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State Legislature US Congress

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

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 26, 2017

HB 5988: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- COST (Provides that fees for costs charged for search, retrieval or copies of public records shall be waived for a member of the general assembly who certifies that they are acting in their official capacity.)

04/26/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 26, 2017

HB 5446: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - BORN-ALIVE INFANT PROTECTION ACT (Enacts the Born-Alive Infant Protection Act and provide for the duties and obligations of medical personnel in certain circumstances.)

04/26/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 26, 2017

HB 6083: AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- DIVORCE AND SEPARATION (Creates guidelines for the family court with respect to the examination of child witnesses in child custody cases and creates a rebuttable presumption of indefinite/permanent alimony for medically disabled spouses married for longer than 10 years.)

04/26/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 26, 2017

SB 703: AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY - FARM CONSERVATION AND RENEWABLE ENERGY (Provides for the siting and operating standards for farm-based renewable energy facilities.)

04/26/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 26, 2017

HR 6003: JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION -- RIGHT TO AN ADEQUATE EDUCATION (Proposed constitutional amendment providing that the right to an adequate education is a fundamental right.)

04/26/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 26, 2017

SB 557: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - ESTABLISHMENT OF CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Establishes district-charter compacts between charter schools and traditional public schools.)

04/26/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

passed · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 26, 2017

SR 818: SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SINCERE CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF JOHN J. TASSONI

04/26/2017 Senate read and passed

passed · Rhode Island · House Apr 26, 2017

HR 6153: HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING AND COMMENDING THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF RHODE ISLAND YOUTH OF THE YEAR PROGRAM

04/26/2017 House read and passed

passed · Rhode Island · House Apr 26, 2017

HR 6152: HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF APRIL, 2017, TO BE "COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

04/26/2017 House read and passed

passed · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 26, 2017

SR 819: SENATE RESOLUTION HONORING AND COMMENDING THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF RHODE ISLAND YOUTH OF THE YEAR PROGRAM

04/26/2017 Senate read and passed

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 26, 2017

HB 5665: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CIVIC LITERACY (Requires the commissioner of elementary and secondary education to adopt a course of study on the nation's founding and related documents, including the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and the Federalist Papers.)

04/26/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 26, 2017

SB 434: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- PROTECTING STUDENT PRIVACY ON SCHOOL-OWNED TECHNOLOGY (Establishes certain student privacy rights in regard to take-home technology devices from school.)

04/26/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study