| H5115 | Pass | Clarifies what constitutes a felony, misdemeanor, and petty misdemeanor and also amends the penalties for certain criminal offenses involving assault and larceny, based on the value of property stolen.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-28
Signed by Governor |
| H6386 | Pass | Allows the Honorable Donald Shaw to join Kathryn Wallace and Matthew Lowery in marriage on or about September 2, 2018, within the Town of Narragansett, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-28
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0007 | Pass | Amends provisions of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-28
Signed by Governor |
| S0021 | Pass | Addresses the potential for sudden cardiac arrest among student athletes by raising awareness of the symptoms ad requiring medical evaluations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-28
Signed by Governor |
| S0006 | Pass | Creates a batterers intervention program fund and also adopts evidence-based probation and parole supervision systems.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-28
Signed by Governor |
| H6285 | Pass | Subjects toll violators of out-of-state tolled projects to license and registration denial under certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-28
Signed by Governor |
| S0600 | Pass | Creates the Student Journalists' Freedom of Expression Act protecting student journalists' right to exercise freedom of speech in school-sponsored media.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Signed by Governor |
| S0814 | Pass | Requires a city or town to utilize qualification based selection for the procurement of program managers, construction managers, or construction managers at risk.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Signed by Governor |
| H5224 | Pass | Establishes the "Small Cell Siting Act", which specifies how local authorities may regulate the collocation of small wireless facilities and small wireless facility networks.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Signed by Governor |
| S0327 | Pass | Establishes procedures for the licensing of naturopathic physicians, and defines the practice of naturopathic medicine.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Signed by Governor |
| H5553 | Pass | Allows for incarceration of an individual to be taken into consideration for the purposes of a motion to modify a child support order.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Signed by Governor |
| S0432 | Pass | Prohibits domestic insurance companies from any distinction or discrimination against individuals in a domestic partner relationship regarding policies issued or renewed in this state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Signed by Governor |
| S0115 | Pass | Requires that five million dollars ($5,000,000) be appropriated to the Rhode Island public transit authority between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2019.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Signed by Governor |
| S0332 | Pass | Requires medical treatment facilities to provide discharge plans for patients with nonsubstance abuse related mental health disorders.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Signed by Governor |
| S0782 | Pass | Eliminates continuing education board (CEB) service of process by certified mail and prohibits claim negotiation with unlicensed public adjusters from excluding coverage to volunteer drivers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Signed by Governor |
| S1007 | Pass | Makes educational institutions and nonprofit corporations established pursuant to chapter 6 of title 7 eligible for net-metering financing arrangements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Signed by Governor |
| S1004 | Pass | Changes the recognition of Viet Nam Veterans' Day from May 15 to March 29 in order to correspond to the federal observance of this day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Signed by Governor |
| S0055 | Pass | Provides that sex offenders register their presence with any homeless shelter at which they may temporarily stay and provides that said shelters notify the local law enforcement agency of the presence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Signed by Governor |
| H5182 | Pass | Prohibits the use of a non-hands-free personal wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle, except for public safety personnel or in an emergency situation, and would provide for monetary fines for violations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Signed by Governor |
| S0383 | Pass | Establishes guidelines for the family court to use to decide petitions for visitation by grandparents based on a best interest of the grandchild standard.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Signed by Governor |
| H6217 | Pass | Changes the recognition of Viet Nam Veterans' Day from May 15 to March 29 in order to correspond to the federal observance of this day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Signed by Governor |
| S0638 | Pass | Facilitates the sharing of information between the treasury, state retirement system, division of taxation, and the department of labor and training concerning unclaimed property, taxation collection, and pension benefit monitoring.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Signed by Governor |
| H5347 | Pass | Provides for the release of certain records pertaining to the investigation of 38 Studios, LLC.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Signed by Governor |
| S0843 | Pass | Provides that if the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation is a tax title purchaser, it shall not be liable for violations in connection with the tax title property, prior to the expiration of five (5) years from the date of the tax s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Signed by Governor |
| S0135 | Pass | Removes video games from the definition of "motion picture" for the purposes of the Motion Picture Credit Tax Act, and extends from July 1, 2021, to July 1, 2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Signed by Governor |
| S1011 | Pass | Requires the director the department of revenue to file annual reports, beginning on January 1, 2021 with the general assembly. Making recommendations and findings concerning the financial feasibility of the motor vehicle excise tax phase-out.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Signed by Governor |
| S0770 | Pass | Provides that persons who apply to the DMV for a driver's license, its renewal or personal identification document shall simultaneously register to vote, unless they expressly decline to do so.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Signed by Governor |
| S0923 | Pass | Permits the department of health to designate hospitals as "acute stroke ready hospitals."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Signed by Governor |
| S0426 | Pass | Makes persons with 6 or less misdemeanors eligible for expungement by filing motion 10 years from completion date of last sentence unless convicted for felony involving domestic violence, DUI, or chemical test refusal.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Signed by Governor |
| S0267 | Pass | Prohibits "conversion therapy" by licensed health care professionals with respect to children under 18 years of age.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Signed by Governor |
| H5932 | Pass | Prohibits employers from making deductions from an employee's wages except for those deductions authorized or required by law, or as expressly authorized in writing by the employee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Signed by Governor |
| S0772 | Veto | Creates a work disabling presumption for any firefighter who passed a physical examination upon entry into service and who later contracts disabling hypertension, stroke, or heart disease.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Vetoed by Governor |
| H5669 | Pass | Modernizes the definition of physical therapy, the right to use the title of physical therapist and includes practice beyond the scope of physical therapy as a grounds for discipline.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Signed by Governor |
| S0733 | Pass | Creates an exception to the registration requirements and registration fees for minor use pesticides.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Signed by Governor |
| S0363 | Pass | Creates a special fundraising license plate for the Gaspee Days committee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Signed by Governor |
| H6124 | Pass | Requires insurance reimbursement for chiropractic diagnosis and treatment of conditions associated with the use of pain medications.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Signed by Governor |
| S0767 | Pass | Reduces the items which must be monitored by the air-quality monitors at T.F. Green Airport to particles less than 0.1 microns, and black carbon.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Signed by Governor |
| S0342 | Pass | Creates the "Small Cell Siting Act", which specifies how local authorities may regulate the collocation of small wireless facilities and small wireless facility networks.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Signed by Governor |
| S0381 | Pass | Excludes weekends and state holidays from the calculation of the forty-eight (48) hour public notice requirement, and requires all public bodies to keep minutes of open meetings and file their minutes with the secretary of state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Signed by Governor |
| S0932 | Pass | Provides for the release of certain records pertaining to the investigation of 38 Studios, LLC.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Signed by Governor |
| H5490 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires auto manufacturers to compensate dealers for vehicles subject to "stop-sale" or "do-not-drive" orders.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-19
Senate passed Sub B |
| H5881 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a work disabling presumption for any firefighter who passed a physical examination upon entry into service and who later contracts disabling hypertension, stroke, or heart disease.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-19
House passed Sub A |
| H5825 | Intro
Sine Die | Insurance coverage for rental motor vehicles without regard to negligence, would include loss of use.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-19
House passed Sub B in concurrence |
| H5685 | Intro
Sine Die | At no cost to the state, allows a person who is bilingual or not proficient in the English language, to be assisted in their road test by a translator of their native language who is at least eighteen (18) years of age.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-19
Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) |
| S1017 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that a release of a joint tortfeasor in a judicially approved settlement of claims relating to the St. Joseph Health Services of Rhode Island Retirement Plan shall not discharge other joint tortfeasors unless it so provides.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-19
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H6377 | Engross
Sine Die | Grants instate tuition status at state operated schools to active duty and reserve members stationed in Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-19
House read and passed |
| H6375 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that a release of a joint tortfeasor in a judicially approved settlement of claims relating to the St. Joseph Health Services of Rhode Island Retirement Plan shall not discharge other joint tortfeasors unless it so provides.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-19
To House Finance Committee |
| S1006 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends the mandated minimum number of prepaid orders deadline for the Rhode Island Law Enforcement Memorial Benefit Fund special license plates to January 1, 2022.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-19
Senate read and passed |
| S0043 | Intro
Sine Die | Expedites the foreclosure procedure on vacant property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H6356 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits any development of land contiguous to the State House unless approved by the general assembly.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-19
House read and passed |
