Rhode Island Sen. Frank Lombardo, III (D)

RI - Commerce (Senate)

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member

RI - Economic Development

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member

RI - Labor (Senate)

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secretary

RI - Rules (Senate)

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member

RI - SB2190 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RHODE ISLAND RESOURCE RECOVERY CORPORATION (would prohibit the disposal of any recyclable materials and/or recyclable waste in the central landfill per any rules or regulations promulgated by the Rhode Island resource recovery corporation)

RI - SB2479 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PERSONAL INCOME TAX (This act would exclude from the state income tax the amount resulting from the receipt of a veteran's disability pension from the United States government for a service-connected disability.)

RI - SR2127 SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SINCERE CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF S. HENRY FORTE

RI - SB2280 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE (would prohibit municipal building officials from assessing a fee for the first reinspection of work which has failed the initial inspection)

RI - SB2271 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - RHODE ISLAND RESOURCE RECOVERY CORPORATION (would increase the Resource Recovery Corporation tipping fee from three dollars ($3.00) to five dollars ($5.00) per vehicle to be paid to the town of Johnston on a biannual basis)

RI - SB2407 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY--GENERAL PROVISIONS (Amends the definitions of "credit amount" and "credit weeks" for the purpose of calculating a person's earned wages under the Employment Security Act, Establishes certain conditions for accumulation of waiting period credits.)

RI - SB2609 AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS - SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (This act would allow the administrator of the Johnston municipal court to perform marriages.)

RI - SB2211 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - RHODE ISLAND RESOURCE RECOVERY CORPORATION (would require the RI resource recovery corporation to annually pay $6,000,000 to the town of Johnston in addition to any other monies paid to the town by the corporation)

RI - SB2314 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - PLASTIC WASTE REDUCTION (would establish a plan for the gradual ban on the use of disposable plastic checkout bags by retail establishments)

RI - SB2453 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES (Expands the definition of an "allowable cost" to be paid by the state purchasing officer to include project accelerators and delays and change orders.)

RI - SB2977 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HUMAN RESOURCES INVESTMENT COUNCIL (This act would make revisions to the state work immersion program.)

RI - SR2793 JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL SELECT COMMISSION TO DETERMINE THE FUTURE OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN RHODE ISLAND

RI - SB2217 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION (would require increased transparency for certain existing tax credits, deductions and exemptions by improving the biennial tax expenditure report to include more information about these tax benefits)

RI - SB2458 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - RESIDENTS - PERSONAL INCOME TAX (This act would exempt retirement or pension benefits from out-of-state public retirement systems from federal adjusted gross income for the purposes of calculating the Rhode Island income of a resident individual.)

RI - SB2635 AN ACT RELATING TO FIDUCIARIES (This act would permit the settlor of a revocable trust to provide for a person other than the trustee to direct actions of the trust.)

RI - SB2548 AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- UNIFORM ADULT GUARDIANSHIP AND PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS JURISDICTION ACT (Would create the "Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act" to encourage computer communication and assistance between various courts.)

RI - SB2019 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS (would reduce inmate healthcare costs by billing Medicaid for eligible inpatient hospitals and professional services)

RI - SB2592 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT (This act would add the President of the Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to the Criminal Justice Oversight Committee.)

RI - SB2820 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES (This act would subject the proceeds derived from pandering or permitting prostitution from conspiracy to violate the uniformed controlled substances act to seizure and forfeiture.)

RI - SB2594 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CRIME AGAINST THE PUBLIC TRUST (Creates new crimes against public trust with 10 year criminal statute of limitations to authorize the possible pension revocation or reduction for any job related felony.)

RI - SB2031 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION (would include persons who have been convicted of murder as defined in § 11-23-1 within the class of persons which would be subject to the sexual offender registration and community notification provisions of the general laws)

RI - SB3015 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS - PUBLIC BUILDINGS (This act would require the display of a POW/MIA chair of honor in the State House, commemorating the men and women of the United States armed forces taken as prisoners of war or listed as missing in action.)

RI - SB2030 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS (would establish the E-Verify compliance act which would require all non-governmental employers within the state with 3 or more employees to apply to participate in the federal E-Verify program and to agree to participate in the program if accepted)

RI - SB2599 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - EXPLOSIVES AND FIREWORKS (This act would make it illegal to possess bomb-making ingredients and would create criminal violations for the possession of bombs and bomb-making ingredients by distinguishing them from illegal fireworks.)

