Rhode Island Sen. Frank A. Ciccone III (D)

RI - Finance (Senate)

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member

RI - Housing and Municipal Government (Senate)

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chairperson

RI - State Lottery

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member

RI - Labor (Senate)

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member

RI - SB2846 AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows the city of Providence to exempt 11 Lowell Avenue, 187 Pocasset Avenue and 191 Pocasset Avenue from the provisions of § 3-7-19 which would prohibit the retail sale of alcoholic beverages at that location.)

RI - SB2135 AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Increases the penalty for repeat convictions for animal cruelty.)

RI - SB2910 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING RESOURCES ACT OF 1998 (Requires $5,000,000 bond referendum for affordable housing with $700 price ceiling for fiscal year 2019/$5,000,000 appropriated for every fiscal year thereafter.)

RI - SB2460 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- SNOW REMOVAL SERVICE LIABILITY LIMITATION ACT (Regulates snow removal contracts between service providers and service receivers, limit liability between them, and declare certain indemnity agreements void as against public policy.)

RI - SB2620 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- HOISTING ENGINEERS (Mandates certain apprenticeship requirements in order to become a hoisting engineer.)

RI - SB2333 AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (Allows small loan lenders to charge borrowers fees pursuant to applicable federal and state laws provided, they are disclosed and agreed to in writing.)

RI - SB2965 AN ACT RELATING TO RETIREMENT (Requires that contributions to a retirement plan be remitted to the retirement board on the date contributions are withheld but not later than three (3) business days following the pay period ending in which contributions were withheld.)

RI - SB3007 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE (Allows the surplus lines producing insurance agent forty-five (45) days for net payment (gross payment minus commission and fees) to the broker before the policy may be cancelled for nonpayment (after ten (10) day notice).)

RI - SB2096 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES-ASSAULTS (Provides that assaults on police officers and other officials be punished by no less than one year but no more than three years' incarceration.)

RI - SB2208 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- INSURANCE BENEFITS (Entitles correctional officers with twenty-five (25) years of service and who are at least fifty-five (55) years of age to a non-Medicare-eligible retiree health care insurance benefit.)

RI - SB2138 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - MOTOR VEHICLES REPARATIONS ACT (Amends the fine imposed for a first offense for failure to maintain financial security, to a maximum of one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125).)

RI - SB2396 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - ESTATE AND TRANSFER TAXES - LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Allows a credit against the Rhode Island estate tax of ninety-nine thousand six hundred dollars ($99,600) for decedents who have died after December 31, 2018.)

RI - SB2136 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - TRAFFIC OFFENSES (Prohibits the department of motor vehicles from placing on a motorist's driving record, no more than twice yearly, a traffic violation which fine has been paid no longer than thirty (30) days after its issuance.)

RI - SB2132 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Places a 20% cap on increases in consecutive real property revaluations commencing 12/31/18 and thereafter with a 3 year waiting period for new construction/additions.)

RI - SB2557 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS (Amends several provisions relative to truck size and weight limitations to be compatible with federal law.)

RI - SB2142 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - CHILDREN (Criminalizes the knowing and intentional failure of a physician, nurse, or other licensed medical person to provide reasonable medical care and treatment to an infant born alive a felony and manslaughter if the infant dies.)

RI - SB2595 AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE EDWARD O. HAWKINS AND THOMAS C. SLATER MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACT (Limits amount of marijuana cardholders and primary caregiver cardholders can cultivate, length of time marijuana treatment for acute pain to 6 months, and raises application fees from $250 to $10,000 for compassion centers.)

RI - SB2137 AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE AND DISCIPLINE (Makes it unprofessional conduct for a physician not to take all reasonable steps to ensure that a viable fetus being carried by their patient is brought to term.)

RI - SB2471 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- HEALTHY WORKPLACE (Creates the "Healthy Workplace Act of 2018" and establishes a cause of action against employers and employees for workplace bullying, harassment and other abusive conduct that is tolerated by employers.)

RI - SB2404 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE CONSUMER PROTECTION IN EYE CARE ACT (Provides for consumer protection in eye care services by developing standards and enforcement protocols related to the utilization of emergent technologies in the provision of eye care services and for the delegation of eye car services by providers.)

RI - SB2363 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RETAIL SALE OF GASOLINE (Eliminates the requirement that a waiver for fuel content standards be obtained from both weights and measures (DLT) and the department of environmental management (DEM).)

