Rhode Island Bills

sponsored by David A. Coughlin, Jr.

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
HB 7459 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - OPEN MEETINGS (Provides that if a court determines that an open meeting complaint was frivolous, unreasonable or groundless, and filed with the intent to harass, the court may require the person filing the complaint to pay the defendant reasonable attorneys' fees.)
Feb 07 2018 02/28/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 28 2018
HB 7263 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION (Allows the superior court or the family court in reviewing sex offender level determination by the sex offender board of review, to raise or lower the offender's community notification level.)
Jan 24 2018 02/28/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 28 2018
HB 7450 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - CONTRACTORS' REGISTRATION AND LICENSING BOARD (Requires an applicant for any license or registration issued by the contractors’ registration and licensing board to undergo a national criminal records check, including fingerprints.)
Feb 02 2018 02/27/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 27 2018
HB 7222 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - SURVEILLANCE DEVICES (Prohibit surveillance on any public roadway in the state unless specifically authorized by statute or court order and would also provide for the confidentiality of information collected or stored.)
Jan 18 2018 02/27/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 27 2018
HB 7391 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES (Makes refusal to submit to a chemical test admissible at trial and inserts implied consent notification for refusal to submit to chemical test for persons under eighteen (18) years of age.)
Feb 01 2018 02/13/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 13 2018
HB 7152 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE RHODE ISLAND EARLY CHILDHOOD INNOVATION ACT (Establishes the Rhode Island Early Childhood Innovation Act and funds to support programs designed to narrow the education achievement gap for at-risk children who are entering kindergarten.)
Jan 12 2018 01/31/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jan 31 2018
HB 7005 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM (Directs council on elementary and secondary education to recommend to the commissioner of education a curriculum that allows students successful careers in computer science.)
Jan 03 2018 01/24/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jan 24 2018
HB 7007 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (Provides for professional development opportunities relating to reading disabilities and would require two (2) hours of professional development instruction pertaining to reading disabilities for certain general education teachers and specialists.)
Jan 03 2018 01/24/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jan 24 2018
HB 7006 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS (Transportation services are to be provided to students residing two (2) or more miles from school.)
Jan 03 2018 01/24/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jan 24 2018
HB 7032 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- DOMESTIC ABUSE PREVENTION (Permits the family court to award custody of household pets to the plaintiff in a domestic abuse complaint.)
Jan 03 2018 01/24/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jan 24 2018
HB 7031 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES-MOTOR VEHICLES REPARATION ACT (Penalizes driving motor vehicle required to be registered in this or any state without insurance or proof of insurance and abolish requirement that operator knew the vehicle was uninsured or unregistered making them strict liability offenses.)
Jan 03 2018 01/23/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jan 23 2018
HB 7023 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - REGULATORY POWERS OF ADMINISTRATION (Provides that any rate increase with respect to electric distribution companies would be no greater than the increase in the Consumer Price Index or five and one-half percent (5.5%), whichever is greater.)
Jan 03 2018 01/23/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jan 23 2018
HB 7004 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - PHARMACEUTICAL COST TRANSPARENCY (Directs the state board of pharmacy, in collaboration with the department of health, to annually identify up to fifteen (15) prescription drugs on which the state spends significant health care dollars due to increases in costs.)
Jan 03 2018 01/23/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jan 23 2018
HB 7133 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW - GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS (Prohibits the practice of patient brokering and would provide penalties and enforcement.)
Jan 12 2018 01/23/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jan 23 2018
HB 7030 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES (Makes the owner of any vehicle not inspected as required by §§31-38-3 or 31-38-4 responsible for any fines or penalties imposed as a result of non-inspection and prohibits any law enforcement officer from citing the operator of said vehicle.)
Jan 03 2018 01/23/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jan 23 2018
HB 7027 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES (Increases the penalties for driving so as to endanger, death resulting, by increasing the maximum term of imprisonment from ten (10) years to twenty (20) years, and the maximum term of license suspension from five (5) to ten (10) years.)
Jan 03 2018 01/23/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jan 23 2018
HB 7028 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Allows expungement of multiple felony convictions for non-violent felonies 20 years after sentence completed.)
Jan 03 2018 01/23/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jan 23 2018
HB 7022 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW-- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- UNFAIR SALES PRACTICES (Prohibits price-gouging of prescribed drugs or pharmaceuticals in times of market emergency or market shortages and makes violators guilty of a felony and subject to injunctive relief.)
Jan 03 2018 01/23/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jan 23 2018
HB 7029 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS (Increases the penalties and fines for the various motor vehicle offenses involving leaving the scene of an accident.)
Jan 03 2018 01/23/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jan 23 2018
HB 7014 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (Creates an economic hardship relief fund from penalties imposed on contractors for past due road or bridge projects to be paid to business owners who can show a decline in revenue as a result of the past due completion of a road or bridge project.)
Jan 03 2018 01/18/2018 Withdrawn At Sponsor's Request
Jan 18 2018

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