| H7628 | Pass | Grants employees several additional avenues to help them collect their wages from nonpaying employers, set forth penalties for nonpayment of wages by an employer, and implements a new procedure for filing of claims.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| H8327 | Pass | Makes the possession of an alcohol without liquid device a crime punishable by a fine and/or imprisonment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| H7897 | Pass | Establishes 5 member acupuncture/Oriental medicine board within health department and provides for removal of members for unprofessional conduct.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| H7317 | Pass | Increases the penalty for cruelty to animals, the malicious injury or killing of animals, from not more than 2 years to not more than 5 years, and increases the mandatory community service from 10 hours to 50 hours.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| H8325 | Pass | Requires a notice and opportunity to be heard by the public with regard to the permitting of wastewater treatment facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| H8351 | Pass | Requires reporting by the resource recovery corporation detailing the economic impact of recycling and the state's compliance with the fifty percent diversion goal.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| H8322 | Pass | Provides that ratemaking mechanisms shall not be relied upon or cited by the PUC for making adjustments in determining an electric or gas distribution company's cost of capital.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| H8369 | Pass | Requires the DCYF to transition from child placement in group homes to child placement in foster care.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| H8127 | Pass | Directs the department of health to use funds from federal capitalization grants to conduct baseline copper and lead testing the water supply systems of each local government as well as in public schools and licensed daycare facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| H7500 | Pass | Defines freestanding emergency care facilities subject to health care facilities licensing, emergency medical transportation, regulations and determination of need for new health care equipment and new institutional health services purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| H7983 | Pass | Allows retired members of the state retirement system who are certified as substitute teachers to substitute teach not more than ninety (90) days a year without reduction in retirement benefits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| H8232 | Pass | Permits the growth of hemp by properly licensed individuals that have applied and met the requirements of this chapter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| H7865 | Pass | Requires institutions of higher learning to adopt a policy which grants amnesty for violations of drug/alcohol policies for those who report incidents of violence, including domestic violence, dating violence, stalking and sexual assault.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| H7392 | Pass | Imposes a penalty of imprisonment not exceeding two (2) years or a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) where an offense of cruelty to an animal results in the animal’s death.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| H7870 | Pass | Exempts taxicabs and limited public motor vehicles from the public utility companies annual financial assessment for reimbursement of administrative expenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| H8075 | Pass | Allows agricultural lands preservation commission to resell land without being subject to the first right to purchase by the municipality.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| H7583 | Pass | Mandates that school districts develop and adopt a written policy relating to the use of Internet filtering measures for computer access in schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| H7167 | Pass | Requires a warrant prior to obtaining location or other information from a service provider for cellular devices. It also establishes exceptions, including emergencies and consent of the owner, and would impose various notice requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| H7142 | Pass | Adds post-traumatic stress disorder as a "debilitating medical condition" and accelerates an approved medical marijuana application for hospice care.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| H7362 | Pass | Transfers the jurisdiction of possession of one ounce (1 oz.) or less of marijuana by a person who is under the age of seventeen (17) years from the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal to the Rhode Island Family Court.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| H8332 | Pass | Declares that the state's policy goal with respect to solid waste is that not less than fifty percent of the solid waste generated be diverted through diversion, source reduction, re-use, recycling or composting by 2025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| H8005 | Pass | Allows school districts to maintain an annual registry for students requiring bus transportation to school. The purpose of this registration would be to assist each district's bus transportation plan to be more cost-efficient.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| H7094 | Pass | Requires the sealing and destruction of arrest records of persons wrongfully arrested.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| H7459 | Pass | Prohibits individuals served with protective orders in domestic abuse/assault from terminating/disrupting utility service without prior court approval.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| H7437 | Pass | Entitles a condominium unit owner to obtain a copy of a damage appraisal within 14 days of request.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| H7586 | Pass | Renders most restrictive covenants in employment agreements with physicians void and unenforceable. Restrictive covenants in physician sales agreements for up to five years and those in unexpired employment agreements would be enforceable.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| H7516 | Pass | Requires posting in every public school of a sign providing the telephone number of the child abuse hotline.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-11
