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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 Mar 2, 2017

HB 5573: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - ZONING ORDINANCES (Requires municipalities to provide notice to owners and holders of conservation and preservation restrictions, whose property is located in an area proposed for a zoning ordinance amendment that includes changes to dimensional requirements.)

03/02/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 2, 2017

SB 380: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - THE TOWING STORAGE ACT (Prohibits property owners from towing cars that have been parked less than one hour unless the cars are otherwise illegally parked on the property. The property owner would be required to pay two times the cost of towing and storage.)

03/02/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 2, 2017

HB 5539: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - REDUCE MARINE DEBRIS AND PRESERVE LANDFILL SPACE WHILE INCREASING THE RECYCLING OF POST-CONSUMER PACKAGING MATERIAL (Creates the Rhode Island marine debris act for the purpose of reducing the amount of post-consumer packaging that ends up as marine and beach debris.)

03/02/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 2, 2017

HB 5388: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- TAXATION OF LOW-INCOME HOUSING (Enables municipalities to adopt ordinances exempting them from being required to accept any additional residential properties, otherwise eligible for alternative assessment and taxation, if said municipality has achieved certain housing goals.)

03/02/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 2, 2017

SB 473: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ESTABLISHING AN OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL (Establishes the office of inspector general as an independent administrative agency charged with the responsibility to prevent and detect fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement in the expenditure of public funds.)

03/02/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 2, 2017

SB 459: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Exempts from taxation the real property of the surviving spouse of any law enforcement officer or fire fighter killed in the line of duty.)

03/02/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 2, 2017

HB 5232: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES' ARBITRATION (Relieves municipal employees' unions of their obligation to represent nonmember employees, in the grievance process, if they haven't been union members for 90 days before the grievance event.)

03/02/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 2, 2017

SB 468: AN ACT RELATING TO SALES AND USE TAX - LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Removes the $250 dollar limit on the sales tax exemption on footwear and clothing.)

03/02/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance

passed · Rhode Island · House Mar 2, 2017

HR 5121: HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO PROMOTE THE UPGRADE OF FACILITIES USED FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES BY ENCOURAGING PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN QUALIFYING PROJECTS (Extends the reporting and expiration dates of the commission to study and provide recommendations to promote the upgrade of facilities used for public purposes from February 7, 2017, to June 30, 2017, and expires on August 30, 2017.)

03/02/2017 House read and passed

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 2, 2017

HB 5230: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - MUNICIPAL POLICE ARBITRATION (Relieves municipal police unions of their obligation to represent non-member employees, in the grievance process, if they haven't been union members for 90 days before the grievance event.)

03/02/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 2, 2017

HB 5313: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES' ARBITRATION (Grants municipal employees the right to binding arbitration on contract formation financial issues and allows existing contract language to continue to apply even after its expiration under certain conditions.)

03/02/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 2, 2017

SR 460: JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $100,000 TO THE TRINITY REPERTORY COMPANY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROJECT DISCOVERY PROGRAM (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $100,000 to the Trinity Repertory Company to implement the Project Discovery Program.)

03/02/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance