Representative • Democrat

Brian Kennedy

Rhode Island • District HD-038

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Bills Sponsored

Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):

89% Positive

Voting Pattern

Nay: 54

Not Voting: 83

Other: 2

Yea: 2021

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Makes students in workforce-ready certificate programs at the Community College of Rhode Island eligible to receive the Rhode Island Promise Scholarship.

Increases the personal needs allowance of nursing facility residents from seventy-five dollars ($75.00) to one hundred dollars ($100) per month.

Ensures that transportation categorical funds between the state and regional school districts would be fully funded.

Allows an individual school district that can utilize its own buses or vendors at a lower cost than the statewide system, to obtain reimbursement for these costs from state funds.

Increases the state’s regionalization bonus to six percent (6%) of the state’s fiscal year share of foundation education aid. This bonus would be ongoing and continuing so long as the district remains a regional school district.

Provides protection from and prevent the unethical, improper conduct and the collection of fees by, anyone advising or assisting a veteran filing a claim for disability benefits with the Department of Veterans Affairs except as authorized by federal law.

Provides that licensed independent clinical social workers be able to enroll and bill Medicaid directly for covered services provided to adults with Medicaid fee-for-service coverage.

Requires a member of the public to pay any outstanding balances due and owing for previous requests before being provided copies of records and documents on a new request from law enforcement agencies.

Requires the school board or committees of cities and towns to establish a safety and behavioral health committee and also lays out the representation requirements committee responsibilities to ensure a stable learning environment for all students.

Provides for paid leave for a state employee who donates an organ. The duration of the leave is dependent on the type of donation and notice should be provided to the employer at least thirty (30) days prior to the leave.

Amends the composition of school bus districts within the state to provide transportation to students in grades kindergarten through 12.

Prohibits the collection of sales tax on refundable deposits for batteries and core charges for motor vehicle equipment, parts or components.

Redirects the distribution of hotel tax money to the Rhode Island commerce corporation.

Raises the amount of life insurance the state provides at no charge to Rhode Island National Guard members called up for federal duty to five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).

Establishes a bureau of public protection within the department of attorney general.

Adds "debit cards" to the section of law relating to fraudulent use of credit cards.

Authorizes and regulates the distribution of the product known as "kratom."

Removes nuclear plant projects from seeking the approval from the general assembly for the construction of said nuclear plant.

Provides Rhode Island residents over nonresidents with priority when making reservations to secure a campsite and other recreational facilities.

Requires the employers of unionized public school teachers, municipal employees and state employees, to provide the union, at least once every 120 days, a list of all their employees in their union, as well as their personal and demographic information.

Allows preferred sites to be developed without being subject to the cap or rate reduction in the net metering statute.

Allows for the procurement of nuclear power.

Prohibits health benefit plans reviewing prescriptions for opioid addiction treatment.

Makes the provisions of §§ 45-19.1-3 and 45-19.1-4, benefits for firefighters with cancer, effective regardless of any general, special or specific law, or any charter and/or municipal ordinance to the contrary.

Changes the service requirement for admissions to RI Veterans' Home from 90 days to 2 years, and gives priority to veterans defined as war veterans.

Established crime of real estate title fraud and creates private cause of action.

Changes the process of nominating candidates for the general election, by replacing the political party primary with a primary general election.

Extends the time for which a student may enroll in the community college of Rhode Island Promise Scholarship program to one year after the student's high school graduation.

Defines "military-connected student" and provides advance enrollment and open enrollment school registration procedures to give the military connected student flexibility in choosing a school district.

Authorizes municipalities to make an emergency declaration under limited circumstances to allow for the construction and use of SAVE Units on a temporary basis which have specialized requirements and exemptions from the state fire and building codes.

Increases the public utilities reserve fund cap and the cap on expenses relating to the public utilities commission and the division of public utilities and carriers representing the state before federal agencies.

Prohibits members of elected city/town political party committees as well as representative/senate district committees from serving on local canvassing authorities.

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