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State Legislature US Congress

All 25,118 Active 7,678 In committee 7,673 Passed 5,630 Signed 4,797 Failed 6,972

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 13, 2021

HB 5687: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- REAL ESTATE CONVEYANCE TAX (Provides that a portion of the real estate conveyance tax be apportioned to a newly established restricted receipt account known as the housing production fund.)

04/13/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 13, 2021

HB 6153: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' BILL OF RIGHTS (Amends the law enforcement officers' bill of rights to provide greater accountability in the disciplinary process over law enforcement officers.)

04/13/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 13, 2021

HB 5883: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Requires each police officer during qualification and training sessions to fire a minimum of three hundred rounds effective July 1, 2021.)

04/13/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 13, 2021

HB 5985: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- RHODE ISLAND TITLE INSURERS ACT (Provides that only RI attorneys can act as title insurance agents and determine insurability and marketability. Limits discount title insurance premiums and restricts sharing premiums.)

04/13/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 13, 2021

HB 6145: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SENTENCE AND EXECUTION (Provides for an earned compliance credits system to be used to reduce sentence duration and help reduce prison overcrowding.)

04/13/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 13, 2021

HB 5613: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' BILL OF RIGHTS (Increases committee in law enforcement officers’ bill of rights hearing to 5, three as permanent. Hearings commenced in 15 days, allow for summary suspension of 5 days and would mandate pay suspended while the case is pending.)

04/13/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 13, 2021

HB 5995: AN ACT AN ACT RELATING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SENTENCE AND EXECUTION (Changes the criteria for distinguishing between felonies, misdemeanors and petty misdemeanors. It also changes the interpretation of the phrase "one year" wherever it appears in the general or public laws, to be three hundred sixty-four (364) days.)

04/13/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 13, 2021

HB 5885: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Mandates that police officers qualify in the use of firearms in both daylight and nighttime conditions two (2) times per year and that correctional officers qualify every year instead of once every two (2) years.)

04/13/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 13, 2021

HB 6104: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- POLICE OFFICERS -- COMMISSION ON STANDARDS AND TRAINING (Requires all police officers to be certified through the municipal police training academy and complete mandatory continuing education and create a process in which the police may be decertified for failure to maintain proper certification.)

04/13/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 13, 2021

HB 5993: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RISHOD K. GORE JUSTICE IN POLICING ACT OF 2021 (Provides police reform by requiring body cameras and makes certain methods of restraint a felony such as chokeholds and using the foot as a weapon.)

04/13/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 13, 2021

HB 6152: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' BILL OF RIGHTS (Amends law enforcement officers' bill of rights.)

04/13/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 13, 2021

HB 5951: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF COMMERCE (Creates a deputy secretary of commerce and housing within the executive office of commerce to oversee housing initiatives and develop a housing plan.)

04/13/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study