| S0792 | Pass | Requires at least one precinct count unit and one voting booth per one hundred seventy-five (175) qualified electors in the district, be prepared and delivered by the board of elections to each voting district.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| S0427 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits any questioning of a juvenile who is suspected of delinquent or criminal behavior, unless the parent of guardian of the juvenile is present, or unless an attorney is present or the juvenile and their parents have waived their presence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S0965 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the grounds on which the DMV may refuse registration for failure to pay a fine to include, interest, penalties, or other monetary amount. Requires the municipality that requests the denial to add and forward an additional $5 fee to the DMV.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence |
| S0611 | Pass | Limits the judiciary's publicly available list of delinquent persons to the 100 delinquent persons owing the largest amount of court imposed or court related fees, and other monetary obligations which have been unpaid for a period in excess of 90 day...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0784 | Pass | Replaces language referencing DEM park police and conservation police with environmental police officers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Signed by Governor |
| H6078 | Pass | Permits grandfathering the licensing of barbers, hairdressers, cosmeticians, manicurists and estheticians on the basis of work experience or work in another state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H5223 | Pass | Entitles a condominium owner to obtain a copy of a damage appraisal within fourteen days.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Signed by Governor |
| H5715 | Pass | Limits the judiciary's publicly available list of delinquent persons to the 100 delinquent persons owing the largest amount of court imposed or court related fees, and other monetary obligations which have been unpaid for a period in excess of 90 day...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0803 | Pass | Makes a technical correction to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0807 | Pass | Amends the composition of the Rhode Island emergency management advisory council.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Signed by Governor |
| S0613 | Pass | Provides that those seeking review of a post-conviction relief final judgment must file their petition for writ of certiorari within sixty days from the date of final judgment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H5344 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the rights and obligations of property owners concerning the maintenance of private easements and rights-of-way.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5229 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires persons who provide volunteer services with youth serving agencies to get a national criminal records check.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence |
| S0178 | Pass | Repeals §14-1-60 regarding placement for costs and expenses for certain complaints filed in family court, and chapter 4 of title 14, which establishes the O'Rourke Children's Center.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H5228 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides guidelines for the delegation by licensed health care professionals of non-ablative laser or energy-based treatments to a properly-qualified delegate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
House read and passed |
| S0788 | Pass | Amends the membership of the long-term care coordinating council from forty-one (41) members to thirty-three (33) members.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0950 | Pass | Grants the department of motor vehicles administrator the ability to extend expiration dates under certain circumstances that prevent the proper performance of their duties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Signed by Governor |
| H5641 | Pass | Expands use of public utilities reserve fund to state court appeals to and regulatory matters before federal agencies and increase amount chargeable to public utility to $750,000 but not more than $250,000 for administrator’s representation of stat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Signed by Governor |
| S0905 | Pass | Renames the College of Pharmacy building on Greenhouse Road at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, as "Paramaz Avedisian '54 Hall."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Signed by Governor |
| S0198 | Pass | Requires a condominium association to provide a unit owner, whose unit has sustained insurance covered damages, with a written copy of the insurance company's damage appraisal.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Signed by Governor |
| H5656 | Pass | Enables the city of Providence's board of licenses to approve the liquor license applications for a business at 100-102 Hope Street (Assessor's plat 16, lot 263), located within two hundred feet (200') of a church.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0479 | Pass | Expands the state building code standards committee by two members, to be appointed by the Rhode Island builders association.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Signed by Governor |
| S0889 | Pass | Increases various property tax exemptions available in the town of Warren.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0071 | Pass | Requires that cities and towns comply with certain procedures when prosecuting defendants such as the right to counsel, and would amend the penalties imposed for ordinance violations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Signed by Governor |
| H5659 | Pass | Expands the composition of the state building code standards committee by adding two (2) members, to be appointed from the Rhode Island builders association.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Signed by Governor |
