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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 Sep 28, 2017

HB 5115: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Clarifies what constitutes a felony, misdemeanor, and petty misdemeanor and also amends the penalties for certain criminal offenses involving assault and larceny, based on the value of property stolen.)

09/28/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Sep 28, 2017

HB 6314: AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Allows a pound or animal shelter to put an animal up for adoption after ten (10) days if it has a tag or after five (5) days if it has no tag.)

09/28/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Sep 28, 2017

HB 5065: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - CORRECTIONS - BATTERERS INTERVENTION PROGRAMS AND PROBATION SUPERVISION (Creates a batterer's intervention program fund and also adopts evidence-based probation and parole supervision systems.)

09/28/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Sep 28, 2017

SB 10: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT DIVERSION (Creates superior court diversion program, imposing certain service and screening conditions on defendants in return for exoneration of charges.)

09/28/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Sep 28, 2017

HB 5413: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- HEALTHY AND SAFE FAMILIES AND WORKPLACES ACT (Requires employers with eighteen (18) or more employees to provide three (3) paid sick days in 2018, four (4) paid sick days in 2019 and five (5) paid sick days thereafter.)

09/28/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Sep 28, 2017

SB 11: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Clarifies what constitutes a felony, misdemeanor, and petty misdemeanor and also amends the penalties for certain criminal offenses involving assault and larceny, based on the value of property stolen.)

09/28/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Sep 28, 2017

HB 5724: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION (Requires local law enforcement to share information with local school departments for the purposes of notifying parents of students whose bus stop is within 1000 feet of the residence of level 3 sex offender.)

09/28/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Sep 28, 2017

HB 6285: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Subjects toll violators of out-of-state tolled projects to license and registration denial under certain circumstances.)

09/28/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Sep 28, 2017

SB 8: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SENTENCE AND EXECUTION (Makes various changes to the sentencing and execution guidelines for purposes of criminal procedure and would add new conditions of criminal probation.)

09/28/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Sep 28, 2017

SB 6: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - CORRECTIONS - BATTERERS INTERVENTION PROGRAMS AND PROBATION SUPERVISION (Creates a batterers intervention program fund and also adopts evidence-based probation and parole supervision systems.)

09/28/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Sep 28, 2017

HB 5063: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION (Amends provisions of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act.)

09/28/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Sep 28, 2017

SB 563: AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Allows a pound or animal shelter to put an animal up for adoption after ten (10) days if it has a tag or after five (5) days if it has no tag.)

09/28/2017 Signed by Governor