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All 25,118 Active 7,678 In committee 7,673 Passed 5,630 Signed 4,797 Failed 6,972

passed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 27, 2019

SB 411: AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Establishes restrictions on invasive plant species to include running bamboo.)

06/27/2019 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources

passed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 27, 2019

SB 610: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LICENSING (Creates a new process with standards to be utilized when deciding whether an applicant's past criminal contacts' convictions should disqualify them from receiving a government issued license.)

06/27/2019 Referred to House Judiciary

passed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 27, 2019

SR 1020: SENATE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING RHODE ISLAND'S NO.1 RANKING FOR THE BEST NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN 2019

06/27/2019 Senate read and passed

passed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 27, 2019

SB 338: AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT - OFFENSES AND PENALTIES (Excludes the possession of buprenorphine from those controlled substances that can result in criminal penalties.)

06/27/2019 Referred to House Judiciary

passed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 27, 2019

SB 463: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS - DEATH BY WRONGFUL ACT (Allows damages recovery for emotional stress, grief, loss of enjoyment of life resulting from wrongful death of a spouse, parent, child to all pending future claims.)

06/27/2019 Referred to House Judiciary

passed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 27, 2019

SB 774: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICAL THERAPISTS (Authorizes physical therapists to order diagnostic imaging (x-rays). Authority sunsets December 31, 2021.)

06/27/2019 Referred to House H.E.W.

passed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 27, 2019

SB 941: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- MODEL FOR DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAMS (Requires the department of education to create a model policy/timeline to assist school districts in implementing a dual language immersion program. This model policy and timeline would be sent to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house.)

06/27/2019 Referred to House Finance

passed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 27, 2019

SB 263: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ESTABLISHMENT OF CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Requires charter public schools include on their board of governors or trustees, one member from host community to be appointed by the school committee of said community.)

06/27/2019 Referred to House H.E.W.

passed · Rhode Island · House Jun 27, 2019

HB 5540: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - CLINICAL TRIALS WEBSITE (Requires the state department of health to post and maintain on its website a link to ClinicalTrials.gov, a free service of the National Institutes of Health Library of Medicine.)

06/27/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence

passed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 27, 2019

SB 1004: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - CAMPAIGN FINANCE (Reduces the minimum reporting campaign contribution amount that needs to be reported to the board of elections from over $100 to $25.00 for purposes of Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting and the Ballot Question Advocacy and Reporting Acts.)

06/27/2019 Senate read and passed

passed · Rhode Island · House Jun 27, 2019

HR 5138: HOUSE RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND, RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE, AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON CAMPUS POLICING POLICIES (Mandates arming campus police at public higher educational institutions and would include campus police in the definition of "law enforcement officer" for the purposes of the "Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights.")

06/27/2019 House passed Sub A

passed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 27, 2019

SB 301: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE AND DISCIPLINE (Authorizes hospital medical staff to elect whether or not to participate in a maintenance of certification program, to elect medical specialty board to implement the program and prohibits insurers from denying reimbursement based solely on this election.)

06/27/2019 Senate passed Sub A