Rhode Island Rep. Samuel A. Azzinaro

RI - Health and Human Services (House)

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Member

RI - Rules (House)

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Member

RI - Special Legislation (House)

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Member

RI - Veterans' Affairs (House)

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Chair

RI - HB5017 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Unifies the weight limit of vehicles with special plates, including P.O.W. plates, National Guard plates, and disabled veteran plates, to 12,000 pounds.)

RI - HR6226 HOUSE RESOLUTION THANKING AND HONORING AMERICA AND RHODE ISLAND'S VIETNAM WAR VETERANS FOR THEIR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE ON "VIETNAM VETERANS DAY"

RI - HB5617 AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' HOME (Changes the service requirement for admissions to RI Veterans' Home from 90 days to 2 years, and gives priority to veterans defined as war veterans.)

RI - HR5821 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE SANFORD GORODETSKY

RI - HR5024 HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING JANUARY OF 2023, TO BE "FIREFIGHTER CANCER AWARENESS MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - HR6416 HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING AND CELEBRATING "ARMED FORCES DAY" ON MAY 20TH, 2023, IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - HB5011 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES (Provides that parents and guardians of children with disabilities in private school have the same rights and remedies as parents/guardians of children in public school.)

RI - HB5466 AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' HOME (Requires administrator of Rhode Island veterans' home to possess a nursing home administrator license.)

RI - HR5154 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF SHIRLEY L. ZDANUK

RI - HB6324 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- OBSCENE AND OBJECTIONABLE PUBLICATIONS AND SHOWS (Adds cartoons, drawings, comic books, prints, depictions or animations to the list of media that would be prohibited from being sold or available to those persons under the age of 18 years.)

RI - HB5754 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts from taxation the real, tangible and personal property of Wood River Health Services, Inc., a Rhode Island domestic nonprofit corporation, with locations in Westerly and Hopkinton, Rhode Island.)

RI - HB5265 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Increases weight limit of those vehicles which are registerable with prisoner of war plates, Purple Heart plates, Distinguished Service Cross plates, Bronze Star Medal plates, National Guard plates or disabled veterans’ plates to twelve thousand pounds.)

RI - HR6212 HOUSE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING JOHN STELLITANO ON BEING INDUCTED INTO THE AVIATION HALL OF FAME AND CELEBRATING THE JOYOUS OCCASION OF HIS 100TH BIRTHDAY

RI - HR5150 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A PLAN AND THE DESIGN OF A VIETNAM MEMORIAL TO BE LOCATED IN THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND (This resolution would extend the reporting and expiration dates of the commission to study a plan and the design of a Vietnam Memorial in Providence, from January 31, 2023 to January 31, 2025, and said commission would expire on April 30, 2025.)

RI - HR6176 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE THEODORE F. LOW, FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE IN THE RHODE ISLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

RI - HB5933 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- POSTING OF VETERANS' BENEFITS AND SERVICES (Requires employers in the state with more than 50 employees to display a poster containing basic information on veterans' benefits and services which would be created and distributed by the DLT in consultation with the office of veterans services.)

RI - HB5503 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES (Requires DMV to make, for persons with autism, a operator's license that is clearly marked "autism", decals that are clearly marked "autism" to be affixed to the vehicle, and blue envelopes that provide written information.)

RI - HB5524 AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' HOME (Reduces the assessment against a resident's net income from eighty percent (80%) to fifty percent (50%).)

RI - HB6108 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Grants a tax credit for any tax placed upon the sale of automobile parts which have a core charge.)

RI - HB5143 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE LOTTERY (Designates a special account for veterans’ causes to be funded by Keno sales, less prizes and commissions, generated on Memorial Day and Veterans Day with disbursement pursuant to appropriation by the general assembly.)

