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

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 11, 2020

HB 7448: AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM LAW (Provides that in the town of Cumberland, the maximum height allowed for a commercial or residential condominium complex would be no more than thirty-five feet (35').)

03/11/2020 Withdrawn at sponsor's request (03/12/2020)

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 10, 2020

HB 7804: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS (Restores power of school committees to give advice and consent on appointment by the superintendent of all school personnel.)

03/10/2020 Withdrawn at sponsor's request (03/11/2020)

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 10, 2020

HB 7910: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH TERMINAL ILLNESS -- THE TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS' RIGHT TO TRY ACT OF 2020 (Creates "The Terminally Ill Patients' Right To Try Act of 2020," which establishes the conditions for the use of experimental treatments for terminally ill patients.)

03/10/2020 Withdrawn at sponsor's request

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 10, 2020

HB 7824: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] (Provides that any school teaching sexual education to students shall provide the sexual education curriculum to every parent or guardian of a student, and the parent or legal guardian shall consent to the teaching of such sexual education curriculum.)

03/10/2020 Withdrawn at sponsor's request (03/11/2020)

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 9, 2020

HB 7782: AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- INDECENT DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES, DUTIES OF CARRIERS COMMUNITY STANDARDS OF DECENCY, ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENTS -- HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND CHILD EXPLOITATION PREVENTION ACT (Creates a comprehensive statutory scheme to fund, address and support the amelioration of human trafficking and child exploitation by regulating online pornographic related websites.)

03/09/2020 Withdrawn at sponsor's request (03/10/2020)

died · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 5, 2020

SB 2263: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LICENSING (Creates new standards for determining whether a state work license applicant's past criminal contacts/convictions should disqualify them from receiving a government-issued license.)

03/05/2020 Withdrawn at sponsor's request

died · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 5, 2020

SB 2750: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY (Creates “The Stop Guilt by Accusation Act” which would preclude the media from engaging in defamation in-kind through selective reporting on cases and controversies that cultivate false narratives so that it unduly injures the accused.)

03/05/2020 Withdrawn at sponsor's request

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 4, 2020

HB 7534: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- 911 EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBER ACT -- PREPAID WIRELESS E-911 CHARGE ACT (Eliminates first responder surcharges from the 911 Emergency Telephone Number Act.)

03/04/2020 Withdrawn at sponsor's request

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 4, 2020

HB 7539: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Makes failure to pay employees wages amounting to $1,500 or more a felony punishable by fines or imprisonment or both.)

03/04/2020 Withdrawn at sponsor's request

died · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 3, 2020

SB 2497: AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW - GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS - INDECENT DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (Provides Internet devices and have obscene material filters. Creates grant fund for survivors of sex-related offenses.)

03/03/2020 Withdrawn at sponsor's request

died · Rhode Island · House Feb 27, 2020

HB 7731: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- DISORDERLY CONDUCT - PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND DISGUISED MASKS PROHIBITED (Makes it a misdemeanor for persons to carry, possess, or wear masks or protective clothing or equipment designed to minimize the risk of injury from deadly weapons, for the purposes of defeating law enforcement crowd control tactics.)

02/27/2020 Withdrawn at sponsor's request

died · Rhode Island · House Feb 27, 2020

HB 7352: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LICENSING (Creates new standards for determining whether a state work license applicant's past criminal contacts/convictions should disqualify them from receiving a government-issued license.)

02/27/2020 Withdrawn at sponsor's request