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All 25,118 Active 5 In committee 20,549 Passed 5,917 Signed 4,510 Failed 6,972

passed both · Rhode Island · Senate Feb 10, 2017

SB 67: AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Terrance N. Turner, Esq., Justice of the Peace, to join Amanda E. Carrier, and Justin N. Turner, in marriage on or about October 7, 2017, within the Town of East Greenwich, Rhode Island.)

02/10/2017 Effective without Governor's signature

passed both · Rhode Island · House Feb 10, 2017

HB 5008: AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Devin Driscoll to join Kayleigh Pratt and William Fischer in marriage on or about February 11, 2017, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island.)

02/10/2017 Effective without Governor's signature

in committee · Rhode Island · House Feb 8, 2017

HR 5267: JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE-OF ELECTIONS AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE (Proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing four (4) year terms for members of the general assembly, elected members from even numbered districts would begin to be elected to four (4) year terms.)

02/08/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Feb 8, 2017

HB 5320: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX - DISABLED VETERANS (Permits a disabled veteran to apply their property tax exemption to a vehicle owned by a family member if used to transport the veteran.)

02/08/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Feb 8, 2017

HB 5112: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - VOTER REGULATIONS (Allows voters, whose provided address is in question, to vote using a provisional ballot and authorize the local board of canvassers to determine the validity of the provided address.)

02/08/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Feb 8, 2017

HB 5234: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RHODE ISLAND COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND LAND USE ACT (Requires municipality comprehensive plans to include present and future interests of the school system including curriculum and instruction as well as buildings, transportation routes, fields, playgrounds, sidewalks, raised crosswalks and parking lots.)

02/08/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Feb 8, 2017

HB 5429: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- NURSING FACILITY PROVIDER ASSESSMENT ACT (Suspends assessment imposed/tax payment required by a nursing facility provider for failure of the DHS to distribute federal or state funds resulting from computer network/system malfunction in excess of thirty (30) days.)

02/08/2017 Introduced, referred to House Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · House Feb 8, 2017

HB 5319: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Requires municipalities to exempt from taxation the real property of a surviving spouse of a law enforcement officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty, who occupies the real property as their principal place of residence.)

02/08/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Feb 8, 2017

HB 5269: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- PUBLIC RECORDS--RESTORATION OF VOTING RIGHTS (Requires the department of corrections to provide certain nonprofit organizations with a list containing information about formerly incarcerated inmates who have become eligible to vote to assist in their efforts in registering former felons to vote.)

02/08/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Feb 8, 2017

HR 5268: JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND (FOUR YEAR TERMS AND TERM LIMITS FOR SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES)

02/08/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Feb 8, 2017

HB 5194: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Requires a city or town to electronically notify the division of motor vehicles immediately upon receiving payment of personal property, and/or excise taxes on motor vehicles.)

02/08/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Feb 8, 2017

SB 107: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - ALL STUDENTS COUNT ACT OF 2017 (Requires the department of elementary and secondary education to use separate collection categories and tabulations for specified Asian ethnic groups in every demographic report on ancestry or ethnic origins of residents.)

02/08/2017 Withdrawn at sponsor's request