RI - HR6213 HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING "MEDAL OF HONOR DAY" ON MARCH 25, 2023, IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - HR5653 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR RICHARD A. WINKELMAN

RI - HB6232 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Annually increases the rate of physicians’ reimbursement for each in-network health care service that are reimbursed below the average reimbursement rates set by Connecticut and Massachusetts.)

RI - HR5027 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF DONALD M. BROWN

RI - HB5951 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Includes the national guard in the definition of who is eligible for veterans' exemptions.)

RI - HB5034 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- INSPECTION OF MOTOR VEHICLES (Provides that only facilities located within the state be eligible for renewal permits or new permits to operate as official inspection stations for the inspection of vehicles, and the issuance of official certificates of inspection and approval.)

RI - HB5040 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (Adds a section which allows substitute teachers and post-retirement employees to exceed the ninety (90) day cap on post-retirement employment if certain conditions are met.)

RI - HB5075 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- INSPECTION OF MOTOR VEHICLES (Exempts used vehicles sold "for parts only" or purchased at end of their lease term by the current lessee that have a valid certificate of inspection affixed to the windshield, from the requirement that dealers of used vehicles conduct a new inspection.)

RI - HB5106 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENTS OF STATE GOVERNMENT (State websites to comply with WCAG 2.1 standards by July 1, 2028.)

RI - HB5128 AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' HOME (Allows cold war, veteran administration connected disability, and RI national guard with less than 90 days service admission into veterans' home.)

RI - HB5129 AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- VETERANS' AFFAIRS (Provides that every city and town must maintain a municipal veterans' service officer. Also authorizes a $100,000 appropriation to be used for support and outreach for veterans.)

RI - HB5164 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE -- RECEIPT OF TAXES, FEES, AND OTHER PAYMENTS BY CREDIT CARD (Mandates credit card companies that collect any sales, hotel, or meals taxes for the state/any other tax for the state/ any tax for a municipality within the state to provide the dollar amount of the tax to the state or the municipality within 48 hours.)

RI - HB5182 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FIREFIGHTERS' ARBITRATION (Provides that all contractual provisions in a firefighters collective bargaining agreement continue until a successor agreement has been reached or an interest arbitration award has been rendered.)

RI - HB5183 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MUNICIPAL POLICE ARBITRATION (Extends provisions of an existing collective bargaining agreement for municipal police arbitration purposes until a successor agreement is reached or an interest arbitration award is rendered.)

RI - HB5186 AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- PRIMARY ELECTIONS (Changes the process of nominating candidates for the general election, by replacing the political party primary with a primary general election.)

RI - HB5187 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES (Requires that all agencies' final rules, promulgated pursuant to the administrative procedures act, be approved by general assembly action, but in no case later than December 31 of the year it is promulgated before it can become effective.)

RI - HB5190 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- CODE OF ETHICS (Requires a public official or employee to disclose any and all unsatisfied default judgments of credit card debt, in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000), on their financial statement.)

RI - HB5192 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES--LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Reduces the sales tax rate to six percent (6%).)

RI - HB5194 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON POST SECONDARY EDUCATION (Restores longevity payments of five percent (5%) of base salary for employees after ten (10) years of service and increase to ten percent (10%) of base salary after twenty (20) years of service, beginning July 1, 2023.)

RI - HB5204 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING (Requires the secretary of housing to create a consumer guide of landlord-tenant laws to be updated annually.)

RI - HB5205 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY TAX RELIEF (Clarifies the definition of the term "disabled" for purposes of obtaining property tax relief.)

RI - HB5207 AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL ABUSER REGISTRY ACT (Creates the animal abuser registry which would require all persons convicted to register with the department of public safety.)

RI - HB5208 AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- DEER HUNTING (Permits any person with a concealed carry permit to carry and possess their pistol or revolver while deer hunting; provided that, the pistol or revolver is not used for deer hunting.)

RI - HB5233 AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS (Renames bridges 00201, 17801 and 17601 in South Kingstown after 3 Medal of Honor recipients, to wit, Sgt. William G. Fournier, Sgt. William J. Babcock, Cpl. David B. Champagne, respectively.)

