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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 Mar 22, 2017

SB 505: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - OVERTIME WAGES (Exempts certain executive, administrative, and professional employees from overtime pay if their weekly wages exceed one thousand thirty-six dollars ($1,036), an increase from the current two hundred dollars ($200).)

03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2017

HB 5590: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND TRAINING (Makes it easier for military service members and their spouses to obtain certifications and licenses issued by the department of labor and training.)

03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2017

HB 5621: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - SOLICITATION BY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS (Requires professional solicitors and fund-raisers to disclose name of employer and percentage of contribution solicited by the fundraiser that will be retained by fundraising company. Requires that a specific statement be made with all solicitations.)

03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 22, 2017

SB 583: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES (Provides protections against wage differentials based upon the sex of the employee and provides for causes of actions against employees alleged to have committed sex discrimination as set forth in the act.)

03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2017

HB 5732: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - OPEN MEETINGS (Requires that all public bodies keep official minutes of all meetings and file copies of these minutes with the secretary of state within thirty-five (35) days of the meeting for inspection by the public.)

03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2017

HB 5592: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - FEES FOR STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES - VETERANS (Requires the council on postsecondary education to develop a policy to exempt veterans from any and all application fees at all Rhode Island public postsecondary institutions.)

03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2017

HB 5093: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT (Promotes the state and local enforcement of federal immigration laws, through civil and criminal penalties.)

03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2017

HB 5731: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS (Allows school committees to add item(s) to their agenda for the purposes of discussion only without having to publish notice of the additional item(s).)

03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2017

HB 5617: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - QUONSET DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (Empowers Quonset Development Corporation to purchase water from Providence Water Supply Board to assure adequate supply for current and future tenants at Quonset Business Park.)

03/22/2017 Withdrawn at sponsor's request (03/22/2017)

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2017

HB 5726: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT (Raises the age of consent for sexual intercourse to age eighteen provided however that consensual penetration between two individuals between the ages of sixteen and twenty would not be a violation of this statute.)

03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2017

HB 5512: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - OPEN MEETINGS (Requires the attorney general to, within ninety (90) days of a complaint alleging a violation of the open meetings law, file a report detailing the results of the investigation into that complaint. The report would be deemed a public record.)

03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2017

HB 5639: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Limits damages to $100,000 in any tort action against the public transit authority, except by a special act, authorized by the general assembly.)

03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study