THE OFFICIAL 2000 RESOLUTION LIST
LAW REVISION OFFICE
JOHN B. HARWOOD, SPEAKER

RESOLUTION NUMBER	BILL NUMBER	TITLE	PASSAGE DATE
001	S 2006	Congratulations.	1/4/00
004	S 2016	Condolences.	1/5/00
005	S 2017	General Nathanael Greene’s birthplace – signage request.	1/1/00
006	S 2040	Congratulations.	1/6/00
078	S 2054	Rocky Point Park as open space – federal government purchase request.	2/29/00
016	S 2068	King, Martin Luther Jr. – birthday commemoration.	1/12/00
017	S 2069	Congratulations.	1/12/00
018	S 2070	Congratulations.	1/12/00
091	S 2100	Nurses’ week.	3/7/00
019	S 2102	Condolences.	1/18/00
028	S 2109	Congratulations.	1/19/00
044	S 2140	Condolences.	1/26/00
045	S 2141	Condolences.	1/26/00
074	S 2146A	Child support enforcement and accountability – study commission.	2/16/00
046	S 2182	Congratulations.	1/27/00
047	S 2183	Condolences.	1/27/00
314	S 2208	Mental illness - criminal justice system - study commission.	6/28/00
053	S 2211	Congratulations.	2/2/00
118	S 2226	Pay equity day.	3/23/00
156	S 2286am	Cranston – lead poisoning in this city – study commission.	04/11/00
237	S 2354A	Health care facilities – interpreters – study commission.	5/30/00
315	S 2414Aam	Probation and parole - enhanced role - study commission.	6/29/00
054	S 2436	Condolences.	2/08/00
331	S 2528A	Quality oral health care - recommendations to maintain and expand access - study commission.	6/27/00
169	S 2535Aam	Genetic testing – confidentiality and proprietary rights – study commission.	4/12/00
320	S 2547A	Confidential health care information - governing the definition, handling, and release - study commission.	6/28/00
092	S 2571	Home and community based waiver programs – human services department – federal application for expansion.	3/7/00
348	S 2572A	Emotional and social competency learning programs -encourage establishment in local school districts by the departments of Elementary and Secondary Education, Health, and MHRH.	6/30/00
157	S 2573am	Elderly affairs department – volunteer guardianship program implementation.	04/06/00
119	S 2690	Veteran Integrated Service Network – Veterans Administration – restoration of funding.	3/23/00
350	S 2720am	Problem gambling in Rhode Island - study commission.	7/12/00
066	S 2783	Peace officers’ memorial day.	2/15/00
067	S 2784	Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) - all aspects - study commission.	2/15/00
104	S 2796	Arborists – licensing and certification - study commission.	3/15/00
068	S 2799	Condolences.	2/15/00
075	S 2801	Congratulations.	2/17/00
076	S 2802	Congratulations.	2/17/00
077	S 2803	Condolences.	2/17/00
079	S 2809	Congratulations.	2/29/00
080	S 2811	Congratulations.	2/29/00
177	S 2819	Quonset Point – air, land and sea history and technology park – endorsement.	4/25/00
084	S 2820	Congratulations.	3/2/00
085	S 2821	Condolences.	3/2/00
097	S 2823	Colon cancer awareness month.	3/7/00
098	S 2824	Congratulations.	3/7/00
102	S 2829	Condolences.	3/9/00
197	S 2842	Hearing testing – national day.	5/03/00
106	S 2843	Congratulations.	3/9/00
103	S 2844	Constantinian University recognition day.	3/14/00
105	S 2848	Greek independence day.	3/15/00
112	S 2849	Congratulations.	3/16/00
113	S 2850	Congratulations.	2/16/00
114	S 2851	Congratulations.	2/16/00
115	S 2852	Condolences.	2/21/00
116	S 2853	Congratulations.	2/21/00
249	S 2854	State government – sustainability concept – encouragement – study commission.	5/31/00
117	S 2855	Congratulations.	2/21/00
120	S 2856	Congratulations.	3/22/00
178	S 2857	Medicare – prescription drug benefit – congressional request for passage.	4/25/00
179	S 2858	Family caregiver support program - Older Americans act of 1965 – congressional amendment request.	4/25/00
126	S 2867	Congratulations.	3/29/00
127	S 2868	Congratulations.	3/29/00
128	S 2869	Parkinson’s disease month.	3/29/00
129	S 2870	Public service jobs initiative – state funding request.	3/29/00
130	S 2871	Congratulations.	3/29/00
131	S 2873	Medical laboratory week.	3/30/00
142	S 2891	Condolences.	4/05/00
143	S 2892	Congratulations.	04/05/00
144	S 2893	Condolences.	04/05/00
145	S 2894	Teachers, retired day.	04/05/00
146	S 2895	Congratulations.	04/05/00
147	S 2896	Congratulations.	04/05/00
216	S 2897	Federal balanced budget act of 1997 – congress memorializing to reverse adverse effects.	5/17/00
349	S 2898Aam	World War II Memorial in Washington, DC - appropriation.	7/13/00
158	S 2904	Congratulations.	04/06/00
159	S 2905	State police day.	04/06/00
141	S 2906	Congratulations.	4/06/00
160	S 2913	Condolences.	4/11/00
170	S 2914	Congratulations.	4/12/00
171	S 2916	Armenian genocide remembrance day.	4/13/00
172	S 2924	Congratulations.	4/13/00
173	S 2925	Condolences.	4/13/00
180	S 2926	Congratulations.	4/25/00
181	S 2927	Congratulations.	4/25/00
182	S 2928	Plastics industry day.	4/25/00
183	S 2931	Nurses week 2000.	4/25/00
184	S 2932	Congratulations.	4/25/00
238	S 2934	Human rights commission – structure, administration and operation – study commission	5/31/00
354	S 2935	Certified nursing assistants - long term plan to ensure an adequate pool - study commission.	7/20/00
229	S 2936	Mental health month.	5/24/00
185	S 2945	Congratulations.	5/02/00
190	S 2947	Holocaust – victim commemoration.	5/02/00
199	S 2951	Congratulations.	5/04/00
201	S 2964	Congratulations.	5/11/00
214	S 2975	Congratulations.	5/18/00
215	S 2976	Condolences.	5/18/00
217	S 2977	Congratulations.	5/18/00
218	S 2982	Warwick – Bonoff Park preservation and Cowesett Road access restriction - request.	5/18/00
227	S 2983	Women’s health platform that recognizes serious inequities in the health prevention and treatment of women – support.	5/23/00
228	S 2984	Congratulations.	5/24/00
239	S 2993	Congratulations.	6/01/00
295	S 2996	Motor vehicles – authorized inspection stations –claims investigation – environmental management department and division of motor vehicles	6/21/00
252	S 2997	Police – national week and memorial day.	6/06/00
253	S 2998	Rhode Island Yacht Club – 125^th annual commissioning day.	6/06/00
254	S 3001	Rhode Island mediation day.	6/06/00
267	S 3003	Congratulations.	6/07/00
268	S 3004	Condolences.	6/07/00
269	S 3005	Constantinian University recognition day.	6/07/00
338	S 3006	Appropriation - claims.	7/7/00
270	S 3015	Navy days 2000 celebration.	6/08/00
276	S 3016	Congratulations.	6/13/00
271	S 3017	Congratulations.	6/08/00
272	S 3018	Condolences.	6/08/00
277	S 3026	Congratulations.	6/14/00
274	S 3027	Congratulations.	6/14/00
278	S 3029	Congratulations.	6/15/00
279	S 3030	Condolences.	6/15/00
275	S 3034	Congratulations.	6/20/00
292	S 3041	Project homesafe – promotion – Rhode Island communities.	6/20/00
293	S 3046	Congratulations.	6/20/00
293	S 3046	Congratulations.	6/20/00
296	S 3047	Anti-terrorism law and 1996 death penalty act – federal - Congress amendment to produce a more equitable deportation process.	6/21/00
297	S 3049	Condolences.	6/22/00
298	S 3050	Congratulations.	6/22/00
299	S 3051	Congratulations.	6/22/00
347	S 3054	General Assembly - declaring and consenting to a recess.	6/30/00
330	S 3060	Johnston Police Department Day.	6/28/00
329	S 3062	Condolences.	6/29/00
328	S 3063	Congratulations.	6/29/00
327	S 3065	Vietnam veterans memorial plaque - honoring veterans who died after service, but as a direct result of it - requesting the passage of United States Senate bill S 1921.	6/29/00