RI - SB2061 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING RESOURCES ACT OF 1998 (Requires the general assembly to appropriate a minimum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) in capital financing to Rhode Island Housing & Mortgage Finance Corporation (RIHMFC) for the development of affordable housing for the homeless.)

RI - SB2439 AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF NORTH PROVIDENCE (Increases the amount of purchases the North Providence's purchasing agent may purchase an item, without bid, from $1,500 to $2,500.)

RI - SB2851 AN ACT RELATING TO WEIGHTS AND MEASURES -- PRODUCE SCALES IN MARKETS (Requires sealers of weights and measures appointed by the cities and towns to receive the same fees as charged by the sealers who perform the same inspecting/testing services.)

RI - SB2567 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' LICENSE - SAFE ROADS AND MANDATORY INSURANCE (Allows DMV to issue driving privilege licenses/permits to applicants unable to establish lawful presence in US which are not valid for ID purposes effective July 1, 2018.)

RI - SB2506 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - THE WORLD LANGUAGE AND DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION ACT (Establishes and requires funding for a world language and dual language immersion program.)

RI - SB2782 AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES (Adds department of corrections' correctional officers to the list of public safety employees that are entitled to their full salary if they are injured and become disabled as a result of performance of their job duties.)

RI - SB2584 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - INTERNET DIGITAL BLOCKING (Requires Internet service providers to provide digital blocking of sexual content and patently offensive material. It would allow consumers to deactivate digital block upon payment of a twenty dollar ($20.00) fee.)

RI - SB2334 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LOW-INCOME ENERGY COST ASSISTANCE (Creates an energy assistance program within the governor's energy assistance office with incentives for regular payments and conservation.)

RI - SB2950 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- RHODE ISLAND PARENTAL AND FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE ACT (Allows employee granted unpaid family/parental leave to substitute any accrued vacation/sick/ other appropriate leave for any part of the unpaid leave.)

RI - SB2113 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM (Requires that public schools of this state, beginning in kindergarten and continuing through and including grade twelve (12), would annually provide access for every student to at least one field trip to a nature preserve, reserve, or conservatory.)

RI - SB2156 AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- RHODE ISLAND AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION ACT (Creates an accident compensation fund to provide payments and benefits to those injured by uninsured motorists, to be administered by the automobile accident compensation corporation.)

RI - SB2148 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - WEAPONS (Allows those persons with concealed carry permits issued by other states to carry upon their person weapons in Rhode Island provided that the issuing state recognizes and gives reciprocity to RI permit holders.)

RI - SB2150 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - MISCELLANEOUS RULES (Requires that vehicles towed because of state or municipal laws be towed to a towing-storage facility closest to where the offense or accident occurred.)

RI - SB2152 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - BORN-ALIVE INFANT PROTECTION ACT (Enacts the Born-Alive Infant Protection Act and provide for the duties and obligations of medical personnel in certain circumstances.)

RI - SB2489 AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - RETAIL LICENSES (Adds prepackaged cheeses to the items allowed for sale at Class A license holders premises in towns or cities of ten thousand (10,000) or more inhabitants.)

RI - SB2183 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- DUAL ENROLLMENT EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT (Extends the benefits of the dual enrollment equal opportunity act to cover home schooled students.)

RI - SB2011 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - CARETAKER ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF FOR ELDERLY (CARE) (Creates Caretaker Assistance and Relief for Elderly (CARE) program within div of elderly affairs/program svcs with payment up to $70/day for support svcs costs for qualified elders for caregivers, allowing families to work/pursue other individual needs.)

RI - SB2580 AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT -- DRUG TESTING (Authorizes random drug screening as a condition for continued public assistance, and would provide a mechanism for retesting those who fail the test.)

RI - SB2444 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - CASUALTY INSURANCE GENERALLY (Includes coverage for residential property for vandalism and malicious mischief unless the property has been vacant for more than sixty (60) days.)

RI - SB2288 AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW - GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS - UNIFORM FRAUDULENT TRANSFER ACT (Renames title to be called Uniform Voidable Transaction Act/amends definition of "person"/adds substantive/procedural changes.)

RI - SB2207 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES--LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION (Exempts the trade-in value of pickup trucks weighing fourteen thousand pounds (14,000 lbs.) or less from sales and use tax.)

RI - SB2322 AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW - GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS - INTEREST AND USURY (Reduces the usury rate to twelve percent (12%).)

