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State Legislature US Congress

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

died · Rhode Island · House Apr 27, 2022

HB 7796: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS (Extends IOD benefits to police officers/firefighters suffering from post-traumatic stress injuries/provides municipal police/firefighters retiring due to PTSI accidental disability retirement allowance.)

04/27/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Apr 27, 2022

HR 7989: JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $1,300,000 FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS TO THE TOWN OF FOSTER TO RESOLVE COVID-INFLATED COSTS INCURRED DURING CONSTRUCTION ADDRESSING PUBLIC SAFETY, BUILDING CODE AND ADA COMPLIANCE ISSUES WITH THE TOWN'S POLICE STATION (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $1,300,000 to the Town of Foster for relief in combating elevated COVID-related construction costs to the Town's Police Station.)

04/27/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Apr 27, 2022

HB 7642: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - AGREEMENT TO PHASE OUT CORPORATE INCENTIVES COMPACT ACT (Establishes a compact agreement among at least two (2) states to prohibit the use of subsidies to selectively retain industry or company entice relocation from one state to another state or to open a new facility.)

04/27/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Apr 27, 2022

HB 7073: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE - REVENUE ESTIMATING CONFERENCES (Changes the dates of the Revenue Estimating Conferences meeting to the last ten (10) days of April and the first ten (10) days of November of each year.)

04/27/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Apr 27, 2022

HB 7799: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION (Prohibits contracts with private, for-profit prison facilities or with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for the purposes of housing and detaining people.)

04/27/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Apr 27, 2022

HB 7712: AN ACT RELATING TO STATUTES AND STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION (Replaces the terms "mentally retarded"/"retarded" as used in the general laws with the words "intellectual and/or developmental disability" or "person with an intellectual and/or developmental disability." Implements § 43-3-7.1.)

04/27/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 27, 2022

SB 2544: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - HOISTING ENGINEERS (Provides that public engineers and individuals utilizing equipment and performing volunteer services on land trust, conservation, or the individuals' personal property be exempt from the provisions of law relating to licensing of hoisting engineers.)

04/27/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Apr 27, 2022

HR 7241: JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE-LINE ITEM VETO (This proposed amendment to the Constitution would provide the governor with a line-item veto on the budget and other bills for the appropriation of money.)

04/27/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Apr 27, 2022

HB 7649: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS (Allows participating municipalities to elect to its employees the deferred compensation plans offered by the state.)

04/27/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 27, 2022

SB 2673: AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - SANITATION IN FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS (Allows cottage food manufacturers upon registration with the DOH and directs the department to permit home food manufacture and sales direct to consumers.)

04/27/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 27, 2022

SB 2868: AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- HISTORICAL SOCIETY LIBRARIES (Requires the general assembly appropriate funds to the state librarian for the purpose of caring for, preserving and cataloguing property in the state in the keeping of the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society.)

04/27/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Apr 27, 2022

HB 7620: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE LOTTERY (Increases the non-Keno lottery prize awards from a maximum of sixty-five percent (65%) to seventy-one percent (71%) of the total revenue accruing from the sale of lottery tickets.)

04/27/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study