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All 25,118 Active 5 In committee 20,549 Passed 5,917 Signed 4,510 Failed 6,972

passed both · Rhode Island · House Sep 29, 2017

HB 5570: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION-- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Provides for a proration of the homestead exemption in cases where title to property passes from those not entitled to claim an exemption to those who are entitled.)

09/29/2017 Effective without Governor's signature

passed both · Rhode Island · House Sep 29, 2017

HB 5977: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - BURRILLVILLE PROPERTY TAX (Further delineates the ability of the town of Burrillville to tax electrical power generation facilities, regulated or otherwise and for private consumption on resale.)

09/29/2017 Effective without Governor's signature

passed both · Rhode Island · Senate Sep 28, 2017

SB 1014: AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Linda Bohmbach to join Caitlin Leigh Briggs and Keith Michael Santos in marriage on or about October 7, 2017, within the Town of Portsmouth, Rhode Island.)

09/28/2017 Effective without Governor's signature

passed both · Rhode Island · House Sep 28, 2017

HB 6386: AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Donald Shaw to join Kathryn Wallace and Matthew Lowery in marriage on or about September 2, 2018, within the Town of Narragansett, Rhode Island.)

09/28/2017 Effective without Governor's signature

passed both · Rhode Island · Senate Sep 28, 2017

SB 1015: AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Janet Kelly McCarthy to join Bethany Kathleen Kraft and Dennis Patrick Richardson Jr., in marriage on or about November 11, 2017, within the City of Warwick, Rhode Island.)

09/28/2017 Effective without Governor's signature

passed · Rhode Island · Senate Sep 19, 2017

SB 988: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- LIABILITY INSURANCE (Requires liability insurance to cover loss of use of a rental motor vehicle. A claim for loss of use would be limited to reasonable and necessary expenses for the time to repair or replace the rental vehicle.)

09/19/2017 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment)

passed · Rhode Island · House Sep 19, 2017

HB 6377: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - TUITION FOR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY (Grants instate tuition status at state operated schools to active duty and reserve members stationed in Rhode Island.)

09/19/2017 House read and passed

passed both · Rhode Island · House Sep 19, 2017

HB 5685: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- ROAD TEST (At no cost to the state, allows a person who is bilingual or not proficient in the English language, to be assisted in their road test by a translator of their native language who is at least eighteen (18) years of age.)

09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment)

passed both · Rhode Island · House Sep 19, 2017

HB 6227: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Extends the mandated minimum number of prepaid orders deadline for the Rhode Island Law Enforcement Memorial Benefit Fund special license plates to January 1, 2022.)

09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub A

passed · Rhode Island · Senate Sep 19, 2017

SB 1006: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Extends the mandated minimum number of prepaid orders deadline for the Rhode Island Law Enforcement Memorial Benefit Fund special license plates to January 1, 2022.)

09/19/2017 Senate read and passed

passed both · Rhode Island · Senate Sep 19, 2017

SR 5: JOINT RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THAT ALL BRANCHES OF STATE GOVERNMENT CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE ON POLICY ACTIONS AND INVESTMENTS TO IMPLEMENT THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE JUSTICE REINVESTMENT INITIATIVE FACILITATED BY THE COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS JUSTICE CENTER

09/19/2017 House passed in concurrence

passed · Rhode Island · House Sep 19, 2017

HR 6387: HOUSE RESOLUTION DECLARING OCTOBER 7, 2017, TO BE "REVEREND DR. SAMMY C. VAUGHAN DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

09/19/2017 House read and passed