Rhode Island Sen. Elizabeth A. Crowley (D)

RI - Health and Human Services (Senate)

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Member

RI - Housing and Municipal Government (Senate)

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Vice Chairperson

RI - State Lottery

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Member

RI - SR2335 JOINT RESOLUTION REAFFIRMING THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN RHODE ISLAND AND TAIWAN, COMMENDING TAIWAN'S ACHIEVEMENT ON ITS ELECTION OF THE 14TH TERM PRESIDENT, ENHANCING BILATERAL RELATIONS, AND SUPPORTING TAIWAN IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

RI - SB2131 AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE (Eliminates the September 30, 2016 termination of the child care subsidy transition program.)

RI - SB2510 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE (Requires insurance coverage of at least ninety (90) days of residential or inpatient services for mental health and/or substance-use disorders for American Society of Addiction Medicine levels of care 3.1 and 3.3.)

RI - SB2985 AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES (Makes certain technical and date-related revisions regarding the settlement agreement of municipal retirees in the city of Central Falls.)

RI - SB2062 AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES (Increases superior court jurors' fees to thirty-five dollars ($35.00) per day.)

RI - SB2316 AN ACT RELATING TO DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- NATIONAL CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK (Allows the department of children, youth and families to process nationwide criminal record checks.)

RI - SB2470 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - EMERGENCY SHELTERS (Establishes rules and procedures for licensing emergency shelters including setting minimum standards and prohibiting the charging fees to the residents.)

RI - SB2015 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ECONOMIC AMBASSADOR OF RHODE ISLAND (Establishes the unpaid position of economic ambassador to promote business activities/economic investments in state throughout nation and world.)

RI - SB2574 AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- CHILD CARE--STATE SUBSIDIES (Enhances the reimbursement rates for infants and toddlers enrolled in licensed child care centers and family child care homes that have achieved a quality rating of 2 to 5 stars in Bright Stars, the state's quality rating system.)

RI - SB2029 AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- STATE AID TO LIBRARIES (Increases the state's share to support local public library services in distressed communities by an amount equal to the amount paid by the distressed community to the ocean state libraries (OSL) annual assessment charges.)

RI - SB2768 AN ACT RELATING TO DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT (Repeals §14-1-61 regarding the placement for costs and expenses for certain complaints filed in family court, and chapter 4 of title 14, which establishes the O'Rourke Children's Center.)

RI - SB2612 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY (Bans abortions performed solely as a means of sex selection.)

RI - SB2063 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT--STATEWIDE ACCOUNTING OF SEXUAL ASSAULT EVIDENCE COLLECTION KITS--SUBMISSION AND RETURN OF KITS (Requires law enforcement agencies to provide the attorney general a report identifying and describing any untested sexual assault evidence collection kits; requires laboratories to complete their testing of such kits within 180 days.)

RI - SB2294 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- DRUG COVERAGE (Requires insurers, nonprofit medical corporations and organizations to give 30 days notice before making changes in preferred or tiered cost sharing status of covered drug. Any drug deemed unsafe may be removed immediately without prior notice.)

RI - SB2874 AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Allows for electronic system data transmission of Schedule V prescriptions.)

RI - SR2387 SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF JOSEPH C. SADLIER

RI - SR2858 JOINT RESOLUTION STRONGLY SUPPORTING THE PAWTUCKET AND CENTRAL FALLS COMMUTER RAIL STATION

RI - SB2061 AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (Makes the possession of an alcohol without liquid device a crime punishable by a fine and/or imprisonment.)

RI - SB3071 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts from taxation the real and personal property located at 242 Dexter Street, plat 44, lot 444, within the city of Pawtucket, belonging to Tides Family Services, Inc., a Rhode Island nonprofit corporation.)

RI - SB2719 AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS (Makes extensive changes to the election laws including the definition of what a vote is and how to store ballots in cases of disputed results.)

RI - SR2979 SENATE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING ROBERT D. BILLINGTON ON BEING NAMED A 2016 "HERITAGE HALL OF FAME" INDUCTEE

RI - SB2056 AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS-REGULATION OF POWDERED CAFFEINE (Prohibits the sale of powdered caffeine to any person under the age of eighteen (18) and the possession of powdered caffeine by anyone under eighteen (18) or the possession of powered caffeine on a school premises or public playground.)

