Representative • Republican

Christopher Paplauskas

Rhode Island • District HD-015

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Bills Sponsored

Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):

74% Positive

Voting Pattern

Nay: 25

Other: 6

Yea: 175

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Sponsored Bills

RI H5516•Introduced

Requires all write-in votes, regardless of qualification, to be reported and published by the state board of elections, on its website.

Co-Sponsor

RI H6202•Introduced

Places a moratorium on net metering contracts, subsidies for heat pumps and long-term contracts for the purchasing of solar or wind energy.

Co-Sponsor

RI H6203•Introduced

Increases the maximum number of voters that a polling place can accommodate 3,000 to 3,500 and provide for existing polling places that exceed the maximum number of voters, not be required to be changed until the next decennial redistricting.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5251•Engrossed

Allows the school building administration or teachers in all grades to provide the opportunity for students to observe a brief moment of silence on every September 11.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5084•Engrossed

Adds early voting to the fifty (50) feet buffer prohibitions against politicking on election day voting.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5777•Introduced

Repeals the act authorizing toll facilities on state roads.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5475•Introduced

Exempts new or used bicycles from sale and use tax.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5393•Introduced

Requires that all maintenance of sidewalks along state highways, with the exception of snow and ice removal, be the responsibility of the state.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5994•Introduced

Requires the department of environmental management to develop, identify, maintain and update a list of projects that qualify for forest and open space land conservation funding pursuant to federal laws.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5778•Introduced

Establishes the first time home buyer savings program act. Allows modifications to federal adjusted gross income for $50,000 in contributions and $150,000 of interest and dividends included in federal adjusted gross income.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5758•Introduced

Includes payment of social security benefits to the modification reducing federal adjusted gross income on personal income taxes.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5402•Introduced

Creates business tax credit for, eliminates sale tax on, eliminates income tax on the sale of, and creates a 10 year tax valuation freeze on newly renovated affordable housing.

Co-Sponsor

RI H6316•Introduced

Requires Rhode Island Energy to enter into at least one long-term contract, for at least a four (4) year period, to procure natural gas pipeline capacity with an interstate pipeline operator.

Co-Sponsor

RI H6008•Introduced

Allows an income tax credit for employer contributions to an eligible employee's ABLE account, for a maximum credit of two thousand dollars ($2,000) per employee, per year.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5900•Engrossed

Distinguishes, in two separate subsections, a first offense for reckless driving, which is a misdemeanor, and a second or subsequent offense for reckless driving, which is a felony.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5518•Engrossed

Requires the local board of canvassers to publish early voting dates, hours, and location, at least twice in a newspaper of general circulation and to publish the same on the municipality's website for the duration of in-person early voting period.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5780•Introduced

Allows the dependents of a National Guard member, who is in good standing, to be eligible for tuition assistance.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5399•Introduced

Provides that a school district could elect and choose to not spend money on any mandate that is not fully funded through the state education aid formula.

Co-Sponsor

RI H6188•Introduced

Establishes a system to publicly disseminate emergency alerts regarding a missing adult with an intellectual disability.

Primary Sponsor

RI H6147•Introduced

Adds a rebuttable defense if any person shall die or sustain a personal injury while committing robbery of the owner, lessor, or occupant of a motor vehicle and that the owner or occupant of the vehicle acted in self-defense.

Co-Sponsor

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Christopher Paplauskas

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Sponsored Bills

Requires all write-in votes, regardless of qualification, to be reported and published by the state board of elections, on its website.

Places a moratorium on net metering contracts, subsidies for heat pumps and long-term contracts for the purchasing of solar or wind energy.

Repeals the Renewable Energy Growth Program.

Adds nuclear energy sources to the list of renewable energy resources.

Repeals the energy efficiency charge.

Increases the maximum number of voters that a polling place can accommodate 3,000 to 3,500 and provide for existing polling places that exceed the maximum number of voters, not be required to be changed until the next decennial redistricting.

Allows the school building administration or teachers in all grades to provide the opportunity for students to observe a brief moment of silence on every September 11.

Adds early voting to the fifty (50) feet buffer prohibitions against politicking on election day voting.

Repeals the act authorizing toll facilities on state roads.

Exempts new or used bicycles from sale and use tax.

Requires that all maintenance of sidewalks along state highways, with the exception of snow and ice removal, be the responsibility of the state.

Requires the department of environmental management to develop, identify, maintain and update a list of projects that qualify for forest and open space land conservation funding pursuant to federal laws.

Establishes the first time home buyer savings program act. Allows modifications to federal adjusted gross income for $50,000 in contributions and $150,000 of interest and dividends included in federal adjusted gross income.

Includes payment of social security benefits to the modification reducing federal adjusted gross income on personal income taxes.

Creates business tax credit for, eliminates sale tax on, eliminates income tax on the sale of, and creates a 10 year tax valuation freeze on newly renovated affordable housing.

Requires Rhode Island Energy to enter into at least one long-term contract, for at least a four (4) year period, to procure natural gas pipeline capacity with an interstate pipeline operator.

Allows an income tax credit for employer contributions to an eligible employee's ABLE account, for a maximum credit of two thousand dollars ($2,000) per employee, per year.

Distinguishes, in two separate subsections, a first offense for reckless driving, which is a misdemeanor, and a second or subsequent offense for reckless driving, which is a felony.

Requires the local board of canvassers to publish early voting dates, hours, and location, at least twice in a newspaper of general circulation and to publish the same on the municipality's website for the duration of in-person early voting period.

Allows the dependents of a National Guard member, who is in good standing, to be eligible for tuition assistance.

Provides that a school district could elect and choose to not spend money on any mandate that is not fully funded through the state education aid formula.

Establishes a system to publicly disseminate emergency alerts regarding a missing adult with an intellectual disability.

Adds a rebuttable defense if any person shall die or sustain a personal injury while committing robbery of the owner, lessor, or occupant of a motor vehicle and that the owner or occupant of the vehicle acted in self-defense.

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