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State Legislature US Congress

All 25,118 Active 5 In committee 20,549 Passed 5,917 Signed 4,510 Failed 6,972

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 11, 2017

HB 6056: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE STUDENT LOAN BILL OF RIGHTS (Authorizes the creation of the Student Loan Ombudsman within the Department of Business Regulation. The Ombudsman's duties would be to assist student loan borrowers with issues pertaining to their loans.)

04/11/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 11, 2017

HB 6022: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - SNOW REMOVAL SERVICE LIABILITY LIMITATION ACT (Defines snow removal contracts between service providers and service receivers and limit liability between them and declare indemnity agreements void as against public policy.)

04/11/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 11, 2017

HB 5411: AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW - GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS - RHODE ISLAND TRANSPARENCY IN SUPPLY CHAINS ACT OF 2017 (Requires retailers doing business in Rhode Island with over $100,000,000 in annual global revenues to publicly disclose the extent to which efforts are made to reduce the risk of trafficked, coerced, and child labor in their supply chains.)

04/11/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 11, 2017

HB 6032: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Prohibits an insurer or health care entity from requiring pre-authorization and/or co-payments for certain medical testing prescribed by a physician.)

04/11/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 11, 2017

SB 409: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES (Removes the bar for an action against a physician or optometrist for not reporting to the division of motor vehicle's medical advisory board.)

04/11/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Apr 11, 2017

HB 5341: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM (Provides a detailed process by which a proponent of a voter initiative and referendum proposal would present the proposal to the secretary of state, the general assembly and the governor.)

04/11/2017 Withdrawn at sponsor's request (04/12/2017)

passed · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 11, 2017

SR 726: SENATE RESOLUTION EXTENDING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE WILLIAM A. WALASKA

04/11/2017 Senate read and passed

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 11, 2017

HB 5985: AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- JOINT COMMITTEE ON REGULATORY OVERSIGHT (Eliminates previous sections of the general laws and require that all proposed rules and regulations promulgated by state entities be submitted to and approved by the joint committee on regulatory oversight before becoming effective.)

04/11/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 11, 2017

HB 5103: AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - MEDICAL MARIJUANA (Classifies as public information the names and addresses of anyone or entity who legally grows marijuana and who also sells or gives it away to others.)

04/11/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 11, 2017

SB 659: AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - FORMS AND EFFECT OF CONVEYANCES (Provides that all transfers of a mortgage interest on residential property be recorded so as to provide a clean chain of title for consumers to track the owner of their mortgage loans.)

04/11/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 11, 2017

SB 668: AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE AND SALE (Prohibits a lender from filing an action for a deficiency judgment following a short sale of residential property if the lender reports to the IRS it has cancelled all or part of the borrower's debt and provides the borrower with a copy of the report.)

04/11/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 11, 2017

SB 647: AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS - THE LICENSURE, INSPECTIONS AND INVESTIGATIONS OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES FACILITIES (Requires BHDDH to make or cause to be made annual unannounced inspections and investigations of community residences.)

04/11/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study