Rhode Island Rep. Brian Patrick Kennedy (D)

RI - Corporations (House)

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member

RI - Housing Act Oversight Commission

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co-chairperson

RI - Economic Development

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member

RI - Health Care Oversight

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co-chairperson

RI - Rules (House)

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member

RI - HR7901 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SINCERE CONDOLENCES ON THE UNTIMELY PASSING OF DORIAN J. MURRAY

RI - HB7125 AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BUSINESS REGULATION (Provides protections for consumers and small businesses in the areas of insurance, real estate and accountancy.)

RI - HB8014 AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING (Reduces the definition of low or moderate income housing existing, in the case of an urban city or town, from 5,000 to 3,000 occupied year-round rental units.)

RI - HB8322 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Provides that ratemaking mechanisms shall not be relied upon or cited by the PUC for making adjustments in determining an electric or gas distribution company's cost of capital.)

RI - HB8165 AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- FEDERAL SECURE AND FAIR ENFORCEMENT FOR MORTGAGE LICENSING (Corrects a technical error in the penalty provision of the act adopting the Federal Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2009.)

RI - HB8331 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Requires certain nonregulated power producers defined as "obligated entities" under chap 26 of title 39, seeking to sell electricity at retail, evidence of financial security financial instrument in an amount not less than $25,000 or more than $500,000.)

RI - HB7712 AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS - GUARANTEED ASSET PROTECTION (Authorizes motor vehicle dealers to issue guaranteed asset protection waivers to consumers while providing consumer protections for guaranteed asset protection waivers.)

RI - HR7260 HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20TH, 2016, AS "#DSTRONG DAY" IN HONOR OF DORIAN MURRAY

RI - HB7761 AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW - UNFAIR SALES PRACTICES (Prohibits resale price maintenance discrimination or price-fixing in the contact lens industry.)

RI - HB7004 AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE-PETER FALK BILL (Provides that unless a limited guardian, guardian or conservator is specifically authorized by court order, the limited guardian, guardian or conservator may not restrict the personal rights of the ward.)

RI - HB7160 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- THE TELEMEDICINE COVERAGE ACT (Requires health insurance policies to reimburse telemedicine services.)

RI - HB7197 AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW - GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS (Authorizes the attorney general and/or aggrieved persons to file a bad faith patent infringement suit seeking equitable and/or monetary relief including punitive damages in connection with frivolous patent infringement claims.)

RI - HB7316 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- FRAUD AND FALSE DEALING (Criminalizes residential mortgage fraud and extends the statute of limitations for certain criminal offenses.)

RI - HB7438 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS (Regulates business relationship between pharmacy services providers/group health insurers/health service organizations with department of health oversight.)

RI - HB7375 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- REMOTE SALES TAX COLLECTION ACT (Creates the "Remote Sales Tax collection Act" to enable the state to collect sales and use taxes from out-of-state retailers.)

RI - HB7842 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - CORPORATE GOVERNANCES (Requires insurance companies to annually file the director of business regulation a corporate governance disclosure form which contains a summary of the carriers structure, policies and practices.)

RI - HB7534 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - RECIPROCITY AGREEMENTS - FOREIGN DRIVER LICENSES (Allows the administrator of motor vehicles to make agreements to recognize foreign drivers' licenses and require the administrator to adopt rules and regulations setting forth the standards for such agreements.)

RI - HB7040 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NONREGULATED POWER PRODUCER CONSUMER BILL OF RIGHTS (Imposes a series of regulatory requirements upon the electrical generation and distribution industry for the protection of consumers.)

RI - HB7675 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- PROTECTING STUDENT PRIVACY ON SCHOOL-OWNED TECHNOLOGY (Establishes privacy rights in regard to take-home technology devices from school. Limits the ability of school officials to monitor and search a student's take-home technology device and would establish criteria before a search could be done.)

RI - HB7425 AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW - GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS (Authorizes a civil action against persons who file frivolous patent infringement claims.)

RI - HB7010 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - SALES AND USE TAXES - LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Provides a sales/use tax holiday on August 6, 2016, only subject to renewal/continuation by the general assembly for future years thereafter.)

RI - HB7037 AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS - UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT (Requires that custodial parents give non-custodial parents notice of intentions to apply for at-home schooling. It would also allow appeals of certain school committee decisions about home schooling to the family court.)

RI - HB7050 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION (Appropriate public education made available to a disabled child until their twenty-first birthday or completion of program in which they are enrolled as of their twenty-first birthday.)

RI - HB7105 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX -- TUITION SAVINGS PROGRAM (Increases the amount of contribution to a tuition savings program which can be excluded from adjusted gross income on a Rhode Island income tax return.)

RI - HB7111 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE EMBLEMS (Designates the harbor seal as the official state marine mammal.)

RI - HB7215 AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - SUBDIVISION OF LAND (Extends expiration date from 6/30/16 to 6/30/17 for approvals/permits issued by towns/cities in effect from 11/9/09 and 6/30/17 without reviving any expired approval/permit.)

RI - HB7303 AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- REGULATION OF SALES (Allows for the sale of alcoholic beverages on the premises of a manufacturer of said beverages and the sale of said beverages for off-premises consumption. It would also amend the fee schedule for licenses.)

RI - HB7345 AN ACT RELATING TO THE WESTERLY HIGHER EDUCATION AND JOB SKILLS CENTER (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) to the Westerly Higher Education and Job Skills Center, for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2016.)

RI - HB7395 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT (Makes various amendments to the administrative procedures act.)

RI - HB7471 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - OFF-LABEL USES OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (Requires insurance coverage for off-label prescription drugs when there is evidence in peer-reviewed medical literature to support their use.)

RI - HB7491 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Amends the provisions of the Education Equity and Property Tax Relief Act by freezing the amount of the regionalization bonus at two percent (2%).)

RI - HB7498 AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- FORM AND EFFECT OF CONVEYANCES (Amends certain provisions relative to mortgage transfers and restricts the recording of mortgages in anyone's name other than the holder of the note secured by the mortgage.)

RI - HB7512 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- OFF-LABEL USES OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (Provides that no health insurer issuing a policy which provides coverage for prescription drugs shall exclude coverage of any off-label drug used for the treatment of disabling or life-threatening chronic disease.)

RI - HB7539 AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - PRIMARY DATE (Changes the day of party primary elections from the second Tuesday after the first Monday in September each even numbered year, to the first Saturday in September.)

RI - HB7648 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts tangible personal property used in agricultural operations from taxation effective 7/1/16,)

RI - HB7720 AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF AND IN ADDITION TO CHAPTER 286 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS OF 1986, ENTITLED "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWNS OF CHARLESTOWN, RICHMOND AND HOPKINTON, TO JOIN A REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, INCORPORATING SAID REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF A REGIONAL SCHOOL FOR THE JOINT USE OF THE PARTICIPATING TOWNS, WITHIN SAID REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT ESTABLISHED BY THIS ACT, " AS AMENDED (Bases the composition of the Chariho Regional School on more recent population schedules.)

RI - HB7895 AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE - LICENSES (Facilitates the issuance of hunting licenses by Internet application.)

RI - HB7898 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS - CHARIHO CAREER AND TECHNICAL CENTER (Provides department of education shall not approve a new career and technical program or center in certain towns so long as a center is maintained by the Chariho regional school district.)

RI - HB7917 AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- FANTASY CONTEST REGISTRATION (Establishes a process by which the operators of fantasy contest businesses are to be registered and regulated.)

RI - HB7981 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Provides for temporary increases in the state's share of foundation education aid to regional school districts for FY 2017 and FY 2018.)

RI - HB8008 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES - DORIAN J. MURRAY FOUNDATION LICENSE PLATE (Authorizes the creation of a special license plate for the Dorian J. Murray Foundation. Revenue generated would be split between the foundation and the state.)

RI - HB8049 AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- MILK SANITATION CODE (Provides the process for the production and sale of raw milk cheese in this state.)

RI - HB8058 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - TAXATION OF INSURANCE COMPANIES (Establishes a procedure to consider a reduction of the premium tax rate for qualifying insurers that have added new, full-time qualifying jobs in this state.)

RI - HB8072 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CHARIHO REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF A NEW BUILDING FOR THE R.Y.S.E. SCHOOL, INCLUDING REMOVAL OF EXISTING MODULAR CLASSROOMS AND TO FINANCE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SWITCH ROAD CAMPUS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LANDSCAPING, PAVING, PARKING AND TRAFFIC REDESIGN AND ALL EXPENSES INCIDENTAL THERETO BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $6,000,000 BONDS AND/OR NOTES THEREFOR, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE SCHOOL HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OF NOT LESS THAN 56% (A $6,000,000 bond bill which authorizes the Chariho Regional School District to finance the construction/furnishing/equipping of a new building for R.Y.S.E. school, and the removal of existing modular classrooms/improvements to the Switch Rd Campus.)

