Senate Bills as of 3/11/20
Senate Bill No. 2080
BY Ruggerio, McCaffrey, Goodwin, Lynch Prata, Metts
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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01/21/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
02/28/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2020)
03/05/2020 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Senate Bill No. 2091
BY Felag, Coyne, Seveney
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT — OPEN MEETINGS (Exempts volunteer fire companies under the supervision, control, or jurisdiction of another public body from certain posting requirements of the open meetings act.)
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01/21/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
01/24/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/30/2020)
01/30/2020 Committee recommends passage
02/04/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (02/06/2020)
02/06/2020 Senate read and passed
02/07/2020 Referred to House Judiciary
Senate Bill No. 2212
BY Morgan
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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02/04/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance
Senate Bill No. 2218
BY de la Cruz, Rogers, Raptakis
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION – PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Authorizes fire districts to provide for an exemption, from fire taxes, for volunteer firefighters.)
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02/04/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance
Senate Bill No. 2248
BY de la Cruz
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO THE OAKLAND – MAPLEVILLE NUMBER 4 FIRE DISTRICT
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02/04/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government
02/21/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2020)
02/27/2020 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Senate Bill No. 2302
BY Lombardi, Archambault, Ciccone, Gallo, Felag
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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02/04/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor
02/07/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/12/2020)
02/12/2020 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Senate Bill No. 2393
BY Raptakis, Rogers
ENTITLED, AN ACT IN AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE CENTRAL COVENTRY FIRE DISTRICT PURSUANT TO A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COVENTRY FIRE DISTRICT ON DECEMBER 27, 2018 (Makes various amendments pertaining to the duties and operations of the Central Coventry Fire District.)
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02/13/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government
02/28/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
03/02/2020 Meeting postponed (03/05/2020)
Senate Bill No. 2394
BY Sosnowski, DiPalma, Seveney, Rogers, Raptakis
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION — VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER/EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION ENABLING LEGISLATION (Allows municipalities to establish a program providing property tax exemption to active duty individuals who volunteer services as a firefighter or emergency medical technician.)
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02/13/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government
03/06/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2020)
Senate Bill No. 2673
BY Felag
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY — NEW HOME BUYERS FIRE PROTECTION ACT (Mandates that builders of new 1 or 2 family residential dwellings provide the home buyer with written information regarding the installation of an automatic fire sprinkler system subject to civil penalties enforced by the atty gen or state fire marshal.)
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02/27/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government