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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

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 26, 2020

HB 7860: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD LIMITS--SMITHFIELD AND LINCOLN (Prohibits commercial motor trucks, with a gross weight rating of twenty-six thousand one pounds (26,001 lbs.) or more, from traveling on Limerock Road, in Smithfield and Lincoln.)

06/26/2020 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 26, 2020

HB 8069: AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Carl Joseph Woolf to join Andrea Jane Kowalczyk and John Thomas Mosby in marriage on or about October 25, 2020, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island.)

06/26/2020 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 26, 2020

HB 7255: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - COLLECTION OF TAXES GENERALLY (Permits the town of Barrington to deny issuance or renewal of licenses or permits for properties on which the taxes and/or assessments are in arrears.)

06/26/2020 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 26, 2020

HB 7022: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS -- PRUDENCE ISLAND SCHOOL FOUNDATION (Enables the town council of Portsmouth to transfer and/or convey parcels of land owned by the town on Prudence Island to the Prudence Island School Foundation to be used for educational purposes.)

06/26/2020 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 26, 2020

HB 7051: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS (Authorizes the town council of the town of South Kingstown to create a municipal court and housing court and defines the respective jurisdiction of those two courts.)

06/26/2020 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 26, 2020

HB 7258: AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- IMPOUNDMENT AND DISPOSITION OF UNCOLLARED DOGS -- FOSTER (Authorizes the Foster town council to enact an impoundment fee for impounded dogs.)

06/26/2020 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 26, 2020

HB 7849: AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows the city of Providence board of licenses to grant an exemption with regard to the proximity to schools and churches relating to the issuance of an alcoholic beverage retail license for property located at 601 Hartford Avenue, Providence, RI.)

06/26/2020 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 26, 2020

HB 7254: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Permits Barrington to have three alternate members on zoning board who may participate in hearings and shall vote in the absence of other members. Each member of the board may vote only if they attended all hearings relative to the matter before board.)

06/26/2020 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 26, 2020

HB 8017: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN TO FINANCE ACQUIRING AND PRESERVING OPEN SPACE AND ACQUIRING, PRESERVING, RESTORING AND IMPROVING RECREATIONAL AREAS IN THE TOWN BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $5,000,000 BONDS AND/OR NOTES THEREFOR (Authorizes Middletown to issue up to $5,000,000 in bonds/notes to acquire/preserve open space/restore improve recreational areas subject to voter appeal.)

06/26/2020 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 26, 2020

HB 7192: AN ACT RELATING TO AMENDING THE CHARTER OF NORTH PROVIDENCE (Amends the North Providence legislative town charter to gradually increase the mayor's compensation from ($75,000.00) to ($85,000.00) for FY 2020, to ($95,000.00) for FY 2021, to ($105,000.00) beginning on FY 2022 and each year thereafter.)

06/26/2020 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 26, 2020

HB 7252: AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOL BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows Westerly to exempt from the provisions of this section any proposed Class B liquor license to be located at 114 Granite Street, Westerly.)

06/26/2020 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 26, 2020

HB 7162: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Authorizes a tax exemption for tangible business or personal property in whole or in part within the town of Bristol's community limits, subject to authorization by the action of the town council of the town of Bristol.)

06/26/2020 Effective without Governor's signature