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

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 19, 2017

SB 562: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- STATEWIDE MUNICIPAL SOLAR PERMIT (Requires the Rhode Island office of energy resources, in consultation with the building commission to promulgate rules and regulations to create a statewide solar photovoltaic permit application.)

06/19/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 19, 2017

SB 543: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY REGISTRATION ACT (Provides for the registration and oversight of appraisal management companies operating in this state.)

06/19/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 19, 2017

HB 5701: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES (Gives local boards discretion to designate times and places where optical scan voting equipment and sample ballots are exhibited for instructional purposes.)

06/19/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 19, 2017

SB 794: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES (Gives local boards discretion to designate times and places where optical scan voting equipment and sample ballots are exhibited for instructional purposes.)

06/19/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 19, 2017

HB 5456: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS (Requires infants and toddlers under two (2) years of age or weighing less than thirty pounds (30 lbs.) be retrained in rear-facing car seats.)

06/19/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 19, 2017

HB 5575: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- STATEWIDE MUNICIPAL SOLAR PERMIT (Requires the Rhode Island office of energy resources, in consultation with the building commission to promulgate rules and regulations to create a statewide solar photovoltaic permit application.)

06/19/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 19, 2017

SB 545: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (Repeals the law which provides enhanced penalties of a fine of not more than $250/ imprisonment for not more than 6 months for disclosure of health care information with respect to an individual diagnosis and treatment of a sexually transmitted disease.)

06/19/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 19, 2017

SB 802: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES (Requires that election supplies furnished by the board of elections would be delivered to or picked up by the proper officer as determined by the board no later than twelve o'clock p.m. (12:00 p.m.) on the day before the election.)

06/19/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 19, 2017

SB 275: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS (Requires infants and toddlers under two (2) years of age or weighing less than thirty pounds (30 lbs.) be retrained in rear-facing car seats.)

06/19/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 19, 2017

HB 5016: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Requires the assessment to examine the status of each school building's safety be completed by November 1 of the year mandated.)

06/19/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 19, 2017

SB 112: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RENEWABLE ENERGY GROWTH PROGRAM (Expands the renewable energy growth program for an additional ten (10) years after the fifth program year, with an annual target of forty (40) nameplate megawatts for each year of the ten (10) year period.)

06/19/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 19, 2017

SB 98: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - SECURITIZATION ACT (Repeals The Public Utility Securitization Act (§§39-1-43 to 60), passed in 1997.)

06/19/2017 Signed by Governor