HB 5695
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - FRAUD AND FALSE DEALING (Criminalizes residential mortgage fraud and extend the statute of limitations for certain offenses regarding financial and banking fraud.)
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Mar 01 2017 |
07/05/2017 Signed By Governor
Jul 05 2017
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HB 5348
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Provides that the department of business regulation administer alcoholic server training programs rather than the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals.)
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Feb 02 2017 |
06/29/2017 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jun 29 2017
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HB 5628
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - LIFE INSURANCE (Requires that the department of business regulation provide a mandatory disclosure notice, at no cost to insurers, to certain policy holders regarding their rights and alternatives to lapse or surrender.)
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Mar 01 2017 |
06/29/2017 Committee Recommends Passage Of Sub A In Concurrence
Jun 29 2017
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HB 5641
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Expands use of public utilities reserve fund to state court appeals to and regulatory matters before federal agencies and increase amount chargeable to public utility to $750,000 but not more than $250,000 for administrator’s representation of state.)
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Mar 01 2017 |
06/29/2017 Signed By Governor
Jun 29 2017
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HB 5223
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - CONDOMINIUM LAW - INSURANCE (Entitles a condominium owner to obtain a copy of a damage appraisal within fourteen days.)
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Jan 26 2017 |
06/29/2017 Signed By Governor
Jun 29 2017
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HB 6157
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- STATE CRIME LABORATORY (Changes the director and other positions at the state crime laboratory from board of governors' appointments to employees of the council on postsecondary education.)
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Apr 27 2017 |
06/27/2017 Signed By Governor
Jun 27 2017
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HB 5738
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Includes fentanyl analogs and synthetic opioids into Schedule I and Schedule II of the list of uniform controlled substances.)
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Mar 01 2017 |
06/27/2017 Signed By Governor
Jun 27 2017
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HR 5243
(2017 Regular Session)
HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY RHODE ISLAND'S MINIMUM PRICING STATUTES (Creates a nine (9) member study commission to study Rhode Island's minimum pricing statutes, and report back no later than April 6, 2017, and expires on June 6, 2017.)
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Jan 26 2017 |
06/26/2017 House Passed As Amended (Floor Amendment)
Jun 26 2017
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HB 5973
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - FIREFIGHTERS' ARBITRATION (Allows unionized firefighters to enter into an agreement which continues all contractual provisions contained in an expiring contract until a successor agreement has been reached.)
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Mar 22 2017 |
06/21/2017 Signed By Governor
Jun 21 2017
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HB 5376
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE LICENSES (Reduces the alcoholic beverage manufacturing and wholesale licensing fee from three thousand dollars ($3,000) to five hundred dollars ($500).)
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Feb 03 2017 |
06/20/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 20 2017
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HB 5978
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - RAILROAD PRESERVATION (Suspends any payments due to MBTA or its operating subcontractor for so long as either is in default on the South County operating agreement.)
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Mar 22 2017 |
06/08/2017 Committee Postponed At Request Of Sponsor (06/08/2017)
Jun 08 2017
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HB 5398
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - USE OF LANES (Makes a violation using the passing lane on limited access highways when not passing another vehicle.)
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Feb 03 2017 |
06/08/2017 Referred To Senate Judiciary
Jun 08 2017
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HB 5763
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS (Adds campus police officers to the group of public safety officials eligible to collect salary, wages, benefits during periods of whole/partial incapacitation incurred while on-duty or while providing emergency assistance within the state while off-duty.)
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Mar 01 2017 |
06/07/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 07 2017
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HB 5979
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - RHODE ISLAND SALES AND USE TAX REIMBURSEMENT ACT (Provides that in the event sales and use tax revenue exceeds projections, then in such event the tax administrator would reduce the sales tax rate by one percent (1%) until the end of the fiscal year.)
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Mar 22 2017 |
05/31/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 31 2017
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HB 5375
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - JOBS INCENTIVE PROGRAM (Reduces the number of jobs to be created for eligibility for the jobs incentive program.)
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Feb 03 2017 |
05/30/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 30 2017
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HB 5831
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Provides a one-time tax credit up to two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per dependent child for certain Rhode Island households who contribute to an account under the Rhode Island college bound tuition savings program.)
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Mar 02 2017 |
05/30/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 30 2017
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HB 6129
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES (Amends provisions of the tax increment financing act in order to encourage municipalities to use tax increment financing to facilitate economic development.)
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Apr 14 2017 |
05/25/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 25 2017
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HB 5374
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE UNIFORMED CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Approval and funding of drug awareness programs for minors placed with the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals.)
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Feb 03 2017 |
05/24/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 24 2017
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HB 6184
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Precludes electric distribution companies from including their gas transmission contracts or cost of facilities in the rate base for electricity customers.)
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May 03 2017 |
05/16/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 16 2017
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HB 5829
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - MORTGAGE AND FORECLOSURE SALE (Removes the July 1, 2018 sunset provision imposed by Chapters 325 and 406 of the 2013 Public Laws with respect to §34-27-3.2 ("mediation conference").)
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Mar 02 2017 |
05/08/2017 Meeting Postponed (05/10/2017)
May 08 2017
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