| H5116 | Pass | Requires retail establishments to accept cash in payment for goods and services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
Signed by Governor |
| H5207 | Pass | Creating the travel insurance act to establish comprehensive/uniform regulatory framework for travel insurance. Clarifying/bolstering enforcement authority over participants in the travel insurance industry.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
Signed by Governor |
| H5745 | Pass | Updates the language required to be given by police officers when responding to domestic abuse calls.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
Signed by Governor |
| H5289 | Pass | Ensures appropriate disability language is used in all job descriptions and statutes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
Signed by Governor |
| H6210 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows DEM to extend certain deadlines for required sewer construction in the replacement of cesspools, which deadlines would not extend beyond January 1, 2025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| H5864 | Pass | Allows local boards of canvassers to combine voting districts in special elections for approval/rejection of questions or when officials will be elected or in primary elections only with board of election approval.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
Signed by Governor |
| H5485 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a voluntary mutual consent sibling adoption registry where adult adopted children and adult siblings can identify each other.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5648 | Pass | Allows license holders to restrict any person who has not reached his or her twenty first birthday from entering the licensed establishment after ten o'clock (10:00) pm.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
Signed by Governor |
| H5697 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that planning board votes for approval requires a majority vote of the members present at the time of the vote.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5489 | Pass | Allows plaintiffs seeking a domestic abuse protective order in family court to include any of their minor children who are not related to the defendant by blood or marriage within the same complaint and restraining order.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
Signed by Governor |
| H5989 | Pass | Allows a contractor or builder to hire a qualified third-party inspector or state inspector to perform an inspection if a building official fails to perform an inspection within forty-eight (48) hours after notification, excluding weekends/holidays.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
Signed by Governor |
| H5383 | Pass | Amends current law so that, as part of a comprehensive discharge plan, a hospital would be allowed to try to contact the patient's emergency contact and the certified peer recovery specialists, in accordance with federal law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
Signed by Governor |
| H5709 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends several election statutes to require votes received by declared write-in candidates to be reported, requires a declaration to be filed by candidates to be elected by write-in and considers ballots cast for no office to be "irregular ballots".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5696 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that a quorum of the zoning board of review shall be a majority of members authorized to vote which may include alternate members.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5773 | Pass | Precludes the department of business regulation from pursing any administrative action against a certified appraiser more than five (5) years after the certified appraised issues a certified appraisal.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
Signed by Governor |
| H5705 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the towing storage act and clarifies issues related to the towing and storage of vehicles. Non-certified towers must have “Not for hire” lettered on their vehicle and provides increased fine and penalties for violators.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5430 | Pass | Adds the requirement that in DCYF cases resulting in a fatality or near fatality of a child, one of the requirements for the office of the child advocate to investigate the case would be the child or the child's family had prior contact with the DCYF...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
Signed by Governor |
| H5023 | Pass | Expands family court jurisdiction to enter protective orders to provide for the safety and welfare of household pets in domestic abuse situations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
Signed by Governor |
| H5461 | Pass | Provides that any minority business enterprise certified by the Federal Small Business Act shall be deemed certified by the department of administration as a minority business enterprise.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
Signed by Governor |
| H5884 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that a person twenty-one (21) years of age or older may purchase or possess a stun gun, and makes it a felony to use a stun gun in certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5817 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that a school teacher or employee that engages in sexual penetration of a student over fourteen (14) and less than eighteen (18) shall be guilty of third degree sexual assault.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5988 | Pass | Names the intersection of Hartford Avenue and Reservoir Avenue in the town of Johnston as "The Bernard 'Bernie' Frezza, Jr. Junction."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
Signed by Governor |
| H5714 | Pass | Provides that a voter may use proof of identity which expired no more than six (6) months prior to voting.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
Signed by Governor |
| H5287 | Pass | Requires that all defined pension plans, excluding certain governmental plans, which are not covered by the ERISA and have at least two hundred (200) members, comply with ERISA's annual reporting provisions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
Signed by Governor |
