| S0239 | Pass | Each individual violating law governing electricians, plumbers, and other trades constitutes a separate offense for firms/corporations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-10-05
Signed by Governor |
| H5206 | Pass | Upon defendant's violation of terms of bail, the amount forfeited by court is limited to10% of surety deposited.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-10-05
Signed by Governor |
| H5529 | Pass | Authorizes operators of developmental disability agencies, acting as a group, to self-insure health care costs for employees, retirees and other beneficiaries and allows a third-party administrator to administer said program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-10-05
Signed by Governor |
| H5826 | Pass | Provides that elderly persons may, absent an emergency, cancel any agreement for contractor services within three (3) days if the contract originated in an in-home solicitation by the contractor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-10-05
Signed by Governor |
| H6061 | Pass | Designates October 23 of each year as a day to commemorate the nine Rhode Island marines killed in the 1983 terrorist attack in Beirut, Lebanon.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-10-05
Signed by Governor |
| S0497 | Pass | Permits an audit or claims investigation for a pattern of inappropriate billing only if it is determined that the claims are known by the provider to be inappropriate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-10-04
Signed by Governor |
| S0605 | Pass | Allows those individuals with prior convictions for possession with intent to deliver or crimes of violence, to be eligible for the drug court program in Superior Court.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-10-04
Signed by Governor |
| S1003 | Pass | Repeals multiple sections of the general laws related to insurance, including §27-9-57 and chapter 75 of title 27 ("Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact").
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-10-04
Signed by Governor |
| H6298 | Pass | Adds two (2) requirements that a hospital provide to a prospective patient, the requested cost estimate of their requested anticipated hospital services within five (5) calendar days of request and the cost of any facility fee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-10-04
Signed by Governor |
| H5634 | Pass | Permits an audit or claims investigation for a pattern of inappropriate billing only if it is determined that the claims are known by the provider to be inappropriate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-10-04
Signed by Governor |
| S0405 | Pass | Limits access to firearms when an individual is under certain types of domestic restraining orders or protective orders issued or renewed on or after July 1, 2017.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-10-04
Signed by Governor |
| S0146 | Pass | Adds two (2) requirements that a hospital provide to a prospective patient, the requested cost estimate of their requested anticipated hospital services within five (5) business days of request and the cost of any facility fee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-10-04
Signed by Governor |
| H5717 | Pass | Allows those individuals with prior convictions for possession with intent to deliver or crimes of violence, to be eligible for the drug court program in Superior Court.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-10-04
Signed by Governor |
| S0394 | Pass | Allows the holder of a level 2-limited provisional license to drive from the holder's home to a school event for which no transportation is provided by the school, between 4:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-10-04
Signed by Governor |
| H6155 | Pass | Creates a statutory vehicle for the creation and functioning of workers' cooperatives which are corporations that are owned and democratically governed by their members.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-10-04
Signed by Governor |
| S0676 | Pass | Creates a statutory vehicle for the creation and functioning of workers' cooperatives which are corporations that are owned and democratically governed by their members.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-10-04
Signed by Governor |
| S0719 | Pass | Requires the tax administrator to file a public list with the secretary of state of corporations and limited liability companies that have failed to pay required fees and taxes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-10-04
Signed by Governor |
| H5510 | Pass | Limits access to firearms when an individual is under certain types of domestic restraining orders or protective orders issued or renewed on or after July 1, 2017.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-10-04
Signed by Governor |
| H5646 | Pass | Substitutes CPA certification that a corporation/limited partnership/limited liability company owes no taxes/fees to the state in place of a conversions/dissolutions/withdrawals/cancellations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-10-04
Signed by Governor |
| H5346 | Pass | Allows the holder of a level 2-limited provisional license to drive from the holder's home to a school event for which no transportation is provided by the school, between 4:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-10-04
Signed by Governor |
| H5818 | Pass | Amends the definition of "Patient safety work product" to conform with the federal "Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-10-03
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0166 | Pass | Prohibits the manufacture, sale, and distribution of residential upholstered children's products that contain certain amounts of bromide or chlorine bonded to carbon that is added to a plastic, foam, or textile.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-10-03
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H6255 | Pass | Amends the number of occasions upon which a Class A license holder under this chapter may dispense unlimited samples of wine products.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-10-03
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H6380 | Pass | To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of Tabor Franchi Post 2396 Veterans Of Foreign Wars
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-10-03