RI - HB8077 AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT (Makes a number of changes to the licensure requirements of the nurse licensure compact, and would establish an interstate commission of nurse licensure compact administrators and define its powers and duties.)

RI - HB8127 AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION - LEAD AND COPPER DRINKING WATER PROTECTION ACT (Directs the department of health to use funds from federal capitalization grants to conduct baseline copper and lead testing the water supply systems of each local government as well as in public schools and licensed daycare facilities.)

RI - HB8160 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF WESTERLY TO ISSUE BONDS AND NOTES IN AN AMOUNT NOT EXCEEDING $38,500,000 TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, REHABILITATION, REPAIR, IMPROVEMENTS, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF AND/OR ADDITIONS TO SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE TOWN (Authorizes the Town of Westerly to issue bonds and notes in an amount not exceeding $38,500,000 to finance the construction, renovation, rehabilitation, repair, improvements, furnishing and equipping of and/or additions to schools and school facilities.)

RI - HB8212 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - HEALTH CARE SERVICES - UTILIZATION REVIEW ACT (Requires the health insurance utilization review process include the use of physicians who are licensed, or otherwise formally recognized as specialists.)

RI - HB8276 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES-AUTOCYCLES (Creates a new type of vehicle, an autocycle, which shall be considered a motorcycle for all purposes except as specifically exempted.)

RI - HR7464 JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $500,000 FOR THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY CENTER FOR OCEAN EXPLORATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $500,000 dollars for the Graduate School of Oceanography Center for Ocean Exploration.)

RI - HR7477 HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING FEBRUARY 2016, TO BE "HEART HEALTH MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - HR7739 JOINT RESOLUTION REAFFIRMING THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN RHODE ISLAND AND TAIWAN, COMMENDING TAIWAN'S ACHIEVEMENT ON ITS ELECTION OF THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT, ENHANCING BILATERAL RELATIONS, AND SUPPORTING TAIWAN IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

RI - HR7929 HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND POLICE OFFICERS SALVATORE BUGGE AND MICHAEL MCCABE

RI - HR7956 HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MARCH AS "COLORECTAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - HR8040 HOUSE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND CELEBRATING THE CITY OF NEWPORT'S THIRD ANNUAL "DAFFODIL DAYS FESTIVAL" ON APRIL 16TH THROUGH 24TH

RI - HR8096 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES TO THE IANNITTI FAMILY ON THE PASSING OF THOMAS V. "TOM" IANNITTI

RI - HR8097 HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE PINK HEALS TOUR ORGANIZATION FOR BRINGING HOPE AND LOVE TO WOMEN BATTLING CANCER

RI - HR8111 HOUSE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE PONAGANSET BOYS' HOCKEY TEAM ON WINNING THE 2016 RHODE ISLAND DIVISION III BOYS' HOCKEY TITLE

RI - HR8118 HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING APRIL 28, 2016, TO BE "NATIONAL UTILITY CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF RHODE ISLAND DAY"

RI - HR8119 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES TO THE BRADY FAMILY ON THE PASSING OF MARGARET H. BRADY

RI - HR8153 HOUSE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING AND COMMENDING RHODE ISLAND DECA ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FOUNDING

RI - HR8156 HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 1ST - 7TH, 2016, AS "RHODE ISLAND MELANOMA AWARENESS WEEK"

RI - HR8208 HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 14, 2016, TO BE "CHILDHOOD APRAXIA OF SPEECH AWARENESS DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - HR8233 HOUSE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING MEMBERS OF THE BISHOP HENDRICKEN ACADEMIC DECATHLON TEAM ON TAKING SECOND PLACE IN THE 2016-2017 UNITED STATES ACADEMIC DECATHLON® NATIONAL FINALS DIVISION II

RI - HR8307 HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING GIEMMA M. BAUERLE ON THE MOMENTOUS OCCASION OF HER 100TH BIRTHDAY

RI - HR8368 HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DANIEL L. BEARDSLEY, JR., ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT AFTER 42 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE WITH THE RHODE ISLAND LEAGUE OF CITIES AND TOWNS

RI - HR8370 HOUSE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE SOUTH COUNTY TOURISM COUNCIL FOR ACHIEVING THE DESTINATION MARKETING ACCREDITATION PROGRAM SEAL

RI - HR8371 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE CHARLES "TED" WRIGHT