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Her bill was successfully passed and signed into law a few months later. [9] In January 2010, Representative Joanne Giannini introduced legislation that would make it illegal for Rhode Island drivers to use cell phones without a hands-free device. Representative Peter F. Kilmartin introduced similar legislation. These bills are currently being ...
The budget passed on a 69-to-5 vote with several of the Republicans who voted against it ... The Rhode Island State House, where the House of Representatives on Friday evening was debating a ...
The Rhode Island House of Representatives is the lower house of the Rhode Island General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Rhode Island, the upper house being the Rhode Island Senate. It is composed of 75 members, elected to two-year terms from 75 districts of equal population.
In May 2021, the RI House of Representatives passed a pathway to the $15 minimum wage which will gradually increase the minimum wage from its current $11.50 an hour to $15 by January 1, 2025. [ 14 ] In the 2021 legislative session, Morales introduced several bills related to labor rights.
The House passed along the bill to the Senate on Nov. 19, however, there’s just a short time left in the legislative session, so it’s unclear if a vote will be scheduled in time.
Just past 1:30 a.m. Friday, Rhode Island's part-time lawmakers closed up shop for the year after a nine-hour blur of final votes. Here's what to know.
RI House of Representatives: On October 28, the House passed a bill which defined the crime of prostitution. [15] RI Senate: On October 29 the bill passed the Senate. [16] Governor Carcieri signs into law the bill which outlaws prostitution, as Rep. Joanne Giannini looks on. The bill was sent to Governor Donald Carcieri to be signed into law.
Next stop for bills: The governor's desk. Once a bill successfully makes its way through both chambers, it gets sent to Gov. Dan McKee.He can sign it, choose to let it become law without his ...