Rhode Island State Representative

Alex Finkelman 2024 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7019

Introduced
1/5/24  
Refer
1/5/24  
Report Pass
5/15/24  
Engrossed
5/23/24  
Establishes "workplace readiness week". It requires all public high schools, including charter schools, to annually observe that week by providing information to students on their rights as workers and specifies the topics that must be covered.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7020

Introduced
1/5/24  
Refer
1/5/24  
Report Pass
6/10/24  
Engrossed
6/11/24  
Engrossed
6/14/24  
Establishes the Transparency in Arts Education Access and Proficiency Act to promote arts education.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7037

Introduced
1/5/24  
Exempts from the sales tax scalp hair prosthesis or wigs that are necessary due to hair loss from a medical condition.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7044

Introduced
1/5/24  
Requires all health care facilities to provide functional automated external defibrillators (AEDs
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7052

Introduced
1/5/24  
Prohibits the declawing of cats by any surgical procedure to amputate or modify a portion of a cat's paw in order to remove the cat's claws. Does not apply to any procedure performed for a therapeutic purpose.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7055

Introduced
1/5/24  
HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL AFTER THE OCTOBER 7, 2023, TERRORIST ATTACKS BY HAMAS
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7063

Introduced
1/5/24  
Incorporates universal design principals into new construction of low- and moderate-income housing to provide greater accessibility for persons with disabilities.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7065

Introduced
1/5/24  
Refer
1/5/24  
Report Pass
5/29/24  
Engrossed
6/5/24  
Engrossed
6/11/24  
Extends the current provisions relative to certain rights of innkeepers and eliminates the sunsetting of such sections thereby preserving the law as it currently exists.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7072

Introduced
1/5/24  
JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE, PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE -- FOUR YEAR TERMS FOR REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS (Proposes an amendment to the State Constitution, Article IV, Section 1, that would allow four (4) year terms for general assembly members, commencing with the 2026 election.)
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7112

Introduced
1/10/24  
Refer
1/10/24  
Report Pass
2/14/24  
Engrossed
2/29/24  
Allows the waiver of interest on overdue taxes for commercial properties.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7116

Introduced
1/10/24  
Refer
1/10/24  
Report Pass
1/30/24  
Engrossed
2/1/24  
Would amend certain signature requirements and deadlines regarding primaries for election of delegates to national conventions for presidential preference.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7117

Introduced
1/10/24  
Changes the process of nominating candidates for the general election, by replacing the political party primary with a primary general election.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7203

Introduced
1/17/24  
Refer
1/17/24  
Report Pass
4/4/24  
Engrossed
4/9/24  
Refer
4/16/24  
Report Pass
5/29/24  
Enrolled
6/11/24  
Adds the month of August to the dates a Class A retail alcoholic beverage establishment can offer unlimited free samples of wine, beer and distilled spirits products.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7220

Introduced
1/18/24  
Refer
1/18/24  
Report Pass
5/30/24  
Engrossed
6/5/24  
Enrolled
6/11/24  
Allows manufacturer-wineries to sell up to three (3) drinks of wine for on-site consumption or three (3) bottles of wine for off-site consumption or three (3) bottles of wine for off-site consumption.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7236

Introduced
1/19/24  
Includes animal cruelty offenses to the domestic violence crimes committed by a family or household members against another.