GENERAL ASSEMBLY WEBSITE http://www.rilin.state.ri.us Click on Legislation.
For information on a Bill, click on “Bill Status History.” For information on Committee schedules, click on “Committee Agendas.” SEE BELOW. Bill language printed in BLUE is NEW wording.
BILLS: Click on “Bill Status History.” Click on Bill Status History again (in BLUE letters). Type in the Bill number (for H1234, type in ONLY 1234). For more than one Bill, type in 1234, 1235, 1236. Then, if you want to read the Bill, click on the BLUE Bill number. If you are searching by sponsor OR category of the Bill, click on the ARROW at the end of the Sponsor or Category line to get a listing. Click on the one you want, then click on ENTER at bottom of screen.
To go back to the Bill Status History screen, click on the left-pointing arrow at top left of screen. You CAN type over a Bill number, but to wipe a category or sponsor name, click on the ARROW and go all the way to the top—WHICH IS A BLANK SPACE—and click there.
On the Bill Status History screen you can also look at Bills introduced daily—BY DATE. Under “Daily Introductions,” click on either House Bills or Senate Bills. The date screen comes up, and you click on the date you want—then click on ENTER at bottom of screen. To back out you can click on BACK or the arrow at top left of screen.
COMMITTEE SCHEDULES: Click on “Committee Agendas.” Click on the Committee name. Screen gives you the Committee name, meeting room, date of hearing, and Bills to be heard. If you want to go to the Bill itself, click on the BLUE Bill number. Use the arrow at left top to back out.
TWO BILLS OF GENERAL INTEREST: H5152 Would allow RI citizens to purchase or refuse to purchase health insurance with no penalty for refusal. HEARING Tuesday, March 15, rise of House (4:30 p.m. approx.), Room 203, Corporations Committee. H5431 Establish Inspector General, independent agency, to prevent and detect fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement of public funds. Finance Committee. No hearing date yet.
BILLS REGARDING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: H5043 (Palumbo/Trillo) Would codify in law the same provisions as Governor Carcieri’s Executive Order: E-Verify for contractors doing business with the State, participation of RI state police in 287(g) Program of IIRAIRA AND INA (Immigration Law), all law enforcement agencies to support enforcement of immigration laws, and notification to any person whose identity was stolen to gain access to State benefit programs. HEARING was before House Labor February 8, and Bill was held for further study. THANK YOU for the turnout in support of this Bill by RIILE members, the RI Tea Party, and members of Tea Parties from individual towns/cities.
S337 (Maher) Senate companion bill to H5043 (above). Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee. No hearing date yet.
H5092 (Reilly) Would require sheriffs to verify the immigration status of each incarcerated person presented to the court for any hearing. Referred to House Judiciary Committee. No hearing date yet.
H5225 (Diaz) Bill would NOT ALLOW the State or municipalities to require employers to use an electronic employment verification system, such as E-VERIFY, that would protect jobs for American citizens and legal residents. Referred to House Labor. No hearing date yet.
H5245 (Diaz) Referred to House Finance. No hearing date yet. Bill would allow illegal aliens to pay in-state tuition rate for college. Point 1: Illegal aliens would get the LOWER in-state, rate while American citizens and other LEGAL U.S. residents who live outside RI would have to pay the HIGHER out-of-state rate. Point 2: Illegal aliens accepted at colleges/universities means that LEGAL U.S. residents will not get those enrollment slots. Point 3: No one can be eligible as a “resident” of any state if that person is not a LEGAL resident of the United States.
S321 (Pichardo) Senate companion Bill to give in-state tuition rate to illegal aliens. Referred to Senate Finance. No hearing date yet.
H5312 (Brien) Would require E-Verify compliance for all RI employers with 3 or more employees. Referred to House Labor. No hearing date yet.
S345 (Cote) Senate companion bill to H5312 (above). Referred to Senate Judiciary. No hearing date yet.
H5407 (Palumbo) Enforcement of Immigration Laws. Would require full cooperation and enforcement of U.S. Immigration Laws. Referred to House Judiciary. No hearing date yet.
