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State Legislature US Congress

All 25,118 Active 7,678 In committee 7,673 Passed 5,917 Signed 4,510 Failed 6,972

died · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 7, 2023

SB 384: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- LIGHTING EQUIPMENT AND REFLECTORS (Authorizes designated state and local election officials with supervisory responsibility over polling locations the use of amber flashing safety lights on their vehicles.)

03/07/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 7, 2023

HB 5377: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Requires cities and towns to implement affordable housing requirements upon all developers of tax stabilization applications for developments of 5 or more housing units based upon median income as defined by the federal HUD.)

03/07/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 7, 2023

HB 5376: AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RHODE ISLAND FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES ACT (Prohibits landlords from inquiring about an applicant’s prior incarceration and from discriminating against those who have been released from prison.)

03/07/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 7, 2023

SB 386: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- VOTING DISTRICTS AND OFFICIALS (Clarifies that the calculation for the total number of eligible voters to be served by the same polling place shall be established using active voters.)

03/07/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 7, 2023

HB 5600: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- ALL-ELECTRIC BUILDING ACT (Provides that no city or town would issue a permit for the construction of new buildings that are not an all-electric building, if the initial application for a permit was submitted after December 31, 2024, unless certain circumstances apply.)

03/07/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 7, 2023

SB 343: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL STATE OFFICERS (Requires any person seeking the office of governor to live in Rhode Island for five (5) years prior to the election for that office.)

03/07/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 7, 2023

SB 454: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FOUNDATION LEVEL SCHOOL SUPPORT (Amends the computation of school housing-aid for school housing projects and would provide that construction of certain projects commence in June, 2024, rather than December, 2023 in order to align such projects with the fiscal year.)

03/07/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 7, 2023

SB 236: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Provides that in local educational agencies when over 45% of the children have a family income that is at or below 185% of federal poverty guidelines then the student success factor will be 50% by the core instruction per-pupil amount.)

03/07/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 7, 2023

SB 67: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Adds to the determination of the need to support high-need students a separate and independent qualifying factor of whether the student is an English language learner as defined by the department of education's regulations.)

03/07/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 7, 2023

SB 254: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION --THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Provides for increases in the amount of foundation level school support that a community would receive, based upon a community’s ability to meet and surpass its minimum low- and moderate-income housing requirements.)

03/07/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 7, 2023

HB 5939: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Removes the floor area ratio requirement from the zoning ordinances.)

03/07/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 7, 2023

SB 340: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - NOMINATION OF PARTY AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES - MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SUBMITTED NOMINATION SIGNATURES (Limits the number of signatures that a candidate may submit for certification, to one hundred (100) if fifty (50) signatures are required and to one hundred fifty (150) when one hundred (100) signatures are required.)

03/07/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study