Rhode Island Bills

sponsored by James N. McLaughlin

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
HB 7296 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS (Requires that school superintendents, principals, vice principals, directors and administrators of public schools as well as all charter schools hold state certificates of qualification and would prohibit the granting of any waivers.)
Jan 25 2018 02/07/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 07 2018
HR 7036 (2018 Regular Session)
House Resolution Expressing Deepest Sympathy On The Untimely Passing Of Jonathan Tedford Partington
Jan 03 2018 01/03/2018 House Read And Passed
Jan 03 2018
HB 6374 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES-RETAIL LICENSES (Allows the Town of Cumberland’s board of licenses to approve the liquor license application for a business located at 88 Broad Street on tax assessor’s map plat 2 lot 32, plat 2 lot 51 and plat 2 lot 52.)
Sep 14 2017 10/11/2017 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Oct 11 2017
HB 6061 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE (Designates October 23 of each year as a day to commemorate the nine Rhode Island marines killed in the 1983 terrorist attack in Beirut, Lebanon.)
Mar 31 2017 10/05/2017 Signed By Governor
Oct 05 2017
HB 5646 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- RHODE ISLAND BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT (Substitutes CPA certification that a corporation/limited partnership/limited liability company owes no taxes/fees to the state in place of a conversions/dissolutions/withdrawals/cancellations.)
Mar 01 2017 10/04/2017 Signed By Governor
Oct 04 2017
HR 6385 (2017 Regular Session)
House Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Matthew R. Turcotte (Spc. Us Army)
Sep 19 2017 09/19/2017 House Read And Passed
Sep 19 2017
HB 6377 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - TUITION FOR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY (Grants instate tuition status at state operated schools to active duty and reserve members stationed in Rhode Island.)
Sep 19 2017 09/19/2017 House Read And Passed
Sep 19 2017
HB 6306 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - COMPREHENSIVE DISCHARGE PLANNING (Requires medical treatment facilities to provide discharge plans for patients with nonsubstance abuse related mental health disorders.)
Jun 08 2017 07/18/2017 Signed By Governor
Jul 18 2017
HB 6342 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS -- NEW RHODE ISLAND VETERANS HOME CONFERENCE ROOM (Provides that one of the two (2) conference rooms in the new Rhode Island Veterans Home shall be named and known as the "Sergeant P. Andrew McKenna US Army 7th Special Forces Group Memorial Conference Room.")
Jun 15 2017 07/18/2017 Signed By Governor
Jul 18 2017
HB 6088 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES (Benefits for students with disabilities continue until the end of the public school calendar semester when the student turns 21 or when the student’s program ends in accordance with the student’s (IEP), whichever occurs earlier.)
Apr 06 2017 07/18/2017 Signed By Governor
Jul 18 2017
HB 6341 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS -- NEW RHODE ISLAND VETERANS HOME CONFERENCE ROOM (Names one of the two (2) new conference rooms at the Rhode Island Veterans Home as the "S. Michael Minutelli Memorial Conference Room".)
Jun 15 2017 07/18/2017 Signed By Governor
Jul 18 2017
HB 5904 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO THE CUMBERLAND FIRE DISTRICT (Establishes that membership on the Cumberland Fire District Fire Committee constitutes holding a public office and that the elections of the Fire Committee are governed by state election laws.)
Mar 10 2017 07/07/2017 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jul 07 2017
HB 5280 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS (Creates a veteran's preference in the issuance of state contracts.)
Jan 27 2017 07/05/2017 Signed By Governor
Jul 05 2017
HB 6360 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE - RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' HOME - ADVISORY COUNCIL (Reduces the number of advisory council members from twenty-seven (27) to fifteen (15) and eliminates the duty of the advisory council to advise the administrator of the veterans' home.)
Jun 23 2017 07/05/2017 Signed By Governor
Jul 05 2017
HR 6351 (2017 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATION COMMISSION TO STUDY VETERAN AND MILITARY SPOUSE EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES (Creates a 13 member commission to study of veteran and military spouse education and employment opportunities, and who would report to the General Assembly by April 30, 2018, and expire on July 30, 2018.)
Jun 21 2017 06/29/2017 Senate Passed In Concurrence
Jun 29 2017
HB 6171 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- ELECTRIC GENERATION SERVICE (Requires the public utilities commission to implement a purchase of receivables program where the electric distribution company purchases the receivables of a nonregulated power producer at a discount rate.)
Apr 28 2017 06/29/2017 Committee Recommends Passage Of Sub A In Concurrence
Jun 29 2017
HB 6203 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Permits the Cumberland Town Council to establish limits on the number of students from the Cumberland school district who may enroll in any charter public school subject to a collective limit of not less than 8% of the average daily membership.)
May 10 2017 06/29/2017 Referred To Senate Finance
Jun 29 2017
HR 6274 (2017 Regular Session)
HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO EXPLORE CONSTRUCTION OF A VETERANS' OF INVISIBLE WOUNDS MEMORIAL (Creates a 7 member special legislative commission to study the creation of a permanent Veterans' of Invisible Wounds Memorial at Veterans Memorial Cemetery and to report back to the house by March 15, 2018 and would expire on June 15, 2018.)
Jun 01 2017 06/27/2017 House Passed Sub A
Jun 27 2017
HB 5035 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS-UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Adds the synthetic opioid U-47700 (3,4-dichloro-N-[2-dimethylamino)cyclohexyl]-N-methylbenzamidem) to the list of Schedule I controlled substances as enumerated in §21-28-2.08 of the general laws.)
Jan 06 2017 06/27/2017 Committee Recommends Passage In Concurrence
Jun 27 2017
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.)
Jan 26 2017 06/26/2017 House Passed As Amended (Floor Amendment)
Jun 26 2017

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