| H5113 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the "animal abuser registry act" which would require all persons convicted of crimes involving animal abuse to register with an online registry to be established and maintained by the attorney general's office.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
Defeated by Senate |
| H6267 | Pass | House Resolution Congratulating Paul Valletta, Jr., On Being Promoted To The Position Of Fire Chief Of The Cranston Fire Department
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
House read and passed |
| H5129 | Pass | Imposes a penalty against a condominium association that fails to deliver a resale certificate within ten (10) days of a request by a unit owner.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
Signed by Governor |
| H5769 | Pass | Creates a process that provides affected employees an opportunity to purchase the business that employs them, but is in danger of being sold or going out of business.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
Signed by Governor |
| H5381 | Pass | Extends the period for musical and theatrical productions to obtain tax credits to July 1, 2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
Signed by Governor |
| H5949 | Engross
Sine Die | Imposes a fee of one hundred sixty dollars ($160) for all domestic and foreign corporations for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| H6265 | Pass | House Resolution Honoring Pawtucket Firefighter, Lieutenant Sean Asher, For His Heroic Actions In Helping To Save The Life Of A Person Trapped In A House Fire
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
House read and passed |
| H6261 | Pass | House Resolution Congratulating Johnston Native And Legendary Rhode Island Basketball Star Joe Mazzulla On Being Named An Assistant Basketball Coach With The Boston Celtics
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
House read and passed |
| H5540 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the state department of health to post and maintain on its website a link to ClinicalTrials.gov, a free service of the National Institutes of Health Library of Medicine.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence |
| H6263 | Pass | House Resolution Extending Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Jeffrey R. Henault
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
House read and passed |
| H6264 | Pass | House Resolution Extending The Reporting And Expiration Dates Of The Special Legislative Commission Known As The "out Of School Time Learning Commission" (this Resolution Would Extend The Reporting And Expiration Dates Of The Special Legislative Comm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
House read and passed |
| H6262 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Tragic Death Of Lifelong East Providence Resident Daniel L. Pereira
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
House read and passed |
| H6012 | Pass | Requires that the purchasing board meeting agenda in the town of North Providence be sent to board members at least five (5) days before the meeting.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H6116 | Pass | Allows Bennett Schiff to join Taylor Burns and Zachary Lafleur in marriage on or about September 21, 2019, within the Town of Burrillville, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H6163 | Pass | Allows the Honorable Sean Scanlon and Casey Doherty to join Christina Yurchak and Justin Byrne in marriage on or about November 2, 2019, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H6173 | Pass | Allows James Holland Callahan to join Kellie Callahan Fox and Garrett Michael House in marriage on or about August 3, 2019, within the Town of Bristol, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H5138 | Intro
Sine Die | House Resolution Respectfully Requesting The University Of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College, And The Community College Of Rhode Island To Review And Provide Recommendations On Campus Policing Policies (mandates Arming Campus Police At Public Higher...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
House passed Sub A |
| H6253 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires an owner or developer of a project valued at or above $5,000,000 or more to attest by sworn affidavit that the properties have no outstanding liens and to file a surety bond conditioned upon payment for labor and materials of the project.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
To House Finance Committee |
| H5990 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that only certified nurses-teachers may be employed as school nurses in elementary and secondary schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H5328 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires funeral directors/agents to notify secretary of state and the chairperson of the board of canvassers upon filing death certificate for the purpose of removal from the roles of registered voters.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5578 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for a fee increase for filing an action in district court, superior court and family court.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
To House Finance Committee |
| H6258 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits commercial motor trucks, with a gross weight rating of thirty-five thousand one pounds (35,001 lbs.) or more, from traveling on Limerock Road, in Smithfield and Lincoln.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| H5808 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides tax credits for qualified investments in "opportunity zones" in Pawtucket and Central Falls.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
To House Finance Committee |
| H5228 | Intro
Sine Die | Includes licensed school psychologists under the provisions of the general laws governing the regulations of psychologists.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
Meeting postponed (06/26/2019) |
| H6257 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Deepest Gratitude To The Capitol Police For Their Diligence And Dedication To Duty Serving And Protecting The Public And The General Assembly Of The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
House read and passed |
| H6256 | Pass | House Resolution Reinstating The Life Of And Extending The Reporting And Expiration Dates Of The Special Legislative Commission Known As The "rhode Island Online Data Transparency And Privacy Protection Commission" (reinstates The Life And Extends Th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
House read and passed |
