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5/16/2022
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MEDIA ADVISORY: House Judiciary Committee meets on Thursday to vote on three bills
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STATE HOUSE – The House Judiciary Committee will be meeting on Thursday, May 19 at the RISE of the House (approximately 5 p.m.) in the Room 101 of the State House to vote on the following bills:
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2022-H 7705A, sponsored by Rep. Thomas E. Noret (D-Dist. 25, Coventry, West Warwick), requires correctional officers to qualify annually with the pistol or revolver rather than the previous requirement of biennial qualification.
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2022-H 7886, sponsored by Rep. Jason Knight (D-Dist. 67, Barrington, Warren), permits the Department of Corrections to release a sentenced inmate up to 3 days early directly to a community partner for residential treatment or stable housing when completion of sentence is incompatible with the community partners staffing or scheduling capabilities.
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2022-H 7890, sponsored by Rep. Raymond A. Hull (D-Dist. 6, Providence, North Providence), adds the chief inspector and inspectors within the Office of Inspections to the definition of "peace officer."
The committee will also hear testimony on the following two bills:
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2022-H 8246, sponsored by House Majority Whip Katherine S. Kazarian (D-Dist. 63, East Providence), permits retired District Court clerk/magistrates or magistrates to be recalled after retirement.
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2022-H 8247, sponsored by Rep. Joseph J. Solomon Jr. (D-Dist. 22, Warwick), reduces the civil penalty for the first and second offenses for driving without a license or driving with a suspended license, and would make a third violation a civil offense and a fourth offense a misdemeanor punishable by a fine.
The meeting will be televised live on Capitol Television, which can be seen on Cox on Channels 15 and 61, on i3Broadband on Channel 15 and on Channel 34 by Verizon subscribers. The meeting will also be live streamed at http://rilegislature.gov/CapTV/Pages/default.aspx.
For more information, contact:
Andrew Caruolo, Publicist
State House Room 20
Providence, RI 02903
(401)222-6124
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