RI - SR2882 SENATE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING "WORLD LUPUS DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND ON MAY 10, 2018

RI - SB2463 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES-MOTOR VEHICLES REPARATIONS ACT (Penalizes a motorist for two (2) separate violations if they are driving an unregistered motor vehicle and without insurance or proof of insurance.)

RI - SB2453 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - EMPLOYMENT SECURITY - BENEFITS (Raises the minimum attorneys' fee awarded to a claimant from fifty dollars ($50) to two hundred fifty dollars ($250) in certain instances in unemployment compensation matters.)

RI - SB2246 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Increases the hourly minimum wage in accordance with the Consumer Price Index for the Northeast Region for the four (4) previous fiscal years, effective January 1, 2020.)

RI - SB2018 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Adds urns and shrouds, prayer cards and other items customarily sold or provided by a funeral director to those funeral items which are already exempt from sales and use taxes.)

RI - SR2961 SENATE RESOLUTION WELCOMING HIS EXCELLENCY MARCELO REBELO DE SOUSA, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF PORTUGAL AND HIS EXCELLENCY ANTÓNIO COSTA, PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF PORTUGAL, TO THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - SB2426 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - UNINSURED MOTORIST IDENTIFICATION DATABASE PROCEDURE (Mandates each motor vehicle policy insurer provide a weekly record of each policy to the department of motor vehicles. A vehicle owner not insured for four (4) reporting periods must be notified to meet certain requirements.)

RI - SB2056 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES--LIABILITIES AND COMPUTATION (Exempts the trade-in values of motorcycles from sales tax.)

RI - SB2112 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - THE HOSPITAL CONVERSIONS ACT (Applies to settlement of St. Joseph Hospital Retirement Plan settlements/joint tortfeasors' releases.)

RI - SB2467 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - THE HOSPITAL CONVERSION ACT (Requires that parties to a hospital conversion be subject to a review of any defined pension plan.)

RI - SB2709 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PARTIAL- BIRTH ABORTION (Amends and revises the definitions and penalties pertaining to partial-birth abortions. Further provides that any physician who knowingly performs a partial-birth abortion would be guilty of a felony and may be liable for civil penalties and fines.)

RI - SB2252 AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - RETAIL LICENSES - TRAINING (Requires the department of business regulation to administer testing to certify alcohol server training. It would also prohibit online testing.)

RI - SB2459 AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- DOMESTIC ABUSE PREVENTION (Permits the family court to award custody of household pets to the plaintiff in a domestic abuse complaint.)

RI - SB2424 AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY--LIMITATION OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS (Makes a technical amendment to the statute which provides for the automatic termination of certain real property restrictions after thirty (30) years has lapsed.)

RI - SB2301 AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES (Prohibits discrimination in housing against those persons who have a lawful source of income.)

RI - SB2469 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN (Requires children who seek a special limited work permit to successfully complete a worker rights' training program established and funded by the department of labor and training.)

RI - SB2359 AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MAINTENANCE OF PRIVATE EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY (Requires easement benefited property owners to pay costs to maintain easements or rights-of-way of property of another.)

RI - SB2433 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSES - VIOLATIONS (Allows a person to make satisfactory arrangements for the payment of motor vehicle fines or costs, and would permit a person to request an ability to pay hearing before a license is suspended for failure to pay such fines or costs.)

RI - SB2067 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Allows $15,000 modification of retirement income in "pensions" and "annuities" line of federal tax return.)

RI - SR2897 SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY AS "BETTER HEARING AND SPEECH MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - SB2951 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - STATE BUILDING CODE - ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT (Requires electrical work performed in state be in accordance with latest edition of NEC, that state building code standards committee adopt latest edition. Regulatory analysis for proposed rule would not apply to building, fire safety or electrical codes.)

RI - SB2033 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION FEES--DISABLED VETERANS (Expands and clarifies what constitutes disability entitling disabled veterans to the waiver of motor vehicle registration fees.)

RI - SB2045 AN ACT RELATING TO VIDEO LOTTERY GAMES, TABLE GAMES AND SPORTS WAGERING (Authorizes the implementation and operation of sports wagering at the Twin River and Tiverton gaming facilities.)

RI - SB2758 AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- BY POSSESSION AND PRESCRIPTION (Clarifies that § 34-7-4 ("right of footway denied") applies only to private rights of footway.)