RI - SR3052 JOINT RESOLUTION REAFFIRMING THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN RHODE ISLAND AND TAIWAN, COMMENDING TAIWAN'S ACHIEVEMENT ON ITS ELECTION OF THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT, ENHANCING BILATERAL RELATIONS, AND SUPPORTING TAIWAN IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

RI - SB2042 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- MICRO ZONE ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION ACT (Creates micro zones in distressed areas to stimulate economic revitalization, employment opportunities, and business development through the redevelopment of obsolete, dilapidated and abandoned industrial and commercial structures.)

RI - SB2059 AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (Makes the possession, purchase, or sale of powdered alcohol a crime punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

RI - SB2096 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - RHODE ISLAND FAMILY HOME VISITING ACT (Establishes the RI Family Home Visiting Act. The department of health would develop and coordinate the system of early childhood visiting services to meet the needs of vulnerable families with young children.)

RI - SB2130 AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES-CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE (Increases the income eligibility limit for the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) to 200% of the federal poverty level (from 180%).)

RI - SB2166 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS - MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (Provides that any minority business enterprise that is certified by the Small Business Act shall be deemed certified by the department of administration as a minority business enterprise.)

RI - SB2174 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - RHODE ISLAND REGULATORY REFORM ACT (Establishes an office of regulatory reform task force to make recommendations for a statewide solar permitting process.)

RI - SB2194 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND (Provides for additional appropriations by the general assembly to promote the capability of URI in the areas of environmental and agricultural research and education.)

RI - SB2203 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TUITION EQUITY (Creates the "Student Equal Economic Opportunity Act" which would identify those students who are exempt from paying nonresident tuition at public universities, colleges or community colleges.)

RI - SB2240 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES -- SPECIAL PLATE IN HONOR OF CESAR E. CHAVEZ (Creates a special registration plate to honor César E. Chávez.)

RI - SB2252 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS (Sets new weight restrictions on vehicles traveling over the Ten Mile River Bridge in Pawtucket.)

RI - SB2253 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES - SCHOOL BUS DRIVER ANNUAL TRAINING (Requires that school bus drivers' annual training include the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's school bus driver in-service training series.)

RI - SB2275 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Adds enterprise zone tax credits to list available to taxpayers in computing state personal income tax liability.)

RI - SB2278 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - MUNICIPAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ZONES (Expands the number of municipal economic zones permitted by law to areas located in a municipality designated as a state-approved "growth center".)

RI - SB2296 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - RIGHTS OF PATIENTS - MEDICAL RECORD FEES FOR VETERANS (Requires healthcare providers to provide veterans copies of their medical records at no charge if the records are used to apply for benefits of any kind.)

RI - SB2310 AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT (Requires persons in government custody use actual residence for census and redistricting purposes as determined by department of corrections and secretary of state.)

RI - SB2315 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- TAX SALES (Requires the purchaser of a tax sale property, to pay the recording fee for the collector's deed.)

RI - SB2318 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - HUMANE ALTERNATIVES TO LONG-TERM SOLITARY CONFINEMENT (Limits the time an inmate can spend in segregated confinement, prohibits the segregated confinement of certain vulnerable persons, and creates more humane and effective methods of instituting such confinement.)

RI - SB2321 AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- IMMIGRATION STATUS (Prohibits landlords from inquiring about immigration status of a tenant, prospective tenant, occupant, or prospective occupant of residential rental property.)

RI - SB2330 AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- RENAMING BRIDGE #550 LOCATED ON ROUTE 95 AND THE PAWTUCKET RIVER IN THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET (Renames the Pawtucket River Bridge to "The Mayor James E. Doyle Pawtucket River Bridge.")

RI - SB2333 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' LICENSE (Allows DMV to issue driving privilege licenses/permits to applicants unable to establish lawful presence in US which are not valid for ID purposes effective July 1, 2017.)

RI - SB2349 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Increases the refundable state earned income credit from ten percent (10%) to thirty-five percent (35%) for the 2017 taxable year, and each taxable year thereafter.)

RI - SB2351 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RENEWABLE ENERGY STANDARD (Authorizes 10 yr solar incentive program run by energy resources & funds by $100,000 annual allocation from development fund for installing new solar energy system of 10 kw or less at owner's residence on/after 7/1/16 resulting in $500 payment.)

RI - SB2356 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- INSURANCE--MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE -- THE ALEXANDER PERRY AND BRANDON GOLDNER ACT (Requires comprehensive discharge planning for patients treated for substance use disorders, opioid overdoses and chronic addiction and would require insurers to cover expanded medication-assisted addiction treatment.)

RI - SB2358 AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- IN-PERSON EARLY VOTING (Creates a procedure for in-person early voting for all general, primary and special elections, beginning twenty (20) days before the scheduled election.)

RI - SB2367 AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- THE RHODE ISLAND AUTOMOBILE REPOSSESSION ACT (Allows the imposition of up to a $500 fine on a motor vehicle lessor or secured party for failing to follow proper procedures in the event of a default by a lessee or purchaser.)

RI - SB2373 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Provides that the governor's appointments to the RIPTA authority shall include a regular user of fixed-route RIPTA transportation and also a disabled person)

RI - SB2376 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES--MEDICAL INFORMATION INCLUDED ON LICENSE (Allows drivers' licenses and state-issued identification cares to contain medical information to assist medical personnel.)

RI - SB2381 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- GLORIA GEMMA BREAST CANCER RESOURCE FOUNDATION (Permits passenger and commercial Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Foundation plates to be issued and sets pre-orders at 900 of all types.)

RI - SB2383 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WORKPLACE SAFETY ACT (Repeals the Rhode Island pari-mutuel facilities exemption to the public health and workplace safety act thereby banning smoking at all parimutuel facilities.)

RI - SB2428 AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BODY WORKS SERVICES ESTABLISHMENTS (Enables any city or town by ordinance to regulate the opening, the presence, the location, and operation of any body works business or any business providing body works services, within the municipality.)

RI - SB2434 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - SALES AND USE TAX (Eliminates the sales tax on taxi services.)

RI - SB2437 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Includes in the definition of food and food ingredients, for purposes of the sales tax exemption, seeds and plants used to grow food and food ingredients.)

RI - SB2446 AN ACT RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING -- CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (Provides for a bond referendum which would authorize the issuance of bonds for Affordable Housing in the amount of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000), at the election to be held in November, 2016.)

RI - SB2484 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT- RHODE ISLAND COMMISSION ON WOMEN (Renames commissions as Rhode Island Commission on Women and Girls, allows partnerships with other entities with common concerns, designates any money received from any source as restricted revenues.)

RI - SB2493 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- BOARD OF REGENTS FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (Requires that the council of elementary and secondary education take into consideration the time and cost of transporting students and other programs that impact the education of students.)

RI - SB2495 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - SOCIAL SERVICES (Defines and declare the purpose of child opportunity zones and provides for annual reporting from the commissioner of elementary and secondary education to the general assembly on each zone.)

RI - SB2497 AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - THE INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT (Establishes Rhode Island’s membership in the interstate medical licensure compact. It details the procedure to be followed in order to allow physicians to become licensed in multiple states, while ensuring the safety of patients.)

RI - SB2509 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - PHARMACY FREEDOM OF CHOICE - FAIR COMPETITION AND PRACTICES (Adds a ($1.00) fee per covered life per month to be paid when filing the annual report required of third party administrators of pharmacy benefit plans. The funds will go into a restricted receipt account and would be spent on opioid disorders.)

RI - SB2515 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- PUBLIC UTILITIES (Criminalize injuries to cell/radio towers and increases penalties for injury to electric and communication lines from $3,000 to $50,000; imprisonment from 2 years to 10 years, or both and requires restitution for economic harm.)

RI - SB2518 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- MERIT SYSTEM (Allows classified employee to be a candidate for elective state office.)

RI - SB2524 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - CATASTROPHIC HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN ACT (Requires public hearing or meeting, for all insurers or health maintenance organizations who propose rate increases for health or dental insurance coverage in the individual market.)

RI - SB2535 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT (Defines any act of sexual penetration or contact performed by an individual with supervisory or disciplinary power, or who is in a position of authority, upon a person 19 years of age or younger, as sexual assault.)

RI - SB2554 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - ELEMENTARY EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT (Requires the board of education to adopt a state goal of closing the achievement gaps in third grade reading and math.)

RI - SB2581 AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RHODE ISLAND COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND LAND USE ACT (Extends the date for comprehensive land use plans to be brought into conformance with the provisions of the Rhode Island Comprehensive Planning and Land Use Regulation Act to June 1, 2017.)

RI - SB2596 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES (Restricts the installation, concealment or placement of an electronic tracking device in or on a motor vehicle, and adds electronic tracking devices as a form of domestic violence.)

RI - SB2611 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - FOSTER PARENTS' BILL OF RIGHTS (Sets forth a statement of formal foster parent's bill of rights and requires that copies be given to all foster parents at each licensing interval.)

RI - SB2623 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- RHODE ISLAND LIVABLE HOME TAX CREDIT ACT (Establishes livable home tax credit granting credits for new resident purchases, retrofitting of existing residence, administered by Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation.)

RI - SB2659 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN (Prohibits the sale of liquid that is intended for human consumption and/or use in an electronic nicotine-delivery system that is not contained in child-resistant packaging. Also prohibits the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems in schools.)

RI - SB2673 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Prohibits the advertising of unhealthy food and beverage products in schools.)

RI - SB2674 AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - LIVESTOCK DEALERS (Requires livestock dealers to follow standards adopted by the livestock welfare and care standards advisory council.)

RI - SB2698 AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - RHODE ISLAND FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS ACT (Requires manufacturers to fully disclose all ingredients of their cosmetics on their product label, as well as on their website. Failure to do so would result in a substantial fine.)

RI - SB2706 AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES (Prohibits discrimination in housing against those persons who have a lawful source of income.)

RI - SB2716 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Provides that any applicant for employment or volunteer activity of a religious organization, undergo a national background check at the request of said religious organization, as a condition of employment.)

RI - SB2717 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS--DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES AND THE OFFICE OF THE CHILD ADVOCATE -- CHILD FATALITY REPORTING (Makes hearings on child abuse or neglect cases open to the public. It would also provide that the director of DCYF disclose findings and facts of investigations when there is a fatality or near fatality of a child.)

RI - SB2734 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - RECIPROCITY AGREEMENTS - FOREIGN DRIVER LICENSES (Authorizes the administrator of motor vehicles to enter into agreements to recognize foreign drivers' licenses.)

RI - SB2735 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- BILITERACY SEAL (Establishes a state seal of biliteracy to recognize high school graduates who have attained a high level of proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in one or more languages in addition to English.)

RI - SB2750 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE-CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION (Increases the emergency fund pursuant to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act for burial expenses from $8,000 to $10,000 and increase the emergency relocation costs from $2,000 to $5,000.)

RI - SB2757 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Modifies types of healthy foods/beverages sold to students per federal law with exceptions for career/technical schools with culinary arts/food service programs based on new definitions.)

RI - SB2765 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - MISCELLANEOUS RULES (Authorizes police officers to provide a verbal warning to a person who is smoking in a vehicle containing a child who is restrained or required to be restrained.)

RI - SB2844 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - RHODE ISLAND REGULATORY REFORM ACT (Specifies the responsibilities of the director of office of regulatory reform.)

RI - SB2849 AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Amy Retsinas Romero, Esq., to join Joshua Garrett Mann and Vanessa Volz in marriage on or about May 21, 2016, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island.)

RI - SB2867 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- PUBLIC PREPARATORY ACADEMIES (Authorizes the cities of Providence and Central Falls to create an alternative academy for students having difficulty in traditional public school settings.)

RI - SB2970 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - LABORATORIES (Restores certain provisions of chapter 16.2 as well as all of chapter 16.3 of title 23 repealed/deleted in 2015 Budget Act pertaining to definitions/licensing/operation of medical laboratories.)

RI - SB3031 AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- ADOPTION OF CHILDREN (Terminates parental rights of the father when a child is conceived as a result of sexual assault.)

RI - SR2724 SENATE RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THAT COMMERCE RI, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, INTEGRATE SEAFOOD MARKETING AND BRANDING LOGO WITH THE STATE'S TOURISM AND REBRANDING CAMPAIGN

RI - SR2726 SENATE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING SOUTH COUNTY ARTIFICIAL LIMB & BRACE ON BEING NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR FORTY YEARS OF DEDICATED AND EXEMPLARY TREATMENT OF VETERANS ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER PATIENTS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY

RI - SR3040 SENATE RESOLUTION HONORING AND CONGRATULATING "SAIL TO PREVAIL" FOR ITS THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF EXEMPLARY AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO PHYSICALLY AND DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED SAILORS IN RHODE ISLAND

RI - SR3089 SENATE RESOLUTION HONORING AND CONGRATULATING "SAIL TO PREVAIL" FOR ITS THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF EXEMPLARY AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO PHYSICALLY AND DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED SAILORS IN RHODE ISLAND