+ − Contact Information Email Address: rep-tobon@rilegislature.gov Phone: (401) 222-2466 + − Sponsored Bills (12) RI - HB5554 AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- CHILD CARE-STATE SUBSIDIES (Provides a higher rate of reimbursement to certain licensed child care providers or centers who have a valid National Child Care Accreditation.) RI - HB6251 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT (Authorizes the general assembly to appropriate the sum of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) for the establishment of a commuter train station in the city of Pawtucket.) RI - HB5958 AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BODY WORKS SERVICES ESTABLISHMENTS (Establishes licensing requirements and procedures for operating any establishment or personnel in the business of body works services, and provides for penalties for violations of the act.) RI - HR6230 HOUSE RESOLUTION WELCOMING THE HONORABLE ORLANDO JOSÉ COGOLLO TORRES, MAYOR OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF ARJONA, COLOMBIA, AND HIS EMINENT DELEGATION TO THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND RI - HB5450 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - WRONGFUL ARREST - MISTAKEN IDENTITY (Requires the sealing and destruction of all arrest records and indices of arrest for those persons who are wrongfully arrested or detained by any law enforcement agency.) RI - HB6032 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - ELDERLY AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT (Establishes a community senior services grant program to provide financial assistance to municipalities and nonprofit organizations which operate senior centers and/or senior programs.) RI - HB5886 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- HISTORIC STRUCTURES (Creates economic incentives for the redevelopment and reuse of Rhode Island's historic structures.) RI - HB5451 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES (Subjects board of elections to provisions of APA.) RI - HB5930 AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - MAIL BALLOTS (Allows mail ballot applications and emergency mail ballot applications to also serve as an affirmation form for inactive voters, as long as the voter's application address is where the voter is currently registered.) RI - HR5448 HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING CHARLES BELK, FOUNDER OF "FITTING THE DESCRIPTION, INC." RI - HB5590 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Allows, subject to an employer's consent, an employee to set up a payroll card account with his or her financial institution which can accept electronic transfer credit of wages from employer.) RI - HB6194 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- ELECTRONIC VEHICLE RECOVERY SERVICES (Creates the "electronic vehicle recovery services act", and sets forth certain requirements for owners of vehicles within which such recovery services apparatus has been installed, and for all such recovery service providers.) + − Cosponsored Bills (31) RI - HB5113 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Increases the deduction from the state income tax for contributions to the tuition savings program from $500 to $1,000 for an individual and from $1,000 to $2,000 for a joint return.) RI - HB5125 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS (Increases the penalties and fines for the various motor vehicle offenses involving leaving the scene of an accident.) RI - HB5127 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - EXEMPTION FOR RACIONALISMO CRISTAO FILIAL DE PAWTUCKET (Exempts from municipal taxation in Pawtucket the real and personal property of the Racionalismo Cristao Filial de Pawtucket, a nonprofit corporation.) RI - HB5228 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TUITION EQUITY (Creates the "Student Equal Economic Opportunity Act" which would identify those students who are exempt from paying nonresident tuition at public universities, colleges or community colleges.) RI - HB5229 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HUMAN RESOURCE INVESTMENT COUNCIL (Provides for a wage reimbursement incentive for employers participating in the non-trade apprenticeship program and permits the governors workforce board to establish rules and regulations for the program.) RI - HB5280 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Repeals the nine thousand pounds (9,000 lbs.) gross weight limit for the issuance of vanity plates.) RI - HB5312 AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts the premises at 721-723 Broad Street; Central Falls (Assessor's Plat 1, lot 164) from the restrictions regarding the proximity of a liquor license to a church or school.)) RI - HB5335 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Adds the enterprise zone tax credit to the list of tax credits available to taxpayers.) RI - HB5336 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - MUNICIPAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ZONES (Expands the West Warwick municipal economic zone to the entire state in all municipally designated and state approved "growth centers" as defined by the Land-Use 2025 element of the state guide plan.) RI - HB5394 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Accelerates the transition plan for calculating state aid to education. Keeps the transition plan but accelerates the amounts paid to local educational agencies which receive more than the education aid the LEA was receiving.) RI - HB5445 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - SALES AND USE TAXES (Provides that a sales price for purposes of computing sales tax would not include consideration received by a retailer from a service provider in relation to the sale of a service agreement for cellular, mobile, or wireless telephones.) RI - HB5484 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - MOTOR VEHICLE BODY REPLACEMENT PARTS (Amends the definition of the term "aftermarket part" to refer to all motor vehicle replacement parts, excluding windshields, rear and side windows, and any other vehicular glass, and amends the title of chapter 10.2 to reference the change.) RI - HB5679 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS (Imposes a weight restriction on vehicles traveling over Bridge No. 969, commonly referred to as the Ten Mile River Bridge on Route 15 in the city of Pawtucket.) RI - HB5800 AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- BREED-SPECIFIC REGULATION (Makes all municipal animal breed-specific regulating ordinances enacted before July 16, 2013, binding and enforceable.) RI - HB5834 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FUNDING OF CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Amends the provisions by