RI - SB2020 AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYER ORGANIZATION ACT OF 2004 (would eliminate the exemption from bonding requirements for professional employer organizations that have been certified by the division of taxation for at least 2 years)

RI - SB2092 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOBILE TELEPHONE USE (would make unlawful the use of a non-hands-free mobile telephone while operating a motor vehicle, except for public safety personnel or in an emergency situation)

RI - SB2665 AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANT PROGRAM (would require that persons who provide personal care assistant services to consumers register with the department of health and obtain certificates of registration after meeting various criteria)

RI - SB2099 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL LAW - PAROLE BOARD (would require parole board members be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate)

RI - SB2089 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSES - VIOLATIONS (would require that the license plates of a vehicle be confiscated by a law enforcement officer if the owner was arrested for driving while their license was suspended, revoked or cancelled for refusing to submit to a chemical test)

RI - SB2596 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SPEED RESTRICTIONS (This act would require drivers to move a vehicle into a lane that is not the lane nearest a parked or standing piece of highway maintenance equipment and would continue traveling in the lane until safely clear of the highway maintenance equipment.)

RI - SB2102 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL LAW - PAROLE BOARD (would require that parole board members serve no more than three (3) terms)

RI - SB2481 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - ESTATE AND TRANSFER TAXES (This act would allow a credit against the Rhode Island estate tax of $99,600 for decedents dying on or after January 1, 2015.)

RI - SB2029 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINALS - CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS - PAROLE (would provide that if a person has been convicted of first or second degree murder but has not been sentenced to life in prison, then that convict must serve at least 50% of that sentence prior to being eligible for parole consideration)

RI - SB2324 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES (would establish a reciprocal preference provision in the awarding of state contracts and would require the dept of administration to publish a list of states that give preference to in-state bidders with the percent increase applied in each state)

RI - SR2176 SENATE RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING CONGRESS TO RE-ENACT PROVISIONS OF THE GLASS-STEAGALL BANKING ACT

RI - SB2422 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (This act would make available motor vehicle registration plates for Rhode Island colleges and universities.)

RI - SR2301 SENATE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE BURRILLVILLE GIRLS SOCCER TEAM ON WINNING THE 2013 RHODE ISLAND DIVISION II GIRLS SOCCER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

RI - SB2344 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS (Would amend the provisions of the general laws relating to the written determination of procurement of construction manager at-risk services.)

RI - SB2709 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - RHODE ISLAND UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ACT (This act would make the use of a hand-held mobile phone while driving a commercial motor vehicle a traffic violation in accordance with federal regulations.)

RI - SR2776 SENATE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE CELEBRATION OF ST. JOSEPH'S DAY

RI - SR2303 SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY ON THE UNTIMELY PASSING OF MAUREEN AZAR

RI - SB2067 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- BUSINESS CORPORATION TAX (would reduce the business corporation tax from 9% to7% of net income)

RI - SB2073 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- ESTATE TAX (would provide all net taxable estates with an exemption from the estate and transfer tax of up to the amount of two million dollars ($2,000,000))

RI - SB2624 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - COMPUTER CRIME (Creates the felony crime of online impersonation concerning all types of electronic communication.)

RI - SB2673 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (This act would increase the penalties for failing to pay employees wages as the law requires.)

RI - SB2091 AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS (Would delete the option of straight party voting by means of a single mark in non-primary elections.)

RI - SB2209 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (would exempt social security benefits from the state income tax)

RI - SB2708 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - ARREST (would extend the deadline for which the electronic recording of custodial interrogations task force may provide its supplemental report)

RI - SB2595 AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- REPORTING OF POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY STATE VENDORS (This act would prohibit state vendors from making political contributions to candidates for the office responsible for awarding contracts.)

RI - SB2022 AN ACT RELATING TO HEATH AND SAFETY -- CORRECTIONAL HEALTHCARE ACT (would establish procedures that would reduce the state's correctional inmate healthcare costs)

RI - SB2507 AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - DENTISTS AND DENTAL HYGIENISTS (This act would authorize the practice of "public health hygienists" who would be authorized to perform certain dental services in a public health setting.)

RI - SB2893 AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF SILVER LAKE PIZZA, INC.

RI - SR2174 SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING ITS DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THOMAS A. FOLEY

RI - SR2743 JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $500,000 FOR THE JASON PROJECT (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $500,000 for the Jason Project.)

RI - SB2278 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - COMPREHENSIVE CHILDREN'S JEWELRY SAFETY ACT (would require that all children's jewelry sold rather than manufactured conform to the standards promulgated by the American society for testing and materials)

RI - SB2036 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINALS -- CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS (This act would increase the time convicted murders must serve their sentences before they are eligible for parole.)

