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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 · Senate Apr 4, 2017

SB 72: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS RULES (Makes it a criminal offense to leave a child under seven (7) years of age unattended in a motor vehicle for longer than five minutes, punishable by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or by a fine of no more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

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

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 4, 2017

SB 415: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINALS - CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS (Repeals the provision declaring prisoners serving a life sentence civilly dead.)

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

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 4, 2017

HB 5720: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PROVISION OF VOLUNTEER HEALTH CARE SERVICES (Grants immunity from liability and suit to health care professionals, workers, and facilities providing volunteer services, and would also provide continuing education credits for such services.)

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

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 4, 2017

SB 632: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Requires verifiable least cost energy procurements and requires standards for annual verification of energy efficiency.)

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

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 4, 2017

HB 5636: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE (Requires health insurers to have step therapy protocols on appropriate clinical practice guidelines or published peer review data.)

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

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 4, 2017

SB 712: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE POLICE (Removes the state police from the department of public safety and has the superintendent report directly to the governor.)

04/04/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 4, 2017

HB 5991: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- THE TOWING STORAGE ACT (Requires that motor vehicles lawfully seized by police officers for investigation or for lack of registration not be released to their owners until the towing charges are paid and valid registration certificates are produced.)

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

died · Rhode Island · House Apr 3, 2017

HB 6033: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HEALTH BENEFIT EXCHANGE (Authorize the RI health benefit exchange to seek a waiver under the Affordable Care Act to allow qualified small business owners/sole proprietors to purchase qualified health benefit plans offered by the exchange directly from a registered carrier.)

04/03/2017 Withdrawn at sponsor's request

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 31, 2017

HB 6050: AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - REGULATION OF SALES (Exempts persons over 59 yrs of age and those who cannot operate a motor vehicle because of a disability from being charged a fee for an ID card from the DMV provided they have no valid operator's license or are surrendering one due to inability to drive.)

03/31/2017 Introduced, referred to House Finance

passed · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 31, 2017

SB 170: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION AT OF 2016 (Adds alcohol and alcohol-related overdoses and possession or transportation of alcohol by an underage person, to the Good Samaritan Act.)

03/31/2017 Referred to House Judiciary

passed both · Rhode Island · House Mar 31, 2017

HB 5737: AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable William J. McGovern III to join Lauren Elaine Provini and Nathaniel David Robinson in marriage on or about April 29, 2017, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.)

03/31/2017 Effective without Governor's signature

passed both · Rhode Island · House Mar 31, 2017

HB 5509: AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Julia L. Aurigemma to join Kathryn Abbott DeNapoli and James Michael Mathews in marriage on or about May 20, 2017, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.)

03/31/2017 Effective without Governor's signature