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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

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 18, 2017

HB 5951: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - UNFAIR COMPETITION AND PRACTICES (Prohibits domestic and foreign insurance companies from any distinction or discrimination against individuals in a domestic partner relationship regarding policies issued or renewed in this state.)

07/18/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 18, 2017

HB 5947: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS (Defines the terms "conduit" and "earmarked" for purposes of reporting campaign contributions and eliminates the aggregate contribution limits and adds a prohibition of earmarked funds.)

07/18/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 18, 2017

HB 5903: AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS - VISITATION RIGHTS (Establishes guidelines for the family court to use to decide petitions for visitation by grandparents based on a best interest of the grandchild standard.)

07/18/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 18, 2017

HB 5326: AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS (Requires that the sheltering and nourishment of dogs conform to the industry standards established by the Tufts Animal Care and Conditions Scale regarding outside sheltering, proper nourishment, sanitary conditions, and physical condition.)

07/18/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 18, 2017

HB 5743: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - STATE DEPARTMENTS' COOPERATION (Facilitates the sharing of information between the treasury, state retirement system, division of taxation, and the department of labor and training concerning unclaimed property, taxation collection, and pension benefit monitoring.)

07/18/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 18, 2017

HB 5761: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Adds the class of combination vehicles to the list of vehicles eligible for New England Patriots Charitable Foundation registration plates.)

07/18/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 18, 2017

HB 5424: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES--GASPEE DAY COMMITTEE (Creates a special fundraising license plate for the Gaspee Days committee.)

07/18/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 18, 2017

HB 5207: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION (Provides that sex offenders register their presence with any homeless shelter at which they may temporarily stay and provides that said shelters notify the local law enforcement agency of the presence.)

07/18/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 18, 2017

HB 5824: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENTS OF STATE GOVERNMENT (Requires that an information technology project manager be assigned for all requests for proposals for information technology projects.)

07/18/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 18, 2017

HB 6305: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RESILIENT RHODE ISLAND ACT OF 2014 - CLIMATE CHANGE COORDINATING COUNCIL (Directs the climate change coordinating council to study a carbon pricing program.)

07/18/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 18, 2017

HB 6225: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STROKE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT ACT OF 2009 (Permits the department of health to designate hospitals as "acute stroke ready hospitals.")

07/18/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 18, 2017

HB 6055: AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS - THE PERMANENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING ACT (Reduces the items which must be monitored by the air-quality monitors at T.F. Green Airport to particles less than 0.1 microns, and black carbon.)

07/18/2017 Signed by Governor