Rhode Island Rep. Joseph S. Almeida (D)

RI - Rules (House)

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RI - HB5727 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - RHODE ISLAND SMALL BUSINESS MINORITY LENDING PROGRAM (Changes the due date to April 30, 2015 for a report from the Rhode Island commerce corporation that identifies options for programs providing access to capital for small businesses.)

RI - HB5818 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT (Allows for the potential expungement of up to six (6) misdemeanors, with exceptions, ten (10) years after the last sentence has expired.)

RI - HB5841 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE (Repeals the provisions of the general laws that prohibit health insurance coverage for induced abortions for all contracts including those policies covering state and municipal employees.)

RI - HB5623 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINALS - CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS - PAROLE (Authorizes the parole board to terminate a parolee's supervision through finding that, after 7 years, certain parolees and/or probationers no longer require continued supervision,)

RI - HR6200 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF JOHN H. ROLLINS

RI - HR6327 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING PROFOUND SYMPATHIES ON THE TRAGIC EVENTS OF JUNE 17, 2015, IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA

RI - HB5553 AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS - SMALL LOAN LENDERS (Repeals the provisions of the general laws allowing deferred deposit providers, also known as "payday lenders.")

RI - HB6137 AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- THE RHODE ISLAND PORT ADVISORY COUNCIL (Creates the Rhode Island Port Advisory Council to provide advice and support with respect to coordinating and marketing the commercial maritime resources of all ports in the state.)

RI - HB6145 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS (Allows a redevelopment agency of any city or town with more than one hundred thousand (100,000) residents to construct new buildings for commercial or industrial uses.)

RI - HB6144 AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ORDINANCES (Authorizes city and town councils to impose a penalty not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000) for municipal/environmental ordinance violations causing a substantial nuisance to the community.)

RI - HR5991 HOUSE RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT TO RESOLVE THE ALLEN'S AVENUE WATERFRONT POLLUTION COMPLAINT

RI - HB5417 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- DISORDERLY CONDUCT (Makes certain disorderly conduct offenses subject to a fine of $500 only, while maintaining the current sanctions for disorderly conduct offenses involving lascivious purposes and disorderly conduct cases involving domestic violence.)

RI - HB5819 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY - POLICE RELATIONSHIP ACT OF 2015 (Requires all police departments to submit annual reports to the office of highway safety regarding racial disparities in traffic stops.)

RI - HB5437 AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS (Includes campus police officers appointed by the Rhode Island Board of Education for purposes of injured on duty benefits.)

RI - HB5065 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - ASSAULTS - ASSAULT OF POLICE OFFICERS AND OTHER OFFICIALS (Raises the maximum penalties for the crime of assault of police officers and other officials from three (3) to six (6) years imprisonment and from one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) to three thousand dollars ($3,000).)

RI - HB5099 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - REGULATORY POWERS OF ADMINISTRATION (Limits the increases in rates that electric distribution companies may impose without general assembly approval.)

RI - HB5152 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSES -- VIOLATIONS (Amends the penalties for driving with a suspended or expired license.)

RI - HB5178 AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - RETAIL LICENSES (Allows class A liquor retail license holders to serve unlimited samples of wine products available for purchase on one occasion each year.)

RI - HB5188 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - SHOPLIFTING (Reclassifies the offense of shoplifting from a crime to a violation for a first offense, punishable by a fine, and would punish a second offense as a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine only without the imposition of a prison sentence.)

RI - HB5193 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - DISORDERLY CONDUCT (Defines the act of obstruction of a freeway as a person who intentionally restricts traffic flow of a freeway, and would make it a misdemeanor.)

RI - HB5251 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- MERIT SYSTEM (Allows classified employee to be a candidate for elective state office.)

RI - HB5263 AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- THE RHODE ISLAND AUTOMOBILE REPOSSESSION ACT (Imposes a five hundred dollar ($500) fine for violations of the act after a hearing and conviction by the motor vehicle dealers' license and hearing board.)

RI - HB5332 AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- STATE AID (Permits municipalities to seek reimbursement for essential services provided to certain tax exempt properties based on pro rata basis according to the assessed value of the property serviced.)

RI - HB5378 AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - HEARING AID DEALERS AND FITTERS (Prohibits the sale and/or delivery of hearing aids directly to the consumer through the internet or direct mail, and provides for criminal penalties for violations.)

RI - HB5441 AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- STATE AID (Permits municipalities to seek reimbursement for essential services provided to certain tax exempt properties based on pro rata basis according to the assessed value of the property serviced.)

RI - HB5473 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - FIREFIGHTERS' ARBITRATION (Includes platoon structure and/or shift schedule as items covered by collective bargaining for firefighters.)

RI - HB5516 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES - VETERANS' PLATES (Eliminates the service and transfer fees currently required to obtain or transfer a "veteran" or "war veteran" license plate.)

RI - HB5529 AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF STATE ROADS (Requires cities or towns to implement a snow removal priority plan to place his or her importance on removing snow from certain roads and facilities.)

RI - HB5552 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE COMMISSION ACT (Recreates the urban infrastructure commission, which went out of existence in 2004. The purpose of the commission is to develop a state-supported economic development financing toll known as the urban renaissance fund.)

RI - HB5638 AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES (Establishes foreclosed property upkeep requirements.)

