SB 2308: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Excludes evaluations or other personnel records of public school employees from being deemed public records.)
07/02/2018 Signed by Governor
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HB 7578: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ELDERLY AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT (Establishes a web-based caregiver support information center and adds certain elder services to those which are subject to training and support from the elderly affairs department.)
07/02/2018 Signed by Governor
SB 2413: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Amends the "building height" definition in chapter 24 of title 45 (zoning ordinances) for property in special flood hazard areas. The building height would be measured from the base flood elevation.)
07/02/2018 Signed by Governor
HB 7894: AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS - DIVORCE AND SEPARATION (Eliminates the waiting period for the granting of a complaint/divorce/separation following the filing of the complaint would shorten the waiting period for the filing of a final judgment for divorce following the hearing at which the divorce is granted.)
07/02/2018 Signed by Governor
SB 2586: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION (Implements several provisions of the federal sex offender registration and notification act, to include registration for a litany of federal or military offenses, and specifies what information can or cannot be shared on a public registry website.)
07/02/2018 Signed by Governor
HB 7556: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES (Amends provisions of the tax increment financing act in order to encourage municipalities to use tax increment financing to facilitate economic development. Effective 7/1/2018.)
07/02/2018 Signed by Governor
Sponsors
Carlos E. Tobon
(D)
,
Deborah Ruggiero
(D)
,
Mary Messier
(D)
,
Raymond H. Johnston Jr.
(D)
,
Jean Philippe Barros
(D)
HB 7044: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM (Permits that age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate education on consent and sexual activity be increased in secondary schools as part of a family life course.)
07/02/2018 Signed by Governor
Sponsors
Joseph Solomon
(D)
,
Deb Fellela
(D)
,
Pat Serpa
(D)
,
Chris Blazejewski
(D)
,
Daniel P. McKiernan
(D)
SB 2288: AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW - GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS - UNIFORM FRAUDULENT TRANSFER ACT (Renames title to be called Uniform Voidable Transaction Act/amends definition of "person"/adds substantive/procedural changes.)
07/02/2018 Signed by Governor
HB 7334: AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW - GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS - UNIFORM FRAUDULENT TRANSFER ACT (Renames title to be called Uniform Voidable Transaction Act/amends definition of "person"/adds substantive/procedural changes.)
07/02/2018 Signed by Governor
Sponsors
Brian Newberry
(R)
,
Joy Hearn
(D)
,
Kenneth A. Marshall
(D)
,
Cale P. Keable
(D)
,
Jason Knight
(D)
SB 2458: AN ACT RELATING TO DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN - PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT (Narrows the definition of an adult for the purposes of proceedings in family court to only those eighteen (18) years of age and older.)
07/02/2018 Signed by Governor
HB 7193: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- CONSENT TO MEDICAL AND SURGICAL CARE (Provides that any person, including, but not limited to, a minor who is pregnant, could give effective consent for medical, dental, health and hospital services relating to prenatal, delivery, and post-delivery care.)
07/02/2018 Signed by Governor
Sponsors
Susan Donovan
(D)
,
Deborah Ruggiero
(D)
,
Joseph McNamara
(D)
,
Camille Vella-Wilkinson
(D)
,
Edith Ajello
(D)
SB 2823: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS - LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS - USE OF LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS (Protects communications between language interpreters appointed under this chapter and limited-English-proficient persons.)
07/02/2018 Signed by Governor
Sponsors
Elizabeth A. Crowley
(D)
,
Maryellen Goodwin
(D)
,
Sandra Cano
(D)
,
Ana Quezada
(D)
,
Jeanine Calkin
(D)
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