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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 · Senate Mar 25, 2021

SB 530: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- BURGLARY AND BREAKING AND ENTERING (Adds a rebuttable defense if any person shall die or sustain a personal injury while committing robbery of the owner, lessor, or occupant of a motor vehicle and that the owner or occupant of the vehicle acted in self defense.)

03/25/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 25, 2021

HB 5633: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ORDINANCES (Allows cities and towns to create ordinances to regulate use and sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products.)

03/25/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 25, 2021

SB 117: AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- RHODE ISLAND TURNPIKE AND BRIDGE AUTHORITY (Provides that a safety barrier or safety netting would be erected on the Mount Hope Bridge, the Claiborne Pell Bridge, and the Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge, no later than January 1, 2023.)

03/25/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 25, 2021

HB 5587: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY SERVICE (Allows New Shoreham to regulate transportation network company services.)

03/25/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 25, 2021

SB 604: AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Makes possession of controlled substances civil violations punishable by a one hundred dollar ($100) fine for each offense. Offenders may have to complete drug counseling and community service.)

03/25/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 25, 2021

SB 118: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Reduces the maximum sentence for a misdemeanor from one year to three hundred and sixty-four (364) days, and would apply to all persons sentenced after its effective date.)

03/25/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 25, 2021

HB 6093: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Prohibits single-family residential zoning in municipalities with populations of over twenty-thousand (20,000) and mandate that those municipalities adopt zoning regulations for middle housing in single-family residential zones.)

03/25/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 24, 2021

HB 5753: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - REGISTRATION OF VOTERS (Increases the role of the division of motor vehicles in the voter registration and address verification process, by establishing very specific obligations.)

03/24/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 24, 2021

SB 558: AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- JOINT COMMITTEE -- BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES, AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS (Directs the department of transportation to install signs along the Purple Heart Trail, commemorating and identifying the Purple Heart Trail, by August 7, 2021, which day is National Purple Heart Day.)

03/24/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 24, 2021

HB 5998: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- PUBLIC RECORDS ADMINISTRATION (Updates public records administration act, modifies records control schedule, designates records officer, establishes procedures for retention of records. Provides administrator submit yearly reports, establishes public reporting compliance.)

03/24/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 24, 2021

SB 30: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- AIR QUALITY IN SCHOOLS (Requires the department of health, in conjunction with the department of environmental management, to conduct indoor and outdoor air quality tests in all public and private schools throughout the state on an annual basis.)

03/24/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 24, 2021

HB 6005: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Provides that the reference to the definition of public records include the section designation only and provides for redacted law enforcement disciplinary records.)

03/24/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study