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State Legislature US Congress

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

passed · Rhode Island · House Jun 8, 2017

HR 5454: HOUSE RESOLUTION DESIGNATING JUNE 27 TO BE POST - TRAUMATIC STRESS INJURY AWARENESS DAY IN RHODE ISLAND AND THE MONTH OF JUNE TO BE POST - TRAUMATIC STRESS INJURY AWARENESS MONTH IN RHODE ISLAND

06/08/2017 House read and passed

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 8, 2017

SB 820: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - COURTS - COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL TENURE AND DISCIPLINE (Imposes certain discovery obligations/procedural changes upon judicial tenure/discipline commission regarding removal of judges.)

06/08/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

passed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 8, 2017

SB 270: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER (Establishes aging/disability resource center within division of elderly affairs as part of long-term care system for elderly/disabled persons/family caregivers/providers and makes annual appropriation in the sum of $1,000,000 to establish the center.)

06/08/2017 Referred to House Finance

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 8, 2017

HB 6169: AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF SAVE THE NEIGHBORHOODS

06/08/2017 Effective without Governor's signature

in committee · Rhode Island · House Jun 8, 2017

HB 5851: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- BUILDING ON OR DEVELOPMENT OF STATE LAND (Requires general assembly approval for construction on or development of certain classes of state-owned properties.)

06/08/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Jun 8, 2017

HB 5328: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - SALES AND USE TAXES (Exempts the trade-in value of pickup trucks under eight thousand one hundred pounds (8,100 lbs.) gross weight, used exclusively for personal use, from sales tax.)

06/08/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

passed · Rhode Island · House Jun 8, 2017

HB 5398: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - USE OF LANES (Makes a violation using the passing lane on limited access highways when not passing another vehicle.)

06/08/2017 Referred to Senate Judiciary

in committee · Rhode Island · House Jun 8, 2017

HR 5502: JOINT RESOLUTION APPROVING PROJECT STATUS FOR REMEDIATION AND/OR MONITORING OF THE TRUK-AWAY LANDFILL SUSPECTED HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL SITE LOCATED IN THE CITY OF WARWICK

06/08/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 8, 2017

SB 467: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- ESTATE AND TRANSFER TAXES--LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Increases the value of all net taxable estates for the purpose of the estate and transfer tax from six hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($675,000) to two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000).)

06/08/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 8, 2017

SB 778: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES-ASSAULTS (Makes an assault or battery upon a dwarf resulting in bodily injury a felony and would be punishable by up to three (3) years imprisonment and an assault resulting in serious bodily injury punishable by to twenty (20) years imprisonment.)

06/08/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 8, 2017

SB 710: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES-MOTOR VEHICLES REPARATION ACT (Penalizes driving any motor vehicle required to be registered in this or any state without insurance or proof of insurance and abolish requirement that operator knew the vehicle was uninsured or unregistered making them strict liability offenses.)

06/08/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

passed · Rhode Island · House Jun 8, 2017

HB 5436: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS, COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS AND ESTHETICIANS (Exempts natural hair braiders from the requirement to be licensed as hairdressers or cosmeticians, and defines the practice of natural hair braiding.)

06/08/2017 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services