourteen (14) days’ notice of blasting to the municipality and to owners of structures within five hundred feet (500′) of the mutual property line.)
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02/26/2020 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government
House Bill No. 7864
BY Kennedy, Price, Azzinaro
ENTITLED, AN ACT CREATING THE HOPE VALLEY AND WYOMING FIRE DISTRICT (Creating the Hope Valley and Wyoming fire district)
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02/26/2020 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government
House Bill No. 7880
BY Casey, Canario, Morin, Jacquard, Noret
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES — RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS (Extends injured-on-duty benefits to police officers and firefighters that suffer from a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder under certain conditions.)
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02/26/2020 Introduced, referred to House Labor
03/06/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/11/2020)11