HB 7072: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - NURSES (Allows certified nurse practitioners (CNPs) to prescribe medical marijuana to patients in the normal course of their practice.)
01/13/2020 Withdrawn at sponsor's request
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HB 5113: AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL ABUSER REGISTRY ACT (Creates the "animal abuser registry act" which would require all persons convicted of crimes involving animal abuse to register with an online registry to be established and maintained by the attorney general's office.)
06/28/2019 Defeated by Senate
HB 6115: AN ACT RELATING TO STATUTES AND STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION (This act makes a number of technical amendments to the general laws, prepared at the recommendation of the Law Revision Office. Article I contains the reenactment of title 5 of the general laws. Article II includes the statutory construction provisions.)
06/06/2019 Withdrawn at sponsor's request
HB 5276: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Excludes the growth of marijuana and any of its derivatives from the provisions requiring the permitted use of plant agriculture within all city and town zoning ordinances.)
06/04/2019 Withdrawn at sponsor's request
HB 5022: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - WEAPONS (Makes it unlawful for any person to carry a rifle or shotgun in any vehicle or conveyance or on or about their person whether visible or concealed subject to certain exceptions.)
05/29/2019 Withdrawn at sponsor's request
Sponsors
Scott Slater
(D)
,
Grace Diaz
(D)
,
Carlos E. Tobon
(D)
,
Chris Blazejewski
(D)
,
Shelby Maldonado
(D)
SB 152: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE ACT (Codifies the current state of the law on reproductive rights in Rhode Island by incorporating the protections set forth in Roe v. Wade limiting restrictions on an individual's decision to terminate a pregnancy.)
05/14/2019 Defeated in Committee
HB 5244: AN ACT RELATING TO JEWISH SENIORS AGENCY OF RHODE ISLAND (Increases the authorized tax exempt holdings of Jewish Seniors Agency of Rhode Island to $2,000,000.)
05/07/2019 Withdrawn at sponsor's request (05/08/2019)
Sponsors
Joseph Solomon
(D)
,
J. Russell Jackson
(D)
,
David Bennett
(D)
,
Evan Shanley
(D)
,
Joseph McNamara
(D)
HB 5600: AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY - PRESERVATION OF AGRICULTURAL LAND (Assigns to the division of agriculture within (DEM) the responsibility of administering all bond referenda approved funding for preservation of farm or agricultural land.)
05/06/2019 Withdrawn at sponsor's request (05/07/2019)
HB 5242: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - PATHWAY TO RETIREMENT SECURITY ACT FOR LOCALLY ADMINISTERED PENSION FUNDS (Provides that municipal pension funds may only be diverted from the state upon the occurrence of an emergency or unforeseen circumstances and approval after a public hearing, and a minimum of 30 days prior written notice to affected employees.)
05/02/2019 Withdrawn at sponsor's request
SB 473: AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Adds live-in caregivers and others residing in a dwelling unit to the definition of tenant, and would permit such person to extend the term of a lease for up to three (3) months.)
04/23/2019 Withdrawn at sponsor's request
HB 5906: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES -- SEPSIS SCREENING PROTOCOLS (Requires licensed health care facility medical staff to adopt, implement, periodically and update evidence-based protocols for the early recognition and treatment of patients with sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock.)
04/09/2019 Withdrawn at sponsor's request (04/10/2019)
HB 5885: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - MAIL BALLOTS (Amends the current election laws to facilitate mail ballot voting and early in-person voting.)
04/05/2019 Withdrawn at sponsor's request
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