Home › Rhode Island › Bills

Bills

Rhode Island Bills

Track legislation and stay informed about the bills that matter to you.

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 · Senate Jul 5, 2017

SB 85: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS (Creates a veteran's preference in the issuance of state contracts.)

07/05/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 5, 2017

SB 570: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- TAXATION OF FARM, FOREST, AND OPEN SPACE LAND (Exempts no more than twenty percent (20%) of the total land acreage previously classified as farm, forest or open space land from land use change tax if the change is for purposes of a commercial renewable energy system.)

07/05/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 5, 2017

SB 835: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - FRAUD AND FALSE DEALING (Criminalize residential mortgage fraud and extend the statute of limitations for certain offenses.)

07/05/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 5, 2017

HB 6300: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE I-195 REDEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2011 (Requires the I-195 commission to conduct training for new commission members which would include training in ethics.)

07/05/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 5, 2017

HB 5609: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS (Increases the administrative penalties that the director of DEM may impose for violations of environmental regulations up to five thousand dollars ($5,000).)

07/05/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 5, 2017

SB 636: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS (Increases the administrative penalties that the director of DEM may impose for violations of environmental regulations up to five thousand dollars ($5,000).)

07/05/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 5, 2017

HB 5477: AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Requires that municipal animal control officers be certified by the National Care & Control Association.)

07/05/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 5, 2017

HB 5733: AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN (Requires all CASA (court-appointed special advocate) volunteers to first pass DCYF clearance as well as a national criminal background check before qualifying for appointment by the court.)

07/05/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 5, 2017

HB 5488: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - BARBERS AND HAIRDRESSERS (Reduces the number of hours of instruction required to obtain a hairdresser's and cosmetician's license from fifteen hundred (1,500) to twelve hundred (1,200) hours.)

07/05/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 5, 2017

HB 5470: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- VETERINARY PRACTICE (Removes certain restrictions on who can perform routine husbandry procedures on livestock and allows a licensed human medical practitioner to assist a licensed veterinarian.)

07/05/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 5, 2017

SB 821: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- COVERAGE FOR INFERTILITY (Mandates insurance coverage for medically necessary expenses for standard fertility preservation services when a medical treatment may directly or indirectly cause iatrogenic infertility.)

07/05/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 5, 2017

SB 194: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - BARBERS AND HAIRDRESSERS (Reduces the number of hours of instruction required to obtain a hairdresser's and cosmetician's license from fifteen hundred (1,500) to twelve hundred (1,200) hours.)

07/05/2017 Signed by Governor