Rhode Island Bills

sponsored by Jason Knight

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
HB 8217 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Authorizes Barrington tax exemption for veterans, widows, and gold star parents.)
May 23 2018 07/05/2018 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jul 05 2018
HB 7334 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW - GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS - UNIFORM FRAUDULENT TRANSFER ACT (Renames title to be called Uniform Voidable Transaction Act/amends definition of "person"/adds substantive/procedural changes.)
Jan 31 2018 07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
HB 7449 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - ELECTIVE SHARE (Clarifies the right of a surviving spouse of a decedent regarding elective shares taken against the decedent's will relating to real and personal estate to the estates of decedents dying on and after July 1, 2018.)
Feb 02 2018 07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
HB 7733 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - COURTS - LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS - USE OF LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS (Protects communications between language interpreters appointed under this chapter and limited-English-proficient persons.)
Feb 28 2018 07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
HB 7794 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE - SHELLFISH GROUNDS (Ensures compliance with the National Shellfish Sanitation Program.)
Feb 28 2018 07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
HB 7512 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURES GENERALLY - CAUSES OF ACTION (Allows a minor to bring specified malpractice actions at any time up to reaching twenty-one (21) years of age.)
Feb 08 2018 07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
HB 7894 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS - DIVORCE AND SEPARATION (Eliminates the waiting period for the granting of a complaint/divorce/separation following the filing of the complaint would shorten the waiting period for the filing of a final judgment for divorce following the hearing at which the divorce is granted.)
Feb 28 2018 07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
HB 7978 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- BY POSSESSION AND PRESCRIPTION (Clarifies that § 34-7-4 ("right of footway denied") applies only to private rights of footway.)
Mar 16 2018 06/22/2018 House Passed Sub A
Jun 22 2018
HB 7434 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS - DISABILITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES (Expands the existing disability business enterprises program.)
Feb 02 2018 06/21/2018 Committee Transferred To House Veterans Affairs
Jun 21 2018
HR 8348 (2018 Regular Session)
House Resolution Honoring Representative Joy Hearn For Her Service To The People Of The State Of Rhode Island
Jun 21 2018 06/21/2018 House Read And Passed
Jun 21 2018
HB 7535 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY (Provides that an open and obvious danger or defect is not a complete bar to recovery of damages in personal injury or property damage actions.)
Feb 09 2018 06/20/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 20 2018
HB 7912 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - COURTS - DISTRICT COURT (Allows for the appointment of more than one district court clerk/magistrate by the chief judge of the district court.)
Feb 28 2018 06/14/2018 Referred To Senate Judiciary
Jun 14 2018
HB 8280 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES (Provides for the statute of limitations would be tolled during the period of investigation by the commission for human rights for a period of up to one year.)
Jun 01 2018 06/07/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 07 2018
HR 8296 (2018 Regular Session)
House Resolution Supporting The Rhode Island Department Of Health'S "Tick Free Rhode Island" Campaign
Jun 06 2018 06/06/2018 House Read And Passed
Jun 06 2018
HB 7939 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- LAND SURVEYORS (Streamlines the application and examination process as well as the educational and experience standards for applicants seeking registration as professional land surveyors.)
Mar 09 2018 06/04/2018 Signed By Governor
Jun 04 2018
HB 7075 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Makes possession bump stocks, binary triggers or trigger cranks punishable by up to10 years in imprisonment and/or a $10,000 fine and penalizes modification of semi-automatic weapons to full automatic fire with a single pull or hold in the same way.)
Jan 10 2018 06/01/2018 Signed By Governor
Jun 01 2018
HB 7992 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- SUPPORTED DECISION-MAKING ACT (Establishes the supported decision-making act which is a less restrictive alternative to guardianship for utilization of the probate courts.)
Mar 23 2018 05/31/2018 Referred To Senate Judiciary
May 31 2018
HB 7595 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - TRIAL (Establishes compliance/certification procedure for criminal pre-trial discovery/creates a 9 member task force to investigate/make recommendations, pre-trial discovery with report due 1/1/20 and dissolution on 1/1/22.)
Feb 14 2018 05/19/2018 Meeting Postponed (05/23/2018)
May 19 2018
HR 7352 (2018 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING APPROPRIATIONS OF $175,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK (This joint resolution would authorize the appropriation of an additional one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($175,000) to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank.)
Jan 31 2018 05/16/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 16 2018
HB 7911 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS - DIVISION OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES (Provides for authorizations for services to developmentally disabled adults issued on or after July 1, 2018 be developed on an annual basis with funding for these services to be issued on an annual basis.)
Feb 28 2018 05/16/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 16 2018

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