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State Legislature US Congress

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

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2023

HB 6070: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES (Provides updates and clarifications to the current penalties for driving after denial, revocation, or suspension of an individual’s license.)

03/22/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2023

HB 5777: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SUPPORT AND ACCESS TO BILINGUAL EDUCATION ACT (Creates a new chapter for the support and access to bilingual education. It creates a dual language program fund to be administered by the department of education. Local education agencies would be eligible to apply to the department for funding.)

03/22/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2023

HB 5365: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS (Provides for municipal and state police authorities to acquire and to utilize automated license plate readers. Further, the act identifies what data may be collected and in what ways the data can be used.)

03/22/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2023

HB 6140: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- COMMERCIAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY (Under certain circumstances, provides immunity from arrest and prosecution for prostitution, procurement of sexual conduct for a fee, loitering for prostitution and soliciting from motor vehicles for indecent purposes.)

03/22/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2023

HB 5772: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES (Requires parental consent prior to conducting an initial evaluation or making an initial placement of a student in a special education program, as well as prior to changes being made to any IEP services or placement.)

03/22/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2023

HB 5113: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THEFT, EMBEZZLEMENT, FALSE PRETENSES, AND MISAPPROPRIATION (Makes possession of a used catalytic converter a felony and requires recycling service providers to maintain certain records relative to catalytic converters.)

03/22/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2023

HB 5297: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- INDICTMENTS, INFORMATIONS AND COMPLAINTS (Prohibits prosecutions for violations in this state if violation arises from same facts or acts for which defendant has been acquitted in another jurisdiction, unless there exists new evidence substantially warranting prosecution in this state.)

03/22/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2023

HB 5498: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM (Repeals the establishment of statewide academic standards for core subjects and the implementation into the curriculum of all public schools.)

03/22/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2023

HB 5776: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FEDERAL AID (Provides for a Kosher option for school lunches for public elementary and secondary schools in Rhode Island upon the request of the local school districts.)

03/22/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 22, 2023

SB 435: AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES -- HAPPY HOUR (Allows happy hour drink specials served in conjunction with the purchase of a food item, which would include appetizers or entrees prepared on premises.)

03/22/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 22, 2023

SB 503: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY TRANSFORMATION PLANNING (Creates the "department of energy transformation planning" chapter within the division of public utilities to implement long-term distribution system planning.)

03/22/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 22, 2023

SB 506: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING (Prohibits utility companies from limiting eligibility of net metering site based on prior consumption and requires excess energy not consumed to be credited to consumer. Also amends definition of excess renewable net-metering credit.)

03/22/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study