HB 5413
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- HEALTHY AND SAFE FAMILIES AND WORKPLACES ACT (Requires employers with eighteen (18) or more employees to provide three (3) paid sick days in 2018, four (4) paid sick days in 2019 and five (5) paid sick days thereafter.)
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Feb 08 2017 |
09/28/2017 Signed By Governor
Sep 28 2017
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HB 5553
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- DIVORCE AND SEPARATION (Allows for incarceration of an individual to be taken into consideration for the purposes of a motion to modify a child support order.)
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Feb 16 2017 |
09/27/2017 Signed By Governor
Sep 27 2017
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HB 5182
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOBILE TELEPHONE USE (Prohibits the use of a non-hands-free personal wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle, except for public safety personnel or in an emergency situation, and would provide for monetary fines for violations.)
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Jan 19 2017 |
09/27/2017 Signed By Governor
Sep 27 2017
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HB 5685
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- ROAD TEST (At no cost to the state, allows a person who is bilingual or not proficient in the English language, to be assisted in their road test by a translator of their native language who is at least eighteen (18) years of age.)
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Mar 01 2017 |
09/19/2017 Senate Passed Sub A As Amended (Floor Amendment)
Sep 19 2017
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HB 6307
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Requires health care professionals upon issuance of initial opioid prescription to discuss with patient/parent/guardian risk of developing dependence/addiction/potential of overdose/death/adverse risks of concurrent use of alcohol/other psychoactive drugs)
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Jun 08 2017 |
07/18/2017 Signed By Governor
Jul 18 2017
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HB 6146
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES-AWARD OF MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS (Requires a city or town to utilize qualification based selection for the procurement of program managers, construction managers, or construction managers at risk.)
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Apr 26 2017 |
07/18/2017 Signed By Governor
Jul 18 2017
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HB 5300
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING CRIMINAL OFFENSES - UNIFORM ACT ON THE PREVENTION OF AND REMEDIES FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING (Creates the "Uniform Act on the Prevention and Remedies for Human Trafficking" which would establish penalties and remedies for human trafficking.)
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Feb 01 2017 |
07/18/2017 Signed By Governor
Jul 18 2017
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HB 5683
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - THE RHODE ISLAND CHILDREN'S CRUSADE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION (Establishes the college crusade of Rhode Island, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization registered with the Rhode Island secretary of state, as the entity that will administer and operate all program services and manage scholarship resources.)
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Mar 01 2017 |
07/18/2017 Signed By Governor
Jul 18 2017
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HB 5951
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - UNFAIR COMPETITION AND PRACTICES (Prohibits domestic and foreign insurance companies from any distinction or discrimination against individuals in a domestic partner relationship regarding policies issued or renewed in this state.)
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Mar 17 2017 |
07/18/2017 Signed By Governor
Jul 18 2017
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HB 5550
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- STUDENT JOURNALISTS' FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ACT (Creates the Student Journalists' Freedom of Expression Act protecting student journalists' right to exercise freedom of speech in school-sponsored media.)
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Feb 16 2017 |
07/18/2017 Signed By Governor
Jul 18 2017
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HB 5541
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN (Clarifies that the jurisdiction for violations of §11-9-1.5 ("electronically disseminating indecent material to minors prohibited") is vested in the superior court.)
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Feb 16 2017 |
07/06/2017 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jul 06 2017
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HB 5609
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS (Increases the administrative penalties that the director of DEM may impose for violations of environmental regulations up to five thousand dollars ($5,000).)
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Mar 01 2017 |
07/05/2017 Signed By Governor
Jul 05 2017
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HB 5290
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - ELECTRICIANS (Includes within the licensing and certification process required by the board of electricians the maintenance of certain electrical components.)
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Jan 27 2017 |
07/05/2017 Signed By Governor
Jul 05 2017
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HB 5699
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES (Requires at least one precinct count unit in each town.)
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Mar 01 2017 |
06/30/2017 Signed By Governor
Jun 30 2017
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HB 5481
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION-RHODE ISLAND UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT (Amends the Rhode Island Underground Storage Tank Financial Responsibility Act to streamline fund processes and clarify language within the law.)
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Feb 15 2017 |
06/29/2017 Signed By Governor
Jun 29 2017
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HB 5568
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - EMPLOYMENT SECURITY - BENEFITS (Amends our worksharing law by allowing employers more flexibility in the reduction of work hours among its employees and by allowing more leeway on the start date of an adopted worksharing plan.)
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Feb 16 2017 |
06/29/2017 Signed By Governor
Jun 29 2017
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HB 5228
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DELEGATION OF NON-ABLATIVE TREATMENTS (Provides guidelines for the delegation by licensed health care professionals of non-ablative laser or energy-based treatments to a properly-qualified delegate.)
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Jan 26 2017 |
06/29/2017 House Read And Passed
Jun 29 2017
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HB 5908
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS (Imposes a fee of one hundred sixty dollars ($160) for all domestic and foreign corporations for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state.)
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Mar 10 2017 |
06/29/2017 Committee Recommends Passage Of Sub A In Concurrence
Jun 29 2017
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HB 5187
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS (Requires that cities and towns comply with certain procedures when prosecuting defendants such as the right to counsel, and amends the penalties imposed for ordinance violations.)
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Jan 25 2017 |
06/29/2017 Signed By Governor
Jun 29 2017
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HB 5821
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PUBLIC HEALTH AND WORKPLACE SAFETY ACT (Amends the definitions of "smoking" and "retail tobacco store" to include electronic smoking devices, electronic nicotine delivery system products and other products that rely on vaporization or aerosolization.)
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Mar 02 2017 |
06/27/2017 Senate Voted To Recommit To Senate Health And Human Services
Jun 27 2017
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