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

passed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 27, 2017

SR 987: SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF EDWARD JOSEPH MCGOVERN

06/27/2017 Senate read and passed

passed · Rhode Island · House Jun 27, 2017

HR 6363: HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING JOHN D. MUGGERIDGE ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT AFTER MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS OF ACCOMPLISHED LEADERSHIP AT FIDELITY INVESTMENTS

06/27/2017 House read and passed

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 27, 2017

HB 6157: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- STATE CRIME LABORATORY (Changes the director and other positions at the state crime laboratory from board of governors' appointments to employees of the council on postsecondary education.)

06/27/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 27, 2017

HB 5661: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- PRIVATE SCHOOLS (Requires accreditation by a Regional Accrediting Agency recognized by the United States Department of Education for distance learning institutions to transact business or grant degrees in Rhode Island.)

06/27/2017 Signed by Governor

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 27, 2017

SB 516: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE LOTTERY (Restores the lottery commission.)

06/27/2017 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 27, 2017

SB 517: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- LITIGATION LENDING AGREEMENTS (Makes litigation loan agreements subject to state usury statutes.)

06/27/2017 Senate voted to recommit to Senate Judiciary

passed · Rhode Island · House Jun 27, 2017

HB 6252: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- LOCAL CANVASSING AUTHORITIES (Clarifies that the authority of the president of a city or town council to nominate the members of a local canvassing authority only applies to a municipality that does not have a mayoral form of government.)

06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 27, 2017

SB 177: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS - ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Excludes preliminary drafts, notes, impressions, memoranda, working papers and work products involving research at state institutions of higher learning from the definition of a public record.)

06/27/2017 Signed by Governor

passed · Rhode Island · House Jun 27, 2017

HB 6172: AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- RIGHT TO FARM (Defines secondary agricultural operations and would provide that municipalities may limit and regulate secondary agricultural use if it is determined that the use is harmful to public safety, but may not prohibit such agricultural operations.)

06/27/2017 House passed Sub A

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 27, 2017

HB 5274: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RENEWABLE ENERGY GROWTH PROGRAM (Expands the renewable energy growth program for an additional ten (10) years after the fifth program year, with an annual target of forty (40) nameplate megawatts for each year of the ten (10) year period.)

06/27/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 27, 2017

SB 812: AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Includes fentanyl analogs and synthetic opioids into Schedule I and Schedule II of the list of uniform controlled substances.)

06/27/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 27, 2017

SR 901: JOINT RESOLUTION AMENDING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON DEFENSE ECONOMY PLANNING (Amends the membership of the special legislative commission on defense economy planning by increasing the number of members from twenty-five (25) to twenty-six (26) by adding the Director of Veteran's Affairs, or designee.)

06/27/2017 Signed by Governor