341	S 3068	According degree-granting authority to for-profit institutions of higher education - study commission.	6/30/00
342	S 3070	Congratulations.	6/30/00
343	S 3071	Congratulations.	6/30/00
344	S 3072	Congratulations.	6/30/00
345	S 3073	Congratulations.	6/30/00
002	H 6700	General Assembly - 2000 session – meeting days.	1/5/00
003	H 6701	General Assembly - 1999 session - adjournment.	1/5/00
337	H 6739Aam	Medical savings accounts - study commission.	6/30/00
007	H 6752	Congratulations.	1/6/00
008	H 6753	Condolences.	1/6/00
009	H 6754	Congratulations.	1/6/00
010	H 6755	Congratulations.	1/6/00
011	H 6756	Congratulations.	1/6/00
024	H 6757am	Education accountability – House permanent committee created.	1/19/00
025	H 6758am	Environment and the conservation and use of the natural resources of the state – accountability in relation to all aspects – permanent House committee created	1/19/00
012	H 6802	Nurse Anesthetists’ week.	1/11/00
013	H 6828	Middletown – traffic study request.	1/12/00
020	H 6830	Harvard Pilgrim Health Care of New England, Inc. – board of director’s composition - attorney general investigation.	1/18/00
014	H 6831	Congratulations.	1/12/00
071	H 6868am	Prostate cancer – health department promotion of yearly check ups and screenings for men.	2/17/00
353	H 6871A	Appropriation to pay certain claims.	7/20/00
280	H 6877	State House portraits – RISD reconditioning – request to governor.	6/15/00
015	H 6885	Condolences.	1/13/00
021	H 6900	Census 2000 – complete and accurate – support.	1/18/00
048	H 6901	Health care and HMO liability in the State- study commission.	1/27/00
022	H 6902	Worksite wellness day.	1/18/00
023	H 6903	Congratulations.	1/18/00
321	H 6942am	Cancer control task forces - urging the creation by cities and towns.	6/29/00
026	H 6945	Condolences.	1/19/00
027	H 6946	Ergonomics and the feasibility of implementing ergonomics regulations in the State of Rhode Island – study commission	1/19/00
355	H 6968	Institutions of higher education - unionized classified employees - direct negotiations with board of governors - study commission - reporting date extended.	7/14/00
029	H 6980	Governor’s state of the state address – General Assembly joint session.	1/27/00
030	H 6982	Peace officers’ memorial day.	1/26/00
031	H 6983	Rhode Island, Hasbro and Women and Infants Hospitals – power failures investigation – health department.	1/26/00
032	H 6985	Congratulations.	1/26/00
033	H 6987	Congratulations.	1/26/00
049	H 6989am	Gasoline additive MTBE – environmental management department investigation.	2/1/00
034	H 7098	House of Representatives – rule amendment – bill introductions date.	1/27/00
035	H 7099	Providence City Council – moratorium on SWAP projects – support.	1/27/00
036	H 7100	Women – United Nations Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women – President of the United State and Secretary of State – highest priority request.	1/27/00
037	H 7101	Congratulations.	1/27/00
038	H 7102	Congratulations.	1/27/00
039	H 7103	Biotechnology month.	1/27/00
040	H 7104	Congratulations.	1/27/00
041	H 7105	Home heating oil – dramatic price increase – department of business regulation investigation.	1/27/00
042	H 7106	Condolences.	1/27/00
043	H 7107	Condolences.	1/27/00
307	H 7109	Landfill – alternative sites – study commission.	6/27/00
162	H 7129A	Mortgages – the timely providing assignments and discharges – study commission.	4/12/00
163	H 7131A	Internet lending – study commission.	4/12/00
122	H 7160	Polish American hero stamp – Postal Service request for issuance.	3/28/00
052	H 7203	General Assembly – joint session – Governor’s state of the state address.	2/2/00
050	H 7204	Hearing testing – national day.	2/1/00
051	H 7205	Condolences.	2/1/00
