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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 455: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FOUNDATION LEVEL SCHOOL SUPPORT (Requires that all projects seeking school housing aid shall complete an independent, objective, reasoned study on all projects over ten million dollars ($10,000,000).)

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

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 7, 2023

HB 5938: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Prohibits single-family residential zoning in municipalities with populations of over twenty-thousand (20,000) and mandate that those municipalities adopt zoning regulations for middle housing in single-family residential zones.)

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

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 7, 2023

HB 5119: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- EMERGENCY SHELTERS (Establishes rules and procedures for licensing emergency shelters, including setting minimum standards and prohibiting the charging of fees to the residents.)

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

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 7, 2023

HB 5752: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOBILE AND MANUFACTURED HOMES (Removes the department of business regulation as the licensing authority for mobile homes and place the authority with the secretary of housing.)

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

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 7, 2023

HB 5120: AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- HOMELESS BILL OF RIGHTS (Creates a commission to establish homeless shelter standards through regulations.)

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

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 6, 2023

HB 5250: AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- COMMERCIAL FISHING LICENSES (Limits issuance of commercial multipurpose commercial fishing licenses to Rhode Island residents, unless there is no resident applicant, limits number of new licenses issued to that number of licenses surrendered or retired in previous calendar year.)

03/06/2023 Withdrawn at sponsor's request (03/09/2023)

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 6, 2023

HR 5515: HOUSE RESOLUTION SUPPORTING FEDERAL LEGISLATION GRANTING STATEHOOD TO THE PEOPLE OF WASHINGTON, D.C.

03/06/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 6, 2023

HB 5178: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- FOOD ALLERGY AWARENESS IN FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS (Requires food service establishments to add an additional warning to their menus relative to food allergens and impose a civil penalty on those establishments that fail to include the required warnings on its menus.)

03/06/2023 Withdrawn at sponsor's request (03/07/2023)

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 6, 2023

HB 5298: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- JUDGMENTS, ORDERS, AND DECREES -- INTEREST IN CIVIL ACTIONS (Provides that pre- and post-judgment interest on civil actions begin on the date of the filing of the civil action and be calculated based upon a rate equal to the coupon issue yield equivalent.)

03/06/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 6, 2023

HB 5107: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT (Prohibits the use of hazardous waste or solid waste as fill on any construction site project and renders the use of such material as fill a felony.)

03/06/2023 Withdrawn at sponsor's request (03/09/2023)

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 6, 2023

HB 5444: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE -- THE OFFICE OF INTERNAL AUDIT (Provides that the chief of the office of internal audit, when carrying out official duties, shall have access to certain records relating to the purchase of services from vendors or contractors by public bodies.)

03/06/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 6, 2023

HB 5573: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS -- DEATH BY WRONGFUL ACT (Extends the statute of limitations for certain wrongful death actions involving a child to six (6) years.)

03/06/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study