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All 25,118 Active 7,678 In committee 7,673 Passed 5,917 Signed 4,510 Failed 6,972

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 16, 2017

HB 5834: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE LOTTERY (Creates an instant ticket scratch off game pilot program to raise funds for Rhode Island veterans and dependents of qualified service members.)

05/16/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 16, 2017

HB 5371: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND (Provides for additional appropriations by the general assembly to promote the capability of URI in the areas of environmental and agricultural research and education.)

05/16/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 16, 2017

HB 5794: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND (Authorizes the state lottery commission to establish an instant game entitled Rhode Island Museum’s Blackjack, the net revenues of which would be used to maintain and support nonprofit museums located in the state.)

05/16/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

passed both · Rhode Island · Senate May 12, 2017

SB 715: AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Westley Chaplin to join Ashley Dopart and Greg Preliasco in marriage on or about October 21, 2017, within the Town of Narragansett, Rhode Island.)

05/12/2017 Effective without Governor's signature

passed both · Rhode Island · Senate May 12, 2017

SB 723: AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Mark Tourgee to join Morgan Sprague and Bradley Head in marriage on or about September 9, 2017, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.)

05/12/2017 Effective without Governor's signature

passed both · Rhode Island · Senate May 12, 2017

SB 722: AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows James R. Lee to join Ryann Scully and Nathan Humes in marriage on or about July 7, 2018, within the Town of Bristol, Rhode Island.)

05/12/2017 Effective without Governor's signature

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 11, 2017

HB 6198: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE (Allows employees, of an employer that sponsors disability insurance programs, to elect to exempt them from temporary disability insurance coverage.)

05/11/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 11, 2017

SB 91: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES (Requires all candidates for United States President and Vice President file copies of their last five (5) years of federal income tax returns with the state board of elections no later than fifty (50) days prior to the general election.)

05/11/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 11, 2017

SB 222: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES (Repeals the voter identification law.)

05/11/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 11, 2017

SB 408: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - RHODE ISLAND RESTORATION OF VOTING RIGHTS ACT (Requires the department of corrections to provide the secretary of state with the number of eligible persons who, upon release from incarceration, have registered to vote and requires the secretary of state to publish that number twice a year.)

05/11/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 11, 2017

SB 574: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Includes a state-licensed facility that provides mental health and/or substance abuse treatment and/or prevention services in the definition of "health care provider" for the purposes of the prompt payment of health insurance claims.)

05/11/2017 Meeting postponed (05/11/2017)

passed · Rhode Island · House May 11, 2017

HR 6215: HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 14, 2017 TO BE "CHILDHOOD APRAXIA OF SPEECH AWARENESS DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

05/11/2017 House read and passed