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2021 Legislative Activity
Budget
- Analysis of Governor’s FY 2022 Budget and Municipal Impacts (3/23/21, Report PDF)
- Letter to Governor McKee on FY 2022 Budget Priorities (1/20/21 LTR)
Legislative Testimony/Communications
- Opposition to Various Bills Modifying Property Tax Assessment (House Municipal Government, 3/12/21, H5589, H5634, H5676, H5785)
- Support of Land Use and Low Income Housing Study Commissions (House Municipal Government, 3/12/21, H5950, H5953)
- Opposition to Apprenticeship Mandate for School Construction (House Labor, 3/10/21, H5722)
- Opposition to PTSD Presumption Mandate (House Labor, 3/10/21, H6010)
- On Virtual Meetings in Open Meetings Act (House State Government, 3/10/21, H5891)
- Support of Public Notice Alternatives (House Judiciary, 3/10/21, H5429)
- Opposition to Teachers’ Bill of Rights (House Education, 3/10/21, H5355)
- Opposing Local Preemption of Local Zoning Ordinances (House Small Business, 3/26/21, H6119; Senate Housing, 4/7/21, S0654)
- Support of Governor’s Budget Housing Incentives for Municipalities (Senate Finance, 3/25/21, H6122 Article 16; House Finance, 4/13/21, H6122 Article 16)
- Support of Increased School Funding (House Finance, 3/23/21, H5062 and others; Senate Finance, 4/8/21, S0222 and others; Senate Education, 4/7/21, S0090 and others)
- Support of Clarifying Property Tax Appeal Process (House Municipal Government, 3/4/21, H5407; Senate Housing, 4/7/21, S0115)
- Opposition to Contract Continuation for Police and Fire (House Labor, 2/10/21, H5178, H5179, ; Senate Labor, 4/14/21, S0544, S0547)
- Opposition to Binding Arbitration for Municipal Employees (House Labor, 3/1/21, H5406; Senate Labor, 4/14/21, S0687)
- Support of Reforming the Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights (House Judiciary, 4/13/21, H6152 & H6153)
- Support of Wireless Telecommunications Act (House Innovation, 4/12/21, H6151)
- On Increasing Local Education Share (Senate Finance, 4/8/21, S0351)
- On Locally Administered Pension Plans (Senate Finance, 4/5/21, S0293)
- On Governor’s and Senate Proposals on Marijuana Legalization (Senate Finance/Judiciary, 4/1/21, Budget Article 11, S0568)
- Support of Protecting RI Resource Recovery Funding (Senate Environment, 3/31/21, S0291)
- Opposing Local Preemption of Local Zoning Ordinances (House Small Business, 3/26/21, H6119)
- Support of Governor’s Budget Housing Incentives for Municipalities (Senate Finance, 3/25/21, H6122 Article 16)
- Opposition to Local Commission Mandate for American Rescue Plan Funds (House Municipal Government, 3/25/21, House Resolution H6125)
- Opposition to Virtual Meeting Mandate in Open Meetings Act (House State Government, 3/24/21, H5894)
- Support of Increased School Funding (House Finance, 3/23/21, H5062 and others)
- Opposition to Unfunded Mandate in Early Voting (House State Government, 3/15/21, H5745, 3/24/21, H6003; Senate Judiciary, 3/18/21, S0185, S0516)
- Support of Local Control of Tobacco Sales (Senate Judiciary, 3/15/21, S0258; House Municipal Government, 3/25/21, H5633)
- On Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Fund (House Environment, 3/18/21, H5967; Senate Environment, 3/31/21, S0035)
- Opposition to Various Bills Modifying Property Tax Assessment (House Municipal Government, 3/12/21, H5589, H5634, H5676, H5785)
- Support of Land Use and Low Income Housing Study Commissions (House Municipal Government, 3/12/21, H5950, H5953)
- Opposition to Apprenticeship Mandate for School Construction (House Labor, 3/10/21, H5722)
- Opposition to PTSD Presumption Mandate (House Labor, 3/10/21, H6010)
- On Virtual Meetings in Open Meetings Act (House State Government, 3/10/21, H5891)
- Support of Public Notice Alternatives (House Judiciary, 3/10/21, H5429)
- Opposition to Teachers’ Bill of Rights (House Education, 3/10/21, H5355)
- Support of Clarifying Property Tax Appeal Process (House Municipal Government, 3/4/21, H5407)
- Support of Reforms to Energy Facility Siting Act (House Environment, 3/4/21, H5278; Senate Judiciary 3/15/21, S0194)
- On Municipal Certification of Rental Housing (House Judiciary, 3/2/21, H5389)
- Support of Continuing Education for Planning/Zoning Boards (House Judiciary, 3/2/21, H5392)
- On Quorum Changes to Planning/Zoning Boards (House Judiciary, 3/2/21, H5568)
- Support of Short-Term Rental Registration (House Corporations, 3/2/21, H5505)
- Support of Statewide Computer-Aided Dispatch (Senate Judiciary, 3/1/21, S0059; House Judiciary, 3/1/21, H5596)
- Opposition to Comprehensive Community-Police Relationship Act (Senate Judiciary; House Judiciary, 3/1/21, S0122; 3/3/21, H5653)
- On Municipal Impacts of PFAS Regulation (House Environment, 2/26/21, H5523)
- Support of Election Day Change After Labor Day (House State Government, 2/26/21, H5284; Senate Judiciary, 3/18/21, S0423)
- Opposition to Local Preemption in Plastic Bag Ban (Senate Environment, 2/24/21, S0037)
- Opposition to Expansion of Public Works Definition (House Finance, 2/24/21, H5225)
- Support of Municipal Infrastructure Grant Program (House Finance, 2/24/21, H5455)
- Support of Firefighter Overtime Exemption (Senate Labor, 2/24/21, S0269; House Labor, 2/24/21, H5405)
- Opposition to Residential Density Requirements (House Municipal Government, 2/11/21, H5128)
- On Workers Compensation Presumption for COVID (House Labor, 2/10/21, H5264, 3/1/21, H5474)
- Opposition to Contract Continuation for Police and Fire (House Labor, 2/10/21, H5178, H5179)