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State Legislature US Congress

All 25,118 Active 7,678 In committee 7,673 Passed 5,630 Signed 4,797 Failed 6,972

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 9, 2017

SB 453: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - PAYMENTS TO FIRE COMPANIES (Provides appropriation of state funds to cities and towns who are members of NBMTF for maintenance of boats servicing Narragansett Bay.)

05/09/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 9, 2017

SB 795: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - CELL PHONE TRACKING (Allows for the issuance of a court order to secure cell phone location information and changes the notice requirements needed to be provided for that type if court orders.)

05/09/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 9, 2017

SB 32: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - BUDGET COMMISSIONS - CENTRAL COVENTRY FIRE DISTRICT (Requires the state to reimburse Central Coventry Fire District for all costs associated with compliance with Pub L. 2014, ch. 31, which brought all fire districts in the state within the purview of the state laws on budget commissions.)

05/09/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 9, 2017

SB 766: AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- UNIFORM RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF CANADIAN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROTECTION ORDERS ACT (Enacts uniform recognition of Canadian domestic violence protection orders act to conform law to other enacting states.)

05/09/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 9, 2017

HB 5020: AN ACT RELATING TO RIPTA -- ELDERLY AND DISABLED BUS PASS ASSISTANCE (Appropriates nine hundred thousand dollars ($900,000) for elderly and disabled bus pass assistance.)

05/09/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 9, 2017

SB 799: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - SEXUAL ASSAULT (Increases the minimum penalty for first degree sexual assault from ten (10) to twenty (20) years. The act would also create a category of cases wherein the first ten (10) years of any sentence be ineligible for the benefits of deferment or suspension.)

05/09/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 9, 2017

SB 764: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - SEXUAL ASSAULT (Defines any act of sexual penetration or contact performed by an individual with supervisory or disciplinary power, or who is in a position of authority, upon a person nineteen (19) years of age or younger, as sexual assault.)

05/09/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 9, 2017

HB 5565: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - HOUSING RESOURCES (Enables the general assembly to appropriate not less than five million dollars annually in capital financing for affordable housing development.)

05/09/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 9, 2017

SB 592: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - COMPUTER CRIME (Prohibits unauthorized access to confidential information from a computer, computer program, computer system, or computer network.)

05/09/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 8, 2017

HB 5829: AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - MORTGAGE AND FORECLOSURE SALE (Removes the July 1, 2018 sunset provision imposed by Chapters 325 and 406 of the 2013 Public Laws with respect to §34-27-3.2 ("mediation conference").)

05/08/2017 Meeting postponed (05/10/2017)

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 8, 2017

SB 35: AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- STATE AID TO LIBRARIES (Increases state's share to support local public library services in distressed communities by the amount paid by the distressed community for ocean state libraries (OSL) charges.)

05/08/2017 Meeting postponed (05/09/2017)

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 5, 2017

HB 5067: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Prohibits persons convicted of certain offenses involving domestic violence from owning or possessing firearms.)

05/05/2017 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (05/09/2017)