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	Senator O’Neill Will Ask Voters For A Third Term


	Valley Breeze May 3, 2012

	LINCOLN - State Sen. Edward O’Neill announced Monday to a group of supporters that he will be seeking a third term at the General Assembly as the only member who has no party affiliation. O’Neill said in a statement that he may be best known for his leadership in getting legislation passed that supports families with members with autism and his “fiscal restraint and distaste for new taxes.” He is a member of the Senate Finance Committee, Education Committee, and Government Oversight Committee. He also co-chaired what he is terming “the ground breaking” joint legislative committee on school textbooks. O’Neill said he has also worked closely with the Department of Labor and Training to develop legislation that will “reduce costs for business owners and reduce redundant inspections.




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	Toughening Laws For Hit and Run Drivers From Providence Journal story 3/5/2012

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The punishment for most hit-and-run drivers would be stiffened under a proposed Senate bill inspired by the pedestrian accident on Federal Hill in 2010 that left City Councilman Terrence M. Hassett severely injured.
Senators Paul V. Jabour, D-Providence, and Edward J. O'Neill, I-Lincoln, are sponsoring the legislation. The minimum prison term for an accident that resulted in serious injury, for example, would be increased from the current one year to two years.


	O’Neill Leads Effort To Reinstate Ethics Code From Providence Journal story 2/14/2012


	PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A group of lawmakers led by Sen. Edward J. O’Neill, I-Lincoln, introduced a bill to let the public vote next November on a proposed amendment to the state Constitution which would reinstate the Ethics Commission’s power “to investigate and adjudicate all alleged violations’’ of the ethics code, by all public officials, including legislators.




		Governor Chafee signs Autism Bill last year


		O’Neill Honored For Autism Legislation

	In an award ceremony in Warwick last October ,State Senator Ed O'Neill was honored with the RIRA Legislative Award for his sponsoring legislation which extends insurance coverage for children with autism. O'Neill's Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill was signed into law by Gov. Lincoln Chafee in August. State Rep. Peter Palumbo, who represents District 16, was also honored by RIRA for his work as sponsor of the Autism Bill in the House. Full Story


Sen. O’Neill Co-Chairs e-Text Commission

	Valley Breeze 1/18/2012

		RI Education Dept. Announces Grant For e-Textbook Initiative

	PROVIDENCE - Each and every student of one to-be-determined public or charter school will be equipped with a tablet or laptop for two years as a trial run for a state “paperless classroom” program that would eliminate the need for traditional textbooks, the Rhode Island Department of Education announced last week. The grant application, released Tuesday and due March 23, comes on the heels of a final report issued last week by the 14-person Special Legislative Commission to Study the Purchase and Use of Textbooks in Public Schools. The commission was created in 2010 to study the cost-effectiveness and quality of resources in the public school classroom, and is headed by co-chairs state Sen. Edward O’Neill, who sponsored the bill in the Senate, and state Rep. Joy Hearn. Full Story

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