SB 2688
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - AUTOMATED SCHOOL-ZONE-SPEED-ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM (Requires the use of yellow, flashing school zone speed signs and require written warning citations for first offenses, a fine up to forty-five dollars ($45) for second offenses and referral to the traffic tribunal for all subsequent offenses.)
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Mar 20 2018 |
07/10/2018 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jul 10 2018
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SB 2824
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ADVISORY COMMISSION ON HISTORICAL CEMETERIES (Authorizes the advisory committee on historical cemeteries to revive the program for marking governors' graves. The department of administration would administer the funding for the plaque.)
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Apr 12 2018 |
07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
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SB 2865
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURES GENERALLY - CAUSES OF ACTION (Allows a minor to bring specified malpractice actions at any time up to reaching twenty-one (21) years of age.)
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May 03 2018 |
07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
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SB 2447
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS (Entitles person to have criminal conviction records expunged if the offense is decriminalized subsequent to the conviction.)
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Feb 15 2018 |
07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
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SB 2052
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS (Creates a process for the department of education relating to the collection and organization of information concerning the workload and scope of the duties and responsibilities performed by school social workers.)
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Jan 18 2018 |
07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
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SB 2586
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION (Implements several provisions of the federal sex offender registration and notification act, to include registration for a litany of federal or military offenses, and specifies what information can or cannot be shared on a public registry website.)
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Mar 01 2018 |
07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
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SB 2285
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - ELECTIVE SHARE (Clarifies the right of a surviving spouse of a decedent regarding elective shares taken against the decedent's will relating to real and personal estate to the estates of decedents dying on and after July 1, 2018.)
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Feb 01 2018 |
07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
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SB 3006
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LICENSES GENERALLY (Simplifies the process of doing business in Rhode Island by eliminating unnecessary licensing requirements of various business entities.)
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Jun 23 2018 |
07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
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SB 2154
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES (Eliminates the need of filing an SR 22, standard form with the department of motor vehicles or its divisions, in order for an individual to get their operator’s license reinstated.)
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Jan 23 2018 |
07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
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SB 2502
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- HAWKERS AND PEDDLERS (Provides for the standardization of mobile food establishment registrations by the department of business regulation to streamline the registration process.)
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Mar 01 2018 |
06/28/2018 Signed By Governor
Jun 28 2018
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SB 2614
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - VITAL RECORDS (Requires that a death certificate reflect the decedent’s gender identity, as reported by the next of kin.)
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Mar 01 2018 |
06/28/2018 Signed By Governor
Jun 28 2018
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SB 2577
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS (Provides that the state medical examiner is to conduct a multi-disciplinary team review of drug-related overdose deaths.)
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Mar 01 2018 |
06/28/2018 Signed By Governor
Jun 28 2018
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SB 2270
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE AND SALE--MEDIATION CONFERENCE (Extends the sunset provisions to the year 2023, in chapters 325 and 406 of the 2013 public laws in regard to 34-24-3.2, "mediation conference prior to mortgage foreclosure.")
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Feb 01 2018 |
06/28/2018 Signed By Governor
Jun 28 2018
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SR 2390
(2018 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY VETERAN AND MILITARY SPOUSE EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES (This resolution would extend the reporting date of the special legislative commission to study veteran and military spouse education & employment opportunities from April 30, 2018, to April 30, 2019, and said commission would expire on July 30, 2019.)
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Feb 15 2018 |
06/22/2018 House Passed In Concurrence
Jun 22 2018
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SB 2463
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES-MOTOR VEHICLES REPARATIONS ACT (Penalizes a motorist for two (2) separate violations if they are driving an unregistered motor vehicle and without insurance or proof of insurance.)
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Feb 15 2018 |
06/22/2018 Referred To House Judiciary
Jun 22 2018
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SB 2208
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- INSURANCE BENEFITS (Entitles correctional officers with twenty-five (25) years of service and who are at least fifty-five (55) years of age to a non-Medicare-eligible retiree health care insurance benefit.)
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Feb 01 2018 |
06/20/2018 Referred To House Corporations
Jun 20 2018
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SB 2760
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES (Allows a judge to impose blood or urine testing and the use of an ignition interlock system upon persons seeking a conditional hardship license.)
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Mar 27 2018 |
06/20/2018 Referred To House Judiciary
Jun 20 2018
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SB 2030
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - CHILDREN - CONFINEMENT IN MOTOR VEHICLES PROHIBITED (Repeals requirement that law enforcement officers issue only warnings of the risks to persons leaving child under 7 years unattended in motor vehicle.)
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Jan 11 2018 |
06/20/2018 Referred To House Judiciary
Jun 20 2018
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SB 2862
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY (Provides that an open and obvious danger or defect is not a complete bar to recovery of damages in personal injury or property damage actions.)
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May 03 2018 |
06/20/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 20 2018
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SB 2423
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS (Increases the maximum administrative penalty levied against real estate brokers and salespersons from one thousand dollars ($1,000) to two thousand dollars ($2,000) per violation.)
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Feb 15 2018 |
06/18/2018 Signed By Governor
Jun 18 2018
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