Coming up in Committee: Six Bills to be Heard by the RI General Assembly, January 28 – January 30

1. H7050: A “person, corporation, or other entity who has resolved” 38 Studios project claims “is not liable for claims for contribution or equitable indemnity regarding matters addressed in the settlement”. (H Judiciary; Tue, Jan 28) This bill has already passed by the Senate Judiciary committee 9-0 (including Senator Dawson Hodgson voting in the affirmative), so it’s on a fast track.

2. H7053: Creates a “Joint Committee of the Repealer” within the legislature, to recommend laws & regulations for repeal. (H Judiciary; Tue, Jan 28)

3. H7012: Reduces the state education board’s discretion with regards to transportation, mandating that transportation services be made available “for students who reside two (2) or more miles from school” (where currently no specific distance limit exists). (H Health, Education and Welfare; Wed, Jan 29)

4. H7080: Requires that all motor vehicles rented in RI “be registered, insured and inspected in the state of Rhode Island”. (H Corporations; Tue, Jan 28) Could this be the latest attempt to make life difficult for the Uber hired-vehicle service?

5. H7054: Requires candidates, political parties and political action committees to report their expenditures over $100 “in furtherance of the nomination, election, or defeat of any candidate or the approval or rejection of any question submitted to the voters, or at any financial town meeting, financial town referendum, or other election at which amendments to a city or town charter are proposed”. (Reporting of contributions for any of the reasons cited above is already required). (H Judiciary; Tue, Jan 28)

6. H7126: Changes the law from saying that municipal recreation departments may request a background check on employees and volunteers, to saying that municipal recreation departments, with written authorization from the potential checkee, may request a background check on employees and volunteers. It doesn’t say what happens if the potential employee or volunteer refuses to give written permission (or get the background check himself/herself). A second paragraph in the bill goes on to apply the same rules to fire districts and fire departments in Burrillville. Not anywhere else, just Burrillville. (H Judiciary; Tue, Jan 28)

Inobvious priorities: H7155 >> Bans pets (even leashed ones) from the Rhode Island Veterans’ cemetery, under penalty of a $500 fine.

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