HB 5972
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - HEALTH CARE FACILITIES STAFFING (Broadens definition of "employee" to include assistants/technologists providing direct medical care to patients and allows union/association to file appeal to personnel appeal board.)
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Mar 22 2017 |
04/06/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 06 2017
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HB 5964
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES-RETAIL LICENSES (Permits retail Class A alcohol license holders, wholesalers, and suppliers to provide liquor, malt beverages, wine and other alcoholic beverages at tastings to be conducted on premises.)
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Mar 22 2017 |
04/11/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 11 2017
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HB 5865
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - THE EDWARD O. HAWKINS AND THOMAS C. SLATER MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACT (Increased the number of permits for medical marijuana compassion centers from three (3) to six (6).)
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Mar 08 2017 |
04/11/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 11 2017
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HB 6106
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - FROZEN DESSERTS (Eliminates multiple fees for frozen dessert processors licensed as food service establishments.)
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Apr 12 2017 |
04/12/2017 Introduced, Referred To House Finance
Apr 12 2017
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HB 6001
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- WORKERS' COOPERATIVES (Creates a statutory vehicle for the creation and functioning of workers' cooperatives which are corporations that are owned and democratically governed by their members.)
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Mar 24 2017 |
04/25/2017 Committee Postponed At Request Of Sponsor
Apr 25 2017
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HB 5953
(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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Mar 17 2017 |
04/25/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 25 2017
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HB 5866
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES-WEAPONS (Makes alteration of firearm identification marks punishable by not less than two (2) years imprisonment and by no more than five (5) years imprisonment.)
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Mar 08 2017 |
04/25/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 25 2017
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HB 5754
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Authorizes cities and towns to tax certain real and/or nonprofit tangible properties owned by nonprofit educational and hospital institutions commencing with assessment performed 12/31/17 and every year thereafter.)
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Mar 01 2017 |
04/25/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 25 2017
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HB 5501
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Specifies that corporate motor vehicles would be included in the category of motor vehicles eligible for courtesy or special plates.)
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Feb 15 2017 |
04/26/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 26 2017
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HB 6077
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS-THE ENERGY AND CONSUMER SAVINGS ACT OF 2005 (Establishes minimum energy efficiency standards for certain products sold or installed in the state.)
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Apr 05 2017 |
04/27/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 27 2017
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HB 6111
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - UNLAWFUL EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES (Prohibits an employer from inquiring about a prospective employee wage and salary history before an offer of employment with compensation has been negotiated.)
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Apr 13 2017 |
04/27/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 27 2017
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HB 6060
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - RHODE ISLAND UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ACT (Prohibits the state from suspending or otherwise disqualifying a person from the privilege of maintaining a commercial driver license based on certain traffic violations arising from the operation of a non-commercial vehicle.)
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Mar 31 2017 |
05/02/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 02 2017
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HB 5140
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY - BENEFITS (Increases the maximum weekly unemployment benefit rate to the higher of fifty-seven and one-half percent (57.5%) of the average weekly wages paid to workers in the prior calendar year or six hundred sixteen dollars ($616) per week.)
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Jan 18 2017 |
05/02/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 02 2017
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HB 5864
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- LITIGATION LENDING AGREEMENTS (Makes litigation loan agreements subject to state usury statutes.)
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Mar 08 2017 |
05/02/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 02 2017
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HB 6057
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BROKER LIEN (Provides that failure to record a notice of lien by the real estate broker in accordance with chapter 49 of title 34, the commercial estate broker lien act, would result in dismissal of a complaint pursuant to the act.)
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Mar 31 2017 |
05/02/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 02 2017
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HB 5992
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICES AND EMPLOYEES - RETIREMENT SYSTEM - CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS (Awards all state retirement members a 3% annual COLA applied to first $50,000 of retirement allowance on or after 1/1/18, provided prior year investment return yields gain of 10% or more until pension system funding ratio exceeds 80%.)
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Mar 23 2017 |
05/03/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2017
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HB 6143
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PARENTAL AND FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE (Grants unpaid pregnancy leave to part-time workers, clarifies their access to unpaid sick leave during their pregnancy, and provides additional protections for pregnant workers who work in the medical field.)
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Apr 26 2017 |
05/04/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 04 2017
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HR 5756
(2017 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $2,000,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND STATE POLICE MUNICIPAL POLICE ACADEMY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $2,000,000 to the Rhode Island State Police Municipal Police Academy for law enforcement mental health training.)
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Mar 01 2017 |
05/09/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 09 2017
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HB 6198
(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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May 05 2017 |
05/11/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2017
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HB 5897
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - ENERGY FACILITY SITING ACT (Prevents the energy facility siting board from proceeding to final hearing or issuing a final decision if one or more of the designated agencies inform the siting board that they are unable to form an advisory opinion due the conduct of the applicant.)
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Mar 09 2017 |
05/17/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 17 2017
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