| S2806 | Pass | Amending The Charter Of North Providence
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-04
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H8153 | Pass | Allow the town of North Smithfield to exempt and stabilize tax assessments for Rankin Estates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| H8177 | Pass | Raise the maximum penalties for littering from five hundred dollars ($500) to one thousand dollars ($1000) for the first offense and from five hundred dollars ($500) to five thousand dollars ($5,000) for a subsequent offense.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| H7663 | Pass | Lower the minimum acceptable ratio of severely disabled employees that a habilitation facility must employ from sixty percent (60%) to forty percent (40%).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| H7766 | Pass | Make it a felony to knowingly disseminate the electronic transmission of indecent materials to minors and would subject those offenders to the Sexual Offender Registration and Community Notification Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| S2805 | Pass | Create and establish the Tiverton wastewater district.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| S2998 | Pass | Statewide efforts to develop and expand career pathways to secure employment to be overseen by the human resource investment council.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| H8294 | Pass | Authorizes a voter referendum on the approval of state-operated casino gaming at Newport Grand and expansion thereto which expansion shall be subject to state and local voter approval.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| H7839 | Pass | Empowers DEM to enforce laws, rules and regulations pertaining to facilities and properties leased, managed or utilized by the department.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| H8354 | Pass | Name the Boston Neck Road Bridge over Route 138 in North Kingstown the "Second Lieutenant Matthew Coutu Memorial Bridge."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| S2920 | Pass | Authorize the town of Scituate to adopt tax rates for different tax classifications.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| H7624 | Pass | Increase the penalties for failing to pay employees wages as the law requires.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| H7939 | Pass | Establishes relief from disqualifiers board to consider petitions for relief from firearms prohibitions due to commitment adjudications and authorizes transmittal of mental disability information to NCIS by district court effective January 1, 2015.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| S3048 | Pass | Provide the Bristol County Water Authority with the authority to appoint a secretary and treasurer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| H8219 | Pass | Requires the prioritizing of state aid for the funding of full-day kindergarten programs. The commissioner of elementary and secondary education would rank all eligible school districts to ensure the quality and sustainability of each program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| H8284 | Pass | Establish a procedure for the initial payment and renewal registration fees for the operation of a food business.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| H7542 | Pass | Provides that health insurers could not require optometrists to provide services at a fee set by the insurer unless the insurer covered the fee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| S2730 | Pass | Authorize the use of an antique motor car or motor cycle twenty-five (25) years or older for limited enjoyment in addition to use in exhibitions, club activities, parades, and other functions of public interest.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| H8037 | Pass | Requires firefighter applicants to undergo state and federal criminal background checks and fingerprinting prior to hire. Fingerprint records would be destroyed after the completion of the background check.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| S2516 | Pass | Provides that health insurers could not require optometrists to provide services at a fee set by the insurer unless the insurer covered the fee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| S2702 | Pass | Lower the minimum acceptable ratio of severely disabled employees that a habilitation facility must employ from sixty percent (60%) to forty percent (40%).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| H7937 | Pass | Allows optometrists to prescribe hydrocodone-containing medications despite the classification of hydrocodone as a schedule II Substance. Would also limit the prescription of hydrocodone-containing medications to no more than seventy-two hours.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| H8363 | Pass | Amend the method by which the state assessment program would be implemented in public schools & would provide that no state assessment conducted pursuant to chapter 16-97 & prior to 7/1/19, would be used to determine a student's eligibility.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S2999 | Pass | Allow the town of North Smithfield to exempt and stabilize tax assessments for Rankin Estates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| H7991 | Pass | Provides a declaration that the state's policy will be to make strategic investments in the region's energy resources and infrastructure. PUC to approve proposals to advance this policy
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| S2721 | Pass | Raise the maximum penalties for littering from five hundred dollars ($500) to one thousand dollars ($1000) for the first offense and from five hundred dollars ($500) to five thousand dollars ($5,000) for a subsequent offense.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| H8313 | Pass | Creates a youth pregnancy and at-risk prevention services program to be administered by the department of human services. The director of the department will make an annual allocation of $250,000 through federal funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| S2182 | Pass | Require the board of education to consider several factors in determining which high school equivalency test would be recognized by the state. Such facts would include cost, the recognition of the test by other states, and other criteria.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| H8327 | Pass | Encourages school districts to train their school counselors on collaborating with business, industry and other community organizations to help create internships and apprenticeships.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| H7564 | Pass | Authorize the department of education to waive fees associated with the high school equivalency test and appropriates the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) each year commencing July 1, 2014 to cover administrative costs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| S2673 | Pass | Increase the penalties for failing to pay employees wages as the law requires.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| H7927 | Pass | Allows persons honorably discharged from military service, or transferred to reserve status in the National Guard, to use their classroom and workplace training to fulfill the apprenticeship/journey persons requirements for the enumerated skilled tra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| S2947 | Pass | Encourages school districts to train their school counselors on collaborating with business, industry and other community organizations to help create internships and apprenticeships.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| S2606 | Pass | Create an advisory committee to the office of the child advocate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| H8250 | Pass | Authorize the town of Scituate to adopt tax rates for different tax classifications.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| S2977 | Pass | Make revisions to the state work immersion program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| H7914 | Pass | Authorize the director of the department of health to establish rules for the licensing of lactation consultants.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| S2539 | Pass | Allows persons honorably discharged from the military or members of the National Guard to use acquired classroom and workplace training towards apprenticeship requirements for certain skilled trades.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| S2804 | Pass | Allows optometrists to prescribe hydrocodone-containing medications despite the fact that hydrocodone is a schedule II Substance. This act would also limit the prescription of hydrocodone-containing medications to no more than 72 hours.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| H8368 | Pass | Create an advisory committee to the office of the child advocate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| S2951 | Pass | Empowers DEM to enforce laws, rules and regulations pertaining to facilities and properties leased, managed or utilized by the department.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| S2059 | Pass | Amend method by which the state assessment program would be implemented in public schools. The act would provide that no state assessment conducted pursuant to chapter 16-97 and prior to 7/1/17, would be used to determine student's eligibility to gra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S3112 | Pass | Create a new electricians license called the "sign renovation electrical license" limited to the removal or installation of signs only if the removal or installation of the sign requires removing or installing three (3) wires.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| S3139 | Pass | Authorize the Quonset Development Corporation to establish a stormwater management and conveyance system and regulate connections, user fees, charges and assessments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| S2682 | Pass | Allow barbers, hairdressers, cosmeticians, manicurists and estheticians to provide their services outside of their salon as part of a special occasion event such as a wedding or prom.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| S2562 | Pass | Amend The Lead Poisoning Prevention Act to provide for a longer licensing period, making the licensing process less labor intensive by eliminating the requirement for annual refresher courses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| S3140 | Pass | Establish a procedure for the initial payment and renewal registration fees for the operation of a food business.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| H8158 | Pass | Streamlines licensing and certification procedures for environmental lead inspectors and contractors. Revises factors to be considered for imposing a civil fine for violations of Lead, Poisoning, Prevention Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| S3094 | Pass | Add an additional member, the executive director of operation stand down, to the housing resources commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| H7801 | Pass | Create and establish the Tiverton Wastewater District.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
