Rhode Island State Representative

Joseph McNamara 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 H7000

Introduced
1/2/24  
HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE NEIL A. CORKERY
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7001

Introduced
1/2/24  
HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE JAMES F. DAVEY
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7007

Introduced
1/4/24  
HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING AND RECOGNIZING BARBARA J. DISANTO ON THE JOYOUS OCCASION OF HER 90TH BIRTHDAY
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7009

Introduced
1/4/24  
HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF ELEANOR M. SKENYON
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7017

Introduced
1/5/24  
Refer
1/5/24  
Report Pass
6/11/24  
Engrossed
6/13/24  
Enrolled
6/14/24  
Directs PUC to extend utility termination moratorium for gas/electricity from April 15 to May 1, of each year with discretion to respond to emergency/ economic conditions/customers' needs.
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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 H7047

Introduced
1/5/24  
Amends the current law on controlled substances to permit a person to be in possession of less than one ounce of psilocybin and permits psilocybin to be securely cultivated within a person's residence for personal use.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7050

Introduced
1/5/24  
Increases minimum sentence for first degree sexual assault and provides first 10 years of a sentence for first degree sexual assault not be subject to a suspension or deferment of sentence.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7054

Introduced
1/5/24  
Provides employees with civil administrative remedies against contractors, subcontractors involved in the contract with joint/severable liability imposed on contractors or subcontractors. Effective 9/1/2024.
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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 H7069

Introduced
1/5/24  
Refer
1/5/24  
Report Pass
5/29/24  
Engrossed
6/4/24  
Requires one of the seven (7) directors of the Rhode Island airport corporation be appointed by the mayor of the city of Warwick.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7077

Introduced
1/9/24  
HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF BROTHER MICHAEL REIS, FSC, LICSW, PH. D (H.C.), FOUNDER OF TIDES FAMILY SERVICES
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7082

Introduced
1/10/24  
Requires carriers offering dental benefit plans to annually submit information which includes the current and projected medical loss ratio for claims for their plans. The medical loss ratio would be eighty-five percent (85%).
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7085

Introduced
1/10/24  
Refer
1/10/24  
Report Pass
1/25/24  
Engrossed
1/30/24  
Enrolled
2/15/24  
VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF NEW ENGLAND BIBLE DOCTRINE CHURCH
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7104

Introduced
1/10/24  
Gives authority to the DLT to enforce violations of the laws relating to corrosion prevention and mitigation work requirements. Also adds civil monetary penalties for violations of those laws.