| S0241 | Pass | Adds military status discrimination as an unlawful housing practice protecting veterans who have an honorable or administrative discharge or a member of the Armed Forces of the United States and the Rhode Island National Guard.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| S0478 | Pass | Amends the chapter on licensure to include new definitions that establish qualifications for new categories. Also adds requirements for licensing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| S0559 | Pass | Exempts from taxation residential property developments not completed or, if completed, not sold and occupied. This exemption does not affect taxes on common areas for residential condominiums.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| S0319 | Pass | Authorizes licensed certified nurse-midwives and licensed midwives defined in the rules and regulations for licensing of midwives to prescribe medications authorized by the department of health to his or her patient.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| S0706 | Pass | Prohibits land trust/municipality from imposing transfer tax/free on state land purchases.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| S0583 | Pass | Prohibits the detention of juveniles at the Rhode Island Training School based on allegations that he or she was in violation of a court order and would not classify conditions when a petition is placed on file, as a valid court order.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| S0999 | Pass | Makes the secretary of state solely responsible for the purchase and oversight of the purchasing of voting equipment. The act would also allow for the purchase of state of the art voting equipment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| S0708 | Pass | More closely defines the standard for the necessary internal audit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| S0126 | Pass | Creates a nondiscriminatory clause under the children's bill of rights for all children who are under the supervision of the department of children, youth, and families.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| S0702 | Pass | Makes changes to the process for setting marine species catch limits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| S0750 | Pass | Repeals the provisions which provided that the director of DEM would issue vehicle license registration plates to those individuals or companies in the business of buying, selling and/or transporting live poultry.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| S0320 | Pass | Authorizes pharmacists to perform limited function clinical laboratory tests.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| S0646 | Pass | Gives veterans priority for housing rental subsidy and housing retention assistance under the Rhode Island housing resource act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| S0218 | Pass | Increases the tax exemption for a war veteran in the town of Smithfield from four thousand dollars ($4,000) to ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| S0369 | Pass | Amend the Rhode Island cesspool act of 2007 by phasing out cesspools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| S1007 | Pass | Allows Matthew Robert Brag to join Stephanie Lauren Brag and Peter Charles William Enestrom in marriage on or about June 18, 2016, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-03
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0334 | Pass | Creates a procedure for the licensing of motor vehicle glass repair or replacement shops.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-02
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S1009 | Pass | Allows Andrew George Caruolo to join Shane Robert Whittet and Caitlin Pam Sherman in marriage on or about August 14, 2015, within the Town of Bristol, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-02
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0581 | Pass | Provides additional protections when a mortgage is subject to Servicemember's Civil Relief Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-02
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0987 | Pass | Allows Edward J. Corcoran to join Cecilia M. Schilling and James H. Corcoran in marriage on or about July 25, 2015, within the Town of Middletown, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-02
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0783 | Pass | Creates two (2) classifications of full collision licensees for auto body repair facilities with the requirements for each. It would also clarify the auto body rate survey requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-01
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0071 | Pass | Entitles a surviving relative to receive a purple heart plate transfer upon the death of the recipient.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-29
Signed by Governor |
| S0902 | Pass | Allows Robert George Madden to join Evan P. Shanley, Esq., and Meredith Jayne Garrity in marriage on or about October 11, 2015, within the Town of North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-26
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0930 | Pass | Allows Sean P. Donlon to join Kathleen McGreevey and Stephen Johnson in marriage on or about January 1, 2016, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-26
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0134 | Pass | Creates the Identify Theft Protection Act of 2015, to protect personal information from unauthorized access, use, modification, destruction or disclosure, and to preserve the confidentiality and integrity of such information.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| S0155 | Pass | Requires the department of education to provide e-mail notice to teachers regarding the renewal, recertification, or repeal of their license.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| S0940 | Pass | Allows Anthony Simonelli, Jr., to join Rebeccah J. Stein and Alex S. Costa in marriage on or about August 15, 2015, within the Town of Foster, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-26