RI - SR2885 SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF MAY TO BE "SHINGLES AWARENESS AND IMPROVEMENT MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - SB2257 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND TRAINING (Makes it easier for military service members and their spouses to obtain certifications and licenses issued by the department of labor and training.)

RI - SB2945 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FOUNDATION LEVEL SCHOOL SUPPORT (Provides increased school housing aid for communities who utilize resident architectural firms, for the architectural services included in a new school or school renovation project.)

RI - SR2047 SENATE RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THAT THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS ADOPT "AN AMERICAN ECONOMIC RECOVERY" PROGRAM

RI - SR2935 SENATE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING VINCENT D'ADAMO ON BEING NAMED GRAND MARSHAL OF THE 11TH ANNUAL NORTH PROVIDENCE MEMORIAL DAY PARADE

RI - SB2710 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PARKING FACILITIES AND PRIVILEGES (Provides that a vehicle unlawfully parked in a properly marked "handicapped parking" space would be towed at the owners expense.)

RI - SR2837 SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 5, 2018, TO BE "RHODE ISLAND OPEN TAEKWONDO CHAMPIONSHIP DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

RI - SB2353 AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN -- DUTY TO REPORT (Requires representatives of educational programs to notify their leadership of all reports of sexual abuse who shall notify the department of children, youth and families and the school superintendent.)

RI - SB2824 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ADVISORY COMMISSION ON HISTORICAL CEMETERIES (Authorizes the advisory committee on historical cemeteries to revive the program for marking governors' graves. The department of administration would administer the funding for the plaque.)

RI - SB2619 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Creates a legal process to aid employees in collecting their unpaid wages from their employer.)

RI - SB2678 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES (Continues status quo for licensing of approved recipients under DACA program; however, issuance of license does not confer right to vote eff. 12/3/18.)

RI - SB2200 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Increases the exemption for retirement income from state income tax from $15,000 to $20,000 commencing in 2019.)

RI - SB2754 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGULATION OF BUSINESS PRACTICES AMONG MOTOR VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS, DISTRIBUTORS, AND DEALERS (Establishes standardized methods and appeals procedures for the calculation of fair and reasonable compensation for parts and labor used in warranty services.)

RI - SB2994 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - MINIMUM WAGES (Exempts newspaper deliverers from the minimum wage laws.)

RI - SB2385 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Provides that Rhode Island adjusted gross income for federal income tax purposes would be reduced by the amount of individual retirement account rollover distributions.)

RI - SB2434 AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - THE EDWARD O. HAWKINS AND THOMAS C. SLATER MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACT (Increases the number of permits for medical marijuana compassion centers from three (3) to twelve (12).)

RI - SB2825 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Establishes a nineteen (19) member permanent joint oversight commission to study and evaluate property tax related issues.)

RI - SB2525 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- STATE TAX OFFICIALS (Places twelve percent (12%) per annum interest rate on delinquent tax payments for business corporation, sales and use, estate and personal income taxes.)

RI - SB2485 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Creates a Day of Portugal and Portuguese Heritage in RI, Inc. motor vehicle license plate.)

RI - SB2589 AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - FOOD DONATIONS (Provides immunity to persons donating food to food banks.)

RI - SB2597 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Provides the method by which records are to be furnished relative to an employee's statement of earnings.)

RI - SB2688 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - AUTOMATED SCHOOL-ZONE-SPEED-ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM (Requires the use of yellow, flashing school zone speed signs and require written warning citations for first offenses, a fine up to forty-five dollars ($45) for second offenses and referral to the traffic tribunal for all subsequent offenses.)

RI - SB2421 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION OF ELDERS--ABUSE AND ISOLATION OF ELDERS OR DEPENDENT ADULTS -- THE PETER FALK CRIMINAL ISOLATION OF ELDERS ACT (Criminalizes isolation of an elder or dependent adult and would provide that certain notification requirements be fulfilled on behalf of elder persons or dependent adults.)

RI - SB3006 AN ACT RELATING TO LICENSES GENERALLY (Simplifies the process of doing business in Rhode Island by eliminating unnecessary licensing requirements of various business entities.)

RI - SB2091 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- TAX SALES (Expedites the foreclosure procedure on vacant property.)

RI - SB2017 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY TAX RELIEF (Amends the definition of "disabled", for the purposes of property tax relief, to include veterans who earn less than $30,000 annually, and who receive disability benefits from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.)