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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 · Senate Jul 19, 2017

SB 546: AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT -- ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (Amends the statute governing prescriptions of controlled substances by making reference to regulations issued by the department of health.)

07/19/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 19, 2017

SB 808: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS (Defines the terms "conduit" and "earmarked" for purposes of reporting campaign contributions and eliminates the aggregate contribution limits and adds a prohibition of earmarked funds.)

07/19/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 19, 2017

SB 577: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH CARE FACILITIES - LICENSING (Amends the definition of health care facility to allow a hospital or an affiliate of a hospital to own and operate ambulatory-care facilities.)

07/19/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 19, 2017

SB 711: AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - LIMITED GUARDIANSHIP AND GUARDIANSHIP OF ADULTS (Provides persons under limited guardianship, guardianship conservatorship with rights designed to protect them from mental, physical and financial abuse by guardians and conservators retroactively and prospectively.)

07/19/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 19, 2017

SB 633: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CIVIC EDUCATION COMMISSION (Alters the membership, reporting protocol, and meeting requirements of the civic education commission.)

07/19/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 19, 2017

SB 540: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- GOLD STAR FAMILIES (Creates and expands eligibility for a special license plate for Gold Star Families.)

07/19/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 19, 2017

SB 960: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES (Benefits for students with disabilities continue until the end of the public school calendar semester when the student turns 21 or when the student’s program ends in accordance with the student’s (IEP), whichever occurs earlier.)

07/19/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 19, 2017

SB 458: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENTS OF STATE GOVERNMENT (Requires that an information technology project manager be assigned for all requests for proposals for information technology projects.)

07/19/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 19, 2017

SB 106: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM (Requires the department of education to consider incorporating media literacy education in the basic education program.)

07/19/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 19, 2017

SB 108: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RESILIENT RHODE ISLAND ACT OF 2014 - CLIMATE CHANGE COORDINATING COUNCIL (Directs the climate change coordinating council to study a carbon pricing program.)

07/19/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 19, 2017

SB 538: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Adds the class of combination vehicles to the list of vehicles eligible for New England Patriots Charitable Foundation registration plates.)

07/19/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 19, 2017

SB 790: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES & CARRIERS - RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Authorizes RIPTA to provide an open-door service to all passengers to and from Rhode Island to locations within five (5) miles of the Rhode Island boarder into Massachusetts and Connecticut.)

07/19/2017 Signed by Governor