| H5455 | Pass | Determine reimbursement rates for medical records copies from health care providers including those that utilize an electronic health records system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| H5351 | Pass | Prohibits municipal charters and ordinances from requiring that their police officers and firefighters reside within the state of Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| H5290 | Pass | Includes within the licensing and certification process required by the board of electricians the maintenance of certain electrical components.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| S0194 | Pass | Reduces the number of hours of instruction required to obtain a hairdresser's and cosmetician's license from fifteen hundred (1,500) to twelve hundred (1,200) hours.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| S0350 | Pass | Prohibits employers from making deductions from an employee's wages except for those deductions authorized or required by law, or as expressly authorized in writing by the employee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| S0850 | Pass | Requires the I-195 commission to conduct training for new commission members which would include training in ethics. It makes the commission subject to the open meetings acts, the access to public records acts and their exemptions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| S0085 | Pass | Creates a veteran's preference in the issuance of state contracts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| H6117 | Pass | Joint Resolution Amending The Membership Of The Special Legislative Commission On Defense Economy Planning (amends The Membership Of The Special Legislative Commission On Defense Economy Planning By Increasing The Number Of Members From Twenty-five (...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| S0486 | Pass | Determine reimbursement rates for medical records copies from health care providers including those that utilize an electronic health records system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| S0835 | Pass | Criminalize residential mortgage fraud and extend the statute of limitations for certain offenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| H5695 | Pass | Criminalizes residential mortgage fraud and extend the statute of limitations for certain offenses regarding financial and banking fraud.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| H5241 | Pass | Requires that five million dollars ($5,000,000) be appropriated to the Rhode Island public transit authority between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2019.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| H5314 | Pass | Requires health care facilities to report to the department of health the use of non-Rhode Island licensed nurses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| H5280 | Pass | Creates a veteran's preference in the issuance of state contracts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| H5488 | Pass | Reduces the number of hours of instruction required to obtain a hairdresser's and cosmetician's license from fifteen hundred (1,500) to twelve hundred (1,200) hours.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| S0341 | Pass | Requires that municipal animal control officers be certified by the National Care & Control Association.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| S0742 | Pass | Modernizes the definition of physical therapy, the right to use the title of physical therapist and includes practice beyond the scope of physical therapy as a grounds for discipline.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| H6004 | Pass | Allows the bargaining agent for the correctional officers and the state authority to extend, by agreement in writing, the thirty (30) day period to reach an agreement on a contract, before submitting unresolved issues to arbitration.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| H5733 | Pass | Requires all CASA (court-appointed special advocate) volunteers to first pass DCYF clearance as well as a national criminal background check before qualifying for appointment by the court.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| S0821 | Pass | Mandates insurance coverage for medically necessary expenses for standard fertility preservation services when a medical treatment may directly or indirectly cause iatrogenic infertility.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| S0636 | Pass | Increases the administrative penalties that the director of DEM may impose for violations of environmental regulations up to five thousand dollars ($5,000).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| S0541 | Pass | Reduces the number of advisory council members from twenty-seven (27) to fifteen (15) and eliminates the duty of the advisory council to advise the administrator of the veterans' home.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| H5609 | Pass | Increases the administrative penalties that the director of DEM may impose for violations of environmental regulations up to five thousand dollars ($5,000).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| S0674 | Pass | Allows the bargaining agent for the correctional officers and the state authority to extend, by agreement in writing, the thirty (30) day period to reach an agreement on a contract, before submitting unresolved issues to arbitration.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| H6095 | Pass | Exempts land previously classified as farm, forest or open space land from land use change tax if the landowner converts no more than twenty percent (20%) acreage to install a renewable energy system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| S0544 | Pass | Increases membership of council from 26 to 31 voting members with amendments to reflect current names of state depts./divisions/agencies listed in statute.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| H5578 | Pass | Increases membership of council from 26 to 31 voting members with amendments to reflect current names of state depts./divisions/agencies listed in statute.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| H6360 | Pass | Reduces the number of advisory council members from twenty-seven (27) to fifteen (15) and eliminates the duty of the advisory council to advise the administrator of the veterans' home.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| S0614 | Pass | Requires all CASA (court-appointed special advocate) volunteers to first pass DCYF clearance as well as a national criminal background check before qualifying for appointment by the court.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| S0983 | Pass | Allows William J. Gately, Jr., Esq., to join Caroline Stewart Barr and James W. Gately in marriage on or about August 26, 2017, within the Town of Bristol, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-04
