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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 · House Mar 16, 2017

HB 5654: AN ACT RELATING TO BUILDING PERMIT FEES (Requires that city and town building permit fees recover no more than the cost of permitting activities during period of normal building activity.)

03/16/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 16, 2017

HB 5599: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE POLICE (Requires that alternate applicants for the Rhode Island state police training academy be ranked according to objective qualification standards and selected to fill vacancies according to that ranking.)

03/16/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 16, 2017

HB 5600: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - STATE POLICE - EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (Establishes an equal opportunity unit within the division of state police to adopt an equal opportunity plan to increase the ranks of minorities and women among members of the state police.)

03/16/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 16, 2017

HB 5597: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - POLICE AND FIRE ARBITRATIONS (Allows expired collective bargaining agreements for firefighters and municipal police to remain in effect until a successor agreement becomes operative.)

03/16/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 16, 2017

HB 5598: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - STATE POLICE - DIVERSITY (Beginning June 30, 2018, requires 1 in 5 recruits to the Rhode Island State Police Training Academy be a person of color and also requires vigorous recruitment effort.)

03/16/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 16, 2017

HB 5848: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - POWERS AND DUTIES OF FIRE DISTRICTS IN THE TOWN OF COVENTRY (Repeals the section of the general laws which provides for an automatic appropriation for Coventry Fire Districts which fail to approve an annual appropriation.)

03/16/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 16, 2017

HB 5849: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOBILE AND MANUFACTURED HOMES--AFFORDABLE HOUSING (Qualifies mobile and manufactured homes as affordable housing when installed in mobile home parks in groups of twenty (20) or more.)

03/16/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 16, 2017

HB 5081: AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE - BIRDS (Legalizes the taking or killing of wild migratory birds by crossbow.)

03/16/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 16, 2017

HB 5850: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING (Allows mobile and manufactured homes which are a part of a mobile and manufactured home park to be counted as low and moderate income housing for purposes of compliance with the requirements of the city or town's comprehensive use plan.)

03/16/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 16, 2017

HB 5608: AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE - HUNTING AND HUNTING SAFETY (Requires any person who sustains an injury to themselves or causes an injury to another while hunting or trapping to report the injury to the department of environmental management immediately.)

03/16/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 16, 2017

HB 5080: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - GENERATION - TRANSPORTATION - STORAGE - TREATMENT - MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL OF REGULATED MEDICAL WASTE (Requires hospitals and pharmacies to provide public use containers for the collection of sharps, as such term is defined in §23-19.12-3.)

03/16/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 16, 2017

HB 5602: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- LABOR AND PAYMENT OF DEBTS BY CONTRACTORS (Raises the minimum threshold when public works contractors are required to pay prevailing wages to their employees from $1,000 to $200,000.)

03/16/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study