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This Week At the State House     Tuesday, March 18th   Liability for Artificial Intelligence Product Injuries   On Tuesday (At the Rise in Room 313), the Senate Judiciary Committee is asking for comments on S.358, An Act Relating to Courts and Civil Procedure – Causes of Action. This legislation affects developers engaged in the initial training or fine tuning of artificial intelligence ...read more

Legislative Break Week   The General Assembly observed the annual February legislative break last week.     Next Week At the State House   Monday, February 24th   AI 101 The Senate Artificial Intelligence & Emerging Technology Committee will have a presentation at 2:30pm in Room 313 by URI Professor Zhu (Drew) Zhang on Artificial Intelligence. To watch the livestream, visit ...read more

Legislative Break Next Week   The General Assembly will observe the annual February legislative break next week.     This Week At the State House   Tuesday, February 11th   Advertising Prices of Goods and Services   The House Corporations Committee has H.5247 on its agenda Tuesday At the Rise (approximately 4:30pm) in Room 101. ...read more

What’s In the Governor’s Budget?   Article 2 – Relating to State Funds   · Under current law, municipal road and bridge projects must be on a priority list to obtain funding under the Municipal and Bridge Revolving Fund. Article 2 proposes to expand the eligibility to projects not on the priority list if the funding sought is to match federal, state, local or other funding. The Article also ...read more

This Week At the State House   As we approach the last few weeks of session, most of the bills mentioned in this publication will be scheduled for a vote by the committee, with a few hearings sprinkled throughout. The House Finance Committee has not posted the budget yet, but is expected to do so at any moment.   Tuesday, May 28th   H.7837, An Act Relating to Labor and Labor Relations – ...read more

Last Week At the State House   The Senate Labor Committee passed two bills of particular note, sending them to the Senate floor for a vote Tuesday, April 30th.   S.2123 SubA, An Act Relating to Labor and Labor Relations – Payment of Wages, was amended by the committee. Today employers must include with wage payments, an account of the hours worked, deductions from gross earnings and an ...read more

PRESS RELEASE    Governor McKee, DEM, CRMC and RIIB Announce Availability of Nearly $4M in Grants for Resilience Projects to Protect Coastal Habitat Shoreline Access on Public Lands   PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) are jointly soliciting project proposals for ...read more

*** ACTION ALERT ***   In a recent conversation with Legislative Leaders about legislation that could harm the business community, they remarked that they don't hear enough from business owners like you at the State House. The Chamber realizes that it is difficult to come to the state house and sit through a hearing because you are busy facing the challenges of running a business. However, you ...read more

This Week At the State House   The legislature is on break this week. The House bill filing deadline has been extended to February 27th. Both the House and Senate will resume hearings and floor sessions Tuesday, February 27, 2024.   US Chamber Asks for Your Help   In 2017, Congress passed a permanent reduction to the corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21% as part of the Tax Cuts and ...read more