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State Legislature US Congress

All 25,118 Active 7,678 In committee 7,673 Passed 5,630 Signed 4,797 Failed 6,972

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 13, 2021

HB 5599: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY (Eliminates the words "moral turpitude" as a cause of refusal to issue a license to various professionals.)

07/13/2021 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 13, 2021

SB 35: AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- THE OCEAN STATE CLIMATE ADAPTATION FUND (Establishes the Ocean State Climate Adaptation and Resilience Fund. Enables municipalities and the state to apply for grants to improve public safety and community climate resilience for coastal habitats, as well as river and stream floodplains.)

07/13/2021 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 13, 2021

SB 193: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - THEFT, EMBEZZLEMENT, FALSE PRETENSES AND MISAPPROPRIATIONS (Requires that penalties or restitution payments for larceny of a campaign account or campaign expenditure reporting violations be deposited into the Rhode Island crime victim compensation program fund and not into the candidate's campaign account.)

07/13/2021 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 13, 2021

SB 451: AN ACT RELATING TO UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Clarifies uniform commercial code provisions to specify that the provisions apply to electronic transactions.)

07/13/2021 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 13, 2021

SB 25: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NONREGULATED POWER PRODUCER CONSUMER BILL OF RIGHTS (Excludes municipal and government bodies that aggregate electrical loads for residential retail customers from the requirement that a new contract is required when there is a change of terms for electric-generation services.)

07/13/2021 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 13, 2021

SB 736: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION (Products liability defense of subsequent alteration eliminated.)

07/13/2021 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 13, 2021

HB 5511: AN ACT RELATING TO UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Clarifies uniform commercial code provisions to specify that the provisions apply to electronic transactions.)

07/13/2021 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 12, 2021

SB 103: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Authorizes cities/towns to establish a property tax credit program in exchange for volunteer service by persons over age 60 up to $1,500 calculated by multiplying service hours by the state minimum wage per hour.)

07/12/2021 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 12, 2021

HB 5386: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - WEAPONS (Prohibits obtaining/purchasing/transferring a firearm on behalf of another person if other person prohibited from possessing firearm with increase in penalties for those offenses and applications amended to state number of firearms purchased.)

07/12/2021 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 12, 2021

HB 5555: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THE HAROLD M. METTS SCHOOL SAFETY ACT OF 2021 (Prohibits the possession of firearms on school grounds except for peace officers, retired law enforcement officers, persons under contract to provide school security services, and unloaded firearms in locked containers or a locked rack on motor vehicles.)

07/12/2021 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 12, 2021

HB 5581: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS - DEATH BY WRONGFUL ACT (Allows recovery of damages for the emotional distress, grief, and loss of enjoyment of life as a result of the wrongful death of a spouse, a parent or a son or daughter.)

07/12/2021 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 12, 2021

SB 502: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN (Makes it a misdemeanor to possess, transfer and/or produce child erotica for the specific purpose of sexual gratification or sexual arousal, punishable by confinement in jail for not more than one year, or fine of not more than$1,000, or both.)

07/12/2021 Signed by Governor