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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 10, 2018

HB 7778: AN ACT REGISTRATION TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Exempts vehicle owners by a rental company from provisions permitted to the DMV to refuse registration for failure to pay fines including interest, penalties, or other monetary amount.)

07/10/2018 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 10, 2018

HB 8339: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - EMPLOYMENT SECURITY - BENEFITS (Raises the minimum attorneys' fee awarded to a claimant from fifty dollars ($50) to two hundred fifty dollars ($250) in certain instances in unemployment compensation matters.)

07/10/2018 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 10, 2018

HB 7162: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - DEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL - GUN CRIMES REPORT (Directs the attorney general to report annually to the general assembly on the incidence and disposition of crimes involving guns.)

07/10/2018 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 10, 2018

HB 8315: AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Bradley Ames Stolzer to join Marika Elisabeth Doviak and Kevin James Tomaselli in marriage on or about Sept 8, 2018, within the Town of Jamestown, Rhode Island.)

07/10/2018 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 10, 2018

SB 2134: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL -- GUN CRIMES REPORT (Directs the attorney general to report annually to the general assembly on the incidence and disposition of crimes involving guns.)

07/10/2018 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 10, 2018

SB 2872: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES -- POLICE CHIEF EMERITUS GARY MALIKOWSKI (Authorizes a police chief emeritus special license plate for Gary Malikowski, former police chief of West Greenwich.)

07/10/2018 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 10, 2018

SB 2688: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - AUTOMATED SCHOOL-ZONE-SPEED-ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM (Requires the use of yellow, flashing school zone speed signs and require written warning citations for first offenses, a fine up to forty-five dollars ($45) for second offenses and referral to the traffic tribunal for all subsequent offenses.)

07/10/2018 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 10, 2018

HB 7779: AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- LICENSING (Removes the requirement that hunting and fishing licenses may be issued only by town and city clerks.)

07/10/2018 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 10, 2018

HB 7858: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Revises the list of personal property subject to local taxation and provide greater clarity to businesses in the state concerning such taxes.)

07/10/2018 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 10, 2018

HB 7456: AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- UNLAWFUL CONFINEMENT OF A COVERED ANIMAL (Makes changes in the definitions of what constitutes unlawful confinement of any sow during gestation, calf raised for veal or egg-laying hen kept on a farm, and would apply them throughout the chapter accordingly.)

07/10/2018 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 10, 2018

HB 8177: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES--CITY OF CENTRAL FALLS (Authorizes Central Falls to adopt 3 separate tax classifications of residential property consisting of tax rates: owner-occupied property of 5 units or less/dwellings of 6 units or more/non owner-occupied property of 5 units or less, including mixed use.)

07/10/2018 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 10, 2018

SB 2989: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - COLLECTION OF TAXES GENERALLY (Adds the town of Burrillville to those towns wherein taxes assessed on a mobile or manufactured home would constitute a lien on said home.)

07/10/2018 Effective without Governor's signature