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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

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 11, 2017

SB 891: AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- AIRPORTS AND LANDING FIELDS (Permits the department of transportation to lease our airport property for a period of fifty (50) years and requires one member of the airport corporation board of directors to have a pilot's license.)

05/11/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 11, 2017

SB 449: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION (Amends the definition of the term "disabled," for purposes of property tax relief, to include persons receiving veterans' affairs disability benefits paid by the federal government.)

05/11/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 11, 2017

SB 49: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- REPORTING OF POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY STATE VENDORS (Restricts some political contributions by state vendors and prohibits state vendors from making political contributions to candidates for the office responsible for awarding those state vendor contracts.)

05/11/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 10, 2017

HB 6205: AN ACT RELATING TO PARKS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Adds to the list of persons with disabilities for whom fees are waived for entrance to state parks any person sixty-five (65) years of age or older who suffer from a disability as defined by the director of the department of environmental management.)

05/10/2017 Introduced, referred to House Finance

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 10, 2017

HB 6115: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- NOMINATION OF PARTY AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES; RHODE ISLAND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES REPORTING; CRIMINAL OFFENSES --THEFT, EMBEZZLEMENT, FALSE PRETENSES, AND MISAPPROPRIATIONS (Increases fines/penalties for failure to file timely campaign finance reports; increases information required in a declaration of candidacy; requires random audits of finance reports; and authorizes forfeiture of campaign funds for conviction of crimes.)

05/10/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 10, 2017

HB 6121: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS (Requires that all public bodies include as part of their agenda an open forum or public comment session wherein any citizen may speak on any topic whether or not on the agenda, for no more than five (5) minutes per speaker.)

05/10/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 10, 2017

HB 6192: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES (Exempts both the land and building of the Stadium Theatre Performing Arts Centre in Woonsocket and as identified by street address and plat and lot number.)

05/10/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 10, 2017

HB 6168: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS (Exempts fire districts and entities with no tax or policy making authority from certain posting requirements of open meetings act.)

05/10/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 10, 2017

HB 6136: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES (Makes refusal to submit to a chemical test admissible at trial and inserts implied consent notification for refusal to submit to chemical test for persons under eighteen (18) years of age.)

05/10/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 9, 2017

SB 315: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LIGHTING DISTRICT ENERGY COSTS (Requires the state to pay a lighting district's energy bill, if the lighting district fails to pay it.)

05/09/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 9, 2017

HB 5841: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND PUBLIC ASSISTANCE CASELOAD ESTIMATING CONFERENCES (Requires the participation and input of the EOHHS, DHS, DCYF and BDHDDH in medical assistance and public assistance caseload estimating conferences and the generation of monthly data to the members of the caseload estimating conference.)

05/09/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 9, 2017

HB 5835: AN ACT RELATING TO THE MEDICAID REFORM ACT OF 2008 (Authorizes the secretary of health and human services to implement changes under the Rhode Island Medicaid reform act.)

05/09/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study