HB 5359
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES (Lowers the sales and use tax rates from seven percent (7%) to five percent (5%) effective January 1, 2018.)
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Feb 02 2017 |
05/09/2017 Withdrawn At Sponsor's Request
May 09 2017
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HB 5893
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM (Creates a municipal infrastructure grant program within the DOA relating to municipal and other public infrastructure projects.)
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Mar 09 2017 |
05/04/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 04 2017
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HB 5798
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- INDEBTEDNESS OF TOWNS AND CITIES--STUDY OF CONSOLIDATION (Directs the department of administration to study using the bonding authority of the state to consolidate the bonded indebtedness of the towns and cities.)
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Mar 01 2017 |
05/04/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 04 2017
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HB 6116
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION (Prohibits state guide plan from requiring any city or town from adopting a housing ordinance that exceeds laws of Rhode Island or city or town's zoning laws.)
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Apr 13 2017 |
05/04/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 04 2017
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HB 5891
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- E-911 UNIFORM EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SYSTEM DIVISION (Requires all the money collected for various billed services, by each telecommunications provider be deposited in a restricted receipt account, not the general fund.)
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Mar 09 2017 |
05/02/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 02 2017
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HB 5768
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES (Requires that the Community College of Rhode Island provide traffic safety education at each public high school in the state.)
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Mar 01 2017 |
05/02/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 02 2017
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HB 6140
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PLUMBERS, IRRIGATORS, AND WATER SYSTEMS INSTALLERS (Provides that a licensed individual sewage disposal system installer may, without further licensing, connect an existing sewer lateral pipe to a municipal or public sewer system.)
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Apr 26 2017 |
05/02/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 02 2017
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HB 6159
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS - STATE PURCHASES (Allows selection committee to evaluate architectural, engineering, consultant services contracts in excess of $20,000 without verbal, written estimates, proposals prior to selection and mandates federal law compliance for federal contracts.)
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Apr 27 2017 |
04/27/2017 Introduced, Referred To House Finance
Apr 27 2017
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HB 5384
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- TRAFFIC TRIBUNAL--DIVISION OF FINES (Directs that seventy-five percent (75%) of all revenue collected as fines based upon use of a camera or other recording equipment shall be paid over to the municipality in which the violation occurred.)
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Feb 03 2017 |
04/24/2017 Withdrawn At Sponsor's Request (04/25/2017)
Apr 24 2017
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HB 5321
(2017 Regular Session)
An Act To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of Shannon Systems, Llc
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Feb 01 2017 |
04/14/2017 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Apr 14 2017
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HR 5513
(2017 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE, PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS--A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE (MAJORITY VOTE REQUIREMENT THROUGH INSTANT RUNOFF VOTING FOR GENERAL OFFICERS AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS' ELECTION) (Requires the winning candidate for general offices and the general assembly to receive a majority of the votes cast.)
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Feb 15 2017 |
04/12/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 12 2017
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HB 5936
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - STATE BUILDING CODE (Establishes procedures to inspect and certify and sometimes replace residential fuel oil tanks. Also requires removal of old buried oil tanks, the oil in the tanks and the supply and return lines in accordance with the hazardous waste management act.)
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Mar 16 2017 |
04/11/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 11 2017
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HB 5919
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (Allows parents or guardians of a child to opt out of vaccines for non-casual contact diseases transmitted by sexual contact.)
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Mar 16 2017 |
04/05/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 05 2017
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HB 5986
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - OFFENSES PERTAINING TO SCHOOLS (Provides an exception to required school immunizations for pupils whose personal, philosophical, or religious beliefs are contrary to immunization and/or testing.)
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Mar 23 2017 |
04/05/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 05 2017
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HB 5519
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - ATLANTIC TIME ZONE (Provides for Rhode Island's adoption of the Atlantic Time Zone if and when Massachusetts does so.)
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Feb 15 2017 |
04/04/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 04 2017
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HB 5275
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS (Requires businesses with gross annual sales of more than $500,000 to post signs that food they offer for sale may contain genetically modified organisms.)
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Jan 27 2017 |
03/29/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 29 2017
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HB 5719
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS (Provides that no party would be deemed jointly liable in tort for an injury to person or property unless it is determined that such person is at least fifty-one percent (51%) liable in tort for the injury.)
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Mar 01 2017 |
03/28/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 28 2017
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HB 5928
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - PROPERTY -- EMINENT DOMAIN (Permits the prior owner of a parcel of land taken by eminent domain, but unused for the purpose intended, to repurchase at the acquisition price.)
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Mar 16 2017 |
03/28/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 28 2017
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HB 5681
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - OFFENSES PERTAINING TO SCHOOLS (Provides an exception to required school immunizations for pupils whose personal beliefs are contrary to immunization and/or testing.)
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Mar 01 2017 |
03/22/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 22 2017
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HR 5982
(2017 Regular Session)
House Resolution Proclaiming The Month Of March To Be "Maple Syrup Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
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Mar 22 2017 |
03/22/2017 House Read And Passed
Mar 22 2017
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