HR 6363: HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING JOHN D. MUGGERIDGE ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT AFTER MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS OF ACCOMPLISHED LEADERSHIP AT FIDELITY INVESTMENTS
06/27/2017 House read and passed
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HB 6252: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- LOCAL CANVASSING AUTHORITIES (Clarifies that the authority of the president of a city or town council to nominate the members of a local canvassing authority only applies to a municipality that does not have a mayoral form of government.)
06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
HB 6172: AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- RIGHT TO FARM (Defines secondary agricultural operations and would provide that municipalities may limit and regulate secondary agricultural use if it is determined that the use is harmful to public safety, but may not prohibit such agricultural operations.)
06/27/2017 House passed Sub A
HR 5692: HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE TOWING STORAGE ACT'S PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO POLICE SEIZURES OF VEHICLES (Creates a seven member commission to study the Towing Storage Act's provisions relative to police seizures of vehicles what would report back by May 24, 2018, and would expire on June 5, 2018.)
06/27/2017 House passed Sub A
HB 5821: 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.)
06/27/2017 Senate voted to recommit to Senate Health and Human Services
HB 6132: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION (Allows school committees and the Rhode Island Society of Technology Educators ("RISTE") to enter into joint purchase agreements for the purchase of technology and IT infrastructure.)
06/27/2017 House read and passed
Sponsors
Gregg Amore
(D)
,
Alex Marszalkowski
(D)
,
Carol McEntee
(D)
,
Robert Craven
(D)
,
Cale P. Keable
(D)
HR 6274: HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO EXPLORE CONSTRUCTION OF A VETERANS' OF INVISIBLE WOUNDS MEMORIAL (Creates a 7 member special legislative commission to study the creation of a permanent Veterans' of Invisible Wounds Memorial at Veterans Memorial Cemetery and to report back to the house by March 15, 2018 and would expire on June 15, 2018.)
06/27/2017 House passed Sub A
Sponsors
James N. McLaughlin
(D)
,
Kenneth A. Marshall
(D)
,
Sam Azzinaro
(D)
,
Camille Vella-Wilkinson
(D)
,
Marvin Abney
(D)
HB 5055: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - DRIVER EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (Requires driver's instruction courses and tests to include instruction and information on a driver's responsible conduct during a traffic stop.)
06/27/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
HB 6082: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HEALTH BENEFIT EXCHANGE (Authorizes the RI health benefit exchange to seek a waiver under the Affordable Care Act, allow qualified small business owners/sole proprietors to purchase qualified health benefit plans offered by the exchange & not be forced into the individual market.)
06/27/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Sponsors
Pat Serpa
(D)
,
Greg Costantino
(D)
,
Bob Phillips
(D)
,
Julie Casimiro
(D)
,
Deborah Ruggiero
(D)
HR 6295: HOUSE RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MAXIMIZING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) DEPLOYMENT STRATEGIES IN ORDER TO IMPROVE GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY
06/27/2017 House read and passed
SR 991: SENATE RESOLUTION EXTENDING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE EUGENE J. MCCAFFREY, JR.
06/27/2017 Senate read and passed
HB 5035: AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS-UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Adds the synthetic opioid U-47700 (3,4-dichloro-N-[2-dimethylamino)cyclohexyl]-N-methylbenzamidem) to the list of Schedule I controlled substances as enumerated in §21-28-2.08 of the general laws.)
06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence
Sponsors
James N. McLaughlin
(D)
,
Grace Diaz
(D)
,
Michael A. Morin
(D)
,
Evan Shanley
(D)
,
Joseph McNamara
(D)
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