Thursday, March 18, 2021

1pm Governor’s COVID-19 Press Briefing

See also:

• Governor McKee dodges questions about his support for the dismantling of Kennedy Plaza

3pm Senate Judiciary

SCHEDULED FOR ADVICE AND CONSENT

• Appointment of R. David Cruise, Esq. VICE Associate Justice Bennett Gallo as Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court
• Appointment of Daniel V. Ballirano as General Magistrate of the Rhode Island Family Court
• Appointment of Denise Cassisi Finkelman, Esquire as Magistrate of the Rhode Island Family Court
• Appointment of Stephen Burke of West Warwick as Clerk of the Superior Court for Providence & Bristol Counties for a term expiring February 1, 2026.
• Appointment of Danielle Keegan of North Kingstown as Clerk of the Superior Court for Kent County for a term expiring February 1, 2026.
• Reappointment of John Graziano of Cranston as Clerk of the Superior Court for Newport County for a term expiring February 1, 2026.
• Appointment of Brenden Oates of Providence as Clerk of the Superior Court for Washington County for a term expiring February 1, 2026.

3pm Senate Commerce

SCHEDULED FOR HEARING AND/OR CONSIDERATION

• S0206 by Sosnowski, Coyne, Seveney, Felag, Gallo ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE – COMMERCIAL FISHERIES (Permits dockside sale of fish by commercial fishing license holders.)
• S0338 by Goldin, Pearson ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION – SALES AND USE TAXES-ENFORCEMENT AND COLLECTION (Provides that any person who has a retail sales permit would not be required to pay a separate registration fee to make sales at flea markets; provided, however, the person would remain responsible to pay all taxes due as a result of sales at a flea mkt.)
• S0344 by Gallo ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES – RETAIL LICENSES-SMALL BUSINESS-OMNIBUS (Omnibus act regarding caterers, hide and leather inspection, constables, sterilization of bedding, mixed-martial arts and pool halls.)
• S0347 by Bell, Lombardi, Seveney, Kallman, Mendes, Anderson, Calkin, Mack, Acosta, Quezada ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE – COVID-19 PANDEMIC INSURANCE RECOVERY ACT (Allows businesses that had an insurance policy in place for business interruption as of March 9, 2019 to recover from their insurance companies for a COVID-19 business impact.)

4pm House Finance

SCHEDULED FOR CONSIDERATION

• H5696 by McEntee, Tanzi, Fogarty ENTITLED, AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF SOUTH KINGSTOWN TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $85,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, AND ALL ATTENDANT EXPENSES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL COSTS, PROVIDED THAT THE AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE REDUCED BY THE AMOUNT OF CERTAIN GRANTS RECEIVED FROM STATE BOND PROCEEDS, FROM THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OR FROM THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY (Authorizes the town of South Kingstown to issue not more than $85,000,000 bonds and notes to finance the construction, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, landscaping, furnishing and equipping of schools and school facilities.)
• S0224 by Goodwin ENTITLED, AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $140,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 75% AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE AND PROVIDED THAT THE AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE REDUCED BY THE AMOUNT OF CERTAIN GRANTS RECEIVED FROM STATE BOND PROCEEDS, FROM THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OR FROM THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY (Authorizes Providence to issue not more than $140,000,000 bonds to finance the construction, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, landscaping, furnishing and equipping of schools and school facilities throughout the city of Providence.)
• S0374 by Sosnowski, Algiere, Valverde ENTITLED, AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF SOUTH KINGSTOWN TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $85,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, AND ALL ATTENDANT EXPENSES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL COSTS, PROVIDED THAT THE AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE REDUCED BY THE AMOUNT OF CERTAIN GRANTS RECEIVED FROM STATE BOND PROCEEDS, FROM THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OR FROM THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY (Authorizes the town of South Kingstown to issue not more than $85,000,000 bonds and notes to finance the construction, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, landscaping, furnishing and equipping of schools and school facilities.)

