AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- SECRETARY OF STATE -- LET RI VOTE ACT (Allows voting by mail without needing an excuse/improves voter roll cleanup/allows applying for mail ballots through online system/allows nursing home residents to receive mail ballot applications automatically/codifies mail ballot drop box requirements.)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- NATIONAL CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK SYSTEM--CRIMINAL RECORDS REVIEW (Requires patient contact employees, personal care attendants and high-risk providers to undergo a national criminal records check and disqualifies those individuals, if they have a criminal record for crimes of violence or other offenses listed.)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (Establishes the twelve (12) member broadband council to create a plan to increase the use of broadband service in the state. A broadband administrator is to be designated in RI Commerce Corporation to access federal funds and coordinate with the council.)
AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Provides that the trapping and subsequent release of any unowned feral or free roaming cat for the purpose of spaying or neutering of the cat shall not be considered abandonment.)
Kazarian voted Yes
IN CONCURRENCE
Kazarian voted Yes
IN CONCURRENCE
Kazarian voted Yes
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