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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 Feb 15, 2017

SB 261: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - MINIMUM WAGES (Commencing on January 1, 2018, require that all developmental disabilities organizations that employ five (5) employees or more and who are reimbursed for such services by the state, to pay their employees at least fifteen ($15.00) dollars per hour.)

02/15/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Feb 15, 2017

SB 279: AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (Requires retailers to examine photo ID to verify person presenting EBT card is person entitled to use it and impose one month suspension for each violation on retailers.)

02/15/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary

in committee · Rhode Island · House Feb 15, 2017

HB 5507: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES (Expands the definition of child for the purpose of eligibility to receive DCYF services, including foster care, to any person under the age of 21 who began to receive child welfare services from the DCYF prior to reaching age 18.)

02/15/2017 Introduced, referred to House Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Feb 15, 2017

SR 263: SENATE RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THAT THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS ADOPT "AN AMERICAN ECONOMIC RECOVERY" PROGRAM

02/15/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Feb 15, 2017

SB 249: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - BUSINESS CORPORATION TAX (Reduces the minimum corporate tax from four hundred dollars ($400) to two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for the tax year beginning on July 1, 2018, and abolish the tax for tax years beginning on or after July 1, 2019.)

02/15/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Feb 14, 2017

SB 188: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE REPARATIONS ACT (Enhances the penalties for driving a motor vehicle without proof of financial responsibility.)

02/14/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Feb 14, 2017

HB 5208: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - HOMICIDE (Provides for the death penalty in situations where first responders are murdered by way of ambush.)

02/14/2017 Meeting postponed (02/14/2017)

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Feb 14, 2017

SB 64: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE REPARATIONS ACT (Creates a rebuttable presumption of vehicle owner's or operator's knowledge that a vehicle did not comply with financial security requirements if charged with same violation within 6 months preceding the current violation.)

02/14/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Feb 14, 2017

HB 5264: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- PUBLIC UTILITIES (Increases penalties for damages to electric and communication lines from three thousand dollars ($3,000) to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000); imprisonment from two (2) years to ten (10) years, or both and requires restitution for economic harm.)

02/14/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Feb 14, 2017

HR 5342: HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY RESTORATIVE PRACTICES/RESTORATIVE JUSTICE (Creates a 17 member special legislative study commission to study and makes recommendations on restorative practices/restorative justice in the state.)

02/14/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Feb 14, 2017

HB 5261: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - INDICTMENTS, INFORMATIONS AND COMPLAINTS (Eliminates the statute of limitations for second-degree sexual assault.)

02/14/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Feb 14, 2017

HB 5323: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - PHARMACEUTICAL COST TRANSPARENCY (Directs the state board of pharmacy, in collaboration with the Rhode Island department of health, to annually identify up to fifteen (15) prescription drugs on which the state spends significant health care dollars due to increases in costs.)

02/14/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study