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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 22, 2017

HB 5515: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - IMMIGRATION DETAINEES (Creates standards for responding to immigration detainees for the law enforcement officials' transportation of inmates, who are the subject of immigration detainers or administrative warrants.)

03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2017

HR 5900: HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO EXAMINE THE ISSUE OF LICENSING BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS (Creates a seventeen member commission to examine the issue of licensing builders and contractors, and who would report back to the House no later than February 8, 2018; and would expire on May 8, 2018.)

03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2017

HB 5722: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS --HOTELS (Authorizes an innkeeper to remove any guest who is a level III high risk sexual offender who attempts to remain a hotel resident for more than thirty (30) consecutive days in any calendar year.)

03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 22, 2017

SB 511: AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- HOLIDAY AND SUNDAY WORK (For the purposes of overtime on Sundays and holidays, removes the exemption in the definition of employees for health care and maintenance workers, thereby entitling them to overtime pay.)

03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 22, 2017

SB 303: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS (Amends general laws to reference the new council on elementary and secondary education and makes teacher certification provisions for military personnel.)

03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2017

HB 5725: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - SEXUAL ASSAULT (Amends the definition of "sexual contact" for the purposes of criminal offenses to include the intentional touching of the victim's own intimate parts at the accused's instruction.)

03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2017

HB 5727: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSE - ELECTRONIC IMAGING DEVICES (Prohibits minors from transmitting or posting indecent visual depictions of themselves or other minors on any website and require the family court to determine whether the purpose of the post was for harassment in deciding appropriate punishment.)

03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2017

HB 5906: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - BOARD OF EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS (Requires each member of the board of education to have experience in a position of higher education.)

03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2017

HB 5723: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION (Allows the Court in reviewing sex offender level determination by the board, to raise or lower the offender’s community notification level and provides that any person aggrieved may appeal to the Supreme Court.)

03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2017

HB 5591: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES (Makes it easier for military service members and their spouses to obtain certifications and licenses issued by the division of motor vehicles and the department of administration.)

03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

passed · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 22, 2017

SR 624: SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF LEONARDO GIARRUSSO

03/22/2017 Senate read and passed

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 22, 2017

HB 5051: AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS (Designates the Honor and Remember flag as Rhode Island's emblem for service and sacrifice of members in the United States armed forces.)

03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study