| S2113 | Pass | Requires that public schools of this state, beginning in kindergarten and continuing through and including grade twelve (12), would annually provide access for every student to at least one field trip to a nature preserve, reserve, or conservatory.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S3006 | Pass | Simplifies the process of doing business in Rhode Island by eliminating unnecessary licensing requirements of various business entities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| H8355 | Pass | Entitles person to have criminal conviction records expunged if the offense is decriminalized subsequent to the conviction.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S3008 | Pass | Allows domestic insurance company to enter into a voluntary restructuring, including the use of a protected cell, with the approval of the commissioner.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2133 | Pass | Protects homeless persons in possession of a service animal, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, from being denied access to any homeless shelter in violation of the ADA or the state or federal Fair Housing Practices Acts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S3012 | Pass | - Registration Of Vehicles
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2259 | Pass | Designates the Class A Tall Ship commonly known as the "SSV Oliver Hazard Perry" as the official flagship and tall ship ambassador of the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2851 | Pass | Requires sealers of weights and measures appointed by the cities and towns to receive the same fees as charged by the sealers who perform the same inspecting/testing services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S3010 | Pass | Requires driver's instruction courses and tests to include instruction information on driver's responsible conduct and rights during a traffic stop.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| H8358 | Pass | Establishes the Rhode Island chapter of the children’s advocacy center, a community based organization that would provide a child-friendly, safe and neutral location from which a multidisciplinary team would act in response to child abuse allegatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S3013 | Pass | Amends provisions of the tax increment financing act in order to encourage municipalities to use tax increment financing to facilitate economic development.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| H8366 | Pass | Requires health director/attorney general to conduct hospital conversion investigations with stenographic record of the proceedings.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2867 | Pass | Makes driving under the influence with any child under thirteen (13) years of age in the vehicle a felony punishable by up to five (5) years imprisonment, a five thousand dollar ($5,000) fine, and a loss of license of up to two (2) years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S3015 | Pass | Includes home schooled students in the program to provide the PSAT and SAT free of charge to all Rhode Island public school students for the fiscal year starting July 1, 2018.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2052 | Pass | Creates a process for the department of education relating to the collection and organization of information concerning the workload and scope of the duties and responsibilities performed by school social workers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2226 | Pass | Requires hospitals to offer immunization against influenza virus to all inpatients sixty-five (65) years of age or older from October to March of the following year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S3014 | Pass | Restricts the use of a victim's gender or sexual orientation as a defense by any defendant claiming provocation, diminished capacity or self-defense and prohibits the court from allowing such information into evidence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2421 | Veto | Criminalizes isolation of an elder or dependent adult and would provide that certain notification requirements be fulfilled on behalf of elder persons or dependent adults.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Vetoed by Governor |
| H7540 | Pass | Amends the State False Claims Act to reflect amendments to the Federal False Claims Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| H7449 | Pass | Clarifies the right of a surviving spouse of a decedent regarding elective shares taken against the decedent's will relating to real and personal estate to the estates of decedents dying on and after July 1, 2018.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| H8163 | Pass | Allows domestic insurance company to enter into a voluntary restructuring, including the use of a protected cell, with the approval of the commissioner.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2947 | Pass | Establish a uniform election day for all local and special elections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2458 | Pass | Narrows the definition of an adult for the purposes of proceedings in family court to only those eighteen (18) years of age and older.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| H8102 | Pass | Authorizes the advisory committee on historical cemeteries to revive the program for marking governors' graves.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| H7276 | Pass | Provides that the minimum number of prepaid orders for special motor vehicle registration plate type be five hundred (500) sets of plates per plate type.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| H7092 | Pass | Reduces the alcoholic beverage manufacturing and wholesale licensing fee from three thousand dollars ($3,000) to five hundred dollars ($500).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| H8170 | Pass | Takes away the discretion of the sentencing judge in cases involving persons convicted of, or who entered a plea of nolo contendere to any misdemeanor or felony under the provisions of state law relating to cruelty to animals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| H7190 | Pass | Provides that sealers of weights and measures appointed by the cities and towns receive the same fees as charged by state sealers who perform the same inspecting/testing services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2258 | Pass | Eliminates the requirement that a service person serving in conflicts or undeclared wars receive a campaign ribbon or expeditionary medal in order to receive a property tax exemption.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| H7541 | Pass | Implements several provisions of the federal sex offender registration and notification act, to include registration for a litany of federal or military offenses, and specifies what information can or cannot be shared on a public registry website.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| H7239 | Pass | Sets aside the second Saturday in the month of April annually to be known as Historical Cemetery Restoration/Awareness Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2948 | Pass | Renames the domestic violence prevention fund as the Deborah DeBare domestic violence prevention fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| H7909 | Veto | Adds insurance provided in the surplus lines market to the payment of premiums and cancellation regulations contained in the unfair competition and practices chapter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Vetoed by Governor |
| H7155 | Pass | Includes home schooled students in the program to provide the PSAT and SAT free of charge to all Rhode Island public school students for the fiscal year starting July 1, 2018.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2264 | Pass | Permits that education on consent and sexual activity be increased in secondary schools as part of a family life course.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| H7569 | Pass | Require hospitals to offer flu vaccinations to all inpatient individuals sixty-five (65) years of age or older unless the person has a condition that would not allow such vaccination or if the vaccine is in short supply.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| H7615 | Pass | Protects homeless persons in possession of a service animal, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, from being denied access to any homeless shelter in violation of the ADA or the state or federal Fair Housing Practices Acts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2907 | Pass | Requires RIPTA to hold public hearing at least 30 days prior any bus route change in the affected neighborhood and provide a neighborhood impact statement to local and state officials.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2865 | Pass | Allows a minor to bring specified malpractice actions at any time up to reaching twenty-one (21) years of age.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| H7124 | Pass | Requires that the department of business regulation provide a mandatory disclosure notice, at no cost to insurers, to certain life insurance policy holders regarding their rights and alternatives to lapse or surrender.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| H8271 | Pass | Eliminates the need of filing an SR 22, standard form with the department of motor vehicles or its divisions, in order for an individual to get their operator’s license reinstated.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| H7556 | Pass | Amends provisions of the tax increment financing act in order to encourage municipalities to use tax increment financing to facilitate economic development. Effective 7/1/2018.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2024 | Pass | Adds alcohol and alcohol-related overdoses and possession or transportation of alcohol by an underage person, to the Good Samaritan Overdose Prevention Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| H7782 | Pass | Provides that jurisdiction of all use of agricultural and vegetable seeds is vested exclusively in the director of the department of environmental management.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| S2511 | Pass | Ensures compliance with the National Shellfish Sanitation Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-02
Signed by Governor |
| H7803 | Pass | Enables the creation of a public registry of home health aides, giving seniors and individuals living with disabilities another choice when accessing long-term care options.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-29
Signed by Governor |
| S2249 | Pass | Creates a special registration plate for holders of the Eagle Scout badge. The forty dollar ($40.00) surcharge for the plates shall be divided between the general fund and the Narragansett Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-29
Signed by Governor |
| H7819 | Pass | Authorizes a special license plate for Rhode Island Boy Scouts, a nonprofit corporation, and establish the fees and other conditions applicable to its issuance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-29
Signed by Governor |
| S2560 | Pass | Repeals the current state provisions regarding notaries and adopts an adapted version of the "Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-29
Signed by Governor |
| H7502 | Pass | Repeals the current state provisions regarding notaries and adopts an adapted version of the "Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-29
Signed by Governor |