Signed by Governor |
| H8310 | Pass | Includes armed college and university police officers of the state colleges among the class of individuals who are subject to control by the personnel administrator or by any officer or board other than the council on post-secondary education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-11
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7832 | Pass | Specifies the procedure for the escheat of unclaimed United States savings bonds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-11
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H8276 | Pass | Creates a new type of vehicle, an autocycle, which shall be considered a motorcycle for all purposes except as specifically exempted.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-09
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7125 | Pass | Provides protections for consumers and small businesses in the areas of insurance, real estate and accountancy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-09
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7405 | Pass | Empowers a justice of the peace to receive from an arresting agency, notice of violation of probation or bail that has been received from the attorney general and present the notice to the arrestee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-09
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7783 | Pass | Provides that a farm vehicle covered by an insurance policy on farm property and operations, and which policy includes liability coverage, be deemed to have met the liability insurance requirement for motor vehicles as provided in Chapter 31-3.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-09
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H8228 | Pass | Adds propane to the definition of fuels for tax purposes but not propane used for a purpose other than the operation or propulsion of motor vehicles.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-09
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7561 | Pass | Repeals the law providing for additional penalties for toll evaders on Rhode Island bridges and turnpikes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-09
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7953 | Pass | Clarifies certain sections dealing with alcoholic beverage licenses and enforcement and grants Providence the right to establish certain new liquor licenses and regulate live entertainment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-09
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7602 | Pass | Imposes administrative fees upon individuals who fail to make timely payments of toll amounts, and subjects toll evaders to license suspension or fines pursuant to jurisdiction of the Rhode Island traffic tribunal.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-09
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7571 | Pass | Permits the division of motor vehicles to refuse to register or transfer the registration of a vehicle which is subject to unpaid tolls.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-09
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7279 | Pass | Bars adjusters and contractors from premises under investigation by the fire marshal until premises are released, and provides penalties for violation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-09
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7327 | Pass | Increases the automobile and commercial vehicle gross weight limitations for the purposes of the special motor vehicle registration plate available to active and retired firefighters.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-09
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7801 | Pass | Defines incidental operation upon a highway for exempted farm vehicles and requires them to display "Slow Moving Vehicle" emblem when so engaged.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-09
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7787 | Pass | Repeals the requirement that the general treasurer submit an annual report regarding federal old-age and survivors' insurance to the general assembly.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-09
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7370 | Pass | Authorizes Rhode Island Student Loan Authority to refinance loans and invest in its own bonds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-07
Signed by Governor |
| H7890 | Pass | Requires the state career pathways system of the workforce board to create pathways and workforce training programs to fill skill gaps and employment opportunities in the clean energy sector.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-07
Signed by Governor |
| H8180 | Pass | Establishes an office of regulatory reform task force to make recommendations for a statewide solar permitting process.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-07
Signed by Governor |
| H8069 | Pass | Makes hearings on child abuse or neglect cases open to the public. It would also provide that the director of DCYF disclose findings and facts of investigations when there is a fatality or near fatality of a child.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-06
Signed by Governor |
| H7651 | Pass | Provides that wetland buffers not be excluded from the calculation of buildable lot areas, minimum lot sizes or in the calculation of buildable lots or units.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-06
Signed by Governor |
| H7275 | Pass | Mandates public/private high/middle schools, and athletic fields/other locations where sporting events held maintain functional AED on site at all times effective 8/1/16.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-06
Signed by Governor |
| H7077 | Pass | Create a special registration plate to honor César E. Chávez.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-06
Signed by Governor |
| H7959 | Pass | Updates many of the voting administrative laws to reflect the current election practices, procedures and use of the new voting equipment, including the use of electronic voting lists.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-06
Signed by Governor |
