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State Legislature US Congress

All 25,118 Active 7,678 In committee 7,673 Passed 5,630 Signed 4,797 Failed 6,972

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 30, 2017

HB 6303: AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Robert E.P. Elmer, III, to join Angela Giuffrida and Cuan Coulter in marriage on or about August 12, 2017, within the Town of Westerly, Rhode Island.)

06/30/2017 Effective without Governor's signature

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 611: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - COURTS -- COURT ADMINISTRATION (Limits the judiciary's publicly available list of delinquent persons to the 100 delinquent persons owing the largest amount of court imposed or court related fees, and other monetary obligations which have been unpaid for a period in excess of 90 days.)

06/29/2017 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 29, 2017

SB 788: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - LONG-TERM CARE COORDINATING COUNCIL (Amends the membership of the long-term care coordinating council from forty-one (41) members to thirty-three (33) members.)

06/29/2017 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 29, 2017

HB 5656: AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - RETAIL LICENSES - PROVIDENCE (Enables the city of Providence's board of licenses to approve the liquor license applications for a business at 100-102 Hope Street (Assessor's plat 16, lot 263), located within two hundred feet (200') of a church.)

06/29/2017 Effective without Governor's signature

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 29, 2017

HB 6144: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - LONG-TERM CARE COORDINATING COUNCIL (Amends the membership of the long-term care coordinating council from forty-one (41) members to thirty-three (33) members.)

06/29/2017 Effective without Governor's signature

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