148	H 7268am	Alcohol and drug abuse in rural communities’ elementary, middle and junior high schools – growing problem – study commission.	04/05/00
191	H 7394A	Special education teacher assistants – training and certification – study commission.	5/02/00
086	H 7400	Organ donations, all aspects – study commission.	3/2/00
308	H 7428	State government – internet usage – study commission.	6/27/00
356	H 7440Aam	Private detectives - licensing - study commission.	7/14/00
192	H 7467A	Health care facilities, licensed – urging their establishing of an American College of Surgeons approved cancer program.	5/02/00
339	H 7469Aam	Confidential health care - release of information - study commission.	7/7/00
121	H 7470	Home and community based waiver programs – human services department – federal application for expansion.	3/22/00
357	H 7529A	Probation and parole - enhanced role - study commission.	7/14/00
202	H 7669Aam	Drugs - side effects – health department brochure.	5/11/00
055	H 7811	Congratulations.	2/08/00
056	H 7812	Condolences.	2/08/00
057	H 7813	Condolences.	2/08/00
058	H 7814	Congratulations.	2/08/00
059	H 7815	Congratulations.	2/08/00
069	H 7817	Childhood lead poisoning - cities and towns - combination of resources for elimination.	2/10/00
219	H 7839A	Drivers’ education courses – CPR instruction –inclusion request.	5/17/00
060	H 7841	House of Representatives – establishment of a chaplaincy – study commission.	2/09/00
061	H 7842	Congratulations.	2/09/00
062	H 7843	Coventry – traffic commission request.	2/09/00
063	H 7844	General Assembly – joint session – Governor’s state budget message.	2/10/00
064	H 7851	Hospitalized veterans’ salute week.	2/10/00
065	H 7852	Medicaid coverage to certain uninsured women screened and diagnosed with breast cancer – support of congressional bill.	2/10/00
070	H 7863	Condolences.	2/15/00
193	H 7879A	Rhode Island Airport Corporation – encouragement of rental car companies and motor carriers to use alternative fuel vehicles.	5/02/00
072	H 7902	Congratulations.	2/16/00
220	H 7905A	Genetic testing – confidentiality and proprietary rights – study commission.	5/17/00
073	H 7922	Congratulations.	2/17/00
081	H 7943	Congratulations.	2/29/00
082	H 7944	Congratulations.	2/29/00
083	H 7945	Black history month.	2/29/00
319	H 7954Aam	Foster - cable television - study commission.	6/27/00
087	H 7966	Quonset Point – air, land and sea history and technology park – endorsement.	3/1/00
088	H 7977	Congratulations.	3/2/00
089	H 7979	Condolences.	3/2/00
090	H 7980	Congratulations.	3/2/00
257	H 7999A	Clean air act – 2% of content weight oxygenate in reformulation gasoline requirement – removal – congress memorializing.	6/07/00
312	H 8014A	Elderly affairs department – volunteer guardianship program implementation.	6/15/00
095	H 8025	Congratulations.	3/8/00
094	H 8026	Condolences.	3/8/00
093	H 8027	Congratulations.	3/8/00
096	H 8036	Greek independence day.	3/9/00
107	H 8042	Irish famine – commemoration.	3/16/00
101	H 8043	Congratulations.	3/14/00
100	H 8044	Condolences.	3/14/00
099	H 8045	Condolences.	3/14/00
108	H 8053	Barrington River contamination – study commission.	3/15/99
109	H 8054	Colorectal cancer awareness month.	3/15/00
110	H 8059	Congratulations.	3/16/00
111	H 8060	Condolences.	3/16/00
258	H 8071	Land – comprehensive planning and use regulation act – necessary staffing for performance of required functions - administration department.	6/07/00
132	H 8096	Animal euthanasia – study commission.	3/29/00
123	H 8097	Condolences.	3/28/00
124	H 8098	Condolences.	3/28/00
352	H 8100am	Georgiaville Baptist Church - appropriation.	7/20/00
125	H 8109	Cesar Chavez day.	3/29/00
133	H 8110	Congratulations.	3/29/00
