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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 · Senate Jun 28, 2017

SR 277: JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF LEGALIZING MARIJUANA (Creates a 15 member commission to review and make recommendations on the effects of legalizing marijuana, and who would report back to the General Assembly by March 1, 2018, and expire on July 1, 2018.)

06/28/2017 House passed Sub A in concurrence

passed · Rhode Island · House Jun 28, 2017

HR 6051: HOUSE RESOLUTION RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - ENERGY FACILITIES SITING ACT (Creates a 14 member special legislative study commission whose purpose it would be to make a comprehensive study/review of the Energy Facility Siting Act, and report back to the House no later than 1/31/18, and whose life would expire on 6/2/18.)

06/28/2017 House passed Sub A

passed · Rhode Island · House Jun 28, 2017

HB 6104: AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- ELECTRONIC RECORDING (Authorizes a city or town clerk/recorder of deeds, at the clerk's/recorder's option, to accept electronic documents for recording real property and land records and to index and store those documents.)

06/28/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence

passed · Rhode Island · House Jun 28, 2017

HB 5783: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (Requires DOT to identify impact of Rhode Works projects on affected small businesses and provide DOC with information to minimize the economic financial impact.)

06/28/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence

passed · Rhode Island · House Jun 28, 2017

HR 6368: HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING CONDOLENCES

06/28/2017 House read and passed

passed both · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 28, 2017

SB 446: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WORKPLACE SAFETY ACT (Amends the definitions of "smoking" and "retail tobacco store" to include electronic smoking devices, electronic nicotine delivery system products and other products that rely on vaporization or aerosolization.)

06/28/2017 Senate voted to recommit to Senate Health and Human Services

passed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 28, 2017

SB 811: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN-- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION-- SEXUALLY EXPLOITED CHILDREN (Makes sex trafficking victims eligible for criminal injuries compensation fund and designates them as abused, neglected children and establishes "safe harbor" provisions.)

06/28/2017 Senate passed Sub A

passed · Rhode Island · House Jun 28, 2017

HB 5640: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Places an energy efficiency charge cap on the 2018 state energy efficiency program plan and require the office of energy resources to conduct a study to verify the energy savings measures from the state energy efficiency programs.)

06/28/2017 Referred to Senate Commerce

passed · Rhode Island · House Jun 27, 2017

HB 5212: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - PASSING, USE OF LANES, AND RULES OF THE ROAD (Requires "No Right Turn on red" signs posted at "Don't Block the Box" intersections and extends warning period from January 1, 2017 to May 31, 2017 and delays enforcement period until June 1, 2017.)

06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence

passed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 27, 2017

SR 986: SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF MARY BETH FLYNN

06/27/2017 Senate read and passed

passed · Rhode Island · House Jun 27, 2017

HR 5606: HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE EFFICACY AND COST OF IMPLEMENTING A RECYCLING PROGRAM FOR ALL MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNITS, INCLUDING CONDOMINIUM COMPLEXES (Creates a nine member commission to study of efficacy and cost of implementing a recycling program for all multi-family residential units, including condominium complexes, and reports back by February 6, 2018, and expires on April 6, 2018.)

06/27/2017 House passed Sub A

passed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 27, 2017

SR 987: SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF EDWARD JOSEPH MCGOVERN

06/27/2017 Senate read and passed