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0953 | Pass | Exempts from taxation the real and personal property of the Newport Historical Society.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-26
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0957 | Pass | Allows Norman Beliuear to join Dana Ciampanelli and Michael Mezt, Sr. in marriage on or about September 12, 2015, within the City of Warwick, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-26
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0956 | Pass | Allows Mario Martone to join Cassandra Carolan Yates and Ryan Michael Simko in marriage on or about July 25, 2015, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-26
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0954 | Pass | Exempts from taxation the real and personal property of the Rhode Island Historical Society.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-26
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0958 | Pass | Allows the Honorable Frank S. Lombardi to join Nicolas DePaola and Vanessa DiPaolo in marriage on or about August 8, 2015, within the Town of Narragansett, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-26
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0915 | Pass | Allows Henry A. Johnson, Jr., to join Amanda Lynn Pendleton and Steven Henry Shangraw in marriage on or about October 25, 2015, within the Town of Foster, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-26
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0234 | Pass | Includes the term Oriental medicine in defining the scope and technique of acupuncture.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| S0899 | Pass | Allows Sarah Greeley to join Erin Alexander Broderick and Gara Brooke Field in marriage on or about August 1, 2015, within the Town of Tiverton, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-26
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0175 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes the possession of powdered alcohol a crime punishable by a fine and/or imprisonment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Placed on House Calendar (06/25/2015) |
| S1021 | Intro
Sine Die | Senate Resolution Respectfully Requesting The Rhode Island Department Of Human Services To Develop A Proposal Creating A Tiered Reimbursement System For Licensed Child Care Centers And Family Child Care Providers With Higher Rates Being Issued To Pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) |
| S1020 | Pass | Senate Resolution Respectfully Requesting The Rhode Island Office Of Energy Resources To Report On Strategies To Further Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Senate read and passed |
| S0299 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs school superintendents to review and respond to discipline data where there is an unequal impact on students based on race, ethnicity, or disability. No out of school suspensions unless student's conduct meets certain standards.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Senate passed Sub A |
| S0409 | Intro
Sine Die | Grants PUC authority to consider all utility profit in broader review to determine gas/electric utility rate of return (profit) and caps performance based profits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence |
| S0829 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits the holder of a wholesaler's Class C license to sell alcohol to manufacturers of food products in connection with the manufacture of such products.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Senate passed Sub A |
| S0975 | Engross
Sine Die | Modifies the types of healthy foods and beverages that may be sold to students in schools during the school day by referencing the "Healthy, Huger-Free Kids Act of 2010."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Placed on House Calendar (06/25/2015) |
| S0449 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits the division of motor vehicles to create a special registration plate for state public colleges and universities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Placed on House Calendar (06/25/2015) |
| S0534 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the governor's workforce board to expand job and career opportunities for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Placed on House Calendar (06/25/2015) |
| S0701 | Engross
Sine Die | Ri Underground Storage Tank Financial Responsibility Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Placed on House Calendar (06/25/2015) |
| S0864 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes various modifications to the enabling act for the Warwick Sewer Authority.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Placed on House Calendar (06/25/2015) |
| S0821 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes in-person early voting, electronic registration of voters, prohibit the casting of emergency mail ballots at the local boards of canvassers, define "family member", and specify methods of delivery to state board.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Placed on Senate Calendar (06/25/2015) |
| S0451 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of a special license plate for Lupus Foundation New England.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Placed on House Calendar (06/25/2015) |
| S0846 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that the excise tax assessed against vehicles and trailers may be determined by a non-binding recommendation of the vehicle value commission, or by the assessor's combination of the published retail and trade-in values.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
To House Finance Committee |
| S0632 | Engross
Sine Die | Deletes the specification of the address of the board of elections from the return envelopes provided for mail ballots and would require only that the address of the board of elections be on the return envelope.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Placed on House Calendar (06/25/2015) |
