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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 · House May 2, 2017

HB 6006: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- LOW SPEED VEHICLES (Permits the operation of low speed vehicles on certain Rhode Island roads under specific conditions.)

05/02/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 2, 2017

HB 5140: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY - BENEFITS (Increases the maximum weekly unemployment benefit rate to the higher of fifty-seven and one-half percent (57.5%) of the average weekly wages paid to workers in the prior calendar year or six hundred sixteen dollars ($616) per week.)

05/02/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 2, 2017

SB 787: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- QUONSET DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (Authorizes the Quonset development corporation to borrow up to one million dollars ($1,000,000) for operational purposes, the debt would not be a debt of the state and would be secured only by the Quonset development corporation's assets.)

05/02/2017 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 2, 2017

HB 5091: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ESTABLISHING AN OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL (Establishes the office of inspector general as an independent administrative agency charged with the responsibility to prevent and detect fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement in the expenditure of public funds.)

05/02/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 2, 2017

HB 5768: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES (Requires that the Community College of Rhode Island provide traffic safety education at each public high school in the state.)

05/02/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 2, 2017

SB 154: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM (Repeals the "Rhode Island Health Care Reform Act of 2004 – Health Insurance Oversight" as well as the "Rhode Island Health Benefit Exchange, and establishes the Rhode Island comprehensive health insurance program.)

05/02/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 2, 2017

HB 5767: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- BREAK-DOWN LANE USE (Authorizes the state traffic commission to permit the use of break-down lanes for travel and erects signs indicating when and where travel is permitted.)

05/02/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 2, 2017

HB 5764: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR EMERITUS (Creates an emergency management director emeritus license plate for Thomas F. Senerchia of West Warwick.)

05/02/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 2, 2017

HB 5793: AN ACT RELATING TO SPORTS, RACING AND ATHLETICS (Authorizes the division of racing and athletics to implement online games of skill, including so-called fantasy sports.)

05/02/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 2, 2017

HB 5330: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LEAN GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE ACT (Implements provisions of the Lean government initiative to eliminate waste and inefficiency in the operation of state government.)

05/02/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 2, 2017

HB 6009: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES (Makes driving under the influence with any child under thirteen (13) years of age in the vehicle a felony punishable by up to five (5) years imprisonment, a five thousand dollar ($5,000) fine, and a loss of license of up to two (2) years.)

05/02/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 2, 2017

HB 6140: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PLUMBERS, IRRIGATORS, AND WATER SYSTEMS INSTALLERS (Provides that a licensed individual sewage disposal system installer may, without further licensing, connect an existing sewer lateral pipe to a municipal or public sewer system.)

05/02/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study