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1/29/2024
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MEDIA ADVISORY: House Judiciary Committee meets on Thursday to hear several bills
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STATE HOUSE – The House Judiciary Committee will be meeting on Thursday, February 1 at the Rise of the House (approximately 4:45 p.m.) in the House Lounge of the State House to hear testimony on several bills.
Among the legislation being heard by the committee are the following bills:
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2024-H 7047, sponsored by Rep. Brandon Potter (D-Dist. 16, Cranston), amends the current law on controlled substances to permit a person to be in possession of less than one ounce of psilocybin and permits psilocybin to be securely cultivated within a person's residence for personal use.
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2024-H 7052, sponsored by Rep. William W. O’Brien (D-Dist. 54, North Providence), prohibits the declawing of cats by any surgical procedure to amputate or modify a portion of a cat's paw in order to remove the cat's claws. Does not apply to any procedure performed for a therapeutic purpose.
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2024-H 7075, sponsored by Rep. John G. Edwards (D-Dist. 70, Tiverton), 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 would not be considered abandonment.
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2024-H 7166, sponsored by House Judiciary Chairman Robert E. Craven (D-Dist. 32, North Kingstown), authorizes the Family Court to order educational classes on child development and family dynamics for divorcing parents with children.
The meeting will be televised live by Capitol Television, which can be seen on Cox channel 61, on i3Broadband channel 15 and on Verizon channel 34. It will be live streamed at www.capitoltvri.cablecast.tv.
For more information, contact:
Larry Berman, Communications Director for the Office of the Speaker
State House Room 322
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 222-2466
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