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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 3, 2017

HB 5149: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES (Increases the expiration date for a person over seventy-five (75) years of age to the third year following issuance of a driver's license.)

03/03/2017 Committee transferred to House Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 2, 2017

SB 466: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TUITION EQUITY (Creates the "Student Equal Economic Opportunity Act" which would allow students who meet certain requirements to be exempt from paying nonresident tuition at Rhode Island universities, colleges or community colleges.)

03/02/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 2, 2017

SB 422: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - IN-PERSON EARLY VOTING (Creates a procedure for in-person early voting for all general, primary and special elections, beginning twenty (20) days before the scheduled election.)

03/02/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 2, 2017

SB 470: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - CIGARETTE TAX-MINIMUM PRICE OF CIGARETTES (Provides for a markup of fifteen percent (15%) and would be added to the total cost of cigarettes sold by a retailer.)

03/02/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 2, 2017

HB 5538: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - PLASTIC WASTE REDUCTION (Establishes a plan for a ban on the use of disposable plastic checkout bags by retail establishments.)

03/02/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 2, 2017

HB 5231: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR RELATIONS - STATE EMPLOYEES ARBITRATION (Relieves state employee unions of their obligation to represent non-member employees, in the grievance process, if they haven't been union members for 90 days before the grievance event.)

03/02/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 2, 2017

SB 454: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT SECURITY ACT FOR LOCALLY ADMINISTERED PENSION FUNDS (Requires municipalities to include in their locally administered defined benefit pension plan triennial reports a twenty (20) year amortization schedule.)

03/02/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 2, 2017

SB 431: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS - MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (Provides that any minority business enterprise that is certified by the Small Business Act shall be deemed certified by the department of administration as a minority business enterprise.)

03/02/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 2, 2017

SB 463: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION (Provides that the taxation of military service pensions for purposes of the Rhode Island personal income tax would be reduced and phased out over a five (5) year period from 2017 to 2021.)

03/02/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 2, 2017

HB 5573: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - ZONING ORDINANCES (Requires municipalities to provide notice to owners and holders of conservation and preservation restrictions, whose property is located in an area proposed for a zoning ordinance amendment that includes changes to dimensional requirements.)

03/02/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 2, 2017

SB 380: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - THE TOWING STORAGE ACT (Prohibits property owners from towing cars that have been parked less than one hour unless the cars are otherwise illegally parked on the property. The property owner would be required to pay two times the cost of towing and storage.)

03/02/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 2, 2017

HB 5539: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - REDUCE MARINE DEBRIS AND PRESERVE LANDFILL SPACE WHILE INCREASING THE RECYCLING OF POST-CONSUMER PACKAGING MATERIAL (Creates the Rhode Island marine debris act for the purpose of reducing the amount of post-consumer packaging that ends up as marine and beach debris.)

03/02/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study