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0285 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that the contractual provisions contained in and an otherwise expired collective bargaining agreement with certified school teachers and municipal employees continue until a successor agreement has been reached between the parties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
Committee recommends passage of Sub A |
| H5713 | Pass | Provides that those seeking review of a post-conviction relief final judgment must file their petition for writ of certiorari within sixty days from the date of final judgment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0481 | Pass | Shortens the time periods related to certifications, decision-making and recordings of decisions for major land development and major subdivision master and preliminary plans.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| H5772 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts gross receipts from the sale of seeds and plants used to grow food and food products from sales and use taxes. The act would specifically exclude from the definition marijuana seeds or plants.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
Committee recommends passage of Sub A |
| H6183 | Pass | To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of Simon's Supply, Co., Inc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S1002 | Pass | Senate Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Examine The Advisability Of Rhode Island Joining The Interstate Medical Licensure Compact (creates A 9 Member Commission To Examine The Advisability Of Rhode Island Joining The Interstate...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
Senate read and passed |
| S0610 | Pass | Amends the definition of "domestic abuse" to include acts by a person who knowingly/willfully encourages/aids/coerces any minor child to engage in commercial sex acts and allows a parent or legal custodian to seek a protective order on behalf of a mi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| S0439 | Pass | Creates the "All Students Count Act" and requires the dept. of elementary and secondary education to use separate collection categories/tabulations for specified Asian ethnic groups in every demographic report on ancestry or ethnic origins of residen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| H5483 | Pass | Amends electric distribution companies authority to charge interconnecting renewable energy customers for certain modifications and places timetables on interconnection work.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| H6303 | Pass | Allows Robert E.P. Elmer, III, to join Angela Giuffrida and Cuan Coulter in marriage on or about August 12, 2017, within the Town of Westerly, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0669 | Engross
Sine Die | Creates the young adult voluntary extension of care program that would extend the age of foster care from age eighteen (18) to age twenty-one (21) and would provide a range of programs and services to carry out the purpose of the act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
To House Finance Committee |
| S0874 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the public utilities commission to implement a purchase of receivables program where the electric distribution company purchases the receivables of a nonregulated power producer at a discount rate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/30/2017) |
| S0443 | Engross
Sine Die | Creates a municipal infrastructure grant program within the DOA relating to municipal and other public infrastructure projects.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
To House Finance Committee |
| S0834 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases fines and penalties for failure to file timely campaign finance reports; increase the amount of information required in a declaration of candidacy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H6138 | Pass | Allows the Honorable Raymond Sullivan to join Julie Ricci and Christopher Fierro in marriage on or about October 21, 2017, within the City of Warwick, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0886 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires pub. utilities/electric distribution co. to provide prompt/adequate service to ratepayers for new service/ upgrades w/penalty of up to $1,000 with electric distribution co. to provide written estimates/itemized bill for work in excess of $50...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence |
| S0337 | Engross
Sine Die | Approval and funding of drug awareness programs for minors placed with the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
To House Finance Committee |
| H6335 | Pass | Allows The Honorable John M. Xifaras to join Sarah J. Lang and Scott Levy in marriage on or about July 15, 2017, within the Town of Bristol, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0133 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows unused tax credits previously issued under the Historic Homeownership Assistance Act to be carried forward for tax year 2017 and thereafter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
To House Finance Committee |
| H6364 | Pass | Allows Jared Saletin to join Kelsey Lucas and Brendon Duprey in marriage on or about July 7, 2018, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
Signed by Governor |
