State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations JOURNAL -OF THE- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY SESSION of the General Assembly begun and held at the State House in the City of Providence on Tuesday, the fifth day of January in the year of Our Lord two thousand and ten. Volume 137, No. 2 Wednesday, January 6, 2010 Second Day The House of Representatives meets at the State House in Providence, Wednesday, January 6, 2010 and is called to order at 4:22 o clock P.M., by the Honorable William J. Murphy, Speaker. The roll is called and a quorum is declared present with 74 members present and 1 member absent as follows: PRESENT - 74: The Honorable Speaker Murphy and Representatives Ajello, Almeida, Azzinaro, Baldelli-Hunt, Brien, Caprio, Carnevale, Carter, Coderre, Corvese, Costantino, DaSilva, DeSimone, Diaz, Driver, Edwards, Ehrhardt, Fellela, Ferri, Fierro, Flaherty, Fox, Gablinske, Gallison, Gemma, Giannini, Guthrie, Handy, Hearn, Jackson, Jacquard, Kennedy, Kilmartin, Lima, Loughlin, MacBeth, Malik, Marcello, Martin, Mattiello, McCauley, McNamara, Melo, Menard, Messier, Naughton, Newberry, O'Neill, Pacheco, Palumbo, Petrarca, Pollard, A. Rice, M. Rice, Ruggiero, San Bento, Savage, Schadone, Segal, Serpa, Shallcross, Silva, Slater, Sullivan, Trillo, Ucci, Vaudreuil, Walsh, Wasylyk, Watson, Williams, Williamson, Winfield. ABSENT - 1: Representative Lally. INVOCATION The Honorable Speaker presents Representative Martin who delivers the Invocation and leads the membership in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. (For Invocation, see Appendix, this Journal.) APPROVAL OF RECORD By unanimous consent, the House Journals of Thursday, June 25, Wednesday, June 26, Wednesday, October 28, Thursday October 29, 2009 and Tuesday, January 5, 2010 are approved as printed.
H.J. -- 2 JOURNAL Wednesday, January 6, 2010 NEW BUSINESS House Bill No. 7007 BY Rice M, Carter, Trillo, Walsh, Naughton ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HISTORIAN LAUREATE OF RHODE ISLAND (would establish the position of historian laureate in Rhode Island) {LC133/1} 01/06/2010 Introduced, referred to House Constituent Services House Bill No. 7008 BY Gemma, Fox, Giannini ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - RHODE ISLAND ORTHOTICS AND PROSTHETICS PRACTICES ( would extend qualifications for a license to practice orthotics or prosthetics to those with an associate's degree) {LC242/1} 01/06/2010 Introduced, referred to House Corporations House Bill No. 7009 ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE LICENSES (would allow the holder of a Class C wholesalers liquor license to sell alcoholic beverages directly to bakeries to be used for cooking or baking purposes only if those bakeries use a minimum of 1,000 gallons of alcohol each year) {LC53/1} 01/06/2010 Introduced, referred to House Corporations House Resolution No. 7010 ENTITLED, HOUSE RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THAT THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT KEEP LINCOLN WOODS STATE PARK OPEN YEAR ROUND {LC56/1} 01/06/2010 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources House Bill No. 7011 BY Rice M, Gallison, Edwards, Brien, Pollard ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- STATE AID {LC134/1} 01/06/2010 Introduced, referred to House Finance House Bill No. 7012 ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- CIGARETTE TAX (would prohibit the granting of a license under chapter 44-20, the "Cigarette Tax," to applicants who are licensed as a health care facility and/or in certain instances, as a pharmacy) {LC51/1} 01/06/2010 Introduced, referred to House Finance
H.J. -- 3 JOURNAL Wednesday, January 6, 2010 House Bill No. 7013 ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS -- LICENSE OR PERMIT FEE (would increase the fee for a weapons license or permit from $40.00 to $100 and would provide that nonresident permits would be valid for one year) {LC47/1} 01/06/2010 Introduced, referred to House Finance House Bill No. 7014 BY Gablinske, Edwards, Gallison, Rice A, Malik ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- REGULATION OF BOATS (would require all ships over 150' feet in length whose primary cargo is hazardous material to have at least 25' feet of clearance under all of RI's bridges) {LC59/1} 01/06/2010 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources. House Bill No. 7015 ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - PUBLIC UTILITIES (would make it a felony to trespass upon the property of a utility, and would set forth punishments of a term of imprisonment of not more than 3 years, by a fine not exceeding $1,500, or both {LC50/1} House Bill No. 7016 BY Vaudreuil, Silva ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS - ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS (would prohibit the release of the identity of a police officer involved in a deadly force incident until after the culmination of a grand jury proceeding {LC209/1} House Bill No. 7017 BY Ehrhardt ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (allow Donald Dragon, Jr., to join Brianne Elizabeth Ryan and Guido Damon Silvestri in marriage) {LC196/1} House Bill No. 7018 BY Serpa ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Robert Hopkins to join Ashley Garland Iasiello and Lieutenant Michael Robert Mazzone, USN, in marriage) {LC136/1} House Bill No. 7019 BY Melo ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Honorable Robert Wright to join Keelia Wright and Zachary Kentor in marriage) {LC183/1}
