SB 812: AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Includes fentanyl analogs and synthetic opioids into Schedule I and Schedule II of the list of uniform controlled substances.)
06/27/2017 Signed by Governor
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SR 901: JOINT RESOLUTION AMENDING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON DEFENSE ECONOMY PLANNING (Amends the membership of the special legislative commission on defense economy planning by increasing the number of members from twenty-five (25) to twenty-six (26) by adding the Director of Veteran's Affairs, or designee.)
06/27/2017 Signed by Governor
HB 6059: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Provides that any applicant for employment or volunteer activity of a religious organization, undergo a national background check at the request of said religious organization, as a condition of employment.)
06/27/2017 Signed by Governor
Sponsors
Carol McEntee
(D)
,
Robert Craven
(D)
,
Cale P. Keable
(D)
,
Jason Knight
(D)
,
Camille Vella-Wilkinson
(D)
HB 5738: AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Includes fentanyl analogs and synthetic opioids into Schedule I and Schedule II of the list of uniform controlled substances.)
06/27/2017 Signed by Governor
HB 5222: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS (Requires a real estate broker to release customer or client funds in an escrow account as instructed by the parties to a failed real estate transaction, within ten (10) days of receipt of a written release.)
06/27/2017 Signed by Governor
SB 661: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Provides that any applicant for employment or volunteer activity of a religious organization, undergo a national background check at the request of said religious organization, as a condition of employment.)
06/27/2017 Signed by Governor
Sponsors
Adam J. Satchell
(D)
,
Cynthia Armour Coyne
(D)
,
Elizabeth A. Crowley
(D)
,
William J. Conley, Jr.
(D)
,
James A. Seveney
(D)
SB 673: 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
Sponsors
Walter Felag
(D)
,
James C. Sheehan
(D)
,
Michael J. McCaffrey
(D)
,
Sue Sosnowski
(D)
,
Dennis L. Algiere
(R)
HB 5098: 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
SB 168: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS (Requires a real estate broker to release customer or client funds in an escrow account as instructed by the parties to a failed real estate transaction, within ten (10) days of receipt of a written release.)
06/27/2017 Signed by Governor
HB 5973: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - FIREFIGHTERS' ARBITRATION (Allows unionized firefighters to enter into an agreement which continues all contractual provisions contained in an expiring contract until a successor agreement has been reached.)
06/21/2017 Signed by Governor
Sponsors
Joseph S. Almeida
(D)
,
Cale P. Keable
(D)
,
Raymond H. Johnston Jr.
(D)
,
Daniel P. McKiernan
(D)
SB 288: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - FIREFIGHTERS' ARBITRATION (Allows unionized firefighters to enter into an agreement which continues all contractual provisions contained in an expiring contract until a successor agreement has been reached.)
06/19/2017 Signed by Governor
HB 5620: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL MANAGEMENT COMPANIES (Provides for the registration and oversight of appraisal management companies operating in this state.)
06/19/2017 Signed by Governor
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