| S0759 | Pass | Makes minor changes to the unemployment laws concerning direct deposit of benefit checks, self-employed individuals, full-time work and workers suspended without pay.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-19
Signed by Governor |
| S0650 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a domestic violence prevention fund which would financed by an additional fee on marriage licenses and would have as its primary purpose, the prevention of domestic and dating violence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S0481 | Pass | Creates a "Caregiver Advise, Record and Enable Act" providing post hospital care to individuals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-19
Signed by Governor |
| S0703 | Pass | Adds aquaculturist membership and representation to the seafood marketing collaborative of 2011.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-19
Signed by Governor |
| S0406 | Pass | Increases to 15 the membership of the Rhode Island Energy Efficiency and Resource Management Council.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-19
Signed by Governor |
| S0817 | Pass | Extends the expiration dates pertaining to approvals and permits and would apply to approvals and permits in effect on November 9, 2009 and those issued between November 9, 2009 and June 30, 2016, but would not revive any expired approval or permit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-19
Signed by Governor |
| S0964 | Pass | Allows John Raymond Picerne Pariseault, Esq. to join Steven Soderlund and Audrey DiRaimo in marriage on or about June 27, 2015, within the Town of West Warwick, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-19
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0761 | Pass | Authorizes the director of the department of labor and training to reconsider certain initial monetary determinations and authorizes the department to recover overpayments to individuals under certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-19
Signed by Governor |
| S0518 | Pass | Provides that records pertaining to marijuana violations not be open to the public.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-19
Signed by Governor |
| S0570 | Intro
Sine Die | Modifies fines, administrative fees and penalties for motorists who are toll violators and evaders, and who fail to timely pay their fines and fees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S0584 | Intro
Sine Die | Transfers jurisdiction of possession of one ounce (1 oz.) or less of marijuana by person under age of eighteen (18) to family court.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-19
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S0786 | Intro
Sine Die | Transfers jurisdiction over health insurance regulation from the director of business regulation to the office of health insurance commissioner. Also amends statutory provisions related to health insurance to be consistent with the Affordable Care Ac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-19
To House Corporations Committee |
| S0874 | Pass | Amends workers' compensation act by authorizes the delivery of weekly compensation via electronic fund transfers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-19
Signed by Governor |
| S0618 | Pass | Sets standards for recognition of comprehensive stroke care centers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-19
Signed by Governor |
| S0502 | Pass | Clarifies and reduces the time after which a recorded mortgage would be unenforceable against real estate securing the mortgage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-19
Signed by Governor |
| S0515 | Pass | Creates a uniform procedure for expungement of criminal records and provides for transfer of unclaimed bail to the unclaimed property division.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-19
Signed by Governor |
| S0201 | Pass | Provides that teacher dismissal cases may be heard by less than an entire school board.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-19
Signed by Governor |
| S0939 | Pass | Permits certain annual reports to be made available electronically and amends certain provisions regarding reinsurance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-19
Signed by Governor |
| S0516 | Pass | Provides that review of final judgments in post conviction relief proceedings be sought by the filing of a petition for writ of certiorari.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-19
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0503 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits any individual convicted of domestic violence or subject to a restraining order, from possessing a firearm.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-18
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S1002 | Pass | Senate Resolution Respectfully Requesting The Rhode Island Statewide Task Force On Sexual Assault To Provide A Report On Its Findings And Recommendations To Increase The Reporting And Decrease The Instances Of Sexual Assaults In Our State
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-18
Senate read and passed |
| S1003 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Profound Sympathies On The Tragic Events Of June 17, 2015, In Charleston, South Carolina
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-18
Senate read and passed |
| S1004 | Pass | Senate Resolution Recognizing And Thanking Paula S. Dominguez, Ed.d., On Her Service To The People And The General Assembly Of The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-18
Senate read and passed |
| S0675 | Pass | Names the high-rise residence hall located in the student residential sector of campus at Rhode Island College in Providence, "Gary M. Penfield Hall."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-18
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0929 | Pass | Enables the city of Providence's board of licenses to approve the liquor license application for a business at 1948-1950 Westminster Street (Assessor's plat 35, lot 359), located within two hundred feet (200') of a school.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-18
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S1001 | Pass | Senate Resolution Honoring East Greenwich Patrolman Matthew C. White On Being Awarded The Silver Star For Bravery For Saving A Life
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-18
