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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 Mar 28, 2017

HB 5633: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires insurance carriers, nonprofit hospital service plans, nonprofit medical service corporations and health maintenance organizations to cover the costs of breast ultrasounds and or MRI breast exams.)

03/28/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 28, 2017

HB 5928: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - PROPERTY -- EMINENT DOMAIN (Permits the prior owner of a parcel of land taken by eminent domain, but unused for the purpose intended, to repurchase at the acquisition price.)

03/28/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 28, 2017

HB 5895: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires individual or group health plan or policy allow for partial prescription supply for the purpose of patient's medication synchronizing effective January 1, 2018.)

03/28/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 28, 2017

HB 5552: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES-TRESPASS AND VANDALISM (Makes it civil violation for commercial property owners to allow storm water runoff to flood, erode or otherwise damage abutting property. Violations of this section would be punishable by a civil fine and order of restitution.)

03/28/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 28, 2017

HB 5302: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- JUDICIAL SELECTION (Requires that when a judge of color on a state or municipal court leaves the bench, they would be replaced by a person of color.)

03/28/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

passed · Rhode Island · House Mar 28, 2017

HR 6016: HOUSE RESOLUTION JOYFULLY CELEBRATING THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BURRILLVILLE LIONS CLUB IN 2017

03/28/2017 House read and passed

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 28, 2017

HB 5632: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires that on or after January 1, 2018, health insurance policies must include coverage for temporomandibular joint disorder.)

03/28/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

passed · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 28, 2017

SR 625: SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE HALEY AND WILLIAMS FAMILIES ON THE PASSING OF JEAN HALEY AND MARTHA WILLIAMS

03/28/2017 Senate read and passed

passed · Rhode Island · House Mar 28, 2017

HR 6015: HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING CONDOLENCES

03/28/2017 House read and passed

passed · Rhode Island · House Mar 28, 2017

HR 5354: HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO EXPLORE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A GULF WARS VETERANS MEMORIAL (Creates a seven member commission to study the creation of a permanent memorial to the veterans of the Gulf Wars, and would report back by June 30, 2017, and expire on August 30, 2017.)

03/28/2017 House read and passed

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 28, 2017

HB 5305: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- JUDGMENTS, ORDERS AND DECREES -- INTEREST ON JUDGMENTS (Provides that interest on judgments would accrue from the date of the filing of the civil action and not the date the cause of action accrued and would also apply to medical malpractice claims. Takes effect January 1, 2017.)

03/28/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 28, 2017

HB 5301: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - COURTS - JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION (Requires that the judicial selection commission actively and aggressively solicit members of color to apply for judicial appointments, including practicing members of the Rhode Island Bar residing in border states.)

03/28/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study