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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

passed · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 16, 2017

SR 617: SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES ON THE PASSING OF JOSEPH RICHARD BRADY

03/16/2017 Senate read and passed

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 15, 2017

HB 5871: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (Exempts from definition of public utility public entities that sell water outside their territorial limits to no more than 5 outside customers, 2% or less of total sales and charge outside customers a price no greater than inside customers.)

03/15/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 15, 2017

HB 5438: AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- UNIFORM RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF CANADIAN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROTECTION ORDERS ACT (Enacts uniform recognition of Canadian domestic violence protection orders act to conform law to other enacting states.)

03/15/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 15, 2017

HB 5443: AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- REVISED UNIFORM FIDUCIARY ACCESS TO DIGITAL ASSETS ACT (Regulates fiduciary and designated recipient access to digital assets relating to probate practice and procedure by creating the "Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act" to promote uniformity of the law among states that enact it.)

03/15/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 15, 2017

SB 265: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LABORATORIES (Restores provisions of chapter 16.2 of title 23 as well as all of chapter 16.3 of title 23, which were repealed or deleted in the 2015 Budget Act, relating to definitions, licensing, and the operation of medical laboratories.)

03/15/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 15, 2017

SB 396: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES--MEDICAL INFORMATION INCLUDED ON LICENSE (Allows drivers' licenses and state-issued identification cards to contain medical information to assist medical personnel.)

03/15/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 15, 2017

SB 429: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- TRANSFER OF VEHICLES (Includes automobiles equipped with self-sealing tires to be exempt from having a spare tire and jack when sold.)

03/15/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 15, 2017

HB 5395: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- PRESERVATION OF FAMILIES WITH DISABLED PARENT (Precludes parental disability serving as basis for denial/restrictions involving matters of a child's welfare/foster care/family law/guardianship/adoption without written findings by the family court.)

03/15/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

passed · Rhode Island · House Mar 15, 2017

HR 5917: HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF DR. SAMUEL J. MONTALTO, JR.

03/15/2017 House read and passed

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 15, 2017

HB 5439: AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- ELECTIVE SHARE (Clarifies the surviving spouse's right regarding elective shares against the decedent's will as to real and personal estate for decedents dying on and after January 1, 2017.)

03/15/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 15, 2017

HB 5614: AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS - COMMUNITY OBLIGATIONS AND BANKING OFFENSES (Requires licensed financial institutions to post signage advising of fraudulent financial schemes and need for caution in related financial transactions effective January 1, 2018.)

03/15/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 15, 2017

HR 5716: HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND ASSESS EDUCATION MODULES FOR DIVORCING PARENTS (Creates a 9 member commission to study and assess the most effective education modules for divorcing parents and how they may be implemented in the state, and who would report back by January 27, 2018, and expire on March 27, 2018.)

03/15/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study