SB 659
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - FORMS AND EFFECT OF CONVEYANCES (Provides that all transfers of a mortgage interest on residential property be recorded so as to provide a clean chain of title for consumers to track the owner of their mortgage loans.)
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Mar 29 2017 |
04/11/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 11 2017
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SB 663
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROBATE COURTS -- CHANGES OF NAME (Restricts the jurisdiction of probate courts over change of name to the names of persons eighteen (18) years of age or older.)
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Mar 29 2017 |
04/06/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 06 2017
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SB 724
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY - JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING NEW BUILDINGS (Names the traffic tribunal "The Albert E. DeRobbio Traffic Tribunal.")
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Apr 06 2017 |
04/06/2017 Introduced, Referred To Senate Special Legislation And Veterans Affairs
Apr 06 2017
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SB 320
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX AND REAL ESTATE PROPERTY TAX (Creates statewide uniform motor vehicle excise tax rate with fund to reimburse cities and towns for loss of tax revenues funded by motor vehicle related fees/excise tax phase-out exemption for use for real estate property tax relief.)
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Feb 16 2017 |
04/06/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 06 2017
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SB 503
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - POLICE AND FIRE ARBITRATIONS (Allows expired collective bargaining agreements for firefighters and municipal police to remain in effect until a successor agreement becomes operative.)
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Mar 02 2017 |
04/05/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 05 2017
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SB 190
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- POLICE ARBITRATION (Changes the last day for a request for municipal police arbitration agreement to 120 days before the expiration of the current collective bargaining agreement.)
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Feb 01 2017 |
04/05/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 05 2017
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SB 72
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS RULES (Makes it a criminal offense to leave a child under seven (7) years of age unattended in a motor vehicle for longer than five minutes, punishable by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or by a fine of no more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).)
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Jan 18 2017 |
04/04/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 04 2017
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SR 567
(2017 Regular Session)
Joint Resolution To Approve Financing For Construction Of A New Residence Facility On The University Of Rhode Island Kingston Campus
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Mar 15 2017 |
04/04/2017 Committee Heard
Apr 04 2017
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SB 445
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND (Authorizes the appropriation and separate accounting of additional state funds to provide a dedicated state match required to receive annual federal funds.)
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Mar 02 2017 |
04/04/2017 Committee Heard
Apr 04 2017
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SB 196
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS (Designates the Honor and Remember flag as Rhode Island's emblem for service and sacrifice of members in the United States armed forces.)
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Feb 01 2017 |
03/29/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 29 2017
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SB 24
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS--BEGINNING OF SCHOOL YEAR (Requires public schools, including charter schools, begin the school year on the day after Labor Day commencing in the school year 2018-2019.)
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Jan 18 2017 |
03/22/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 22 2017
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SB 351
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE (Allows employees, of an employer that sponsors disability insurance programs, to elect to exempt them from temporary disability insurance coverage.)
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Feb 16 2017 |
03/22/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 22 2017
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SB 338
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY (Changes references to "director" with "commissioner" of public safety and removes duties of superintendent of state police to department of safety.)
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Feb 16 2017 |
03/21/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 21 2017
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SR 549
(2017 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Extending Sincere Condolences On The Passing Of Henry J. Cochrane
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Mar 15 2017 |
03/16/2017 Senate Read And Passed
Mar 16 2017
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SB 586
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY (Requires registration and criminal background checks of individuals who provide personal care assistant services.)
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Mar 15 2017 |
03/15/2017 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
Mar 15 2017
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SB 265
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LABORATORIES (Restores provisions of chapter 16.2 of title 23 as well as all of chapter 16.3 of title 23, which were repealed or deleted in the 2015 Budget Act, relating to definitions, licensing, and the operation of medical laboratories.)
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Feb 15 2017 |
03/15/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 15 2017
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SB 509
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONTRACTORS' REGISTRATION LICENSING BOARD (Adds two (2) members to the contractors' registration licensing board; a licensed plumber and a registered contractor and would require at least one member of the board to be a minority.)
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Mar 02 2017 |
03/08/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 08 2017
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SB 385
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - PAY FOR SUCCESS CRIMINAL RECIDIVISM REDUCTION ACT (Provides for the contracting with criminal justice reform services which provide Pay for Success criminal justice reform programs.)
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Mar 02 2017 |
03/07/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 07 2017
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SB 473
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ESTABLISHING AN OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL (Establishes the office of inspector general as an independent administrative agency charged with the responsibility to prevent and detect fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement in the expenditure of public funds.)
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Mar 02 2017 |
03/02/2017 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Mar 02 2017
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SB 459
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Exempts from taxation the real property of the surviving spouse of any law enforcement officer or fire fighter killed in the line of duty.)
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Mar 02 2017 |
03/02/2017 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Mar 02 2017
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