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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 Jul 15, 2019

HB 5433: AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- SEIZURE OF ANIMALS BEING CRUELLY TREATED (Authorizes certain state and municipal agents to take possession of animals found abandoned or neglected, and to proceed to provide all necessary care and treatment for the animal.)

07/15/2019 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 15, 2019

HB 6240: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] (Exempts those students in grade twelve (12) who are enrolled full-time in a dual enrollment program where the courses are taken on a higher education institution campus from the requirement that they complete health and physical education courses.)

07/15/2019 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 15, 2019

SB 134: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - WITHHOLDING OF TAX (Provides that the non-resident withholding requirement for a corporation that sells real estate be consistent with the seven percent (7%) corporate income tax rate.)

07/15/2019 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 15, 2019

SB 274: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICES AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT (Allows state employees and correctional officers who have served under both pension systems to combine their service time earned from each job.)

07/15/2019 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 15, 2019

HB 6242: AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION - RHODE ISLAND INFRASTRUCTURE BANK (Expands the definition of “approved project” to include resiliency related infrastructure projects, and further prohibits the award of financial assistance for a water pollution abatement project.)

07/15/2019 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 15, 2019

HB 5365: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - DESIGNERS OF INDIVIDUAL SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS (Provides that professional engineers who are registered and authorized to practice by the Rhode Island state board of registration for professional engineers be deemed to have met the qualifications for a designer's license.)

07/15/2019 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 15, 2019

HB 6134: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - WORKERS' COMPENSATION (Provides employer pays any excess damages for an injured minor/clarifies liability of employer for violation of continuation of health care benefits for injured employee caused by employer/repeals obsolete/inapplicable workers' compensation laws.)

07/15/2019 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 15, 2019

SB 588: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - NOMINATION - DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY - PRIMARY VOTES (Moves the date of primaries to the eighth Tuesday preceding biennial state elections.)

07/15/2019 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 15, 2019

HB 6086: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Requires private/public schools provide/maintain opioid antagonists on-site including elementary schools.)

07/15/2019 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 15, 2019

HB 5507: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES (Codifies the lawful procedure for a bicyclist to follow when complying with traffic control signals.)

07/15/2019 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 15, 2019

SB 728: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES - MERIT SYSTEM (Allows a provisional employee in classified service, who has satisfactorily served in their position for more than five (5) consecutive years, to be deemed qualified to be awarded permanent status in that position, without the need of examination.)

07/15/2019 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 15, 2019

HB 5778: 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.)

07/15/2019 Signed by Governor