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All 25,118 Active 7,678 In committee 7,673 Passed 5,630 Signed 4,797 Failed 6,972

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 13, 2017

SB 207: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES - RETIREMENT SYSTEM - CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS (Allows retired state employee nurses to work as professors in the nursing program at a state college. It would allow them to work seventy-five (75) days or one hundred fifty (150) half days before their pension payments would be suspended.)

07/13/2017 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 13, 2017

SB 903: AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Amends the number of occasions upon which a Class A license holder under this chapter may dispense unlimited samples of wine products.)

07/13/2017 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 13, 2017

SB 395: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Provides for a proration of the homestead exemption in cases where title to property passes from those not entitled to claim an exemption to those who are entitled.)

07/13/2017 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 10, 2017

HB 6319: AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Scott Avedisian to join Taylor Ann Butzbach and Brian Peter Votolato in marriage on or about September 23, 2017, within the City of Warwick, Rhode Island.)

07/10/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 10, 2017

SB 406: AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- DIVORCE AND SEPARATION (Allows family court to take individual's incarceration into consideration in motion to modify child support order by providing that incarceration is not "voluntary unemployment.")

07/10/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 10, 2017

SB 175: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - MOBILE TELEPHONE USE (Prohibits the use of a non-hands-free personal wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle, except for public safety personnel or in an emergency situation, and would provide for monetary fines for violations.)

07/10/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 10, 2017

SB 789: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires insurance reimbursement for chiropractic diagnosis and treatment of conditions associated with the use of pain medications.)

07/10/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 8, 2017

HB 6361: AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (AllowsJames King to join Dashira Viqueira and Joseph Penniman in marriage on or about August 18, 2017, within the City of Warwick, Rhode Island.)

07/08/2017 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 7, 2017

HB 6301: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- APPOINTMENTS COMMISSIONS (Changes the responsibility of making appointments to certain advisory and exchange commissions from the lieutenant governor to the senate president.)

07/07/2017 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 7, 2017

HB 5904: AN ACT RELATING TO THE CUMBERLAND FIRE DISTRICT (Establishes that membership on the Cumberland Fire District Fire Committee constitutes holding a public office and that the elections of the Fire Committee are governed by state election laws.)

07/07/2017 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 7, 2017

HB 6288: AN ACT RELATING TO THE TOWN OF WEST WARWICK - RATIFICATION OF CHARTER AMENDMENTS (Validates and ratifies amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of West Warwick, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of West Warwick on May 19, 2016.)

07/07/2017 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 7, 2017

HB 5397: AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE AND SALE (Imposes a penalty of two thousand dollars ($2,000) upon financial institutions failing to promptly record foreclosure deeds and pay outstanding taxes.)

07/07/2017 Effective without Governor's signature