SCHEDULED FOR HEARING AND/OR CONSIDERATION

• H6123 by Casimiro, Craven ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT – QUONSET DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (Authorizes the Quonset development corporation to borrow up to one million dollars ($1,000,000) for operational purposes, the debt would not be a debt of the state and would be secured only by the Quonset development corporation’s assets.)
• H6024 (Judidicary) by Shanley, Craven, Barros ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE – STATE FUNDS (Adds the Judiciary’s Indirect Cost Recovery/Supreme Court, Victims’ Rights Information, RI Supreme Court Disciplinary Counsel and Small Claims Mediation accounts to the list of restricted receipt accounts which are not subject to indirect cost recovery.)
• H5223 by Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Abney, Ackerman, Shallcross Smith, Kennedy, Corvese ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ENABLING THE STATE LOTTERY DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE TO CONTRACT WITH IGT GLOBAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION AND TWIN RIVER (Enables the state lottery division of the department of revenue to enter into a contract extension with IGT Global Solutions Corporation and contract extensions with Twin River and affiliates of Twin River.)

4pm House Oversight

Agenda:

• Rhode Island College and the Office of Postsecondary Education: An update on Rhode Island College strategic planning

5pm Senate HHS

SCHEDULED FOR HEARING AND/OR CONSIDERATION

• S0167 by DiPalma, McCaffrey, Ruggerio, Goodwin, Algiere, Miller, Kallman, Gallo, Archambault ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS – PRESCRIPTION DRUG COST PROTECTION (Prohibits the state, ERISA or any health plans to purchase referenced drugs for a cost higher than the referenced rate.)
• S0170 by Murray, McCaffrey, Miller, Goodwin, Mack, Lawson, Kallman, Bell, Valverde, Goldin ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE – PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS (Limits health insurance carriers that provide coverage for prescription insulin drugs used to treat diabetes to 50 dollars for a copayment for a 30 day supply of medically necessary insulin.)
• S0381 by McCaffrey, DiPalma, Quezada, Miller ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE – PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS (Provides that health insurance policies that provide prescription drug coverage not include an annual or lifetime dollar limit on drug benefits.)
• S0383 by Goodwin, Ruggerio, McCaffrey, Miller, Coyne ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE – ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Insurance coverage for prostate/colon cancer screening.)
• S0487 by Burke, Goodwin, DiMario, Miller, Murray, Cano ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS – PHARMACIES – PRESCRIPTIONS (Requires pharmacists to notify their customers whether their cost sharing benefits exceed the actual retail price of the prescription sought.)
• S0494 by Ruggerio, McCaffrey, Goodwin, Miller, Coyne ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE (Requires drug companies disclose to office of the health insurance commissioner acquisition costs of drugs approved by FDA, if acquisition cost is at least $100 for 30 day supply and requires disclosure of rebates, price protection payments.)
• S0496 by Felag, Coyne, Seveney, Sosnowski, Ciccone, Raptakis ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE (Allows for modification of drug coverage pursuant to a health benefit plan as long as the modification occurs at the time of renewal, is effective among all health benefit plans which are at least substantially identical, and written notice is provided.)
• S0497 by Felag, Coyne, Seveney, Sosnowski, Ciccone, Raptakis ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE – PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS (Pharmacists may discuss reimbursement criteria with individuals presenting prescriptions.)
• S0498 by Coyne, McCaffrey ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS – PRESCRIPTION DRUG AFFORDABILITY BOARD – GROUP PURCHASING BOARD FOR RX WE CAN AFFORD (Create a prescription drug affordability board composed of representatives of affected stakeholders designated to investigate and comprehensively evaluate drug prices for Rhode Islanders and possible ways to reduce them to make them more affordable.)
• S0499 by DiPalma, Gallo, Felag, Coyne, Algiere ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS – WHOLESALE PRESCRIPTION DRUG IMPORTATION PROGRAM (Creates the Wholesale Prescription Drug Importation Program which allows for the wholesale importation of prescription drugs from Canada by or on behalf of the state.)
• S0592 by Miller, Lawson, DiMario, Valverde, Archambault, Bell ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS – PHARMACIES-INSURANCE (Updates and revises the current law on pharmacy benefit managers and prescription drug pricing including establishing maximum allowable cost limits and providing for amended administrative appeal procedures.)
• S0384 by Lawson, Lombardi, Burke, Murray, Euer, Cano, Sosnowski, Kallman ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS – UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Excludes chronic intractable pain from the definition of acute pain management. Prescribes new guidelines for treatment based upon 2016 CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain.)

