Rhode Island Bills

sponsored by Charlene Lima

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HB 5509 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- UNFAIR SALES PRACTICES (Prohibits the sale for profit of consumer generated Internet data by a social media platform without the consent of and compensation paid to the consumer.)
Feb 12 2021 03/12/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 12 2021
HB 5627 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES (Creates a low emission diesel standard used to power a diesel fueled compression-ignition internal combustion engine and would take effect December 1, 2021.)
Feb 19 2021 03/11/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 11 2021
HB 5889 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND (University of Rhode Island board of trustees to be composed of seventeen (17) members appointment by the governor.)
Feb 24 2021 03/10/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 10 2021
HB 5992 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- BURGLARY AND BREAKING AND ENTERING (Provides a rebuttable defense if any person shall die or sustain a personal injury while committing any violent criminal offense that individual is lawfully in a place they have a right to be, and acted in self-defense and reasonable belief of harm.)
Feb 26 2021 03/09/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 09 2021
HB 5359 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES - RETIREMENT SYSTEM - CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS (This act would award all members of the pension system a three percent (3%) (COLA) if certain conditions are met.)
Feb 05 2021 03/09/2021 Committee Postponed At Request Of Sponsor (03/11/2021)
Mar 09 2021
HB 5736 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Provides as a violation for any person leaving a dog outside and unattended in temperatures of thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit or below, or ninety degrees Fahrenheit (90°) or above, would be subject to a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).)
Feb 24 2021 03/09/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 09 2021
HB 5991 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- BURGLARY AND BREAKING AND ENTERING (Adds a rebuttable defense if any person shall die or sustain a personal injury while committing robbery of the owner, lessor, or occupant of a motor vehicle and that the owner or occupant of the vehicle acted in self defense.)
Feb 26 2021 03/09/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 09 2021
HB 5594 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE (Sets aside the twenty-seventh day of October annually to be known as Dr. Ernest Finocchio Day.)
Feb 12 2021 03/08/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 08 2021
HB 5601 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- UNFAIR SALES PRACTICES (Prohibits automatic renewal of contracts for personal, family or household purposes unless the consumer signs a consent to renew within sixty (60) days of the contract expiration date.)
Feb 12 2021 03/04/2021 Withdrawn At Sponsor's Request
Mar 04 2021
HB 5269 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- COLLECTION OF TAX SALES --WATER SUPPLY -- WATER AND SEWER CHARGES (Prevents the forced sale of real estate owned by persons who owe fire, water, sewer, road or lighting district charges.)
Jan 29 2021 03/02/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 02 2021
HB 5598 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS REGULATION--AUTOMOBILE WRECKING AND SALVAGE YARDS (Prohibits any entity/individual from advertising sale/purchase/receipt/transport/salvage of junks/discarded vehicle unless done by licensed auto wrecking/salvage yard subject to civil fines.)
Feb 12 2021 03/01/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 01 2021
HB 5368 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS, COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS AND ESTHETICIANS (Adds the application or removal of eyelash extensions and the use of chemicals in the area of the eyelids to the definition of the "practice of hairdressing and cosmetic therapy".)
Feb 05 2021 03/01/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 01 2021
HB 5118 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - PAYMENTS TO FIRE COMPANIES (Provides for an appropriation of state funds to cities and towns who are members of the Narragansett Bay marine task force (NBMTF) for the maintenance of boats providing services to Narragansett Bay.)
Jan 25 2021 02/24/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 24 2021
HR 5659 (2021 Regular Session)
House Resolution Congratulating New Shoreham Police Chief Vincent Carlone On His Retirement After Forty Years Of Exemplary Public Service
Feb 23 2021 02/23/2021 House Read And Passed
Feb 23 2021
HB 5097 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- VACCINATION JUMPING (Makes it unlawful for health care facilities or their workers to circumvent the state's COVID-19 vaccination schedule.)
Jan 22 2021 02/09/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 09 2021
HR 5433 (2021 Regular Session)
House Resolution Proclaiming The Week Of February 7Th Through The 14Th Of 2021, To Be "Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week" In The State Of Rhode Island
Feb 09 2021 02/09/2021 House Read And Passed
Feb 09 2021
HB 5295 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL CARE -- USE OF ANIMALS IN MEDICAL TRAINING (Prohibits a medical training program from using live animals if another accredited training program in the same medical discipline does not use animals or if an alternative teaching method exists.)
Jan 29 2021 02/09/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 09 2021
HB 5096 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL STATE OFFICERS (Requires the secretary of state to conduct a special election to fill a vacancy in the office of the lieutenant governor whenever eighteen (18) months or more remain in the four (4) year term of office.)
Jan 22 2021 02/02/2021 Committee Transferred To House State Government & Elections
Feb 02 2021
HR 5219 (2021 Regular Session)
House Resolution Extending Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Willard "Bill" Rappleye
Jan 28 2021 01/28/2021 House Read And Passed
Jan 28 2021
HR 5043 (2021 Regular Session)
House Resolution Honoring And Thanking Mayor James Diossa For His Dedicated Service To The People Of Central Falls And The State Of Rhode Island
Jan 21 2021 01/21/2021 House Read And Passed
Jan 21 2021

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