RI - HB5281 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Caps amount payable for 30 day supply of equipment/supplies for insulin administration/glucose monitoring at $25 or equipment designed to last more than 30 days with no deductible commencing January 1, 2024.)

RI - HB5299 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- MAINTENANCE OF ORDER ON CAMPUS (Mandates arming campus police at public higher educational institutions and includes campus police in the definition of "law enforcement officer" for the purposes of the "Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights.")

RI - HB5308 AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS (Reduces the time by which an elector could obtain an emergency mail ballot from within twenty (20) days prior to any election to within six (6) days prior to any election.)

RI - HB5316 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (Provides teachers/state employees retired prior to June 30, 2012, a one-time stipend in the amount of 3% of the lesser of either the member's retirement allowance or the $30,000 of the member's retirement allowance.)

RI - HB5345 AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- AGRICULTURAL FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT (Provides that Rhode Island assents to the provisions of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act relative to the Preventive Controls for Animal Food Regulation (PCAF) regulations.)

RI - HB5392 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Eliminates the so-called "marriage penalty tax" by allowing a tax credit for the difference in taxes computed as married individuals filing jointly in excess of the amount of tax for taxpayers filing as individuals.)

RI - HB5419 AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- AIRPORTS AND LANDING FIELDS (Designates the appropriate authority on air space issues as the president and CEO of the Rhode Island airport corporation and aligns certain job titles with their proper responsibilities relative to aeronautics.)

RI - HB5420 AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- UNPILOTED AERIAL VEHICLES (Provides for the regulation of unpiloted aircraft systems in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requirements.)

RI - HB5462 AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS (Designates a liaison position within the secretary of state's office to formulate communication between the department of state and the board of elections and adds accessible voting devices to the equipment maintained by secretary of state.)

RI - HB5465 AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE (Provides that the fifth day in April in each year be designated as "Rhode Island Gold Star Spouses Day" with appropriate exercises in public places and with flags flown at half-staff over the state house.)

RI - HB5533 AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- POWERS AND OPERATIONS (Amends outdated provisions of the banking statutes and the home loan protection act, adds consumer protections, including minimum capital requirements and limits on investments, for currency transmitters, including crypto currency..)

RI - HB5543 AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE (Provides amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code for emerging technologies. Effective 1/1/2024.)

RI - HB5556 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- UNIFORM TELEHEALTH ACT (Allows an out-of-state health care practitioner to provide telehealth services to a patient located in this state if the services are consistent with the practitioner's scope of practice and state and federal professional standards.)

RI - HB5560 AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- CONSUMER ENFORCEMENT OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE WARRANTIES (Enhances the rights of consumers by adding the requirement that the vendor or manufacturer maintain records of any reported defects or repairs of a device, making it easier for a consumer to enforce their rights under the law.)

RI - HB5570 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- INDICTMENTS, INFORMATIONS AND COMPLAINTS (Provides for a ten (10) year statute of limitations for the violation of second degree sexual assault.)

RI - HB5573 AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS -- DEATH BY WRONGFUL ACT (Extends the statute of limitations for certain wrongful death actions involving a child to six (6) years.)

RI - HB5586 AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- WORK ON HOLIDAYS AND SUNDAYS (Exempts Penske Truck Leasing located at 65 Amflex Drive in Cranston, from the Sunday work law requiring the payment of one and one-half (1½) times the normal rate of pay for work performed on Sunday.)

RI - HB5630 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION TAX (Eliminates the gross earnings tax for every corporation whose principal business is manufacturing, selling, distributing and/or transmitting currents of electricity and natural gas to be used for light, heat, or motive power.)

RI - HB5633 AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (Adjusts the state's monthly share of Supplemental Security Income to equal the federal Supplemental Security Income benefit in January of that calendar year.)

RI - HB5641 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS (Provides state employee public safety professionals with parity to municipal public safety employees in the state/municipal retirement systems eff. 7/1/23 with 10% contribution.)

RI - HB5692 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Adds the Rhode Island capitol police to those people exempt from the necessity of possessing a firearm under § 11-47-8 and repeals the exemption for state marshals, which no longer exist.)

RI - HB5693 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Increases the number of minimum rounds fired from one hundred (100) to three hundred (300) during the qualification and training of police officers.)

RI - HB5694 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Mandates that police officers qualify in the use of firearms in both daylight and nighttime conditions two (2) times per year and that correctional officers qualify every year instead of once every two (2) years.)

RI - HB5695 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Mandates that police officers qualify in the use of firearms two (2) times per year instead of one time annually and correction officers qualify annually under lowlight/no light conditions.)

RI - HB5710 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION--GENERAL PROVISIONS (Requires that any person who is considered an independent contractor to file a designation form by 01/31 of each year at a maximum cost of $50.00.)

RI - HB5714 AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ORDINANCES (Enable cities and towns to require notification to the municipal building department and residences within 1,000 feet of a residence being listed for short term rental for tourist or transient use through a hosting platform.)

RI - HB5718 AN ACT RELATING TO THE KINGSTON FIRE DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF SOUTH KINGSTOWN (Clarifies that qualification to vote in elections of the Kingston Fire District extends to those residents of the District qualified to vote in the town of South Kingstown elections.)

RI - HB5728 AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- EXTENSION OF VETERANS' BENEFITS (Includes Hmong or Lao veterans who served in military operations in support of the United States during the Vietnam Conflict any time between 2/28/1961 to 5/7/1975 within the definition of "active conduct of and/or fighting in the Vietnam Conflict".)

RI - HB5737 AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT (Amends the interstate nurse licensure compact and adopts an enhanced and more comprehensive version of the compact, to allow nurses to hold a multi-state license allowing them to practice across state lines without having to obtain multiple licenses.)

RI - HB5769 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PARKING FACILITIES AND PRIVILEGES (Includes the governor’s commission on disabilities in the decision making process for the disability parking enforcement enhancement program and requires an annual report be submitted to the governor’s commission.)

RI - HB5815 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Authorizes DMV to issue one year renewal registrations for vehicles leased for thirty-six months and enables DMV to refund, to a registrant of leased vehicle, who cancels registration that portion of registration fee paid that represents 6 months of fee.)

RI - HB5832 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PRODUCER LICENSING ACT (Amends provisions re insurance producer appointments and clarifies language re insurance claims adjusters. Amends the RI life & health guarantee assoc act. Adds insurance data security and pet insurance acts and unfair discrimination prohibitions.)

RI - HB5838 AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- FACILITATING BUSINESS RAPID RESPONSE TO STATE DECLARED DISASTER ACT OF 2023 (Provides thresholds for establishing presence, residency or doing business in the state for out-of-state employees and businesses during a state of emergency declared by either the Governor or the President of the United States.)

RI - HB5840 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND COMMERCE CORPORATION (Streamlines tax incentive reporting by eliminating certain division of taxation reporting requirements and using alternative methods of reporting such as the tax division website.)

RI - HB5841 AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- PURCHASE AND SALE OF PRECIOUS METALS (Mandates bill of sale for transacted catalytic converter, changes requirement to three years for report, and would make a conviction of § 6-11.1-7 a felony.)

RI - HB5859 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS (Prevents the state or any governmental entity from infringing on the fundamental rights of parents in the upbringing of their children.)

RI - HB5876 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES -- HIV/AIDS (Permits a licensed pharmacist to prescribe, dispense or administer HIV prevention drugs to an individual who is HIV negative, does not report any signs or symptoms of acute HIV infection, and does not report taking any contraindicated medication.)

RI - HB5890 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES (Clarifies and separate the different criminal penalties for first and subsequent convictions for reckless driving.)

