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State Legislature US Congress

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

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 6, 2017

SB 606: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS (Authorizes magistrates to preside over additional matters that are heard before the family court.)

04/06/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 6, 2017

SB 424: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS - JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY (Limits tortfeasor liability to several only if defendant’s act or omission constituted no more than 25% of the plaintiff's damages.)

04/06/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 6, 2017

SB 609: AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- REGULATION OF SALES (Provides that a person under the age of twenty-one (21) years of age who is convicted of possession of an alcoholic beverage has committed a violation, and not a felony or misdemeanor.)

04/06/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 6, 2017

SB 457: AN ACT RELATING TO SALES AND USE TAXES - LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION (Exempts the trade-in value of pickup trucks weighing fourteen thousand pounds (14,000 lbs.) or less from sales and use tax.)

04/06/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 6, 2017

SB 120: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - EXCISE TAX ON VEHICLES (Bases motor vehicle values for excise purposes on the NADA guidebook valuations.)

04/06/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 6, 2017

SB 181: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS (Repeals the law regarding contributions among joint tortfeasors and replaces it with the Apportionment of Tort Responsibility Act, in order to provide a uniform and comprehensive system for the apportionment of tort responsibility.)

04/06/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 6, 2017

SB 485: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Authorizes pharmacies to dispense prescriptions of less than a thirty (30) day supply for purposes of synchronizing a patient's medications.)

04/06/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 6, 2017

SB 410: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS - CONTRIBUTION AMONG JOINT TORTFEASORS (Original tortfeasor is liable for a injuries victim suffers due to negligent third-party treatment.)

04/06/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 6, 2017

SB 450: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES (Exempts the trade-in value of pickup trucks under six thousand pounds (6,000 lbs.) gross weight, used exclusively for personal use, from sales tax.)

04/06/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 6, 2017

SB 607: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION (Allows the Court in reviewing sex offender level determination by the board, to raise or lower the offender’s community notification level and provides that any person aggrieved may appeal to the Supreme Court.)

04/06/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 6, 2017

SB 528: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - SALES AND USE TAXES - LIABILITIES AND COMPUTATION (Exempts the trade-in values of motorcycles from sales tax.)

04/06/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 6, 2017

SB 116: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - SALES AND USE TAX - LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Adds disabled veterans with honorable discharge who purchase a new motor vehicle to the category of certain veterans exempt from sales and use taxes.)

04/06/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study