5:30pm Senate Judiciary

SCHEDULED FOR HEARING AND/OR CONSIDERATION

• S0060 by Goldin, Valverde, DiMario, Cano, Murray ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS – RHODE ISLAND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES REPORTING (Permits campaign funds to be used to pay all childcare expenses that are incurred as a direct result of campaign activity.)
• S0124 by Calkin, Bell, Mendes, Mack, Anderson ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS – CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS (Restores aggregate contributions limits of not in excess of $10,000 within a calendar year.)
• S0130 by Bell, Calkin, Mendes, Anderson, Mack, DiMario, Kallman ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS – PRIMARIES (Requires that on all primaries, the candidate’s names would be listed in an order chosen by lot under the direction of the secretary of state.)
• S0181 by Mack, Goldin, Valverde, Acosta, Kallman, Bell, Anderson, Murray, Euer, Miller ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS – CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES (Repeals the state voter identification law.)
• S0184 by Sosnowski, Coyne, Miller, Euer, DiPalma ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS – MAIL BALLOTS (Removes the requirement that mail ballot voters sign necessary mail ballot documents be notarized and/or signed in the presence of two witnesses.)
• S0185 by Sosnowski, Coyne, Miller, McCaffrey, Gallo, Euer, DiPalma ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS – MAIL BALLOTS – EARLY VOTING (Authorizes early voting for registered and eligible electors, in all elections for the twenty (20) days before an election at designated city and town locations, with advance public notice regulated by rules promulgated by the state board of elections.)
• S0247 by Acosta, Kallman, Mack, Calkin, Goldin, Quezada, Valverde, Mendes, Bell ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS – MAIL BALLOTS (Creates early in-person voting and online applications for mail ballots. It removes the two (2) witnesses’ notarization of voter signature for mail ballots.)
• S0405 by Lawson, Coyne, Goldin, Murray, Euer, Cano, Sosnowski, Kallman, Burke, Lombardi ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS – GENERAL PROVISIONS (Allows individuals, who have not reached the age of eighteen (18) years, to vote in a primary election, as long as the voter will be eighteen (18) as of the date of the general or special election.)
• S0423 by de la Cruz, Raptakis ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS – PRIMARY ELECTION DATES (Requires that the primary election date, typically the eighth Tuesday preceding the biennial state elections, shall be held on the Wednesday immediately following Labor Day, only if the eighth Tuesday immediately follows Labor Day.)
• Senate Resolution No. 425 by Morgan, Rogers, Lombardi ENTITLED, SENATE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY VOTER FRAUD (Creates a 7 member special legislative commission whose purpose it would be to study and provide recommendations to prevent voter fraud, and who would report back to the Senate no later than February 7, 2022, and whose life would expire on April 7, 2022.)
• S0426 by Morgan ENTITLED, RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO CALL A CONVENTION OF STATES FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO SET A LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF TERMS THAT A PERSON MAY BE ELECTED AS A MEMBER OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND TO SET A LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF TERMS THAT A PERSON MAY BE ELECTED AS A MEMBER OF THE U.S. SENATE
• S0427 by Morgan, de la Cruz ENTITLED, RESOLUTION TO APPROVE, PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS – A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE (MAJORITY VOTE REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL OFFICERS’ ELECTION) (Amends the constitution to require elections of general officers to be by majority vote.)
• S0516 by Euer, Sosnowski, Goodwin, Coyne, Cano, DiMario ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS (Makes very comprehensive changes to the election laws concerning voter registration, voter rights, mail ballots and early day voting.)
• S0569 by DiMario, Euer, Murray, Cano ENTITLED, RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE – OF SUFFRAGE (Amends the state constitution to remove the requirement that you must reside in the state for thirty (30) days prior to registering to vote in the state.)
• S0608 by Paolino, de la Cruz, Morgan, Rogers, Pearson, Algiere, Seveney, DiPalma, Goldin ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS – VOTING DISTRICTS AND OFFICIALS-POLL WORKER COMPENSATION (Increases the minimum daily pay for election supervisors from $60 to $150.)
• S0620 (Board of Elections) by Archambault ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS – CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES REPORTING (Eliminates competing reporting requirements relating to referenda and consolidate all reporting requirements concerning the independent expenditures and electioneering communications for elections.)
• S0621 (Board of Elections) by Coyne ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS – MAIL BALLOTS (Removes the two witness and notary requirement for mail ballot applications and mail ballot certificate envelope. It would also delete the requirement that person may vote by mail, only if they are unable to vote in person.)
• S0622 (Board of Elections) by Coyne ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS – MAIL BALLOTS (Repeal is to follow the federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA) and to account for permitting voters to cast provisional ballots at the polling place.)
• S0623 (Board of Elections) by Coyne ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS – MAIL BALLOTS (Allows the board of elections to begin the certification of mail ballots 20 days prior to election day and require notice of such certification sessions. It also establishes a new and more comprehensive mail ballot voter signature verification process.)
• S0624 (Board of Elections) by Archambault ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS – WRITE-IN VOTES (Requires all write in candidates to file prior to election a declaration of intent to run for office with the secretary of state. Finally it would require the board of elections to report all votes received by declared write in candidates.)
• S0625 (Board of Elections) by Archambault ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS – NOMINATION OF PARTY AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES (Allows voters to endorse nomination of candidacy documents by mail, email, or facsimile and deliver to the candidate or board of canvassers in-person, via mail, email or facsimile.)
• S0015 by McCaffrey, Raptakis, Gallo, Goodwin ENTITLED, RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE – PROCEDURE TO FILL VACANCY IN OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, ATTORNEY GENERAL OR GENERAL TREASURER (This joint resolution would present to the electors a Rhode Island constitutional amendment which would create a procedure to fill vacancies in the offices of secretary of state, attorney general or general treasurer.)
• S0057 by McCaffrey, Raptakis, DiPalma, Gallo, Goodwin ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS – GENERAL STATE OFFICES (Requires a special election to fill a vacancy in the office of secretary of state, attorney general or general treasurer if more than one year is left in the term of office.)
• S0125 by Raptakis, Felag, Paolino, Sosnowski, de la Cruz, Rogers ENTITLED, RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE – REFERENDUM ON LINE ITEM VETO (This proposed amendment to the Constitution would provide the governor with a line item veto on the budget and other bills for the appropriation of money.)

