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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 21, 2017

SB 338: AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY (Changes references to "director" with "commissioner" of public safety and removes duties of superintendent of state police to department of safety.)

03/21/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 5607: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- GEOENGINEERING (Defines geoengineering and requires permission of director of DEM to implement solar radiation management and climate geoengineering.)

03/21/2017 Withdrawn at sponsor's request (03/23/2017)

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 5644: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (Requires a national criminal records check from applicants for licenses to become drivers for a transportation network company or a transportation network company driver or hackneys.)

03/21/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 21, 2017

HR 5442: HOUSE RESOLUTION CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS

03/21/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 5698: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - ELECTION OFFENSES (Eliminates the requirement of identifying the name or names of the author of a circular, flier, or poster designed to injure or defeat any candidate for election to public office.)

03/21/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 5705: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - MAIL BALLOTS - CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES (Requires any person voting by mail or emergency ballot to provide proof of identity.)

03/21/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 5700: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS--IN-PERSON EARLY VOTING (Ends the voting of mail ballots at local board of canvassers. It also authorizes in-person early voting effective July 1, 2018, with the actual procedures to be established by rules promulgated by the state board of elections.)

03/21/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 5310: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- ARREST--VOTING RIGHTS (Affords arrestees who are held on an election day the opportunity to vote by provisional ballot in accordance with state law.)

03/21/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 5706: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - FAIL SAFE VOTING PROVISIONS (Permits a voter who has moved from one city or town in the state to another thirty (30) days or more prior to an election to vote a full ballot in the new city or town.)

03/21/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 5572: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - REGULATORY POWERS OF ADMINISTRATION (Eliminates the need for a special election to create an opt-out municipal energy aggregation plan initiated by any city or town subject to public utility commission approval.)

03/21/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 17, 2017

HB 5954: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - PROTECTION OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS ACT (Requires all state, municipal and quasi-public departments to protect information contained in their computer systems by complying with the criteria set forth in the US Department of Commerce’s (NIST) publication (800-171).)

03/17/2017 Introduced, referred to House Finance

passed both · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 17, 2017

SB 297: AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF GREEN REALTY ASSOCIATES, LLC.

03/17/2017 Effective without Governor's signature