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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 Mar 22, 2017

HB 5093: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT (Promotes the state and local enforcement of federal immigration laws, through civil and criminal penalties.)

03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2017

HB 5731: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS (Allows school committees to add item(s) to their agenda for the purposes of discussion only without having to publish notice of the additional item(s).)

03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2017

HB 5617: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - QUONSET DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (Empowers Quonset Development Corporation to purchase water from Providence Water Supply Board to assure adequate supply for current and future tenants at Quonset Business Park.)

03/22/2017 Withdrawn at sponsor's request (03/22/2017)

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2017

HB 5726: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT (Raises the age of consent for sexual intercourse to age eighteen provided however that consensual penetration between two individuals between the ages of sixteen and twenty would not be a violation of this statute.)

03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2017

HB 5666: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS (Requires school districts to provide for alternative programs and classroom space, within the school, to reduce the number of out of school suspensions which could lead to other deviant behaviors.)

03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2017

HB 5512: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - OPEN MEETINGS (Requires the attorney general to, within ninety (90) days of a complaint alleging a violation of the open meetings law, file a report detailing the results of the investigation into that complaint. The report would be deemed a public record.)

03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2017

HB 5639: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Limits damages to $100,000 in any tort action against the public transit authority, except by a special act, authorized by the general assembly.)

03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2017

HB 5927: AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- DOMESTIC ABUSE PREVENTION (Amends the definition of "domestic abuse" to include acts by a person who knowingly/willfully encourages/aids/coerces any minor child to engage in commercial sex acts and allows a parent or legal custodian to seek a protective order on behalf of a minor.)

03/22/2017 Withdrawn at sponsor's request

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2017

HB 5681: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - OFFENSES PERTAINING TO SCHOOLS (Provides an exception to required school immunizations for pupils whose personal beliefs are contrary to immunization and/or testing.)

03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2017

HB 5350: AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- WINE DIRECT SHIPPER LICENSE (Creates a wine direct shipper license and a wine gift basket license allowing for the shipment of certain amounts of wine both in and out-of-state.)

03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2017

HB 5624: AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Specifies the hours during the day in which Class P licensees may sell or serve alcoholic beverages.)

03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2017

HB 5902: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS REGULATION--AUTOMOBILE WRECKING AND SALVAGE YARDS (Prohibits any entity or individual from advertising the sale, purchase, receipt, transport, delivery or salvage of any auto wrecking or discarded automobile unless the advertiser is a licensed junk or salvage yard.)

03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study