Senate read and passed |
| S0990 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows for the growth and sale of hemp as an agricultural product subject to registration as cultivator with the division of agriculture, while sales, storage and growth of hemp products would be under the regulation of the department of health.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-18
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0543 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority to include language establishing the rights of the holders with any agreement it makes with the holders of bonds or notes issued by it.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S1000 | Pass | Senate Resolution Honoring Randall T. Szyba On The Occasion Of Retirement As Supervisor Of The General Assembly's Legislative Press And Public Information Bureau
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-18
Senate read and passed |
| S0366 | Intro
Sine Die | Provide for the establishment of a virtual education plan by school districts with the approval and consent of the commissioner of elementary and secondary education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-18
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S0140 | Engross
Sine Die | Creates a veteran's preference in the issuance of state contracts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-18
To House Veterans Affairs Committee |
| S0989 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds guidelines for the board of public finance management to consider when allocating bond issuance capacity.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0541 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Relating To Rhode Island Turnpike And Bridge Authority -- Debt Management
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0923 | Engross
Sine Die | In Amendment Of Chapter 3235 Of The 1953 Public Laws Entitled "pertaining To Municipal Primaries And Elections In The City Of Woonsocket, State Of Rhode Island, And Also Validating Certain Provisions In City Of Woonsocket, Rhode Island Home Rule Char...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-18
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| S0673 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the emergency police power rules to include other municipal police officers as being subject to the authority of the requesting police chief and permits campus police and municipal departments to enter into mutual aid agreements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-18
Committee continued |
| S0676 | Pass | Names the School of Social Work located at Rhode Island College "Carol J. Guardo Hall.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-18
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0898 | Pass | Allows Andrew Neil to join James Reynolds and Talia Carnevale in marriage on or about October 9, 2015, within the Town of Narragansett, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-17
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0249 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires that parole board members serve no more than three (3) terms.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-17
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S0658 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that the state board of elections be subject to the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-17
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S0845 | Pass | Amends and clarifies the definition of the word "building" for purposes of chapter 44 of title 34 relating to abandoned property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-17
Signed by Governor |
| S0631 | Pass | Changes the period of time that the board of elections must keep mail ballots from the first day of September in the second year after they were cast to a period of twenty-two (22) months after the election.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-17
Signed by Governor |
| S0893 | Pass | Provides that the Pascoag utility district not be required to provide retail access from nonregulated power producers, and not operate as a nonregulated power producer when selling electricity at retail outside of its service area.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-17
Signed by Governor |
| S0635 | Pass | Allows a voter to vote a provisions ballot without obtaining a temporary registration certificate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-17
Signed by Governor |
| S0715 | Pass | Clarifies the fines for unauthorized use of personal wireless devices on a school bus; clarifies definition of "use" to prohibit use of a wireless handset or personal wireless communication device other than hands-free to conform to federal guideline...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-17
Signed by Governor |
| S0271 | Pass | Increases the fines for violations of chapters regulating hoisting engineers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-17
Signed by Governor |
| S0304 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that for any child attending the East Providence Campus of Bradley Hospital, the child's residence district would be responsible for reimbursement to the school department of East Providence for any monies paid to Bradley Hospital.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-17
To House Finance Committee |
| S0322 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires managed care organizations to consult with the EOHHS to develop incentives for nursing facilities that demonstrate lower direct care staff turnover.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-17
To House Finance Committee |
| S0881 | Pass | Allows John Raymond Picerne Pariseault, Esq., to join Steven Soderlund and Audrey DiRaimo in marriage on or about June 27, 2015, in the Town of West Warwick, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-17
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0998 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Francis Knight Searle
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-17
Senate read and passed |
| S0883 | Pass | Allows Andrew Crandall to join Alana Hallisey and Nicholas Augusto in marriage on or about September 12, 2105, within the Town of West Greenwich, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-17
Effective without Governor's signature |