RI - HB5651 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT (Creates the domestic violence prevention fund program, administered by the RI coalition against domestic violence. Funding would come from additional fees for marriage licenses and would be used to promote programs to prevent domestic violence.)

RI - HB5659 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - SPOUSAL NOTICE FOR ABORTION (Repeals the requirement of notice to husband of a patient before an abortion procedure.)

RI - HB5728 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - MODERNIZATION OF LEGAL NOTICES AND ADVERTISEMENTS (Permits legal notice by way of a department of administration authorized website.)

RI - HB5794 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- MUNICIPAL FUNDING OF CHARTER SCHOOLS (Removes a city or town's financial obligation to contribute to their resident students who enroll in charter schools, William M. Davies, Jr. Career and Technical High School or the Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center.)

RI - HB5795 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - ESTABLISHMENT OF CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Establishes a moratorium on approval of any new charter public schools and on the expansion of any existing charter public schools on and after May 1, 2015.)

RI - HB5867 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Redefines "first-time offender" and would permit individuals with a record of up to two (2) misdemeanor convictions to be eligible for expungement..)

RI - HB5868 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - WEAPONS (Criminalizes possession of a firearm by a minor. This act would further provide for limited exceptions while the minor is in the presence of a qualified adult or participating in certain competitive or ceremonial events.)

RI - HB5879 AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Sets forth a process for tenants to retrieve their abandoned personal property from former dwelling units and the placement in storage of a tenant's personal property.)

RI - HB5903 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Caps hospital employees' compensation at a rate not exceeding (110%) of the northeast regional average for comparable personnel at comparable hospitals. This act would not apply to physicians, nurses or other licensed healthcare personnel.)

RI - HB5918 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - STOPPING, STANDING, AND PARKING RESTRICTIONS (Makes parking at any place where official signs prohibit parking subject to a fine of eighty-five dollars ($85.00).)

RI - HB6073 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES (Increases the maximum penalties for driving while intoxicated, death resulting, to life imprisonment.)

RI - HB6102 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION-FOUNDATION LEVEL SCHOOL SUPPORT (Extends the sunset provision reducing the rate of return to local communities on the refinancing of bonds in support of school housing projects to December 31, 2107.)

RI - HB6125 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - STATE BUILDING CODE (Provides super-priority lien status to fines issued in connection with violations of the state building code, and the state property maintenance code, in the same manner as already provided for boarding and demolition liens.)

RI - HB6139 AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF CERTAIN ROADS IN THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE (Would designate certain roads in the City of Providence as state highways and would require the state to be responsible for all maintenance, (re)construction, snow and ice removal, and maintenance of curbs, sidewalks, drainage and traffic signals.)

RI - HB6140 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION-HISTORIC PRESERVATION TAX CREDITS 2013 (Repeals the sunset provision of chapter 33.6 of title 44 which grants tax credits to individuals or companies redeveloping historic structures.)

RI - HB6146 AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - ABANDONED PROPERTY (Amends and clarifies the definition of the word "building" for purposes of chapter 44 of title 34 relating to abandoned property.)

RI - HB6147 AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - COURTS - DISTRICT COURT (Grants municipal courts created by § 8-8-3(a)(4), the power to issue restraining orders and permanent injunctions in housing matters, and would include the power to order a building into receivership.)

RI - HB6148 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Increases the number of members of the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority from eight to nine members, with the mayor of Providence or his/her designee being the additional member.)

RI - HB6240 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCE (Limits amount of bail that may be forfeited upon defendant’s violation of terms of bail, to amount set as surety and prevent Attorney General from filing a petition to forfeit bail until 45 days after entry of arrest warrant into court’s database.)

RI - HB6248 AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Requires full payment for all back rent upon stay of execution in landlord/tenant action and establishes rights relating to removal of tenant's personal property when execution is obtained by default.)

RI - HB6298 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION (Provides that "little cigars" be taxed at the same rate as cigarettes, be sold in packs of 20 or more, and distinguishes little cigars for purposes of taxation.)

RI - HB6353 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Allows school departments to store epinephrine injections for use on students on an emergency basis.)

RI - HR5148 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF SISTER ANN C. KEEFE

RI - HR5182 HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING AND WELCOMING DR. FÉLIX ANTONIO CRUZ JIMINIÁN ON THE OCCASION OF HIS VISIT TO THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - HR5270 HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY AS "BLACK HISTORY MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - HR5478 HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING THE RHODE ISLAND HOUSE COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC RISK DUE TO FLOODING AND SEA RISE (Create an 11 member commission to study economic risks relating to and resulting from sea rise and flooding, and who would report back no later than January 6, 2016, and expire on February 6, 2016.)

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 - HR6128 HOUSE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM ON WINNING THE EASTERN SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION DIVISION II BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

RI - HR6141 JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $75,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $75,000 to the Department of Environmental Management.)

RI - HR6323 HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING EAST GREENWICH PATROLMAN MATTHEW C. WHITE ON BEING AWARDED THE SILVER STAR FOR BRAVERY FOR SAVING A LIFE

RI - HR6326 HOUSE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CREATION OF A SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE WATER SUPPLY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF OUR STATE AND THE ORIGINS OF PROVIDENCE WATER, THE LARGEST WATER UTILITY IN RHODE ISLAND