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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 15, 2017

HB 5582: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PSYCHOLOGY INTERJURISDICTIONAL COMPACT (Authorizes the governor to enter into the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact and would designate an office to administer this compact.)

03/15/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 13, 2017

HB 5468: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY- LILA MANFIELD SAPINSLEY COMPASSIONATE CARE ACT (Creates Sapinsley Compassionate Care Act to provide mechanism for terminally ill patient to choose to end their life using physician prescribed drugs.)

03/13/2017 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/15/2017)

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 13, 2017

HB 5622: AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - FORMS AND EFFECT OF CONVEYANCES (Provides that all transfers of a mortgage interest on residential property be recorded so as to provide a clean chain of title for consumers to track the owner of their mortgage loans.)

03/13/2017 Meeting postponed (03/14/2017)

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 10, 2017

HR 5909: JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION -- RESTRICTION ON TOLLING (This Joint Resolution proposes a Constitutional Amendment providing that any new highway or bridge requires voter approval statewide and also in the municipalities affected.)

03/10/2017 Introduced, referred to House Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 9, 2017

HB 5894: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE (Expands TDI benefits, change the calculation of the taxable wage base increases the maximum number of weeks an employee can collect TDI and TCI, and expands TCI benefits for the care of siblings and grandchildren.)

03/09/2017 Introduced, referred to House Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 9, 2017

HB 5574: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - GENERAL POWERS - LANDING FEE FOR TOWN OF BRISTOL (Permits Bristol to charge $.35 landing fee on passengers over 12 years old arriving in its port excluding commercial fishing vessels.)

03/09/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 9, 2017

HB 5058: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN (Requires children who seek a special limited work permit to successfully complete a worker rights' training program established and funded by the department of labor and training.)

03/09/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 9, 2017

HB 5195: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS (Establishes the E-Verify compliance act which would require all non-governmental employers within the state with three (3) or more employees to apply to participate in the federal E-Verify program.)

03/09/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 9, 2017

HB 5434: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- HISTORIC PRESERVATION TAX CREDITS--APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM (Requires the historic preservation apprenticeship program would be subject to regulations of the Rhode Island department of labor and training.)

03/09/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 9, 2017

SB 60: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY (Provides immunity to persons that provide food or wild game to a food pantry, food bank or DEM or individuals.)

03/09/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 9, 2017

SB 411: AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS-SUPPORT OF CHILDREN (Provides for child support for children until they reach the age of twenty-one (21) or twenty-three (23) if the child lives with a parent, and is dependent upon that parent for maintenance due to the enrollment of the child in an educational program.)

03/09/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 9, 2017

HB 5389: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE POLICE (Prohibits more than two (2) members of the state police to be from the same family whether by blood, adoption or marriage.)

03/09/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study