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All 25,118 Active 5 In committee 20,549 Passed 5,917 Signed 4,510 Failed 6,972

signed · Rhode Island · Senate May 17, 2019

SB 847: AN ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RHODE ISLAND GENERAL LAWS SEC. 16-7-44 APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $20,000,000 LEASE REVENUE BONDS OR OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS BY THE PROVIDENCE PUBLIC BUILDINGS AUTHORITY TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, REHABILITATION, REPLACEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF HEALTH AND SAFETY PROJECTS AT THE CITY'S SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BUILDING ENVELOPE REPAIR, MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING IMPROVEMENTS, FIRE CODE COMPLIANCE AND PEST CONTROL, INCLUDING DESIGN AND FEASIBILITY, ENGINEERING OR OTHER STUDIES (Serves as the enabling act for the Providence Public Buildings Authority school housing projects to be eligible for state housing aid reimbursement.)

05/17/2019 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate May 17, 2019

SB 747: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - MINIMUM WAGES (Removes the overtime exemption for firefighters unless they are paid at the rate of one and one-half (1 1/2) times their regular rate for all hours worked in excess of forty-two (42) hours.)

05/17/2019 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · House May 17, 2019

HB 5174: AN ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RHODE ISLAND GENERAL LAWS SEC. 16-7-44 APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $20,000,000 LEASE REVENUE BONDS OR OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS BY THE PROVIDENCE PUBLIC BUILDINGS AUTHORITY TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, REHABILITATION, REPLACEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF HEALTH AND SAFETY PROJECTS AT THE CITY'S SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BUILDING ENVELOPE REPAIR, MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING IMPROVEMENTS, FIRE CODE COMPLIANCE AND PEST CONTROL, INCLUDING DESIGN AND FEASIBILITY, ENGINEERING OR OTHER STUDIES (Serves as the enabling act for the Providence Public Buildings Authority school housing projects to be eligible for state housing aid reimbursement.)

05/17/2019 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House May 17, 2019

HB 5662: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - MINIMUM WAGES (Removes the overtime exemption for firefighters unless they are paid at the rate of one and one-half (1 1/2) times their regular rate for all hours worked in excess of forty-two (42) hours.)

05/17/2019 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · House May 16, 2019

HB 5866: AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Evan Chernov to join Allison Chernov and Marland Hobbs in marriage on or about May 26, 2019, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.)

05/16/2019 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · House May 16, 2019

HB 5824: AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Andrea Bolton to join Megan Elizabeth Chapman and Nicholas Jerome Leary in marriage on or about August 31, 2019, within the Town of Johnston, Rhode Island.)

05/16/2019 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · House May 16, 2019

HB 5881: AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Andrew James Bucci to join Nicole Marie Bucci and Daniel Michael MacDonald in marriage on or about May 17, 2020, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.)

05/16/2019 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · House May 16, 2019

HB 5843: AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Charles Krohn Fipshaw to join Rory Bagwell Clark and Stephen Mitchell Miller in marriage on or about June 8, 2019, within the Town of New Shoreham, Rhode Island.)

05/16/2019 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · House May 16, 2019

HB 5889: AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Samuel Dillavou to join Colleen Weber and Spencer Frenchman in marriage on or about June 29, 2019, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island.)

05/16/2019 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · House May 14, 2019

HB 5437: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - ARBITRATION - CONTINUANCE OF CONTRACTUAL PROVISIONS (Provides for the extension of certain contractual provisions in a school teachers' collective bargaining agreement if the parties are engaged in negotiations.)

05/14/2019 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate May 14, 2019

SB 512: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- ARBITRATION -- CONTINUANCE OF CONTRACTUAL PROVISIONS (Requires that the contractual provisions contained in an otherwise expired collective bargaining agreement with certified school teachers and municipal employees would continue until a successor agreement has been reached between the parties.)

05/14/2019 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate May 13, 2019

SB 851: AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF COVENTRY (Validates and ratifies amendments to the home rule charter of the town of Coventry, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of Coventry on November 6, 2018.)

05/13/2019 Signed by Governor