RI - HB5904 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NON-EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION (Establishes a safe and reasonable regulatory framework for companies and drivers providing non-emergency medical transportation services to a population of vulnerable passengers through coordination with the state's health and human service agencies.)

RI - HB5909 AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - COURTS - SUPERIOR COURT (Mandates superior court establish a felony drunk driving calendar and promulgate a strict time line attorney general to file an information or indictment against any defendant and set strict schedule for exchange of discovery and scheduling a trial.)

RI - HB5956 AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS (Modifies the timeline for mail in ballot voting.)

RI - HB5957 AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- NOMINATION OF PARTY AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES (Allows the board of elections to establish rules and regulations for objections to nomination papers and would allow the board seven (7) days to conduct a hearing.)

RI - HB5999 AN ACT RELATING TO PARKS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Provides free admission to any state owned recreational facility for Gold Star families with exceptions for docking slips.)

RI - HB6017 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM--MEMBERSHIP AND SERVICE CREDITS (Allows members of retirement systems who also served in the national guard or reserves to purchase retirement services credits.)

RI - HB6058 AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Increases the amount of allowable units per acre for all projects subject to inclusionary zoning as well as other incentives and subsidies to offset differential costs of below-market units.)

RI - HB6084 AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Creates the transit oriented development pilot program to encourage residential housing near convenient public transportation.)

RI - HB6086 AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RHODE ISLAND COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND LAND USE ACT (Amends certain notification procedures relating to comprehensive planning and land use, subdivision of land and zoning ordinances.)

RI - HB6147 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS REGULATION (Establishes the Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Exchange.)

RI - HB6204 AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- PRIMARIES FOR ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND FOR PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE (Makes it easier for candidates for the presidential preference primaries to obtain a place on the ballot.)

RI - HB6233 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PEER-TO-PEER CAR SHARING PROGRAM (Repeals the provisions of chapter 8.3 of title 27, the "peer-to-peer car sharing program.")

RI - HB6237 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Allows sworn members of municipal police department to utilize devices for deadening or muffling the sound of a firearm while under the direct supervision of the chief of the respective municipal police department or designee.)

RI - HB6258 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR FUEL TAX (Amends the distribution of proceeds of motor fuel tax to raise amount from $0.0975 to ten cents in fiscal year 2024 and thereafter with the additional one-quarter cent to be used as state match for the section 5311 formula grants for rural areas program.)

RI - HB6259 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Requires RIPTA to review existing routes in rural communities to identify gaps in service, authorize paratransit vouchers, establish a one-year pilot program to study expanding services and provide vouchers to those with disabilities in those areas.)

RI - HB6273 AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS (Authorizes early voting for the 14 calendar days immediately preceding election day, while requiring that all the election day protections and procedures be afforded to early voters, would also provide a form for an early voting ballot application.)

RI - HB6325 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- ATV HARASSMENT (Defines ATV harassment and imposes mandatory prison sentences for a conviction under this chapter.)

RI - HB6411 AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF KEEGAN DINAGEN POST 1023 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS

RI - HB6461 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION -- BENEFITS (Amends sections of law relative to workers compensation benefits and medical services to be provided by the employer, employees not entitled to compensation, and additional compensation for specific injuries.)

RI - HR5001 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SENTITE CONDOGLIANZE ON THE PASSING OF ROSA FABIANO

RI - HR5026 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF CHRISTOPHER THOMAS DIPAOLA

RI - HR5053 HOUSE RESOLUTION AMENDING THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE YEARS OF 2021 AND 2022 (Amends the House Rules to require that bills impacting veterans' affairs as well as other subject matter only be referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs after all other committee hearings are conducted.)

RI - HR5054 HOUSE RESOLUTION AMENDING THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE YEARS 2021 AND 2022 (Amends Section (45)(d) of the House Rules regarding caucuses organized around a political party affiliation and membership thereto.)

