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

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

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