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State Legislature US Congress

All 25,118 Active 5 In committee 20,549 Passed 5,917 Signed 4,510 Failed 6,972

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 5, 2017

HB 5857: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN-- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION-- SEXUALLY EXPLOITED CHILDREN (Makes sex trafficking victims eligible for criminal injuries compensation fund and designates them as abused, neglected children and establishes "safe harbor" provisions.)

04/05/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 5, 2017

SB 220: AN ACT IN AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE CENTRAL COVENTRY FIRE DISTRICT PURSUANT TO A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COVENTRY FIRE DISTRICT ADOPTED ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2016 (Makes amendments and additions to the Central Coventry Fire District charter and would take effect no later than sixty (60) days after its enactment and all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith or repugnant thereto, are hereby repealed.)

04/05/2017 Committee recommends passage

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 5, 2017

SB 82: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- HOISTING ENGINEERS (Adds a requirement to obtain a hoisting engineering license that a person possess a certificate of registration as a registered apprentice engineer.)

04/05/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 5, 2017

SB 191: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS (Adds campus police officers to the group of public safety officials eligible to collect salary, wages, benefits during periods of whole/partial incapacitation incurred while on-duty or while providing emergency assistance within the state while off-duty.)

04/05/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 5, 2017

HB 5648: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY SERVICES (Subjects TNC vehicle owners to the regulation of transportation network companies.)

04/05/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 4, 2017

HB 5929: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - BIRTH CERTIFICATES (Permits a parenting partner of a mother, with the mother's consent, to be included on a birth certificate as a parent to the child.)

04/04/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 4, 2017

HB 5519: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - ATLANTIC TIME ZONE (Provides for Rhode Island's adoption of the Atlantic Time Zone if and when Massachusetts does so.)

04/04/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 4, 2017

HB 5637: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS (Defines coinsurance and prohibits insurance contracts or policies from using coinsurance to calculate and collect additional funds from patients, including mental health and substance abuse patients.)

04/04/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 4, 2017

HB 5308: AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- FULL ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS (Subjects obligors of child support to license suspension after a 60-day arrearage but would provide conditional driving privileges for employment.)

04/04/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 4, 2017

HB 5635: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - HEALTH INSURANCE - REQUIRED PROVISIONS (Requires health insurance providers to disclose to subscribers the potential cost of using out-of-network providers.)

04/04/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 4, 2017

SB 46: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - NONPROFIT DENTAL SERVICE CORPORATIONS (Requires written notice to certain plan purchasers of rule changes.)

04/04/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 4, 2017

HB 5396: AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS - EXPIRED DEBT ACT (Prohibits debt collection practices for debt which is beyond the statute of limitations for filing a legal action for collection.)

04/04/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study