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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

passed both · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 17, 2017

SB 283: AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Frank S. Lombardi to join Stefanie Petrocchi and Joshua Garneau in marriage on or about August 27, 2017, within the City of Warwick, Rhode Island.)

03/17/2017 Effective without Governor's signature

passed · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 16, 2017

SB 482: AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF JAMESTOWN (Validates and ratifies amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of Jamestown, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of Jamestown on November 8, 2016.)

03/16/2017 Referred to House Municipal Government

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 16, 2017

HB 5654: AN ACT RELATING TO BUILDING PERMIT FEES (Requires that city and town building permit fees recover no more than the cost of permitting activities during period of normal building activity.)

03/16/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 16, 2017

HB 5599: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE POLICE (Requires that alternate applicants for the Rhode Island state police training academy be ranked according to objective qualification standards and selected to fill vacancies according to that ranking.)

03/16/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 16, 2017

HB 5600: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - STATE POLICE - EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (Establishes an equal opportunity unit within the division of state police to adopt an equal opportunity plan to increase the ranks of minorities and women among members of the state police.)

03/16/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 16, 2017

HB 5597: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - POLICE AND FIRE ARBITRATIONS (Allows expired collective bargaining agreements for firefighters and municipal police to remain in effect until a successor agreement becomes operative.)

03/16/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 16, 2017

HB 5598: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - STATE POLICE - DIVERSITY (Beginning June 30, 2018, requires 1 in 5 recruits to the Rhode Island State Police Training Academy be a person of color and also requires vigorous recruitment effort.)

03/16/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 16, 2017

HB 5848: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - POWERS AND DUTIES OF FIRE DISTRICTS IN THE TOWN OF COVENTRY (Repeals the section of the general laws which provides for an automatic appropriation for Coventry Fire Districts which fail to approve an annual appropriation.)

03/16/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 16, 2017

HB 5849: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOBILE AND MANUFACTURED HOMES--AFFORDABLE HOUSING (Qualifies mobile and manufactured homes as affordable housing when installed in mobile home parks in groups of twenty (20) or more.)

03/16/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 16, 2017

HB 5920: AN ACT RELATING TO THE CITY OF WOONSOCKET VALIDATING CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY OF WOONSOCKET, RHODE ISLAND CODE OF ORDINANCES (Ratifies certain amendments made to the Woonsocket Code of Ordinances by the city council of the city of Woonsocket on or about August 30, 2016.)

03/16/2017 Withdrawn at sponsor's request

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 16, 2017

HB 5081: AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE - BIRDS (Legalizes the taking or killing of wild migratory birds by crossbow.)

03/16/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 16, 2017

HB 5850: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING (Allows mobile and manufactured homes which are a part of a mobile and manufactured home park to be counted as low and moderate income housing for purposes of compliance with the requirements of the city or town's comprehensive use plan.)

03/16/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study