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All 25,118 Active 7,678 In committee 7,673 Passed 5,917 Signed 4,510 Failed 6,972

passed · Rhode Island · Senate May 18, 2017

SB 506: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN (Requires children who seek a special limited work permit to successfully complete a worker rights' training program established and funded by the department of labor and training.)

05/18/2017 Referred to House Labor

passed · Rhode Island · Senate May 18, 2017

SB 192: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Establishes a procedure for employees to secure liens against employers for unpaid wages. Contested claims would be decided by the Superior Court.)

05/18/2017 Referred to House Labor

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 18, 2017

SB 875: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS--REGULATORY POWERS OF ADMINISTRATION--UTILITIES (Characterizes incentive payments to utilities as billed distribution revenue for rate setting services.)

05/18/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 18, 2017

SB 464: AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (Permits payments to parents who serve as certified nursing assistant caregiver for their children.)

05/18/2017 Committee heard

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 18, 2017

SB 176: 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).)

05/18/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 18, 2017

SB 775: AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - CHILD CARE - STATE SUBSIDIES (Establishes a tiered-rate structure for the child care assistance program, with higher rates paid to licensed child care centers and family child care homes that have achieved higher quality ratings in "BrightStars".)

05/18/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 18, 2017

SB 141: AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE (Increases the income eligibility limit for the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) to 200% of the federal poverty level from 180%.)

05/18/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 18, 2017

SB 876: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (Permits, rather than requires, electricity and gas revenues to be decoupled from sales and require submission of a full rate filing every three (3) years by electric and gas distribution companies.)

05/18/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 18, 2017

SB 447: AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- CHILD CARE--STATE SUBSIDIES (Increases the child care provider reimbursement rate by five percent (5%).)

05/18/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 18, 2017

SB 830: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION (Allows municipalities with a population density greater than two thousand (2,000) people per square mile to exempt from taxation real property used for agricultural operations.)

05/18/2017 Committee heard

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 18, 2017

SB 420: AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- ADULT USE OF CANNABIS ACT (Establishes a system for the regulation and taxation for adult use and cultivation of marijuana.)

05/18/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

passed · Rhode Island · House May 17, 2017

HR 6228: HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SYMPATHY ON THE PASSING OF CARLO ARMANDO GAMBA

05/17/2017 House read and passed