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4/29/2019
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MEDIA ADVISORY: House Finance Committee meets three times this week to hear a variety of legislation; voting on motion picture tax credit legislation
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STATE HOUSE – The House Finance Committee will be meeting three times this week to hear testimony on a variety of legislation. The committee will also be voting on legislation extending the state’s motion picture tax credits.
On Tuesday, April 30 at the RISE of the House (approximately 5 p.m.) in Room 35 of the State House, the committee will hear testimony on the following bills:
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2019-H 5047, sponsored by Rep. Christopher T. Millea (D-Dist. 16, Cranston), limits public school Kindergarten through Grade 2 class size to 20 students.
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2019-H 5100, sponsored by Rep. Marcia Ranglin-Vassell (D-Dist. 5, Providence), requires free lunches to be provided for all elementary and secondary students attending public schools, to the extent state and federal funds are available.
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2019-H 5192, sponsored by Rep. Grace Diaz (D-Dist. 11, Providence), establishes and requires funding for a world language and dual language immersion program.
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2019-H 5853, sponsored by Rep. Joseph M. McNamara (D-Dist. 19, Warwick, Cranston), establishes the Rhode Island Early Childhood Innovation Act and funds to support programs designed to narrow the education achievement gap for at-risk children who are entering kindergarten.
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2019-H 5862, sponsored by Representative McNamara, extends the Promise Scholarship program for two years through 2022.
On Wednesday, May 1 at the RISE of the House (approximately 5 p.m.) in Room 35 of the State House, the committee will consider legislation (2019-H 5381) sponsored by House Majority Leader K. Joseph Shekarchi (D-Dist. 23, Warwick) which extends the period for musical and theatrical productions to obtain tax credits to July 1, 2024.
The committee will also hear testimony on the following bills:
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2019-H 5161, sponsored by Rep. Robert. E. Craven (D-Dist. 32, North Kingstown), removes the $7 million limit allowing the motion picture production company tax credit to be carried forward. Increases the total credits that may be issued up to $25 million.
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2019-H 5220, sponsored by Rep. Julie A. Casimiro (D-Dist. 31, North Kingstown, Exeter), authorizes the Quonset Development Corp. to borrow up to $1 million for operational purposes, including from the RI infrastructure bank, which debt would not be a debt of the state and would be secured only by the Quonset development corporation's assets.
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2019-H 5388, sponsored by Rep. Robert D. Phillips (D-Dist. 51, Woonsocket, Cumberland), creates micro zones in distressed areas to stimulate economic revitalization, employment opportunities, and business development through the redevelopment of obsolete, dilapidated and abandoned industrial and commercial structures.
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2019-H 5949, sponsored by Rep. Carlos E. Tobon (D-Dist. 58, Pawtucket), imposes a fee of $160 for all domestic and foreign corporations for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state.
On Thursday, May 2 at the RISE of the House (approximately 5 p.m.) in Room 35 of the State House, the committee will hear testimony on the following bills:
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2019-H 5236, sponsored by Rep. Evan P. Shanley (D-Dist. 24, Warwick), establishes the Office of Inspector General as an independent administrative agency charged with the responsibility to investigate, detect, and prevent fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement in the expenditure of public funds.
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2019-H 5391, sponsored by Rep. Deborah A. Fellela (D-Dist. 43, Johnston), requires the first inspection of any new vehicle within five years from the date of purchase. If the vehicle is sold within five years, the new owner must obtain an inspection sticker before the current sticker expires.
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2019-H 5631, sponsored by Rep. Alex D. Marszalkowski (D-Dist. 52, Cumberland), requires the state to phase in the use of zero emission vehicles beginning in 2020 using state fleet replacement revolving loan funds.
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2019-H 5792, sponsored by Representative Diaz, provides that all beach parking fees remain at the current rate for the next three beach seasons.
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2019-H 5959, sponsored by Rep. Shelby Maldonado (D-Dist. 56, Central Falls), strips tax exempt status of municipal detention facility corporation; provides corporation ceases 90 days after dissolution vote and city/town council resolution; requires annual municipal approval of lease.
For more information, contact:
Andrew Caruolo, Publicist
State House Room 20
Providence, RI 02903
(401)222-6124
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