S214 (Metts) Immigration Status. Would prohibit landlords from asking new tenants about their immigration status. Referred to Senate Judiciary. No hearing date yet.
S220 (Metts) DECEPTIVE LEGISLATION. Referred to Senate Judiciary. No hearing date yet. This is the same Bill FORMER Sen. Levesque tried to sneak through TWICE before. It was introduced as a bill to regulate sales of alcohol to underage persons, but the REAL PURPOSE IS 1) to give drivers’ licenses to illegal aliens (p. 7, lines 30-32: (e) Proof of lawful presence in the United States shall not be required in order to qualify for an operator's license. An applicant shall not be denied an operator's license based solely upon his/her immigration status.), 2) to establish identification documents that would be “accepted” in Rhode Island, which include documents that illegal aliens would easily be able to produce (p.6, lines 22-34; p. 7, lines 1-27). The “accepted” ID documents include 1) a matricula consular card, issued as ID By a FOREIGN government and NOT ACCEPTED as valid identification in the U.S., and 2) a valid driver’s license from another state—even though that “valid” license could be from a state that openly gives drivers’ licenses to illegal aliens or could be a counterfeit document or could have been bought (see newsletter), as evidenced by the arrest for FRAUD of some Rhode Island DMV employees who sold licenses to illegal aliens and others who were not eligible to have them. ALL THIS— HIDDEN IN A BILL ENTITLED, “ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, REGULATION OF SALES”—INTRODUCED BY AN ELECTED MEMBER OF THE RI GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Now, aren’t we proud.
S343 (Pichardo) Referred to Senate Judiciary. No hearing date yet. This Bill would prohibit employers from asking new employees for “more or different” documents than those specified by Section 1324a(b) of title 8 of the United States Code. EMPLOYERS ARE CONSTRAINED AS TO WHAT THEY CAN ASK FOR AS ID DOCUMENTS—OR THEY CAN BE ACCUSED OF “ABUSE.” THIS IS MEANT TO INTIMIDATE EMPLOYERS INTO ACCEPTING WHATEVER ID DOCUMENTS A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE OFFERS EVEN IF THE EMPLOYER MAY HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE A DOCUMENT MAY BE FRAUDULENT. (See newsletter on Document Fraud operation.)
S347 (Pichardo) “Immigrant Assistance in Crime Fighting.” Bill would PROHIBIT law enforcement or state or government agent from asking a complainant or witness to a crime about their immigration status or for any information or document that may indicate their immigration status. Referred to Senate Judiciary. No hearing date yet.
The criteria contained in Sen. Metts’ S220 “alcohol” bill to establish “residency” and “identification” documents will set a dangerous precedent for establishing illegal alien access to any and all privileges and benefits. This criteria will also firmly “embed” and “normalize” illegal aliens to allow them to blend into our society in violation of the law. THE DRIVER’S LICENSE IS THE IMPORTANT FACTOR—THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM. WE CANNOT ALLOW ILLEGAL ALIENS TO BE GIVEN DRIVERS’ LICENSES. (SEE NEWSLETTER on “Normalizing” and “Embedding” and the document fraud ring exposed in Pawtucket.)
RI General Law, Chapter 3-8, Regulation of Sales, Sections 3-8-6 and 3-8-6.1, 31-1-18. Resident and nonresident, ALREADY defines “resident” without requiring that any “resident” must FIRST BE A LEGAL RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
On page 6 of S220: “Resident” means a person:
12 (1) Who owns, rents, or leases real estate within the state as his or her residence and:
13 (i) Engages in a trade, business, or profession in this state; or
14 (ii) Enrolls his or her children in a school in this state for a period exceeding ninety (90)
15 days; or
16 (2) Who is registered to vote or is eligible to register to vote under the laws of this state.;
17 (NEW LANGUAGE STARTS HERE. It is in BLUE in the Bill) or
18 (3) Who does not have, or has relinquished, a driver's license from another state and
19 provides proof of residency in this state as required by section 31-10-12.1.
By the way—any person, group, organization, company, etc., that assists or protects illegal aliens is “aiding and abetting” and is in violation of federal law.
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