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State Legislature US Congress

All 25,118 Active 7,678 In committee 7,673 Passed 5,917 Signed 4,510 Failed 6,972

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 5400: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES (Requires all candidates for United States President and Vice President file copies of their last five (5) years of federal income tax returns with the state board of elections no later than fifty (50) days prior to the general election.)

03/21/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 21, 2017

SB 338: AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY (Changes references to "director" with "commissioner" of public safety and removes duties of superintendent of state police to department of safety.)

03/21/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 5644: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (Requires a national criminal records check from applicants for licenses to become drivers for a transportation network company or a transportation network company driver or hackneys.)

03/21/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 21, 2017

HR 5442: HOUSE RESOLUTION CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS

03/21/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 5698: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - ELECTION OFFENSES (Eliminates the requirement of identifying the name or names of the author of a circular, flier, or poster designed to injure or defeat any candidate for election to public office.)

03/21/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 5705: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - MAIL BALLOTS - CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES (Requires any person voting by mail or emergency ballot to provide proof of identity.)

03/21/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 5700: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS--IN-PERSON EARLY VOTING (Ends the voting of mail ballots at local board of canvassers. It also authorizes in-person early voting effective July 1, 2018, with the actual procedures to be established by rules promulgated by the state board of elections.)

03/21/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 5310: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- ARREST--VOTING RIGHTS (Affords arrestees who are held on an election day the opportunity to vote by provisional ballot in accordance with state law.)

03/21/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 5706: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - FAIL SAFE VOTING PROVISIONS (Permits a voter who has moved from one city or town in the state to another thirty (30) days or more prior to an election to vote a full ballot in the new city or town.)

03/21/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 5572: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - REGULATORY POWERS OF ADMINISTRATION (Eliminates the need for a special election to create an opt-out municipal energy aggregation plan initiated by any city or town subject to public utility commission approval.)

03/21/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 20, 2017

HB 5662: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - BOARD OF EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS (Requires each member of the board of education to have experience in a position of higher education.)

03/20/2017 Meeting postponed (03/22/2017)

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 17, 2017

HB 5954: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - PROTECTION OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS ACT (Requires all state, municipal and quasi-public departments to protect information contained in their computer systems by complying with the criteria set forth in the US Department of Commerce’s (NIST) publication (800-171).)

03/17/2017 Introduced, referred to House Finance