Legislative Updates

Companion bill to H 5252

Prohibits manufacture of weapons undetectable by metal detectors, including 3D printed guns.

Requires school libraries to be open one hour before, during, and one hour after school.

Companion bill to H 5355

Requires school library media programs outlined in the Rhode Island Basic Education Plan (BEP) to be staffed by a librarian with degree from an American Library Association (ALA) accredited program; adds American Association for School Librarians national standards as standards to be adopted for school libraries.

Requires Internet service providers to follow Internet service neutrality requirements. (companion to S 2008).

An act making appropriations for the support of the state for fiscal year ending June 30, 2019.

Net Neutrality Protection Act of 2018 - Requires net neutrality by fixed or mobile broadband Internet access services.

Requires Internet service providers to follow Internet service neutrality requirements.

Sets standards for school libraries and services such that secondary school students have access to libraries before, during and after school.