HR 5524: HOUSE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING MEGAN ROY ON RECEIVING THE 2017 PRUDENTIAL SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY AWARD
02/15/2017 House read and passed
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SB 188: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE REPARATIONS ACT (Enhances the penalties for driving a motor vehicle without proof of financial responsibility.)
02/14/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Sponsors
Paul V. Jabour
(D)
,
Stephen R. Archambault
(D)
,
Michael J. McCaffrey
(D)
,
Lou Raptakis
(D)
SR 241: SENATE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND CELEBRATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF PROVIDENCE COLLEGE ON FEBRUARY 14, 2017
02/14/2017 Senate read and passed
HB 5208: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - HOMICIDE (Provides for the death penalty in situations where first responders are murdered by way of ambush.)
02/14/2017 Meeting postponed (02/14/2017)
Sponsors
Doc Corvese
(D)
,
Charlene Lima
(D)
,
Raymond H. Johnston Jr.
(D)
,
Daniel P. McKiernan
(D)
SB 64: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE REPARATIONS ACT (Creates a rebuttable presumption of vehicle owner's or operator's knowledge that a vehicle did not comply with financial security requirements if charged with same violation within 6 months preceding the current violation.)
02/14/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Sponsors
Paul V. Jabour
(D)
,
Stephen R. Archambault
(D)
,
William J. Conley, Jr.
(D)
,
Michael J. McCaffrey
(D)
HR 5463: HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHARTER OF PROVIDENCE COLLEGE
02/14/2017 House read and passed
HB 5264: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- PUBLIC UTILITIES (Increases penalties for damages to electric and communication lines from three thousand dollars ($3,000) to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000); imprisonment from two (2) years to ten (10) years, or both and requires restitution for economic harm.)
02/14/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Sponsors
Gregg Amore
(D)
,
Chris Blazejewski
(D)
,
Thomas Winfield
(D)
,
Raymond H. Johnston Jr.
(D)
HR 5342: HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY RESTORATIVE PRACTICES/RESTORATIVE JUSTICE (Creates a 17 member special legislative study commission to study and makes recommendations on restorative practices/restorative justice in the state.)
02/14/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Sponsors
Carlos E. Tobon
(D)
,
Shelby Maldonado
(D)
,
Evan Shanley
(D)
,
Helder J. Cunha
(D)
,
Jean Philippe Barros
(D)
HB 5261: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - INDICTMENTS, INFORMATIONS AND COMPLAINTS (Eliminates the statute of limitations for second-degree sexual assault.)
02/14/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
HB 5323: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - PHARMACEUTICAL COST TRANSPARENCY (Directs the state board of pharmacy, in collaboration with the Rhode Island department of health, to annually identify up to fifteen (15) prescription drugs on which the state spends significant health care dollars due to increases in costs.)
02/14/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
HR 5466: HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES
02/14/2017 House read and passed
HR 5465: HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING CONGRATULATIONS
02/14/2017 House read and passed
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