which charter public schools apply for state aid for reimbursement of school housing costs and would further amend the calculation method of housing costs under this section.) RI - HB5836 AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES - STATE AID TO LIBRARIES (Increases the state's share to support local public library services in distressed communities, by an amount equal to the amount paid by the distressed city or town into the ocean state libraries (OSL) annual assessment charges.) RI - HB5840 AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- RHODE ISLAND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES REPORTING (Requires candidates for public office and office holders to maintain separate campaign accounts exclusively for campaign funds and would also apply to political action committees.) RI - HB5882 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Creates a special registration plate to honor César E. Chávez.) RI - HB5954 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - REAL ESTATE CONVEYANCE TAX (Prohibits land trust/municipality from imposing transfer tax/free on state land purchases.) RI - HB5969 AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION - DRINKING WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM PROTECTION (Classifies the two (2) types of water quality protection funds and provide for the administration of the funds deposited therein.) RI - HB5970 AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION - PUBLIC DRINKING WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM PROTECTION (Makes a number of changes in the procedure for the remittance and disbursement of water charges.) RI - HB6014 AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- CHECK CASHING (Reduces deferred deposit transaction check-cashing fees from 10% to 9.23% with an APR not to exceed 240%.) RI - HB6050 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - EXEMPTING THE REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY OF ROGERS HOME, INC. (Exempts from taxation the real and personal property of Rogers Home, Inc., a Rhode Island nonprofit corporation, located at 105 Beechwood Avenue in Pawtucket.) RI - HB6352 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (Allows the department of human services to use low-income home energy assistance funds throughout the calendar year, establishes an arrearage program and requires the PUC to conduct a review of programs impacting low-income ratepayers.) RI - HR5494 JOINT RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO BE KNOWN AS "THE 1696 HISTORICAL COMMISSION" OF RHODE ISLAND AND THE UNITED STATES RI - HR5741 HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE 171ST ANNIVERSARY OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC INDEPENDENCE ON FEBRUARY 27, 2015 RI - HR5775 HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION'S DIVISION OF STATEWIDE PLANNING AND THE RHODE ISLAND COMMERCE CORPORATION TO CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY OF MCCOY STADIUM RI - HR5804 HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MARCH 5, 2015, TO BE "SMOKE FREE 10 DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND RI - HR6097 HOUSE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING "BEN MONDOR DAY" ON APRIL 16TH, 2015, IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND RI - HR6245 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES TO THE DUFFY FAMILY ON THE PASSING OF GEORGE PATRICK DUFFY RI - HR6311 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE JOHN F. MCBURNEY
RI - HB5554 AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- CHILD CARE-STATE SUBSIDIES (Provides a higher rate of reimbursement to certain licensed child care providers or centers who have a valid National Child Care Accreditation.)
RI - HB6251 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT (Authorizes the general assembly to appropriate the sum of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) for the establishment of a commuter train station in the city of Pawtucket.)
RI - HB5958 AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BODY WORKS SERVICES ESTABLISHMENTS (Establishes licensing requirements and procedures for operating any establishment or personnel in the business of body works services, and provides for penalties for violations of the act.)
RI - HR6230 HOUSE RESOLUTION WELCOMING THE HONORABLE ORLANDO JOSÉ COGOLLO TORRES, MAYOR OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF ARJONA, COLOMBIA, AND HIS EMINENT DELEGATION TO THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
RI - HB5450 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - WRONGFUL ARREST - MISTAKEN IDENTITY (Requires the sealing and destruction of all arrest records and indices of arrest for those persons who are wrongfully arrested or detained by any law enforcement agency.)
RI - HB6032 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - ELDERLY AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT (Establishes a community senior services grant program to provide financial assistance to municipalities and nonprofit organizations which operate senior centers and/or senior programs.)
RI - HB5886 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- HISTORIC STRUCTURES (Creates economic incentives for the redevelopment and reuse of Rhode Island's historic structures.)
RI - HB5451 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES (Subjects board of elections to provisions of APA.)
RI - HB5930 AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - MAIL BALLOTS (Allows mail ballot applications and emergency mail ballot applications to also serve as an affirmation form for inactive voters, as long as the voter's application address is where the voter is currently registered.)
RI - HB5590 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Allows, subject to an employer's consent, an employee to set up a payroll card account with his or her financial institution which can accept electronic transfer credit of wages from employer.)
RI - HB6194 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- ELECTRONIC VEHICLE RECOVERY SERVICES (Creates the "electronic vehicle recovery services act", and sets forth certain requirements for owners of vehicles within which such recovery services apparatus has been installed, and for all such recovery service providers.)
RI - HB5113 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Increases the deduction from the state income tax for contributions to the tuition savings program from $500 to $1,000 for an individual and from $1,000 to $2,000 for a joint return.)
RI - HB5125 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS (Increases the penalties and fines for the various motor vehicle offenses involving leaving the scene of an accident.)
