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All 25,118 Active 7,678 In committee 7,673 Passed 5,917 Signed 4,510 Failed 6,972

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 9, 2023

HB 5551: AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF STATE ROADS (Authorizes and empowers the department of transportation to plant pollinator-friendly species of trees, shrubs, grasses and plants.)

03/09/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 9, 2023

SB 282: AN ACT RELATING TO STATUTES AND STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES (Replaces terms "mentally retarded"/"retarded" or "alcoholic"/"drug abuser" used in general laws with "intellectual and/or developmental disability" or "person with an intellectual and/or developmental disability" or "person with substance use disorder.")

03/09/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 9, 2023

HB 5915: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OFFICE OF HEALTH CARE ADVOCATE (Permits the health care advocate to receive confidential health care information with individual patient information but would prohibit the disclosure of the information, except pursuant to judicial process.)

03/09/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 9, 2023

HB 5548: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES (Requires all state licensed health care facilities to convert the powering of their operations from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. DOH would promulgate rules and regulations to implement the requirements.)

03/09/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 9, 2023

HB 6056: AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- ACT ON COASTS - COASTAL RESILIENCY (Establishes a chief resilience officer (CRO) charged with creation/maintenance/updating of the state's resiliency/recovery program along with climate change resiliency plan with ocean/riverine coasts resilience advisory board.)

03/09/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 9, 2023

HR 5311: JOINT RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES RELATING TO THE LABOR OF PERSONS UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE (This Joint Resolution would ratify a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States which would provide that the Congress of the United States would have the power to limit, regulate, and prohibit the labor of persons under 18 years of age.)

03/09/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 9, 2023

HB 6030: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- FILING OF FALSE LIEN (Criminalizes the filing of a false lien, instrument, or encumbrance against a federal, state, or municipal judge or magistrate or his or her immediate family, and permit the court to take action to mitigate the negative consequences of such a filing.)

03/09/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 9, 2023

HB 6057: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION--STATE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS METRICS (Requires that the division of planning create a checklist of environmental and energy issues that state construction projects which cost in excess of $10,000,000 would need to consider.)

03/09/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 9, 2023

HB 5884: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- HOTELS AND PUBLIC PLACES (Prohibits discrimination against individuals who refuse to be vaccinated.)

03/09/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 9, 2023

HB 5355: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ELECTRONIC MONITORING IN NURSING AND ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES (Allows for the use of electronic monitoring of a resident’s room or private living unit within a nursing home or assisted living facility.)

03/09/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 9, 2023

HB 5674: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND GREENWAYS ACT OF 1995 (Requires the installation of signs indicating locations of greenway areas.)

03/09/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 9, 2023

HB 5360: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDERS (Prohibits sheriffs from charging/accepting fees from any Rhode Island law enforcement agency for service of any temporary or 1-yr extreme risk protection order. Requires sheriffs to accept petitions/summons, by email, facsimile or other electronic means.)

03/09/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study