134	H 8111	Congratulations.	3/29/00
135	H 8112	Parkinson’s disease month.	3/28/00
136	H 8113	Condolences.	3/29/00
137	H 8114	Condolences.	3/29/00
138	H 8115	Congratulations.	3/29/00
139	H 8118	Naturopathic physicians practicing in Rhode Island – necessity of licensing – study commission.	3/30/00
140	H 8119	German government, German industrial complex and United States State Department – World War II aftermath issues – slave labor/forced labor.	3/04/00
149	H 8124	General Assembly joint session – Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary address on student investment initiative.	04/05/00
318	H 8125	Individuals with disabilities act - reauthorization - commitment to forty percent (40%) funding - congress memorializing.	6/29/00
150	H 8126	PG&E Brayton Point Power Plant in Somerset Massachusetts – attorney general legal action against.	04/06/00
151	H 8132	Teachers, retired day.	04/05/00
152	H 8133	Congratulations.	04/05/00
153	H 8134	Condolences.	04/05/00
154	H 8142	Congratulations.	04/06/00
155	H 8143	Earth day and earth month.	04/06/00
164	H 8155	Jamestown Bridge – public consultants studies related to the dismantling and disposal – transportation department disclosure.	4/12/00
161	H 8156	Plastics industry day.	4/11/00
165	H 8161	Armenian genocide remembrance day.	4/12/00
166	H 8162	Congratulations.	4/12/00
167	H 8163	Condolences.	4/12/00
168	H 8164	Irish Republic – 84^th anniversary commemoration.	4/12/00
174	H 8174	Juvenile crime and gang violence – study commission.	4/25/00
175	H 8175	Central Rhode Island Development Corporation – grant application to the Rhode Island Foundation – endorsement and recommendation.	4/25/00
176	H 8176	Congratulations.	4/25/00
186	H 8186	Arson awareness week.	4/26/00
187	H 8188	Foster parent appreciation month.	4/26/00
200	H 8189	Congratulations.	5/04/00
196	H 8190am	Warwick – Bonoff Park preservation and Cowesett Road access restriction - request.	5/03/00
188	H 8193	Congratulations.	4/27/00
189	H 8194	Condolences.	4/27/00
194	H 8197	Holocaust – victim commemoration.	5/02/00
195	H 8203	Polish constitution day.	5/03/00
198	H 8204	General Assembly – 336th year heritage commemoration.	5/03/00
259	H 8210	Barton Farm in Warwick – federal government funding for purchase.	6/07/00
203	H 8213	Gaspee days.	5/10/00
204	H 8224	Congratulations.	5/11/00
205	H 8225	Congratulations.	5/11/00
206	H 8226	Condolences.	5/11/00
207	H 8227	Condolences.	5/11/00
208	H 8228	Congratulations.	5/11/00
209	H 8229	Pay equity day.	5/11/00
210	H 8230	Neighbor day – congress memorializing.	5/11/00
211	H 8235	Auto body business – study commission.	5/11/00
213	H 8237	Congratulations.	5/16/00
212	H 8238	Congratulations.	5/16/00
317	H 8249A	Motor vehicle noise pollution - study commission.	6/28/00
221	H 8251	Condolences.	5/17/00
222	H 8252	Congratulations.	5/17/00
230	H 8254	Finfish, rapid depletion in Rhode Island coastal waters – study commission.	5/24/00
223	H 8259	Economic development committee, permanent, need for – study commission.	5/23/00
224	H 8260	Emergency rooms – establishment of a short-term medical coordinating council to study – study commission.	5/23/00
225	H 8261	Portuguese American month.	5/23/00
226	H 8262	Congratulations.	5/23/00
260	H 8263	Federal balanced budget act of 1997 – congress memorializing to reverse adverse effects.	6/07/00
261	H 8264	Medicare program – prescription drug benefits coverage – congress memorializing.	6/07/00
262	H 8265	Family caregiver support program - Older Americans act of 1965 – congressional amendment request.	6/07/00
231	H 8269	Congratulations.	5/24/00
232	H 8270	Congratulations.	5/24/00
233	H 8271	Condolences.	5/24/00
234	H 8272	Congratulations.	5/24/00
235	H 8273	Boating, safe week.	5/24/00
236	H 8278	Congratulations.	5/30/00
250	H 8282	Congratulations.	5/31/00
251	H 8283	Congratulations.	5/31/00
240	H 8284	Congratulations.	5/31/00
241	H 8285	Congratulations.	5/31/00
242	H 8286	Rhode Island Yacht Club – 125^th annual commissioning day.	5/31/00
243	H 8287	North Cape oil spill – restoration plan – study commission.	5/31/00
244	H 8288	Congratulations.	5/31/00
245	H 8289	Condolences.	5/31/00
246	H 8290	Congratulations.	5/31/00
247	H 8291	Congratulations.	5/31/00
248	H 8292	Federal land and water conservation fund – congress – full and permanent funding.	5/31/00
255	H 8295	Rhode Island mediation day.	6/06/00
256	H 8296	Congratulations.	6/06/00
263	H 8299	Congratulations.	6/07/00
264	H 8300	Mechanics liens laws – study commission.	6/07/00
265	H 8305	Congratulations.	6/07/00
266	H 8306	Condolences.	6/07/00
281	H 8313	Congratulations.	6/14/00
282	H 8314	Women’s health platform that recognizes serious inequities in the health prevention and treatment of women and calls for the elimination of these inequities and the elimination of racial and ethnic health disparities in the state female population – support.	6/13/00
283	H 8324	Congratulations.	6/13/00
273	H 8327	Congratulations.	6/13/00
284	H 8329	General assembly – joint session to welcome the New England Patriots.	6/13/00
351	H 8348am	Latex products - health risks - DEM to develop regulations, protocols and management strategies to educate people in healthcare, food services and processing, and day care facilities of the dangers of non-sterile latex gloves - working to eliminate allergen protein products in these places - proclaiming October 1-7, 2000 as "Latex Awareness Week."	7/20/00
285	H 8356	Congratulations.	6/15/00
286	H 8357	Condolences.	6/15/00
287	H 8361	Italian-American heritage month.	6/20/00
288	H 8362	Congratulations.	6/20/00
289	H 8366	Coventry – public works request.	6/20/00
290	H 8367	Congratulations.	6/20/00
291	H 8372	Congratulations.	6/20/00
340	H 8373am	Witness protection program - status - attorney general report.	6/30/00
300	H 8377	Congratulations.	6/21/00
333	H 8379A	Security deposits held by landlords - Landlord Tenant Act - study commission.	6/30/00
301	H 8381	Congratulations.	6/22/00
302	H 8382	Congratulations.	6/22/00
294	H 8384	Congratulations.	6/22/00
303	H 8386	Condolences.	6/22/00
304	H 8390	Criminals – present methods of incarceration – study commission.	6/23/00
305	H 8391	Anti-terrorism act, 1996 federal – congressional amendment - support.	6/23/00
306	H 8396	Congratulations	6/23/00
346	H 8398am	Internet and information technologies - ways to improve state government - study commission.	6/29/00
309	H 8399	Congratulations.	6/27/00
310	H 8400	Congratulations.	6/27/00
311	H 8403	Aquaculture commerce in Rhode Island – study commission.	6/27/00
313	H 8404	Congratulations.	6/28/00
316	H 8406	Income tax credits - retired military veterans - study commission.	6/28/00
325	H 8409	Disproportionate lien sales in poor and minority inner city neighborhoods - supporting the adoption of an alternate plan by the Narragansett Bay Commission.	6/29/00
324	H 8410	Future transportation funding sources - study commission.	6/29/00
323	H 8411	Congratulations.	6/29/00
322	H 8412	Condolences.	6/29/00
326	H 8414	Westerly Shakespeare in the park - official state festival.	6/29/00
335	H 8416	Congratulations.	6/30/00
332	H 8418	State and municipal construction projects - study commission.	6/30/00
334	H 8420	Congratulations.	6/30/00
336	H 8421	Commercial marine fishing licensing program - ensuring viable sustainable fisheries - study commission.	6/30/00

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