General Assembly
14. S0319: Subjects the appointment of the RI Commissioner of Higher Education to the advice and consent of the Senate. (Senate Education, May 4) 13. S0867: Requires all Rhode Island hospitals to submit “evidence of participation in a high-quality comprehensive discharge planning and transitions improvement project operated by a nonprofit organization in this state” or…
Republican Minority Leader Robert Watson was one of the House sponsors of Rhode Island’s medical marijuana law passed in 2005 (H6052). Rep. Watson’s name is listed as second sponsor on both the original bill and the as-amended bill that passed the RI House with his vote on June 22 of the 2005 session. However, he…
A little behind schedule due to Holy Week, here’s the list of some of the interesting bills going before General Assembly committees this week… 13. S0699: Exempts members of the “International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers and its signatory contractors jointly participating in the IMPACT National Substance Abuse Program” from state…
Now here’s a wrong way to address the complexities of society in the Information Age: Under the legislation students could still carry phones in school, but they couldn’t use them during school hours, including study hall and lunch. A first offense results in a warning. A second violation would lead to administrators confiscating the phone…
Yes, a bill is a long way from a law, and this one, which Andrew caught the other day, has only one sponsor, Spenser Dickinson (D, South Kingstown), but it really is quite a suggestion: When a contractor employing members of a recognized union and providing services for more than twenty (20) hours a week…
5. S0760: “No person holding a position in state government which requires confirmation by or the advice and consent of the senate shall engage in lobbying or permitted to register as a lobbyist” aka “a Caruolo Act for the 21st-Century”. (Senate Judiciary, April 12). 4B. S0823: Ethics Commission appointments would be subject to advice and…
10. H5529: Directs the Department of Children, Youth and Families to disclose findings of abuse at a “family day care home, group family day care home or day care center”, provided that no personal information is disclosed about anyone involved (House Judiciary, April 12). 9. H5498: Sets up the Obamacare “exchange” in Rhode Island (House…
Lots of very interesting bills are being heard by General Assembly committees in the upcoming week. I’ll put up the list in three separate posts; here’s part 1 or part 3, depending on your personal preference for numbering conventions… 17. H5310: Prohibits rental agreements from containing clauses that prohibit tenants from inviting contractors onto a…
10. H5830: Requires real estate commissions to be paid at the closing. (House Corporations, April 5) 9. H5575: From the official description: “This act would affirm the use in state legal proceedings of unsworn declarations made by declarations who are physically outside the boundaries of the United States when making the declaration”. (House Corporations, April…
Two interesting points are buried within Randal Edgar and Philip Marcelo’s article on voter-ID legislation currently under consideration in the Rhode Island House. The first is the degree to which Rhode Island ACLU Executive Director Steven Brown’s inane argument implies ulterior, political motives: “When we have no charges filed, when we have no convictions filed…