H.J. -- 4 JOURNAL Wednesday, January 6, 2010 House Bill No. 7020 BY Marcello ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES ( Charles Michael Blais to join Janice Elizabeth Blais and David Edmund Amaral in marriage) {LC194/1} House Bill No. 7021 ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (add the hallucinogenic drugs Salvia Divinorum (Salvinorin A or Divinorin A) and Datura stramonium (gypsum weed or jimsom weed) to the RI Controlled Substances Act Schedule I, the misuse of which may result in the requisite criminal penalties for abuse) {LC52/1} House Bill No. 7022 ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - TRESPASS AND VANDALISM ( would amend the penalties for willful trespass within school buildings by mandating a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for one year, or both) {LC58/1} House Bill No. 7023 BY Vaudreuil, Silva ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE BENEFITS {LC210/1} 01/06/2010 Introduced, referred to House Labor House Bill No. 7024 (by request) BY Rice M, Caprio D, Walsh, Lally ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (would change the deadline for applying for a veteran's tax exemption to five days prior to the certification of the tax roll) {LC132/1} 01/06/2010 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government House Resolution No. 7025 BY Naughton, Coderre E, McNamara, Williamson ENTITLED, HOUSE RESOLUTION AMENDING THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE YEARS 2009-2010 {LC253/1} 01/06/2010 Introduced, referred to House Rules Committee House Resolution No. 7026 BY Naughton, Coderre E, Rice M, Kilmartin, McNamara ENTITLED, HOUSE RESOLUTION CONTINUING THE 2005-2006 RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PENDING THE ADOPTION OF NEW RULES FOR THE 2009-2010 SESSION {LC239/1}
H.J. -- 5 JOURNAL Wednesday, January 6, 2010 01/06/2010 Introduced, referred to House Rules Committee House Resolution No. 7027 BY Giannini, Fox, Fellela, DaSilva, Messier ENTITLED, HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2010 TO BE "NATIONAL SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND {LC280/1} Representative Giannini requests unanimous consent for immediate consideration. There is no objection. Read and passed, on a motion of Representative Giannini seconded by Representative Coderre and many other members of the House by unanimous consent, on a voice vote. TRANSMITTAL By unanimous consent, all matters on the Clerk s desk are ordered to be transmitted to the Honorable Secretary of State, forthwith. ANNOUNCEMENT Representative Melo announces that the Committee on Finance will meet tomorrow at 1 o clock P.M., in Room 35 of the State House. GUESTS The Honorable Speaker Murphy welcomes to the House Chamber as guests Jodi Di Raimo and his daughter Lisa. At 4:24 o clock P.M. the Honorable Speaker Murphy yields the rostrum to Representative Trillo. By unanimous consent, Representative Trillo addresses the members of the House and welcomes to the House Julianna Clare Strout, Miss Rhode Island from the Miss America pageant. By unanimous consent, Miss Rhode Island sings America the Beautiful and also addresses the members of the House. At 4:29 o clock P.M. the Honorable Speaker returns to the rostrum. At 4:30 o clock P.M. the Honorable Speaker yields the rostrum to Representative Williamson. By unanimous consent, Representative Williamson addresses the members of the House and welcomes to the House the State of Rhode Island Champions and the New England Regional Champions the West Warwick Steelers JR., PEE WEE Division as follows: Luis Colon, Bret Langlais, Kevin Paygai, Andrew In, Nequan Collins, David Lamountain, Richard Silvia,
H.J. -- 6 JOURNAL Wednesday, January 6, 2010 Dwayne Baker, Tyler Coburn, Brian Moretti, Brogan Guilmette, Brett Gauvin, Jason Palmer, Luis Salazar, Joseph Paquette, Avery Williamson, Maxwell Laiter, Connor Hawkins, Jarden Garofalo, Isaiah Baker, Jonathan Bonilla and Alex Hernandez, along with their Head Coach- Dave Lamountain, Assistant Coaches-Lou Colon and Tim Laiter, Team Mother-Renee Andracha, PEE WEE Division as follows: Kody Greenhaigh, Derek Persechino, Austin Paygai, Cody Barcomb, Gage Dennette, Tyler Lancaster, Benjamin Roy, Maxwell Mullins, Evan Barrera, Nathaniel Snow, Michael Nolan, Samuel Craig, Tyler Tartaglia, Jacob Roy, Samuel Hill, Thomas Doran, Zachary Lenahan, Jared Rathbun, Bryan Pacheco, Jacob Anderson, Matthew Reid, Joshua McAllister and Issac Manuel. At 4:35 o clock P.M. the Honorable Speaker Murphy returns to the rostrum, welcomes Mary Anne Williamson and congratulates Coach Williamson along with the other coaches, players and parents. ADJOURNMENT At 4:37 o clock P.M. on motion of Representative Fox seconded by Representative Watson the House adjourns, on a voice vote. Linda M. McElroy Recording Clerk
H.J. -- 7 JOURNAL Wednesday, January 6, 2010 APPENDIX INVOCATION REPRESENTATIVE PETER MARTIN O Lord, as we begin this legislative year, we have much work to do and difficult decisions to make. Help us to govern wisely and to be responsive to the needs of the people of Rhode Island.
H.J. -- 8 JOURNAL Wednesday, January 6, 2010 APPENDIX CALENDAR IN ORDER FOR THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2010: 1 2010-H 7006 BY Costantino ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- RENAMING THE RHODE ISLAND TRAINING SCHOOL Ordered on the Calendar Francis P. McCabe Clerk of the House Wednesday, January 6, 2010