RI - HB5127 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - EXEMPTION FOR RACIONALISMO CRISTAO FILIAL DE PAWTUCKET (Exempts from municipal taxation in Pawtucket the real and personal property of the Racionalismo Cristao Filial de Pawtucket, a nonprofit corporation.)
RI - HB5228 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TUITION EQUITY (Creates the "Student Equal Economic Opportunity Act" which would identify those students who are exempt from paying nonresident tuition at public universities, colleges or community colleges.)
RI - HB5229 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HUMAN RESOURCE INVESTMENT COUNCIL (Provides for a wage reimbursement incentive for employers participating in the non-trade apprenticeship program and permits the governors workforce board to establish rules and regulations for the program.)
RI - HB5280 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Repeals the nine thousand pounds (9,000 lbs.) gross weight limit for the issuance of vanity plates.)
RI - HB5312 AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts the premises at 721-723 Broad Street; Central Falls (Assessor's Plat 1, lot 164) from the restrictions regarding the proximity of a liquor license to a church or school.))
RI - HB5335 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Adds the enterprise zone tax credit to the list of tax credits available to taxpayers.)
RI - HB5336 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - MUNICIPAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ZONES (Expands the West Warwick municipal economic zone to the entire state in all municipally designated and state approved "growth centers" as defined by the Land-Use 2025 element of the state guide plan.)
RI - HB5394 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Accelerates the transition plan for calculating state aid to education. Keeps the transition plan but accelerates the amounts paid to local educational agencies which receive more than the education aid the LEA was receiving.)
RI - HB5445 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - SALES AND USE TAXES (Provides that a sales price for purposes of computing sales tax would not include consideration received by a retailer from a service provider in relation to the sale of a service agreement for cellular, mobile, or wireless telephones.)
RI - HB5484 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - MOTOR VEHICLE BODY REPLACEMENT PARTS (Amends the definition of the term "aftermarket part" to refer to all motor vehicle replacement parts, excluding windshields, rear and side windows, and any other vehicular glass, and amends the title of chapter 10.2 to reference the change.)
RI - HB5679 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS (Imposes a weight restriction on vehicles traveling over Bridge No. 969, commonly referred to as the Ten Mile River Bridge on Route 15 in the city of Pawtucket.)
RI - HB5800 AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- BREED-SPECIFIC REGULATION (Makes all municipal animal breed-specific regulating ordinances enacted before July 16, 2013, binding and enforceable.)
RI - HB5834 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FUNDING OF CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Amends the provisions by which charter public schools apply for state aid for reimbursement of school housing costs and would further amend the calculation method of housing costs under this section.)
RI - HB5836 AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES - STATE AID TO LIBRARIES (Increases the state's share to support local public library services in distressed communities, by an amount equal to the amount paid by the distressed city or town into the ocean state libraries (OSL) annual assessment charges.)
RI - HB5840 AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- RHODE ISLAND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES REPORTING (Requires candidates for public office and office holders to maintain separate campaign accounts exclusively for campaign funds and would also apply to political action committees.)
RI - HB5882 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Creates a special registration plate to honor César E. Chávez.)
RI - HB5954 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - REAL ESTATE CONVEYANCE TAX (Prohibits land trust/municipality from imposing transfer tax/free on state land purchases.)
RI - HB5969 AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION - DRINKING WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM PROTECTION (Classifies the two (2) types of water quality protection funds and provide for the administration of the funds deposited therein.)
RI - HB5970 AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION - PUBLIC DRINKING WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM PROTECTION (Makes a number of changes in the procedure for the remittance and disbursement of water charges.)
RI - HB6014 AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- CHECK CASHING (Reduces deferred deposit transaction check-cashing fees from 10% to 9.23% with an APR not to exceed 240%.)
RI - HB6050 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - EXEMPTING THE REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY OF ROGERS HOME, INC. (Exempts from taxation the real and personal property of Rogers Home, Inc., a Rhode Island nonprofit corporation, located at 105 Beechwood Avenue in Pawtucket.)
RI - HB6352 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (Allows the department of human services to use low-income home energy assistance funds throughout the calendar year, establishes an arrearage program and requires the PUC to conduct a review of programs impacting low-income ratepayers.)
RI - HR5494 JOINT RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO BE KNOWN AS "THE 1696 HISTORICAL COMMISSION" OF RHODE ISLAND AND THE UNITED STATES
RI - HR5741 HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE 171ST ANNIVERSARY OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC INDEPENDENCE ON FEBRUARY 27, 2015
RI - HR5775 HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION'S DIVISION OF STATEWIDE PLANNING AND THE RHODE ISLAND COMMERCE CORPORATION TO CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY OF MCCOY STADIUM
RI - HR5804 HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MARCH 5, 2015, TO BE "SMOKE FREE 10 DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
RI - HR6097 HOUSE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING "BEN MONDOR DAY" ON APRIL 16TH, 2015, IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
RI - HR6245 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES TO THE DUFFY FAMILY ON THE PASSING OF GEORGE PATRICK DUFFY
RI - HR6311 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE JOHN F. MCBURNEY
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