Rhode Island Bills

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Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
SR 853 (2017 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Thanking And Congratulating Mary Anne Roll On Her Retirement After Seventeen Years Of Devoted And Distinguished Service As The Director Of The Cumberland School Volunteers
May 03 2017 05/04/2017 Senate Read And Passed
May 04 2017
SB 435 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INITIATIVE (Requires that the commissioner of elementary and secondary education develop a strategic plan for creating a Rhode Island community school initiative.)
Mar 02 2017 04/26/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 26 2017
SB 250 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Provides that the state would pay the local share or contribution of charter public school tuition for the number of students attending the charter public schools in excess of five percent (5%) of the average daily membership of all pupils.)
Feb 15 2017 04/25/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 25 2017
SB 568 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION-FOUNDATION LEVEL SCHOOL SUPPORT (Amends the maintenance of effort provisions used to determine the minimum contribution for local school aid.)
Mar 15 2017 04/25/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 25 2017
SB 487 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO THE MEDICAID REFORM ACT OF 2008 (Authorizes the secretary of health and human services to implement changes under the Rhode Island Medicaid reform act.)
Mar 02 2017 04/25/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 25 2017
SB 252 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Adjusts the charter school tuition hold back provision in last year's budget by allowing the school districts to choose between withholding seven percent (7%) or the difference in unique costs.)
Feb 15 2017 04/25/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 25 2017
SB 472 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Redefines extraordinary costs of education by defining it as costs that exceed the state approved threshold based on an amount above the core foundation amount and abolish requirement that departments of education collect data on those costs.)
Mar 02 2017 04/25/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 25 2017
SB 280 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Leonette Marie Tanquay to join Lynne Elizabeth Daigneault and Gregg Noury in marriage on or about June 16, 2017, within the Town of Smithfield, Rhode Island.)
Feb 15 2017 04/19/2017 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Apr 19 2017
SB 679 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE - COVERAGE (Allows Rhode Island residents who work for an out-of-state nongovernmental employer to apply for coverage under Rhode Island's Temporary Disability Insurance program.)
Mar 29 2017 04/12/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 12 2017
SR 197 (2017 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE (GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TO APPEAR JOINTLY ON THE BALLOT) (Amends the constitution so that in the year 2022 and thereafter, candidates for the office of governor and lieutenant governor would form joint candidacies so that voters cast a single vote for a candidate for governor and lieutenant governor.)
Feb 01 2017 04/12/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 12 2017
SB 747 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - LABELING OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED RAW AND PACKAGED FOOD PRODUCTS (Requires that all genetically engineered food offered for retail sale in this state contain a label with the disclosure that the food is genetically engineered food.)
Apr 12 2017 04/12/2017 Introduced, Referred To Senate Health And Human Services
Apr 12 2017
SB 746 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - LABELING OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED RAW AND PACKAGED FOOD PRODUCTS (Requires that all genetically engineered food offered for retail sale in this state have a label disclosing that the food is genetically engineered food upon the occurrence of 4 other states adopting similar labeling laws as specified in this act.)
Apr 12 2017 04/12/2017 Introduced, Referred To Senate Health And Human Services
Apr 12 2017
SB 423 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Christopher A. Frost to join Sarah Ann Strachan and Jennifer Arnold Ernst in marriage on or about September 30, 2017, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.)
Mar 02 2017 04/07/2017 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Apr 07 2017
SB 485 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Authorizes pharmacies to dispense prescriptions of less than a thirty (30) day supply for purposes of synchronizing a patient's medications.)
Mar 02 2017 04/06/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 06 2017
SB 260 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX (Establishes a formula for distribution to cities and towns of state reimbursement for elimination of car tax.)
Feb 15 2017 04/06/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 06 2017
SB 548 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE (Has the veterans' cemetery bear the cost of funeral processions from Aquidneck Island crossing the Newport Bridge.)
Mar 15 2017 03/15/2017 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Mar 15 2017
SB 419 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - OPEN MEETINGS (Requires that all public bodies keep official minutes of all meetings and file copies of these minutes with the secretary of state within thirty-five (35) days of the meeting for inspection by the public.)
Mar 02 2017 03/15/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 15 2017
SB 396 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES--MEDICAL INFORMATION INCLUDED ON LICENSE (Allows drivers' licenses and state-issued identification cards to contain medical information to assist medical personnel.)
Mar 02 2017 03/15/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 15 2017
SB 411 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS-SUPPORT OF CHILDREN (Provides for child support for children until they reach the age of twenty-one (21) or twenty-three (23) if the child lives with a parent, and is dependent upon that parent for maintenance due to the enrollment of the child in an educational program.)
Mar 02 2017 03/09/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 09 2017
SB 504 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY (Creates a seasonal employment designation for purposes of unemployment insurance, which would allow employers regularly hiring employees on a recurring basis for less than 20 weeks to apply for a seasonal determination from the DTL.)
Mar 02 2017 03/08/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 08 2017

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