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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 Apr 26, 2017

HB 5446: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - BORN-ALIVE INFANT PROTECTION ACT (Enacts the Born-Alive Infant Protection Act and provide for the duties and obligations of medical personnel in certain circumstances.)

04/26/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 26, 2017

HB 6083: AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- DIVORCE AND SEPARATION (Creates guidelines for the family court with respect to the examination of child witnesses in child custody cases and creates a rebuttable presumption of indefinite/permanent alimony for medically disabled spouses married for longer than 10 years.)

04/26/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 26, 2017

SB 703: AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY - FARM CONSERVATION AND RENEWABLE ENERGY (Provides for the siting and operating standards for farm-based renewable energy facilities.)

04/26/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 26, 2017

HR 6003: JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION -- RIGHT TO AN ADEQUATE EDUCATION (Proposed constitutional amendment providing that the right to an adequate education is a fundamental right.)

04/26/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 26, 2017

SB 557: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - ESTABLISHMENT OF CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Establishes district-charter compacts between charter schools and traditional public schools.)

04/26/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 26, 2017

HB 5665: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CIVIC LITERACY (Requires the commissioner of elementary and secondary education to adopt a course of study on the nation's founding and related documents, including the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and the Federalist Papers.)

04/26/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 26, 2017

SB 434: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- PROTECTING STUDENT PRIVACY ON SCHOOL-OWNED TECHNOLOGY (Establishes certain student privacy rights in regard to take-home technology devices from school.)

04/26/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 26, 2017

HB 5626: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- COMMUNICATION ACCESS SERVICES (Requires insurance plans to include coverage for effective communication access services between patients who are deaf and their healthcare professionals in order to ensure that their health needs and treatments are understood.)

04/26/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 26, 2017

SB 702: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - FUNDING OF CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Provides that local district payments made for charter school students who chose not to attend be refunded to local school district.)

04/26/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 26, 2017

HB 5499: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION PLATES (Permits the motor vehicle administration to allow auctions of registration plates for charity.)

04/26/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 26, 2017

HB 6089: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- MAYORAL ACADEMIES (Requires any mayoral academy which is part of a network that seeks to be established or expanded to provide evidence that its attrition rates, special education rates and suspension rates are within acceptable averages.)

04/26/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 26, 2017

HB 6151: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - SALES AND USE TAXES - LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Exempts from sales and use taxes so much of the purchase price paid for a new or used noncommercial truck issued a combination plate, as is allocated for a trade-in allowance.)

04/26/2017 Introduced, referred to House Finance