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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 · House Jun 18, 2018

HB 7652: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - CHILDREN (Transfers jurisdiction of the offenses in § 11-9-5 of the general laws ("cruelty to or neglect of child") from the Rhode Island Family Court to the Rhode Island Superior Court.)

06/18/2018 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 18, 2018

HB 7522: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - VOTER REGISTRATION (Requires the secretary of state to notify the appropriate elected official of a newly registered voter's most recent former place of residence, only if it is located outside of Rhode Island.)

06/18/2018 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 18, 2018

SB 2691: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - CHILDREN (Transfers jurisdiction of the offenses in § 11-9-5 of the general laws ("cruelty to or neglect of child") from the Rhode Island Family Court to the Rhode Island Superior Court.)

06/18/2018 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 18, 2018

SB 2440: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - VOTER REGISTRATION (Requires the secretary of state to notify the appropriate elected official of a newly registered voter's most recent former place of residence, only if it is located outside of Rhode Island.)

06/18/2018 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 18, 2018

HB 7776: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS (Amends several provisions relative to truck size and weight limitations to be compatible with federal law.)

06/18/2018 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 18, 2018

SB 2678: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES (Continues status quo for licensing of approved recipients under DACA program; however, issuance of license does not confer right to vote eff. 12/3/18.)

06/18/2018 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 14, 2018

SB 2809: AN ACT RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY - NAMING THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND WELCOME CENTER (Names the welcome center at the University of Rhode Island "The Robert J. Higgins Welcome Center.")

06/14/2018 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 14, 2018

SB 2891: AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Kathleen Nee to join Julia McDowell and the Honorable Seth Magaziner in marriage on or about July 28, 2018, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.)

06/14/2018 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 14, 2018

HB 8054: AN ACT RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY - NAMING THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND WELCOME CENTER (Names the welcome center at the University of Rhode Island "The Robert J. Higgins Welcome Center.")

06/14/2018 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 14, 2018

SB 2908: AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF THE BARN YARD ENTERPRISES, INC.

06/14/2018 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 14, 2018

HB 7604: AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- CONSUMER EMPOWERMENT AND IDENTITY PREVENTION ACT OF 2006 (Provides that a consumer report agency may not charge a consumer a fee for any security freeze service. Effective September 1, 2018.)

06/14/2018 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 14, 2018

SB 2932: AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Tina L. Spears to join Melody Rose Lawrence and Jeffrey Arnold Schmeltz in marriage on or about June 16, 2018, within the Town of Jamestown, Rhode Island.)

06/14/2018 Signed by Governor