RI - SR2763 SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF JOSEPH FRATUS

RI - SB2291 AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY - PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES, AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS (Would name the Boston Neck Road Bridge over Route 138 in North Kingstown the “Second Lieutenant Matthew Coutu Memorial Bridge.)

RI - SB2444 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - VEHICLE INSURANCE (This act would allow proof of financial responsibility to be provided using a mobile electronic device.)

RI - SB2275 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PERSONAL INCOME TAX (would exclude from Rhode Island state taxation pension benefits that originate in and were subject to taxation in another state)

RI - SR2798 SENATE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING WPRO NEWS REPORTER KIMBERLY KALUNIAN ON BEING NAMED RHODE ISLAND'S CHERRY BLOSSOM PRINCESS IN A CROWNING CEREMONY ON FEBRUARY 14, 2014, AT THE RHODE ISLAND STATE HOUSE

RI - SR2295 SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF ANITA FINE

RI - SR2772 SENATE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE MOUNT ST. CHARLES BOYS HOCKEY TEAM FOR WINNING THE 2013-2014 RHODE ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL BOYS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

RI - SB2570 AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORMED CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ACT (Authorizes the Traffic Tribunal to seal marijuana conviction records of less than 1 oz. Immediately, And Extends The Period a person can satisfy conditions of a marijuana possession enhanced civil penalty by calculating the penalty from conviction date.)

RI - SB2946 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS IN TRADE AND INDUSTRY (Requires the director of labor and training to consider representatives from industries participating in non-trade apprenticeship programs when making appointments to the apprenticeship council.)

RI - SR3132 SENATE RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND TRAINING TO CONSIDER INDUSTRIES PARTICIPATING IN NON-TRADE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS WHEN MAKING APPOINTMENTS TO THE APPRENTICESHIP COUNCIL

RI - SB2611 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS (would expand the time period that law enforcement officials, who have received internet subscriber acct information & have not instituted arrest/grand jury proceeding/criminal prosecution have between 60 days & 75 days to between 100 days &120 days)

RI - SB2639 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (Would create a sentencing enhancement for anyone convicted of being involved in criminal street gang activity.)

RI - SB2649 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - INDICTMENTS, INFORMATIONS, AND COMPLAINTS (This act would increase the statute of limitations for unlawful appropriation from three (3) years to ten (10) years.)

RI - SR2799 SENATE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS TO PROCESSING MUNICIPAL REAL ESTATE TAX APPEALS (Would create a 12 member Senate commission to study potential improvements to processing municipal tax real estate appeals, and who would report back before January 15, 2015.)

RI - SR2875 JOINT RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY ENCOURAGING THE DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS TO PROMOTE THE KINSHIP CARE POLICY OF THE SHARED LIVING ARRANGEMENTS PROGRAM FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING SUBSIDY AID TO ELIGIBLE SIBLING CAREGIVERS, IN ORDER TO AVOID ALTERNATIVE PLACEMENT WHEN KINSHIP CARE IS FOUND TO BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL/DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

RI - SB2656 AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - FORM AND EFFECT OF CONVEYANCES (This act prohibits the recording of mortgages and assignments in the name of a party other than the holder of the note secured by the mortgage. This act would also void certain prior recorded mortgages and assignments.)

RI - SB2544 AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- PROBATE COURTS (Defines "undocumented person" for family court jurisdiction purposes and grants jurisdiction concerning the guardianship of undocumented, non-citizen minors with no estate, to the family court.)

RI - SB2645 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - INDICTMENTS, INFORMATIONS AND COMPLAINTS (This act would increase the statute of limitations for exploitation of an elder from three (3) years to ten (10) years.)

RI - SB2178 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES (would authorize municipalities to require parking lots to have a person on site during operational hours to accept cash payments)

RI - SB2858 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - RHODE ISLAND REGULATORY REFORM ACT (Authorizes the office of regulatory reform to review state and local regulatory and permitting processes and provide online maps, flow charts, and other visualizations.)

RI - SB2239 AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- HUNTING AND HUNTING SAFETY (would change the maximum size of shotgun shells a person may have on his or her possession while hunting from a number two (no. 2) shot to a 00 ("double-aught") shot)

RI - SB2525 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES (This act would reduce the size of the governor's commission on disabilities from twenty-four (24) members to eighteen (18) members. It would also require that individuals with disabilities be included in its membership when practicable.)