| S2712 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows those persons with less than 6 misdemeanor convictions to file a motion for the expungement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7799 | Intro
Sine Die | Includes orange or otherwise brightly colored plugs or tips inserted into the barrel of any firearm into the definition of "mark of identification" for those persons who change, alter, remove, or obliterate any mark of identification on a firearm.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7971 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Sincere Condolences On The Passing Of Robert J. Healey, Jr., Esq.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
House read and passed |
| S2777 | Pass | Senate Resolution Proclaiming The Week Of March 12-19, 2016, As "brain Week Rhode Island" And Recognizing The Month Of March As "brain Injury Awareness Month"
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-17
Senate read and passed |
| H7634 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires employers to give their employees at least two (2) weeks notice of their work schedule and other notices scheduling rights and remedies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-17
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| H7956 | Pass | House Resolution Proclaiming March As "colorectal Cancer Awareness Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-17
House read and passed |
| H7948 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires health insurance providers to provide coverage for eating disorders and would apply to nonprofit hospital service corporations, nonprofit medical service corporations and health maintenance organizations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-17
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| S2261 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes municipalities to require parking lots to have a person on site during operational hours to accept cash payments. The proceeds from the fine for failure to comply would be split between the municipality and the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-17
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| S2776 | Pass | Senate Resolution Commemorating The Celebration Of St. Joseph's Day
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Senate read and passed |
| H7642 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the use of containers, or food packaged in containers that contain bisphenol A.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7749 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits a person who has wrongfully been sentenced to imprisonment to bring an action for compensation and damages.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7141 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows social gaming in private residences and in public taverns or private clubs so long as the gambling is incidental to a bona fide social relationship between the participants and only participants receive anything of value.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7643 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the use of formaldehyde or formaldehyde replacements in certain children's products.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S2775 | Pass | Senate Resolution Commemorating The Celebration Of St. Patrick's Day
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Senate read and passed |
| H7656 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes cities and towns to regulate by ordinance the sale of pyrotechnics within their boundaries and to set a sales license fee of not more than $1,000.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
To House Small Business Committee |
| H7487 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the advertising of unhealthy food and beverage products in schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7676 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits prisoners sentenced as adults to life or to lengthy sentences for offenses committed prior to age eighteen eligible for parole after completing fifteen years of their sentence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7476 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the director of the department of health to conduct a hearing prior to requiring an immunization against any disease unless there exists a health emergency.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7673 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the rights and obligations of property owners concerning the maintenance of private easements and rights-of-way.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7667 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires duly admitted members of the bar of this state to acquire and maintain malpractice insurance in the minimum amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7677 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the Student Journalists' Freedom of Expression Act protecting student journalists' right to exercise freedom of speech in school-sponsored media.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7675 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes privacy rights in regard to take-home technology devices from school. Limits the ability of school officials to monitor and search a student's take-home technology device and would establish criteria before a search could be done.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7475 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows parents or guardians of a child to opt out of vaccines for non-casual contact diseases transmitted by sexual contact.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7608 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits detention of children under 12 at the training school unless offense is capital or felony sexual offense if charged as adult. Court must still consider other reasonable placement in that case.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7515 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires employers to give their employees at least two (2) weeks' notice of their work schedule and other notices scheduling rights and remedies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| H7671 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a process by which a notice of lien filed by a commercial real estate broker may be promptly challenged in court.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7635 | Intro
Sine Die | Expands a pharmacist's immunization authority for individuals between the ages of 9 and 18.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S2402 | Engross
Sine Die | Permits the college or university that offers driver retraining courses, which are mandated due to a conviction of certain motor vehicle offenses, to determine the tuition rate for the driving course so required.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7662 | Intro
Sine Die | Expands a pharmacist's immunization authority for individuals between the ages of 9 and 18.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7663 | Intro
Sine Die | Expands the reporting requirement for abuse, neglect, or death of a child to include the governor, the director of the department of health, the speaker and the senate president and the posting of the report on the child advocate website.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7797 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits stalking defined as a course of conduct by anyone who may cause a reasonable person to either fear for their own safety or the safety of a third person or cause a reasonable person to suffer emotional distress. Enumerates penalties for stal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7447 | Intro
Sine Die | Restores certain provisions of chapter 16.2 as well as all of chapter 16.3 of title 23 repealed/deleted in 2015 Budget Act pertaining to definitions/licensing/operation of medical laboratories.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7525 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits students from having knives on their possession while in school.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7878 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies the law and allows taxicabs, and public motor vehicles owners to file private lawsuits against the violators of public vehicle laws, order, rules or regulations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
To House Corporations Committee |
| S2697 | Intro
Sine Die | Promotes the use and management of behavioral health care services which increases insurance coverage for health-related behavioral services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| H7871 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits private cause of action by taxicab certificate holders against violations of the law or rules governing taxicab regulation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| H7621 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the operator of a public motor vehicle from transporting any passenger unless the pickup time is prearranged at least two (2) hours before the actual pickup.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7877 | Intro
Sine Die | Defines "motor carrier intervenor" as used in proceedings before the public utilities commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7872 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that taxicabs, limited public motor vehicles, and public motor vehicles be considered common carriers and public utility companies. Eliminates the administrative expense assessment exemption to utilities and carriers with revenue under $100,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| S2718 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the owner of open space land or holder of an interest in a conservation easement to bring an action in superior court to prevent encroachment of the land and to recover damages.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7837 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits insurers from stopping rental vehicle payment until (7) days after motor vehicle owner receives actual payment of agreed fair market value for vehicles deemed a total loss unless otherwise agreed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7941 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Justin Abrams
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
House read and passed |
| S2646 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends fines for failing to file a foreclosure deed and requires that a notice of intent to foreclose be filed in the city or town where the property is located.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2510 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires insurance coverage of at least ninety (90) days of residential or inpatient services for mental health and/or substance-use disorders for American Society of Addiction Medicine levels of care 3.1 and 3.3.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S2409 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the use of eminent domain powers for economic development purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7942 | Pass | House Resolution Extending Congratulations
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
House read and passed |
| H7461 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases penalties for a variety of motor vehicle offenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2324 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires dogs to be leashed on cemetery property and owners of the dog to clean up upon completion of the visit. Any violation would be punishable by a fine of ten dollars ($10.00).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7943 | Pass | House Resolution Extending Condolences
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
House read and passed |
| S2598 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits liability arising from agritourism activities, unless it can be demonstrated that there was a failure to exercise due care, gross negligence, or willful or intentional misconduct.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
