SB 172: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - AERIAL PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT (Prohibits law enforcement from using unmanned aerial vehicles without a proper warrant.)
03/07/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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SB 378: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SPECIAL POLICE FOR PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS (Clarifies the jurisdiction of special police officers upon the land and buildings of educational institutions, and on roads adjacent to the educational institutions to instances where the officer notices that a person is in danger of bodily harm.)
03/07/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
HR 5860: HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING CONDOLENCES
03/07/2017 House read and passed
HB 5697: AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - RHODE ISLAND FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES (Clarifies that "housing status" is a protected class under the Rhode Island Fair Housing Practices Act.)
03/07/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Sponsors
Anastasia Williams
(D)
,
Charlene Lima
(D)
,
Camille Vella-Wilkinson
(D)
,
Robert B. Lancia
(R)
HR 5859: HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING CONGRATULATIONS
03/07/2017 House read and passed
SB 268: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS (Redefines coinsurance to prohibit insurance contracts or policies from using coinsurance to calculate and collect additional funds from patients, including mental health and substance abuse patients.)
03/07/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Sponsors
Adam J. Satchell
(D)
,
James C. Sheehan
(D)
,
Josh Miller
(D)
,
Jeanine Calkin
(D)
,
Gayle L. Goldin
(D)
SB 385: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - PAY FOR SUCCESS CRIMINAL RECIDIVISM REDUCTION ACT (Provides for the contracting with criminal justice reform services which provide Pay for Success criminal justice reform programs.)
03/07/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Sponsors
Elizabeth A. Crowley
(D)
,
Harold M. Metts
(D)
,
Paul V. Jabour
(D)
,
Ana Quezada
(D)
,
Jeanine Calkin
(D)
SB 233: AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- IMMIGRATION STATUS (Prohibits a landlord from asking about the immigration status of a tenant, prospective tenant, occupant, or prospective occupant of residential rental property.)
03/07/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Sponsors
Elizabeth A. Crowley
(D)
,
Harold M. Metts
(D)
,
James E. Doyle II
(D)
,
Ana Quezada
(D)
,
Gayle L. Goldin
(D)
HB 5061: AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMAL AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Requires a court of competent jurisdiction to order the appointment of an animal care advocate where animal cruelty is at issue.)
03/07/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Sponsors
Joseph Solomon
(D)
,
Anastasia Williams
(D)
,
Pat Serpa
(D)
,
Charlene Lima
(D)
,
Cale P. Keable
(D)
HB 5104: AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL ABUSER REGISTRY ACT (Creates the "Animal Abuser Registry Act" which requires all persons convicted of animal abuse to register with an online registry to be established and maintained by the attorney general's office.)
03/07/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Sponsors
David A. Coughlin, Jr.
(D)
,
Doc Corvese
(D)
,
Sam Azzinaro
(D)
,
Thomas Winfield
(D)
,
Stephen R. Ucci
(D)
HB 5530: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INFERTILITY (Provides insurance for infertility regardless of marital status.)
03/07/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
SB 234: AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE AND PROCEDURE -- UNCLAIMED INTANGIBLE AND TANGIBLE PROPERTY (Authorizes police departments and local drug control divisions to keep confiscated property, and any income derived from such property would be used for community or law enforcement purposes.)
03/07/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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