7pm House Environment

SCHEDULED FOR CONSIDERATION

• H5445A by Carson, Cortvriend, Blazejewski, Kazarian, Ruggiero, Donovan, Speakman, Knight, McEntee, Alzate ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT – 2021 ACT ON CLIMATE (Establishes a statewide greenhouse gas emission reduction mandate.)

SCHEDULED FOR HEARING AND/OR CONSIDERATION

• H5919 by Cortvriend, Ruggiero, Carson, Handy, Potter, McGaw, Kislak, Tanzi, Fogarty ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS – GREEN BUILDINGS ACT (Repeals the expiration provisions that major facility projects or other public improvements comply with green building standards, thereby requiring major facility projects of state agencies to be construed to LEED standards.)
• H5922 by McNamara, Bennett, Solomon, Vella-Wilkinson ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS – PERMANENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING ACT COMPLIANCE (Extends air quality monitoring requirements and data submission deadline by one year.)
• H5966 by Handy, Bennett, Cortvriend, Carson, Felix, Ruggiero ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS- MINIMUM ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENCY STANDARDS (Establishes efficiency standards for selected residential and commercial products.)
• H5967 by Vella-Wilkinson, Ruggiero, Noret, Solomon, Donovan, Fogarty, Blazejewski, Shanley ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION – THE OCEAN STATE CLIMATE ADAPTATION FUND (Establishes the Ocean State Climate Adaptation and Resilience Fund.)

7pm House Municipal Gov

SCHEDULED FOR CONSIDERATION

• H5950 by Shekarchi, Blazejewski ENTITLED, HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE ENTIRE AREA OF LAND USE, PRESERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING, ENVIRONMENT, AND REGULATION (Creates a legislative commission to study the entire areas of land use, preservation, production, development, housing, environment and regulation, and would report back to the House of Representatives on or before 4/30/22 and would expire on 6/30/22.)
• H5953A by Speakman, Shekarchi, Kislak, Morales, Potter, Alzate, Williams, Knight, Donovan, Henries ENTITLED, HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING ACT (Creates a 17 member commission to study implementation of the Low and Moderate Income Housing Act, and who would report back to the House of Representatives by December 16, 2021, and expire on April 17, 2022.)
• H5330 by Knight, Cassar ENTITLED, AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF BARRINGTON

SCHEDULED FOR HEARING AND/OR CONSIDERATION

• H5817 (by request) by Cortvriend ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES – ZONING ORDINANCES (Provides a procedure for homeowners to submit to a municipal zoning board of review or municipal official or agency for a review to determine whether or not a proposed use under this chapter requires a special use permit.)
• H5818 by Nardone, Chippendale, Place, Quattrocchi ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES – AWARD OF MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS (Increases the aggregate amount of procurements for cities and towns from $10,000 to $25,000 for construction and from $5,000 to $10,000 for all other purchases.)
• H5819 by Filippi, Chippendale, Quattrocchi, Price, Place ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION – PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION ((Requires nonprofit entity exempt from real property tax to provide assessor with information every 5 yeas relating to the usage of the land/building/structures starting December 31, 2021.)
• H5820 by Hawkins, Biah ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES – RETAIL LICENSES (Holders of Class B licenses shall offer the public food during times alcoholic beverages are sold to the public.)
• H5822 by Nardone, Chippendale, Quattrocchi, Newberry, Price ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT – DEPARTMENT OF STATE – AWARD OF MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS (Provides that the secretary of state establish a registry for publication of municipal invitations for bids and that municipalities publish notice of invitations for bids with the registry.)
• H6037 by Kazarian, Amore ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO A TAX AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF EAST PROVIDENCE AND EXXONMOBIL OIL CORPORATION (Provides for a tax treaty between the city of East Providence and ExxonMobil Oil Corporation subject to the ratification of the East Providence city council.)
• H6038 by Fogarty, Tanzi, Cortvriend, Shallcross Smith, Ranglin-Vassell, Hull, McEntee, Messier ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES – SUBDIVISION OF LAND (Allows minor subdivision to remain minor and subject to the lesser time period for certification and also add more time for certification at the master and preliminary plan phases on major subdivisions and land developments.)
• H6039 by Cardillo, Hull, Solomon, Hawkins, Noret, Kazarian, Potter, Costantino, Vella-Wilkinson, Williams ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION – PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION EXEMPTION (Extends the manufacturing machinery and equipment exemption.)
• H6041 by Casey ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES (Mandates that any notice to the public required of a municipality be posted in a newspaper that is published on a daily basis and is distributed in that municipality.)
• H6092 by Shallcross Smith ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION – COLLECTION OF TAXES GENERALLY (Prohibits the tax sale of properties when litigation is pending disputing the amount owed.)