Legislative Updates

2018

S 2338:

Sets standards for school libraries and services such that secondary school students have access to libraries before, during and after school.

Read the full text for S 2338 at the Rhode Island General Assembly website.
Sponsor(s):
  • Senator Joshua Miller
  • Senator Hanna M. Gallo
  • Senator Mark Gee
  • Senator James Sheehan
  • Senator Louis P. DiPalma
Actions:
  • 02-15-2018

    Introduced, referred to Senate Education

  • 03-23-2018

    Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (3/28/2018)

  • 03-28-2018

    Committee recommended measure be held for further study

2017

H 5093:

Promotes cooperation and assistance in the enforcement of immigration laws and establish penalties for failure to further the active enforcement of immigration laws.

Read the full text for H 5093 at the Rhode Island General Assembly website.
Sponsor(s):
  • Representative Arthur J. Corvese
  • Representative Robert D. Phillips
  • Representative Stephen Ucci
  • Representative David Coughlin, Jr.
Actions:
H 5175:

Act making appropriations for the state for fiscal year 2018.

Read the full text for H 5175 at the Rhode Island General Assembly website.
Sponsor(s):
  • Representative Marvin L. Abney
Actions:
  • 01-19-2017

    Introduced, referred to House Finance

  • 06-16-2017

    Committee recommends passage of Sub A 6/22/2017: House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment)

  • 06-22-2017

    Referred to Senate Finance

  • 06-23-2017

    Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

  • 06-27-2017

    Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence

  • 06-27-2017

    Senate voted to reconsider

  • 08-03-2017

    Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence

  • 08-03-2017

    Transmitted to Governor

  • 08-03-2017

    Signed by Governor

See Sub A
Read the full text for Sub A at the Rhode Island General Assembly website.
H 6086:

Prevents any state or municipal agency's telecommunications or Internet contractor from collecting and disseminating the personal information of customers.

Read the full text for H 6086 at the Rhode Island General Assembly website.
Sponsor(s):
  • Representative John G. Edwards
  • Representative Blake A. Filippi
  • Representative Evan P. Shanley
  • Representative J. Aaron Regunbeg
  • Representative Robert J. Quattrocchi
Actions:
  • 04-06-2017

    Introduced, referred to House Corporations

  • 04-20-2017

    Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

  • 04-26-2017

    Committee recommended measure be held for further study

H 6323:

Excludes weekends and state holidays from the calculation of the forty-eight (48) hour public notice requirement, and requires all public bodies to keep minutes of open meetings and file their minutes with the secretary of state.

Read the full text for H 6323 at the Rhode Island General Assembly website.
Sponsor(s):
  • Representative Evan P. Shanley
  • Representative Jean P. Barros
  • Representative Helder Cunha
Actions:
  • 06-09-2017

    Introduced, referred to House Judiciary

  • 06-09-2017

    Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

  • 06-13-2017

    Committee recommended measure be held for further study

  • 06-29-2017

    Scheduled for consideration

  • 06-29-2017

    Committee recommends passage

  • 06-29-2017

    Placed on House Calendar

  • 06-29-2017

    House read and passed

  • 06-30-2017

    Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

  • 06-30-2017

    Senate passed in concurrence

  • 07-13-2017

    Transmitted to Governor

  • 07-18-2017

    Signed by Governor

S 0035:

Increases the state's share to support local public library services in distressed communities, by an amount equal to the amount paid by the distressed city or town into the ocean state libraries (OSL) annual assessment charges.

Read the full text for S 0035 at the Rhode Island General Assembly website.
Sponsor(s):
  • Senator Elizabeth Crowley
Actions:
S 0106:

Requires the department of education to consider incorporating media literacy education in the basic education program.

Read the full text for S 0106 at the Rhode Island General Assembly website.
Sponsor(s):
  • Senator Adam J. Satchell
  • Senator William Conley Jr.
  • Senator Harold Metts
  • Senator Roger A. Picard
Actions:
  • 02-01-2017

    Introduced, referred to Senate Education

  • 04-28-2017

    Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

  • 05-03-2017

    Committee recommends passage

  • 05-09-2017

    Placed on Senate Calendar (05/11/2017)

  • 05-11-2017

    Senate read and passed

  • 05-12-2017

    Referred to House Health, Education & Welfare

  • 06-27-2017

    House passed in concurrence

  • 07-18-2017

    Transmitted to Governor

  • 07-19-2017

    Signed by Governor

S 0285:

Increases state library aid to distressed communities by an amount equal to the OSL annual assessment charges.

Read the full text for S 0285 at the Rhode Island General Assembly website.
Sponsor(s):
  • Senator Elizabeth Crowley
  • Senator Harold Metts
  • Senator Donna Nesselbush
  • Senator V. Susan Sosnowski
  • Senator Ana B. Quezada
Actions:
  • 02-13-2019

    Introduced and referred to Senate Finance

  • 03-22-2019
    Agenda

    Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (3/28/2019)

  • 03-28-2019

    Committee recommended measure be held for further study

2016

H 7200:

Makes a number of technical amendments to the General Laws of Rhode Island, including Title 29, Libraries, and would reenact the Title 29 in its entirety.

Read the full text for H 7200 at the Rhode Island General Assembly website.
Sponsor(s):
  • Representative John DeSimone
  • Representative Brian C. Newberry
Actions:
  • 01-15-2016

    Introduced, referred to House Judiciary

  • 03-23-2016
    Agenda

    Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration.

  • 03-23-2016

    Committee recommended measure be held for further study

  • 05-13-2016
    Agenda

    Scheduled for consideration (05/17/16)

  • 05-17-2016

    Committee recommends passage of Sub A

  • 05-20-2016
    Agenda

    Scheduled for reconsideration (5/24/16)

  • 05-24-2016

    Committee recommends passage of Sub A

  • 05-24-2016
    Calendar

    Placed on House Calendar (5/26/26)

  • 05-26-2016

    House passed Sub A

  • 05-26-2016

    Referred to Senate Judiciary

  • 05-27-2016
    Agenda

    Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (5/31/16)

  • 05-31-2016

    Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence

  • 06-18-2016
    Calendar

    Placed on Senate Calendar (6/18/16)

  • 06-18-2016

    Senate passed Sub A in concurrence

See H 7200:

An act making appropriations for the support of the state for fiscal year ending June 30, 2019.

Read the full text for H 7200 at the Rhode Island General Assembly website.
H 7292:

Increases the state's share to support local public library services in distressed communities, by an amount equal to the amount paid by the distressed city or town into the ocean state libraries (OSL) annual assessment charges.

Read the full text for S 2029 at the Rhode Island General Assembly website.
Sponsor(s):
  • Representative Shelby Maldonado
  • Representative Patricia A. Serpa
  • Representative Jean P. Barros
  • Representative Raymond A. Hull
Actions:
  • 01-22-2016

    Introduced, referred to House Finance.

  • 05-23-2016
    Agenda

    Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (5/25/16)

  • 05-25-2016

    Committee recommended measure be held for further study

Companion Bill: S 2029