HB 5618
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING (Makes educational institutions and nonprofit corporations established pursuant to chapter 6 of title 7 eligible for net-metering financing arrangements.)
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Mar 01 2017 |
07/18/2017 Signed By Governor
Jul 18 2017
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HB 6158
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PESTICIDE CONTROL (Creates an exception to the registration requirements and registration fees for minor use pesticides.)
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Apr 27 2017 |
07/18/2017 Signed By Governor
Jul 18 2017
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HB 5805
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (Creates a division of marine fisheries within DEM to manage salt water fish and plant harvesting.)
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Mar 01 2017 |
07/18/2017 Signed By Governor
Jul 18 2017
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HB 5664
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM (Requires the department of education to consider incorporating media literacy education in the basic education program.)
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Mar 01 2017 |
07/18/2017 Signed By Governor
Jul 18 2017
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HB 6095
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- TAXATION OF FARM, FOREST, AND OPEN SPACE LAND (Exempts land previously classified as farm, forest or open space land from land use change tax if the landowner converts no more than twenty percent (20%) acreage to install a renewable energy system.)
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Apr 07 2017 |
07/05/2017 Signed By Governor
Jul 05 2017
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HB 6138
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Raymond Sullivan to join Julie Ricci and Christopher Fierro in marriage on or about October 21, 2017, within the City of Warwick, Rhode Island.)
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Apr 26 2017 |
06/30/2017 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jun 30 2017
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HB 5483
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (Amends electric distribution companies authority to charge interconnecting renewable energy customers for certain modifications and places timetables on interconnection work.)
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Feb 15 2017 |
06/30/2017 Signed By Governor
Jun 30 2017
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HB 6190
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS --DUTIES OF UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (Requires pub. utilities/electric distribution co. to provide prompt/adequate service to ratepayers for new service/ upgrades w/penalty of up to $1,000 with electric distribution co. to provide written estimates/itemized bill for work in excess of $500.)
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May 04 2017 |
06/29/2017 Committee Recommends Passage Of Sub B
Jun 29 2017
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HR 6051
(2017 Regular Session)
HOUSE RESOLUTION RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - ENERGY FACILITIES SITING ACT (Creates a 14 member special legislative study commission whose purpose it would be to make a comprehensive study/review of the Energy Facility Siting Act, and report back to the House no later than 1/31/18, and whose life would expire on 6/2/18.)
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Mar 31 2017 |
06/28/2017 House Passed Sub A
Jun 28 2017
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HB 5274
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RENEWABLE ENERGY GROWTH PROGRAM (Expands the renewable energy growth program for an additional ten (10) years after the fifth program year, with an annual target of forty (40) nameplate megawatts for each year of the ten (10) year period.)
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Jan 27 2017 |
06/27/2017 Signed By Governor
Jun 27 2017
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HB 6289
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES (Authorizes HHS to apply for waivers to assure for housing, healthcare, and mental and behavioral health care services for the homeless.)
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Jun 07 2017 |
06/14/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 14 2017
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HR 6256
(2017 Regular Session)
House Resolution Respectfully Requesting The Rhode Island Department Of Environmental Management To Continue Collaborating With The Pollinator Working Group Established To Make Findings And Recommendations With Regard To Maintaining, Protecting And Enhancing Pollinator Habitat And Health In Rhode Island
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May 26 2017 |
06/13/2017 House Read And Passed
Jun 13 2017
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HB 5802
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS METRICS (Requires that the division of planning create a checklist of environmental and energy issues that certain state construction projects which cost in excess of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) would need to consider and address.)
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Mar 01 2017 |
06/08/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 08 2017
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HB 5820
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSE -- CHILDREN (Raises the legal minimum age to purchase tobacco products and nicotine-delivery systems from age eighteen (18) to age twenty-one (21).)
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Mar 02 2017 |
06/07/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 07 2017
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HB 5901
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGULATION OF BUSINESS PRACTICES AMONG MOTOR VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS, DISTRIBUTORS, AND DEALERS (Establishes standardized methods and appeals procedures for the calculation of fair and reasonable compensation for parts and labor used in warranty services.)
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Mar 10 2017 |
05/30/2017 Referred To Senate Judiciary
May 30 2017
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HB 6264
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - PESTICIDE RELIEF FUND (Sets aside $500,000 for pesticide registration funds for DEM pest management program costs.)
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May 26 2017 |
05/26/2017 Introduced, Referred To House Finance
May 26 2017
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HR 6254
(2017 Regular Session)
House Resolution Congratulating Rainbow Bakery On The Occasion Of Its 100Th Anniversary
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May 25 2017 |
05/25/2017 House Read And Passed
May 25 2017
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HB 5667
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- EQUAL RIGHTS OF BLIND AND DEAF PERSONS TO PUBLIC FACILITIES (Requires movie theaters to provide open captioning for persons who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.)
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Mar 01 2017 |
05/24/2017 Meeting Postponed (05/24/2017)
May 24 2017
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HB 5197
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ENERGY SITING (Requires environmental impacts be considered in energy plant siting proceedings.)
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Jan 25 2017 |
05/17/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 17 2017
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HB 5369
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ENERGIZE RHODE ISLAND: CLEAN ENERGY INVESTMENT AND CARBON PRICING ACT OF 2017 (Establishes a fee on companies that sell fossil fuels in RI and also establishes a receipt account to disburse the funds from.)
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Feb 03 2017 |
05/17/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 17 2017
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