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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 5936: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - STATE BUILDING CODE (Establishes procedures to inspect and certify and sometimes replace residential fuel oil tanks. Also requires removal of old buried oil tanks, the oil in the tanks and the supply and return lines in accordance with the hazardous waste management act.)

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

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 11, 2017

SB 588: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES (Extends the "lookback" period for third and subsequent offenses under §31-27-2 ("driving under influence of liquor or drugs") and §31-27-2.1 ("refusal to submit to chemical test") from five (5) years to ten (10) years.)

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

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 11, 2017

SB 667: AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - RESIDUAL DEBT AFTER SHORT SALE OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY (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

passed both · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 7, 2017

SB 423: AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Christopher A. Frost to join Sarah Ann Strachan and Jennifer Arnold Ernst in marriage on or about September 30, 2017, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.)

04/07/2017 Effective without Governor's signature

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 7, 2017

HB 6097: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Requires local district payments to Davies, and the Met Center schools only for those periods where a student is both enrolled and physically present in attendance at those schools.)

04/07/2017 Introduced, referred to House Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · House Apr 6, 2017

HB 5933: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WRONGFUL DISCHARGE FROM EMPLOYMENT (Ends Rhode Island's adoption of the "employment-at-will" legal doctrine and would provide some job protection for employees that satisfactorily perform their duties. The act would also provide specific remedies for wrongful discharge.)

04/06/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 6, 2017

SB 53: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE GENERALLY (Reduces the statutory interest on judgments for money in civil actions from 12% to 6%.)

04/06/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 6, 2017

SB 671: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- TOWN OF NORTH KINGSTOWN--MUNICIPAL COURT (Allows the North Kingstown municipal court to issue arrest warrants.)

04/06/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

passed · Rhode Island · House Apr 6, 2017

HR 6092: HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES ENTRY INTO WORLD WAR I ON APRIL 6, 1917

04/06/2017 House read and passed

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 6, 2017

SB 121: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES (Exempts the trade-in value of pickup trucks under eight thousand one hundred pounds (8,100 lbs.) gross weight, used exclusively for personal use, from sales tax.)

04/06/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

passed · Rhode Island · House Apr 6, 2017

HR 6091: HOUSE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING "BEN MONDOR DAY" ON APRIL 6TH, 2017, IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

04/06/2017 House read and passed

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Apr 6, 2017

SB 254: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES (Exempts the trade-in value of pickup trucks under eight thousand one hundred pounds (8,100 lbs.) gross weight, used exclusively for personal use, from sales tax.)

04/06/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study