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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 29, 2017

SB 551: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Expands use of public utilities reserve fund to state court appeals to and regulatory matters before federal agencies and increase amount chargeable to public utility to $750,000 but not more than $250,000 for administrator’s representation of state.)

06/29/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 29, 2017

SB 784: AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS (Replaces language referencing DEM park police and conservation police with environmental police officers.)

06/29/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 29, 2017

SB 71: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - GENERAL POWERS (Requires that cities and towns comply with certain procedures when prosecuting defendants such as the right to counsel, and would amend the penalties imposed for ordinance violations.)

06/29/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 29, 2017

SB 552: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (Removes the sixty (60) day excavation completion requirement for work near public utilities and would require accidents to be reported to 911.)

06/29/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 29, 2017

HB 5187: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS (Requires that cities and towns comply with certain procedures when prosecuting defendants such as the right to counsel, and amends the penalties imposed for ordinance violations.)

06/29/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 27, 2017

HB 5655: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - RHODE ISLAND DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE ACT (Amends several sections of the general laws pertaining to the calculation of impact fees by municipalities in the state by requiring that needs assessments of the fees be conducted every 5 years with certain exceptions.)

06/27/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 27, 2017

SB 554: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- PRIVATE SCHOOLS (Requires accreditation by a Regional Accrediting Agency recognized by the United States Department of Education for distance learning institutions to transact business or grant degrees in Rhode Island.)

06/27/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 27, 2017

SB 333: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - RHODE ISLAND DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE ACT (Amends several sections of the general laws pertaining to the calculation of impact fees by municipalities in the state by requiring that needs assessments of the fees be conducted every 5 years with certain exceptions.)

06/27/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 27, 2017

HB 6157: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- STATE CRIME LABORATORY (Changes the director and other positions at the state crime laboratory from board of governors' appointments to employees of the council on postsecondary education.)

06/27/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 27, 2017

HB 5661: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- PRIVATE SCHOOLS (Requires accreditation by a Regional Accrediting Agency recognized by the United States Department of Education for distance learning institutions to transact business or grant degrees in Rhode Island.)

06/27/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 27, 2017

SB 177: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS - ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Excludes preliminary drafts, notes, impressions, memoranda, working papers and work products involving research at state institutions of higher learning from the definition of a public record.)

06/27/2017 Signed by Governor

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 27, 2017

HB 5274: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RENEWABLE ENERGY GROWTH PROGRAM (Expands the renewable energy growth program for an additional ten (10) years after the fifth program year, with an annual target of forty (40) nameplate megawatts for each year of the ten (10) year period.)

06/27/2017 Signed by Governor