SB 400
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- MERIT SYSTEM (Allows a classified employee, whose position is not fully funded through federal loans and/or grants to seek the nomination of or to be a candidate for elective state office.)
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Mar 02 2017 |
05/11/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2017
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SB 222
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES (Repeals the voter identification law.)
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Feb 02 2017 |
05/11/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2017
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SB 591
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS --REPORTING POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY STATE VENDORS (Extend the limitation on political contributions for state or municipal vendors and establishes significant penalties for violations.)
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Mar 15 2017 |
05/11/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2017
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SB 49
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- REPORTING OF POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY STATE VENDORS (Restricts some political contributions by state vendors and prohibits state vendors from making political contributions to candidates for the office responsible for awarding those state vendor contracts.)
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Jan 18 2017 |
05/11/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2017
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SB 477
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- RHODE ISLAND LIVABLE HOME TAX CREDIT ACT (Establishes the "Rhode Island Livable Home Tax Credit Act", and would provide for its administration.)
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Mar 02 2017 |
05/11/2017 Committee Recommended Substitute A Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2017
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SB 408
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - RHODE ISLAND RESTORATION OF VOTING RIGHTS ACT (Requires the department of corrections to provide the secretary of state with the number of eligible persons who, upon release from incarceration, have registered to vote and requires the secretary of state to publish that number twice a year.)
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Mar 02 2017 |
05/11/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2017
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SB 589
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - CRIMES AGAINST THE PUBLIC TRUST (Creates the crimes against public trust act to punish crimes committed by public officers, provide restitution for the crimes, and extend the statute of limitations for wrongful conversion.)
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Mar 15 2017 |
05/09/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 09 2017
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SB 592
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - COMPUTER CRIME (Prohibits unauthorized access to confidential information from a computer, computer program, computer system, or computer network.)
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Mar 15 2017 |
05/09/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 09 2017
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SB 799
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - SEXUAL ASSAULT (Increases the minimum penalty for first degree sexual assault from ten (10) to twenty (20) years. The act would also create a category of cases wherein the first ten (10) years of any sentence be ineligible for the benefits of deferment or suspension.)
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Apr 25 2017 |
05/09/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 09 2017
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SB 590
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT (Codifies the public corruption and white collar crime unit within the Department of Attorney General.)
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Mar 15 2017 |
05/09/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 09 2017
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SB 130
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LONG-TERM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (Requires a long-term economic policy/strategic implementation plan to receive a public hearing by house/senate, but also a vote of approval with transmittal to the governor for signature before it takes effect.)
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Feb 01 2017 |
05/04/2017 Committee Heard
May 04 2017
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SB 418
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- PUBLIC RECORDS--RESTORATION OF VOTING RIGHTS (Requires the department of corrections to provide certain nonprofit organizations with a list containing information about formerly incarcerated inmates who have become eligible to vote to assist in their efforts in registering former felons to vote.)
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Mar 02 2017 |
05/04/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 04 2017
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SR 382
(2017 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND (This proposed constitution amendment, if adopted, would give the governor a line-item veto.)
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Mar 02 2017 |
05/03/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2017
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SB 31
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO RIPTA -- ELDERLY AND DISABLED BUS PASS ASSISTANCE (Reinstates free RIPTA bus fares for elderly and disabled riders who meet means test criteria.)
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Jan 18 2017 |
05/02/2017 Committee Heard
May 02 2017
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SB 232
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (Prohibits the sale of electronic nicotine-delivery systems without having a license to sell cigarettes and/or tobacco products.)
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Feb 02 2017 |
04/27/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 27 2017
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SB 347
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- ELECTRONIC VOTING (Requires the joint committee on legislative services to make the record of the votes of the general assembly available to the public and the secretary of state electronically within thirty (30) minutes.)
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Feb 16 2017 |
04/25/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 25 2017
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SB 344
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT (Requires the state to use the actual residence of persons in government custody for redistricting purposes.)
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Feb 16 2017 |
04/25/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 25 2017
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SB 755
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENTS OF STATE GOVERNMENT (Adds a chief innovation officer to the governor's list of appointments to be made following an election to office.)
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Apr 12 2017 |
04/25/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 25 2017
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SB 284
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- CONTRACTORS' BONDS (Prohibits state, general contractors, and construction managers from withholding a retainer of more than five percent (5%) from public works contracts.)
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Feb 15 2017 |
04/21/2017 Committee Transferred To House Finance
Apr 21 2017
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SB 387
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows William J. Gately, Jr., Esq., to join Caroline Stuart Barr and James W. Gately in marriage on or about August 26, 2017, within the Town of Bristol, Rhode Island.)
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Mar 02 2017 |
04/19/2017 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Apr 19 2017
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