| H7793 | 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 |
| S2712 | 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 |
| H8278 | 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 |
| H8071 | Veto | Authorize state licensed constables the power to carry out body attachments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Vetoed by Governor |
| S3120 | 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 |
| H7696 | Pass | Increase the membership composition of the state career pathways task force from fifteen (15) members to seventeen (17) members.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| S2791 | 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 |
| H8139 | 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 |
| S2291 | 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 |
| S2774 | Pass | Requires district court to provide information to the NCIS database of those persons subject to civil commitment for mental health treatment. Creates an appeal board for persons denied the right to firearms ownership by the commitment process.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| H8176 | Pass | Adds an additional member, the executive director of operation stand down, to the housing resources commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| H8266 | Pass | Makes a minor revision to the state work immersion program to include recent college graduates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| S2519 | 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 |
| S2610 | 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 |
| H8118 | Pass | Make available motor vehicle registration plates for the Boston Bruins Foundation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2575 | Pass | Provide that boards or commissions with governing powers over mobile and manufactured homes offer fair and impartial elections and would require that matters which need conflict resolution be referred to the department of business regulation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2326 | Pass | Authorize the city of Newport to increase the cruise ship fees by one dollar ($1.00) per passenger for landing and one dollar ($1.00) per passenger for embarking.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2183 | Pass | Expand the board of education membership from eleven (11) members to twelve (12) by adding an employer community member of the state workforce investment board.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| H8292 | Pass | Grant cities and towns the right to and the method by which they may: (1) Tax the real and personal property of a for-profit hospital facility; and/or (2) Enter into a stabilization agreement with a for-profit hospital facility.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2648 | Pass | Allows probate estates or administrations to be reopened without probate court approval for the distribution of newly discovered asset(s) ($5,000) or less by executors or administrators and would provide a hearing for any objecting beneficiary.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2215 | Pass | Establish and create a fund within the department of elderly affairs to assist the elderly population to remain living in their homes and communities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| H7234 | Pass | Define various farm enterprise uses that are recognized as a valuable and viable means of contributing to the preservation of agricultural operations
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| H8117 | Pass | Eliminate the daily amount a C&D facility may receive and process from the definitions and would require such a facility, located within a 1000 radius of a residential zone, conduct all operations within an enclosed structure.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| H7776 | Pass | Provides that the state would appropriate sufficient funds to the city of Central Falls for payments to Central Falls' city retirees of seventy-five percent (75%) of their base pension benefit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| H7242 | Pass | Eliminate the six (6) month limit for adult education work readiness from the requirements for cash assistance
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| H7309 | Pass | Require law enforcement to report the presence of foreign owned vehicles owned by RI residents to the tax assessor of the city/town in which the vehicle is located & to provide notice to the registered owner of the requirements of this section
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2652 | Pass | Expand the type of criminal records check required for persons applying to be routine contact patient employees in a long-term facility or provider.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| H7510 | Pass | Eliminate and amend certain notice requirements to parties in interest in the probate of a will or letters of administration but in no way would limit the discretion of the court to order any notice it deems necessary.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| H7292 | Pass | Provide for courses of study for pupils in grades kindergarten through 8 to prevent child abduction, child sexual exploitation, and abuse
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| H7940 | Pass | Eliminate the prohibition against a person who has been adjudicated or is under treatment as a habitual drunkard from owning, purchasing, carrying, transporting or having in his or her possession any firearm.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S3051 | Pass | Name the Pocasset River Bridge No. 23 as “The Honorable Raymond M. Durfee Bridge."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2307 | Pass | Require insurers to send insureds a notice captioned "Insurance Coverage Reduction Notice" itemizing and describing any coverage elimination, reduction, diminution or increased deductible not at the request of the insureds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2871 | Pass | Exempt from taxation the real and personal property located, in the City of Cranston, of the Comprehensive Community Action Program, Inc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S3027 | Pass | Authorizes Coventry to $5,500,000 in bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness to finance the purchase of equipment and facilities for the automated Town-wide collection, storage and handling of refuse and recyclables in town.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2555 | Pass | Make available motor vehicle registration plates for the Boston Bruins Foundation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2298 | Pass | Grant cities and towns the right to tax or enter into a stabilization agreement with a for-profit hospital facility that had not been converted from a nonprofit hospital facility.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2970 | Pass | Postpones the date of the next Warren property revaluation until 2016.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| H7361 | Pass | Establish and create a fund within the department of elderly affairs to assist the elderly population to remain living in their homes and communities
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| H8349 | Pass | Require all RI hospitals to annually compile a list of the average charges for 25 most commonly performed outpatient and inpatient procedures and to submit these lists to the department of health.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2120 | Pass | Create a special registration plate for electric powered vehicles.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2476 | Pass | Eliminate the six (6) month limit for adult education work readiness from the requirements for cash assistance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2292 | Pass | Provide for the issuance of a special plate for Olympic Medal winners.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| H8350 | Pass | Prohibit municipal building officials from assessing a fee for the first reinspection of work which has failed the initial inspection.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2086 | Pass | Allow inclusionary zoning ordinances to provide that affordable housing must be built on-site or, in the alternative, be produced off-site, by donation of land and/or by payment of a fee-in-lieu of the construction or provision of affordable housing
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2238 | Pass | Permit notices of probate hearings to be published in a newspaper published or distributed in the county in which the hearings are to be held.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2419 | Pass | Allow dealers, manufacturers, distributors and leasing companies to renew their licenses every three (3) years instead of every year. License fees remain unchanged but are allowed to be paid in yearly installments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2240 | Pass | Require law enforcement to report the presence of foreign owned vehicles owned by RI residents to the tax assessor of the city/town in which the vehicle is located and to provide notice to the registered owner of the requirements of this section.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2332 | Pass | Provides that the state would appropriate sufficient funds to the city of Central Falls for payments to Central Falls' city retirees of seventy-five percent (75%) of their base pension benefit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S3071 | Pass | Exempt from taxation real and personal property located within the town of West Warwick of the Station Fire Memorial Foundation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2952 | Pass | Repeal the Rhode Island climate change commission and would create a climate change council in the executive department. It would suggest the impacts of climate change be taken into consideration by department directors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-02
Signed by Governor |