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H5174 | Pass | Places oversight of freshwater lakes, streams, and ponds in the fish and wildlife division of the department of environmental management.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-10-03
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H5082 | Pass | Prohibits the manufacture, sale, and distribution of residential upholstered children's products that contain certain amounts of bromide or chlorine bonded to carbon that is added to a plastic, foam, or textile.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-10-03
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H6372 | Pass | To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of Evolution Studios, L.l.c.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-10-03
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H5570 | Pass | Provides for a proration of the homestead exemption in cases where title to property passes from those not entitled to claim an exemption to those who are entitled.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0893 | Pass | Specifies that adversely affected members of formulary change removing/making preferred or tiered status change of covered prescription drug receive required statutory notice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0657 | Pass | Authorizes the town council of the town of Warren to create a municipal housing court and defines that court's jurisdiction.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H5977 | Pass | Further delineates the ability of the town of Burrillville to tax electrical power generation facilities, regulated or otherwise and for private consumption on resale.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0575 | Pass | Updates the definition of visually impaired persons to conform to the federal standard based upon medical advances and to assure a uniform application by all municipalities in granting the exemption.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H5623 | Pass | Requires that any applicant or holder of a retail license for the sale of alcoholic beverages be required to file a certificate of insurance evidencing liability insurance coverage in certain minimum amounts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0925 | Pass | Adds certain federal requirements to the selection of architects and engineers and permits prequalification of architects and engineers by cities and towns.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H6359 | Pass | Addresses the potential for sudden cardiac arrest among student athletes by raising awareness of the symptoms ad requiring medical evaluations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-28
Signed by Governor |
| H5065 | Pass | Creates a batterer's intervention program fund and also adopts evidence-based probation and parole supervision systems.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-28
Signed by Governor |
| S0949 | Pass | Subjects toll violators of out-of-state tolled projects to license and registration denial under certain circumstances
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-28
Signed by Governor |
| S0009 | Pass | Amends certain provisions of the general laws pertaining to parole, medical parole, and community confinement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-28
Signed by Governor |
| S0011 | Pass | Clarifies what constitutes a felony, misdemeanor, and petty misdemeanor and also amends the penalties for certain criminal offenses involving assault and larceny, based on the value of property stolen.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-28
Signed by Governor |
| H5413 | Pass | Requires employers with eighteen (18) or more employees to provide three (3) paid sick days in 2018, four (4) paid sick days in 2019 and five (5) paid sick days thereafter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-28
Signed by Governor |
| S0290 | Pass | Requires employers with eighteen (18) or more employees to provide three (3) paid sick days in 2018, four (4) paid sick days in 2019 and five (5) paid sick days thereafter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-28
Signed by Governor |
| S1014 | Pass | Allows Linda Bohmbach to join Caitlin Leigh Briggs and Keith Michael Santos in marriage on or about October 7, 2017, within the Town of Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-28
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S1015 | Pass | Allows Janet Kelly McCarthy to join Bethany Kathleen Kraft and Dennis Patrick Richardson Jr., in marriage on or about November 11, 2017, within the City of Warwick, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-28
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0608 | Pass | Requires local law enforcement to share information with local school departments for the purposes of notifying parents of students whose bus stop is within 1000 feet of the residence of level 3 sex offender.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-28
Signed by Governor |
| H6314 | Pass | Allows a pound or animal shelter to put an animal up for adoption after ten (10) days if it has a tag or after five (5) days if it has no tag.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-28
Signed by Governor |
| H5128 | Pass | Reforms parole, medical parole, community confinement, and correctional impact statements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-28
Signed by Governor |
| S0008 | Pass | Makes various changes to the sentencing and execution guidelines for purposes of criminal procedure and would add new conditions of criminal probation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-28
Signed by Governor |
| H5064 | Pass | Allows creation of superior court diversion program for substance abusers or persons with mental health issues charged with certain criminal offenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-28
Signed by Governor |
| S0010 | Pass | Creates superior court diversion program, imposing certain service and screening conditions on defendants in return for exoneration of charges.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-28
Signed by Governor |
| H5724 | Pass | Requires local law enforcement to share information with local school departments for the purposes of notifying parents of students whose bus stop is within 1000 feet of the residence of level 3 sex offender.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-28
Signed by Governor |