RI - HR5062 HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING AND THANKING REPRESENTATIVE JAMES N. MCLAUGHLIN FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - HR5063 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF BRIGADIER GENERAL MICHAEL T. BYRNES, UNITED STATES ARMY, RETIRED

RI - HR5066 HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE CELEBRATION OF THE BIRTH OF THE REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

RI - HR5130 HOUSE RESOLUTION AMENDING THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE YEARS 2021 AND 2022 (This resolution would amend the house rules to use the electronic voting system to electronically record any member seconding a motion when multiple members second any motion.)

RI - HR5140 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE JOSEPH A. DELORENZO, JR.

RI - HR5151 HOUSE RESOLUTION THANKING THE HONORABLE JOSEPH M. POLISENA FOR HIS NEARLY THIRTY YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE

RI - HR5152 HOUSE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE CELEBRATION OF THE LUNAR NEW YEAR "THE YEAR OF THE RABBIT"

RI - HR5189 JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE-OF ELECTIONS AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE (Proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing four (4) year terms for members of the general assembly, elected members from even numbered districts would begin to be elected to four (4) year terms.)

RI - HR5217 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING DEEPEST SYMPATHY ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE ALFRED ALBERTO GEMMA

RI - HR5218 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF ROSE V. HARRIS

RI - HR5224 HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS PERTAINING TO SERVICES AND COORDINATION OF STATE PROGRAMS RELATING TO OLDER ADULT RHODE ISLANDERS (Creates a 16 member commission to study and provide recommendations for services and the coordination of state programs for older adult Rhode Islanders, and report back by May 7, 2024, and expire on August, 2024.)

RI - HR5241 HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING JANUARY 23, 2023, TO BE "MATERNAL HEALTH AWARENESS DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - HR5242 HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING JANUARY 23-29, 2023, TO BE "CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETISTS WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - HR5243 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF RHONDA FORTIN

RI - HR5245 HOUSE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING ROGER RICHARDS, JR., ON HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE RHODE ISLAND AIR NATIONAL GUARD AFTER TWO DECADES OF HONORABLE AND MERITORIOUS MILITARY SERVICE TO OUR NATION AND THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - HR5467 HOUSE RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO PASS LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE VETERANS BENEFITS TO THE HMONG/LAOTIAN VETERANS WHO SERVED THE UNITED STATES IN THE "SECRET WAR" IN LAOS

RI - HR6037 HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING FEBRUARY 26TH THROUGH MARCH 4TH, 2023, AS "PEACE CORPS WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - HR6133 HOUSE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING THE 2ND ANNUAL “RI CRAFT BEER WEEK’ IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND ON MARCH 3RD THROUGH MARCH 12TH OF 2023

RI - HR6135 HOUSE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE MOST REVEREND RICHARD G. HENNING, D.D., S.T.D., ON BEING APPOINTED BY POPE FRANCIS TO SERVE AS COADJUTOR BISHOP OF PROVIDENCE, WITH THE RIGHT OF SUCCESSION

RI - HR6155 HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE CELEBRATION OF ST. JOSEPH'S DAY

RI - HR6190 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF BETTY JANE PERCIVAL

RI - HR6244 JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $72,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS (RI VFW) FOR THE RI VETERANS SERVICES OFFICERS (VSO) PROGRAM (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $72,000 to the Rhode Island Department of Veterans Of Foreign Wars (RI VFW) for the RI Veterans Services Officers (VSO) Program.)

RI - HR6322 HOUSE RESOLUTION REAFFIRMING THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND TAIWAN, WHILE SUPPORTING ENHANCED BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN AND TAIWAN'S PARTICIPATION IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

RI - HR6383 HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 10TH, 2023, TO BE "LUPUS DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - HR6457 HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING TUESDAY, MAY 30, 2023, AS "COX CHARITIES DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - HR6472 HOUSE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING REGINA "GINA" MOURA ON THE OCCASION OF HER RETIREMENT AFTER MORE THAN 37 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND