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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 · Senate Jun 30, 2017

SB 306: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM (Requires the department of elementary and secondary education to consider incorporating substance abuse education and suicide prevention into the health education curriculum.)

06/30/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 30, 2017

HB 6224: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION--BENEFITS (Repeals a provision of the workers' compensation law that provides that for injuries on and after July 1, 2023, "material hindrance" includes only compensable injuries causing a greater than sixty-five percent (65%) degree of functional impairment.)

06/30/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 30, 2017

HB 5453: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ALL STUDENTS COUNT ACT (Requires the department of elementary and secondary education to use separate collection categories and tabulations for specified Asian ethnic groups in every demographic report on ancestry or ethnic origins of residents.)

06/30/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 30, 2017

SB 637: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (Amends electric distribution companies authority to charge interconnecting renewable energy customers for certain modifications and places timetables on interconnection work.)

06/30/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 30, 2017

HB 5517: AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Provides penalties for the possession, manufacture, sale or delivery of more than one ounce mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl.)

06/30/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 30, 2017

SB 805: AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (More than one ounce of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl as a controlled substance illegal to possess, manufacture, sell or deliver.)

06/30/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 30, 2017

HB 5699: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES (Requires at least one precinct count unit in each town.)

06/30/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 29, 2017

SB 560: AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION-RHODE ISLAND UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT (Amends the Rhode Island Underground Storage Tank Financial Responsibility Act to streamline fund processes and clarify language within the law.)

06/29/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 29, 2017

HB 5568: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - EMPLOYMENT SECURITY - BENEFITS (Amends our worksharing law by allowing employers more flexibility in the reduction of work hours among its employees and by allowing more leeway on the start date of an adopted worksharing plan.)

06/29/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 29, 2017

SB 479: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - STATE BUILDING CODE (Expands the state building code standards committee by two members, to be appointed by the Rhode Island builders association.)

06/29/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 29, 2017

HB 6206: AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY - PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS (Renames the College of Pharmacy building on Greenhouse Road at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, as "Paramaz Avedisian '54 Hall.")

06/29/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 29, 2017

HB 6251: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- EXPIRATION DATES (Grants the administrator of the division of motor vehicles the power to extend the expiration dates up to ninety (90) days of permits, licenses, registrations, certificates, placards, and other privileges, under limited circumstances.)

06/29/2017 Signed by Governor