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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 Feb 28, 2017

HB 5533: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Requires all public utilities to maintain a customer service facility within the state to perform services such as addressing customer inquiries and accepting bill payments.)

02/28/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Feb 28, 2017

HB 5485: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY SERVICES - INSURANCE (Requires TNC drivers maintain commercial automobile liability insurance 24/7 and to park no closer than two hundred feet (200') from marked taxi stands.)

02/28/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Feb 28, 2017

SB 180: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- BAIL HEARINGS (Entitles criminal defendants charged with enumerated serious criminal offenses to a bail hearing within four (4) calendar days of initial court appearance.)

02/28/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Feb 28, 2017

HB 5535: AN ACT RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION - REVENUE DECOUPLING (Directs the public utilities commission to review and approve the electric distribution company's use of real estate and other capital assets and expenditures.)

02/28/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Feb 28, 2017

HB 5402: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016 (Adds alcohol and alcohol-related overdoses and possession or transportation of alcohol by an underage person, to the Good Samaritan Act.)

02/28/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Feb 28, 2017

SB 340: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - STALKING (Prohibits stalking defined as a course of conduct by anyone who may cause a reasonable person to either fear for their own safety or the safety of a third person or cause a reasonable person to suffer emotional distress. Enumerates penalties for stalking.)

02/28/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Feb 28, 2017

HB 5534: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- CABLE BILLING (Requires cable television companies to give their customers the option to purchase, at its fair market value, a device which decodes their digital cable signals.)

02/28/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Feb 28, 2017

HB 5516: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SEARCH WARRANTS (Requires the sealing of an application for a search warrant unless the court issuing the warrant issues an order granting relief from the seal.)

02/28/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Feb 28, 2017

HB 5543: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - COMPUTER CRIME (Prohibits unauthorized access to confidential information from a computer, computer program, computer system, or computer network.)

02/28/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Feb 28, 2017

HB 5487: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - MOTOR CARRIER TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTS (Renders void/unenforceable motor transportation contract terms holding harmless indemnitee from or against its own negligence/intentional acts/omissions upon the effective date.)

02/28/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Feb 28, 2017

HB 5521: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (Comprehensively regulates the use of unmanned aerial vehicles and the use of any information that they may generate.)

02/28/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Feb 28, 2017

HB 5537: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - MISCELLANEOUS RULES (Requires that vehicles towed because of state or municipal laws be towed to a towing-storage facility closest to where the offense or accident occurred.)

02/28/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study