| S0551 | Pass | Expands use of public utilities reserve fund to state court appeals to and regulatory matters before federal agencies and increase amount chargeable to public utility to $750,000 but not more than $250,000 for administrator’s representation of stat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Signed by Governor |
| H5187 | Pass | Requires that cities and towns comply with certain procedures when prosecuting defendants such as the right to counsel, and amends the penalties imposed for ordinance violations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Signed by Governor |
| H6190 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires pub. utilities/electric distribution co. to provide prompt/adequate service to ratepayers for new service/ upgrades w/penalty of up to $1,000 with electric distribution co. to provide written estimates/itemized bill for work in excess of $50...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Committee recommends passage of Sub B |
| H5908 | Intro
Sine Die | Imposes a fee of one hundred sixty dollars ($160) for all domestic and foreign corporations for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence |
| H6166 | Pass | Amends the composition of the Rhode Island emergency management advisory council.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Signed by Governor |
| S0560 | Pass | Amends the Rhode Island Underground Storage Tank Financial Responsibility Act to streamline fund processes and clarify language within the law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Signed by Governor |
| H6251 | Pass | Grants the administrator of the division of motor vehicles the power to extend the expiration dates up to ninety (90) days of permits, licenses, registrations, certificates, placards, and other privileges, under limited circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Signed by Governor |
| H5855 | Pass | Adds the Rhode Island traffic tribunal to the list of courts afforded the ability to dismiss cases for lack of prosecution.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H5215 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the family court, after a fact-finding hearing establishing paternity, to terminate the parental rights of a person convicted of sexual assault which resulted in the birth of a child.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S0595 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the family court, after finding by clear and convincing evidence that a child was conceived as a result of sexual assault, to terminate the parental rights of the father including the right to notice for subsequent adoption proceedings.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S0665 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows for a judge or magistrate to impose the requirements of blood and/or urine testing for the presence of illicit substances, if necessary, for anyone convicted of driving under the influence or refusal to submit to a chemical test.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Senate passed Sub A |
| H5304 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits the dissemination of any indecent image of another person without authorization for the purpose of harassing, intimidating, threatening another person.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0612 | Pass | Adds the Rhode Island traffic tribunal to the list of courts afforded the ability to dismiss cases for lack of prosecution.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H6206 | Pass | Renames the College of Pharmacy building on Greenhouse Road at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, as "Paramaz Avedisian '54 Hall."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Signed by Governor |
| H5628 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that the department of business regulation provide a mandatory disclosure notice, at no cost to insurers, to certain policy holders regarding their rights and alternatives to lapse or surrender.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence |
| H6203 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits the Cumberland Town Council to establish limits on the number of students from the Cumberland school district who may enroll in any charter public school subject to a collective limit of not less than 8% of the average daily membership.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0675 | Pass | Amends our worksharing law by allowing employers more flexibility in the reduction of work hours among its employees and by allowing more leeway on the start date of an adopted worksharing plan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Signed by Governor |
| H5714 | Pass | Makes a technical correction to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0096 | Pass | Defines the term an "opinion of value" to be an analysis, opinion, of conclusion prepared by a real estate broker pertaining to the price of property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H5643 | Pass | Removes the renotification requirement to the requisite association subsequent to the sixty (60) day excavation completion requirement for work near public utilities and would require accidents to be reported to 911.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Signed by Governor |
| H5481 | Pass | Amends the Rhode Island Underground Storage Tank Financial Responsibility Act to streamline fund processes and clarify language within the law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Signed by Governor |
| H5348 | Pass | Provides that the department of business regulation administer alcoholic server training programs rather than the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0552 | Pass | Removes the sixty (60) day excavation completion requirement for work near public utilities and would require accidents to be reported to 911.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Signed by Governor |
| H6144 | Pass | Amends the membership of the long-term care coordinating council from forty-one (41) members to thirty-three (33) members.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H5568 | Pass | Amends our worksharing law by allowing employers more flexibility in the reduction of work hours among its employees and by allowing more leeway on the start date of an adopted worksharing plan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Signed by Governor |
