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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 · House Apr 5, 2017

HB 5649: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND VEHICLES - TAXICAB LICENSES (Places a ten (10) year moratorium on the issuance of new taxicab and limited public motor vehicles certificates but not affect current certificates.)

04/05/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 5, 2017

SB 635: AN ACT RELATING TO STATEWIDE VIRTUAL EDUCATION - SNOW DAYS (Authorizes development of at home online learning system for use by school districts to minimize days lost to weather related or other events resulting in school cancellation effective 7/1/17.)

04/05/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 5, 2017

HB 5883: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM (Requires that public schools of this state, beginning in kindergarten and continuing through and including grade 12, would annually provide access for every student to at least one field trip to a nature preserve, reserve, or conservatory.)

04/05/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 5, 2017

HB 5986: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - OFFENSES PERTAINING TO SCHOOLS (Provides an exception to required school immunizations for pupils whose personal, philosophical, or religious beliefs are contrary to immunization and/or testing.)

04/05/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 5, 2017

SB 634: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS--BEGINNING OF SCHOOL YEAR (Requires public schools, including charter schools, begin the school year after Labor Day commencing in the school year 2018-2019.)

04/05/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 5, 2017

SB 301: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - FEES FOR STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES - VETERANS (Authorizes state higher education institutions to waive application and transcript fees for veterans.)

04/05/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 5, 2017

HB 5926: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - POLICE-WORN BODY CAMERAS (Mandates protocols for the use of police-worn body cameras by those law enforcement agencies which choose to require their use.)

04/05/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 5, 2017

HB 5650: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY SERVICES (Allows the town of New Shoreham to establish its own regulatory framework regarding transportation network company services.)

04/05/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 5, 2017

HR 6075: JOINT RESOLUTION APPROPRIATING SUFFICIENT SUMS TO PAY ONE-HALF THE COSTS OF TEACHERS IN OBTAINING AN INTERNATIONAL DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION ("IDA") ALIGNED GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN DYSLEXIA KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE (Authorizes the appropriation of sufficient sums to pay one-half the costs of teachers in obtaining an IDA aligned graduate certificate in dyslexia knowledge and practice.)

04/05/2017 Introduced, referred to House Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 5, 2017

HB 5735: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- PEACE OFFICERS (Designates certain program workers and shift coordinators at the training school as peace officers while on duty.)

04/05/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 5, 2017

HB 5983: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS (Authorizes the town of Charlestown to regulate earth removal extraction, and blasting operations within the town.)

04/05/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 5, 2017

SB 653: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Establishes a separate variance process for certain properties that sustain damages as a result of a state emergency or local disaster emergency.)

04/05/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study