Rhode Island Bills

sponsored by James E. Doyle II

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
SB 990 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES AND PROJECTS (Permits redevelopment agencies to finance the construction of projects for residential, recreational, commercial, industrial, institutional, public, or other purposes contemplated by a redevelopment plan.)
Jun 27 2017 12/07/2017 Committee Recommended Substitute A Be Held For Further Study
Dec 07 2017
SR 989 (2017 Regular Session)
Joint Resolution Authorizing The State To Enter Into Financing Lease And Payment Agreements In Connection With The Construction Of A Ballpark In The City Of Pawtucket
Jun 27 2017 12/07/2017 Committee Recommended Substitute A Be Held For Further Study
Dec 07 2017
SB 944 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - CITY OF PAWTUCKET -- NEIL J. HOUSTON, JR. RESIDENTIAL RE-ENTRY CENTER (Authorizes the city of Pawtucket to exempt from taxation the real and personal property of the Neil J. Houston, Jr. Residential Re-entry Center.)
Jun 08 2017 10/11/2017 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Oct 11 2017
SB 945 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Authorizes the city council of Pawtucket to exempt from taxation, to the extent it may from time to time determine, the real and personal property of The Samaritans, Inc., located at 67 Park Place in Pawtucket, a RI §501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation.)
Jun 08 2017 10/11/2017 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Oct 11 2017
SB 392 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - DISTRICT COURT (Empowers certain municipal housing courts to order a building into receivership pursuant to the provisions of chapter 44 of title 34, "abandoned property.")
Mar 02 2017 10/11/2017 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Oct 11 2017
SB 390 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Defines animal hoarding and would add animal hoarding to the list of conduct considered cruelty to animals and proscribed by law.)
Mar 02 2017 10/06/2017 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Oct 06 2017
SB 497 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Permits an audit or claims investigation for a pattern of inappropriate billing only if it is determined that the claims are known by the provider to be inappropriate.)
Mar 02 2017 10/04/2017 Signed By Governor
Oct 04 2017
SB 575 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - REAL ESTATE EXEMPTION (Updates the definition of visually impaired persons to conform to the federal standard based upon medical advances and to assure a uniform application by all municipalities in granting the exemption.)
Mar 15 2017 09/29/2017 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Sep 29 2017
SB 772 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- FIREFIGHTER DISABILITY (Creates a work disabling presumption for any firefighter who passed a physical examination upon entry into service and who later contracts disabling hypertension, stroke, or heart disease.)
Apr 12 2017 09/27/2017 Vetoed By Governor
Sep 27 2017
SB 597 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE - LIMITED GUARDIANSHIP AND GUARDIANSHIP OF ADULTS (Increases the guardianship ad litem maximum fee from $400 to $800 in guardian/limited guardianship proceedings.)
Mar 15 2017 07/26/2017 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jul 26 2017
SB 207 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES - RETIREMENT SYSTEM - CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS (Allows retired state employee nurses to work as professors in the nursing program at a state college. It would allow them to work seventy-five (75) days or one hundred fifty (150) half days before their pension payments would be suspended.)
Feb 02 2017 07/13/2017 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jul 13 2017
SB 674 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS' ARBITRATION (Allows the bargaining agent for the correctional officers and the state authority to extend, by agreement in writing, the thirty (30) day period to reach an agreement on a contract, before submitting unresolved issues to arbitration.)
Mar 29 2017 07/05/2017 Signed By Governor
Jul 05 2017
SB 401 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - ELECTRONIC IMAGING DEVICES (Prohibits a person from electronically disseminating visual images of another engaged in sexually explicit conduct or the intimate parts of another.)
Mar 02 2017 06/28/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 28 2017
SB 500 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - PSYCHOLOGISTS (Increases psychology board from 5 to 7 members and allows delegations of disciplinary hearings to a hearing officer.)
Mar 02 2017 06/22/2017 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jun 22 2017
SB 844 (2017 Regular Session)
An Act To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of Silver Lake Pizza, Inc.
Apr 27 2017 06/21/2017 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jun 21 2017
SB 845 (2017 Regular Session)
An Act To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of Simon'S Supply, Co., Inc.
Apr 27 2017 06/21/2017 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jun 21 2017
SB 275 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS (Requires infants and toddlers under two (2) years of age or weighing less than thirty pounds (30 lbs.) be retrained in rear-facing car seats.)
Feb 15 2017 06/19/2017 Signed By Governor
Jun 19 2017
SB 947 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS (Addresses the age-related disparate treatment of state employees who were eligible to retire by reason of age on June 30, 2012. The act exempts these employees from the 401(a) plan, and return them to the traditional defined benefit plan.)
Jun 08 2017 06/13/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 13 2017
SB 286 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- ORGAN DONORS' LEAVE (Provides up to thirty (30) paid days in a calendar year to serve as an organ donor for state and municipal employees.)
Feb 15 2017 06/09/2017 Referred To House Finance
Jun 09 2017
SB 276 (2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGULATION OF BUSINESS PRACTICES AMONG MOTOR VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS, DISTRIBUTORS, AND DEALERS (Establishes standardized methods and appeals procedures for the calculation of fair and reasonable compensation for parts and labor used in warranty services.)
Feb 15 2017 06/08/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 08 2017

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