| RI | H7721 | Engross 50% | EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES - Outlines the requirements and process for LEAs to get written parental consent before conducting an evaluation, reevaluation, making an initial placement/changes in placement/the individual education program ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-30 To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | H7758 | Engross 50% | PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS - Amends the definition of public record to exempt from public disclosure the city or town of residence of the justices, judges, and magistrates of the unified judicial system. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-30 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7756 | Engross 50% | ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS - Eliminates requirements of signing with an "X" for voters who cannot sign name due to blindness, disability, or inability to read or write. Establishes a timeframe for local boards to accept mail ballot applications, if de... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-30 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7098 | Engross 50% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Exempts full-time members of the capitol police from the seven (7) day waiting period and other requirements for purchasing concealable firearms or rifles and shotguns. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-29 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7203 | Engross 50% | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES - Adds the month of August to the dates a Class A retail alcoholic beverage establishment can offer unlimited free samples of wine, beer and distilled spirits products. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-29 Committee recommends passage in concurrence |
| RI | H7509 | Engross 50% | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- UNFAIR SALES PRACTICES - Provides that gift certificates issued by state-chartered institutions of higher education would be exempt from the provisions of the gift certificate statute relating to exp... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-29 Transmitted to Governor |
| RI | H7539 | Engross 50% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES - Authorizes the division of motor vehicles to issue special license plates in recognition and support of The Preservation Society of Rhode Island. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-29 To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| RI | H7470 | Engross 50% | MOTOR VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS - Adds "loose material" to the contents of a vehicle that must be covered by a covering that must remain in place until the vehicle's contents are purged from the vehicle. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-28 Committee recommends passage in concurrence |
| RI | H7019 | Engross 50% | EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM - Establishes "workplace readiness week". It requires all public high schools, including charter schools, to annually observe that week by providing information to students on their rights as workers and specifies the topics t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-24 To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | H7358 | Engross 50% | FISH AND WILDLIFE -- DEER HUNTING - Modifies reporting requirements regarding collisions between vehicles and wildlife where the vehicle has been substantially damaged. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-24 To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | H7505 | Engross 50% | FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND CANNABIS ACT - Permits hybrid cannabis cultivators to advertise regarding cannabis products during the transitional period. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-24 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7271 | Engross 50% | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- FAMILY COURT - Provides that a magistrate of the family court has the power and authority to hear contested divorce matters. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7447 | Engross 50% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THREATS AND EXTORTION - Considers election officials and poll workers "public officials" for purposes of the prohibition on making threats to public officials. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7742 | Engross 50% | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS -- SMALL CLAIMS AND CONSUMER CLAIMS - Amends procedures and fees relative to claims of appeal in small claims actions. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7739 | Engross 50% | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- DISTRICT COURT PRACTICE - Amends the filing fees and time frame for certain claims of appeal to superior court. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7424 | Engross 50% | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- FILING OF ASSUMED NAME - Changes the term "assumed name" to "trade name" and centralizes the filing, administration and regulation process of trade names to the secretary of state and requires an ann... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-07 Committee recommends passage in concurrence |
| RI | H7468 | Engross 50% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION FEES - Exempts the Rhode Island Disaster Medical Assistance Team, Inc. from payment of certain vehicles registration fees. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-16 To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | H7948 | Engross 50% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Provides amendments to the requirements of the inclusionary zoning law for affordable housing development. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-16 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7654 | Engross 50% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- HOUSING MAINTENANCE AND OCCUPANCY CODE - Permits the department of environmental management and local municipalities to drain, remove, and replace an overflowing septic tank or system. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05 To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |