Rhode Island State Representative

William O'Brien 2024 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 6)

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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7756

Introduced
2/28/24  
Refer
2/28/24  
Report Pass
5/23/24  
Engrossed
5/30/24  
Refer
5/30/24  
Report Pass
6/4/24  
Engrossed
6/11/24  
Eliminates requirements of signing with an "X" for voters who cannot sign name due to blindness, disability, or inability to read or write. Establishes a timeframe for local boards to accept mail ballot applications, if delivered via the postal service.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7798

Introduced
2/29/24  
Refer
2/29/24  
Report Pass
5/28/24  
Engrossed
6/6/24  
Makes it a misdemeanor to harass another person by following them and using an electronic device to record their movements in any public or private place.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7835

Introduced
3/1/24  
Provides any police report involving a railroad fatality and all communications between railroad employees not be made public. Additionally, it makes a violation of this section a misdemeanor.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7886

Introduced
3/4/24  
Bans the sale of cosmetics developed/manufactured using animal testing. A violation would be a $1,000 fine for each offense.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7916

Introduced
3/4/24  
Adds department of corrections' correctional officers to the list of public safety employees that are entitled to their full salary if they are injured and become disabled as a result of performance of their job duties.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7964

Introduced
3/5/24  
Allows for sending of the notice under power of sale and rights of active military servicemembers by USPS First Class Mail and/or an overnight delivery service, instead of by USPS certified mail return receipt requested.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7966

Introduced
3/5/24  
Sets standards and procedures to allow and implement conjugal visitation at state correctional facilities.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7993

Introduced
3/5/24  
Allows for a one-time two percent (2%) supplemental cost of living adjustment for plan year 2025 to the public pension benefits administered by the ERSRI, and allows for those benefits to be deducted from the taxpayer's adjusted gross income.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7996

Introduced
3/5/24  
Reduces the interest rate on delinquent payments to the twelve percent (12%) per annum.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8002

Introduced
3/5/24  
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $500,000 TO DAY ONE, RHODE ISLAND'S SEXUAL ASSAULT COALITION AND RAPE CRISIS CENTER (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $500,000 to Day One.)
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8014

Introduced
3/5/24  
Refer
3/5/24  
Report Pass
5/15/24  
Engrossed
6/11/24  
Provides that commercial driver instruction would include industry-specific training on the recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8020

Introduced
3/5/24  
HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MARCH AS "COLORECTAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8024

Introduced
3/6/24  
Prohibits manufacturers of alcoholic beverages from holding or having any interest in a wholesaler license.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8051

Introduced
3/12/24  
HOUSE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING MARCH OF 2024, AS "NATIONAL SOCIAL WORK MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8053

Introduced
3/12/24  
HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE DEBORAH J. KELSO