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PositionBillStatusSummaryAction
#1S3118EngrossedSTATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- VIDEO LOTTERY, GAMES, TABLE GAMES AND SPORTS WAGERING - Redefines sports wagering sections specifically change the percent the host facilities receive on sports wagering.
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2026-06-05
#2H7199EngrossedPROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT -- RHODE ISLAND SURVIVOR EARLY LEASE TERMINATION ACT - Grants tenants that are the victim of various forms of abuse including, but not limited to, sexual and domestic abuse and stalking, the right to te...
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2026-06-08
House passed Sub A
#3H7377EngrossedELECTIONS -- LOCAL CANVASSING AUTHORITIES - Requires party chairpersons to submit lists of party voters to the mayor or council president within 30 days of notice of vacancy in a municipal election office and mayor/council president are required to m...
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2026-06-08
Proposed Substitute
#4H7894IntroducedEDUCATION -- ACCESS FOR CONGRESSIONALLY CHARTERED YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS - Requires public schools to give congressionally chartered youth organizations limited access for recruitment and brief student presentations with parent notice, while...
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2026-06-08
Placed on House Calendar (06/09/2026)
#5S2839EngrossedPUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS - Includes the deputy chief of inspection and inspector within the provision of law related to retirement on service allowance relating to correctional officers.
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2026-06-05
#6S3180IntroducedBUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- VETERINARY PRACTICE - Authorizes veterinarians to establish a client-patient relationship through electronic means, subject to limitations and requirements such as Vet making a good faith effort to determine if care shou...
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2026-06-07
#7S3182IntroducedAGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- FORESTRY AND FOREST PARITY ACT - Establishes sales and use tax exemptions for commercial forest product operations and creates a new motor vehicle registration for "forestry vehicles".
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2026-06-08
Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2026)
#8S2432EngrossedEDUCATION -- GUARANTEED ADMISSION FOR EAGLE SCOUT AND GOLD AWARD RECIPIENTS - Grants automatic admission to state public institutions for qualified Eagle Scout and Gold award recipients from the Girl Scouts.
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2026-06-08
Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/10/2026)
#9H8106EngrossedPROPERTY -- ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY - Prohibits restrictive covenants related to grocery stores.
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2026-06-05
Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026)
#10S3066EngrossedSTATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CHILDREN'S MOBILE RESPONSE AND STABILIZATION SERVICES - Establishes a statewide mobile response and stabilization services program to provide rapid crisis response and short-term stabilization for children and youth in...
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2026-06-08
Proposed Substitute
#11S2644EnrolledPROPERTY -- ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY - Prohibits restrictive covenants related to grocery stores.
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2026-06-08
House passed in concurrence
#12S2045IntroducedCRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- PROTECT OUR COURTS ACT - Protects people attending Rhode Island court proceedings from civil arrest without a judicial warrant, ensures court access, sets enforcement rules, and provides remedies for violations.
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2026-06-04
Placed on Senate Calendar (06/09/2026)
#13H7357IntroducedHEALTH AND SAFETY -- REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND GENDER-AFFIRMING HEALTHCARE DATA PRIVACY ACT - Creates the reproductive health and gender-affirming healthcare data privacy act.
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2026-06-08
#14S2198IntroducedSenate Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study Blockchain And Cryptocurrency (creates A Ten Member Commission To Recommend Legislative Proposals For Blockchain And Cryptocurrency, And Submits An Interim Progress Report By Januar...
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2026-06-04
Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2026)
#15H7020IntroducedBUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- VETERINARY PRACTICE - Authorizes veterinarians to establish a client-patient relationship through electronic means, subject to limitations and requirements such as Vet making a good faith effort to determine if care shou...
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2026-06-08
Placed on House Calendar (06/09/2026)
#16H8069EngrossedCRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Requires shooting ranges to post signs in any area in which shooting occurs that contain the following language: “WARNING: If you or a loved one is experiencing distress and/or depression, call the 988 Suicide and Cri...
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2026-06-08
House passed Sub A
#17S3184EngrossedBUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES - Details each of those limited emergency circumstances where a registered nurse and advanced practice registered nurses, may safely administer anesthesia such as critical life-saving or emergency situations where...
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2026-06-08
#18H7416EngrossedEDUCATION -- GUARANTEED ADMISSION FOR EAGLE SCOUT AND GOLD AWARD RECIPIENTS - Grants automatic admission to state public institutions for qualified Eagle Scout and Gold award recipients from the Girl Scouts.
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2026-06-08
Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2026)
#19H7200EngrossedCOURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION - Amends what is considered sexual abuse for purposes of limitations on actions based on sexual abuse or exploitation of a child and would amend the provisions for when a cause of ...
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2026-06-08
Transmitted to Governor
#20H8587IntroducedINSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Mandates health insurance coverage for medically necessary hormonal/non-hormonal therapy to treat symptoms of peri-menopause/menopause, if therapy is recommended by qualified healthcare provider...
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2026-06-02
#21S2195EngrossedCOMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COMPANION MODELS - Creates additional safety features for AI companion technology that include addressing suicidal ideation, potential physical harm or financial harm to other...
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2026-06-08
House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence
#22S2663IntroducedEDUCATION -- FEDERAL AID - Establishes a statewide "healthy school meals for all" universal school breakfast and lunch program in Rhode Island public schools phased in over 3 years.
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2026-05-19
#23H8535PassedHouse Resolution Proclaiming The Second Week In May 2026 To Be "lung Cancer Action Week" In The State Of Rhode Island
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2026-05-12
House read and passed
#24S3256EngrossedHEALTH AND SAFETY -- PUBLIC HEALTH DATA PRIVACY AND PROTECTION ACT - Creates the public health data privacy and protection act to regulate the reporting of information relating to reportable disease data in the possession of the department of health.
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2026-06-05
#25H8568IntroducedHEALTH AND SAFETY -- RHODE ISLAND PROGRAM TO ADDRESS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE - Amends the current law on Alzheimer’s care by enacting a specific list of protocols to be followed and those healthcare facilities subject to the law.
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2026-06-08
Placed on House Calendar (06/09/2026)
#26H7269IntroducedPUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING -- PORTABLE SOLAR GENERATION DEVICES - Excludes portable solar generation devices intended primarily to offset part of a customer's electricity consumption from the definition of eligible net-metering sys...
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2026-06-08
Placed on House Calendar (06/09/2026)
#27H7911IntroducedHEALTH AND SAFETY -- EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY FOR PACKAGING AND PAPER ACT - Creates multiple chapters to provide and establish a comprehensive program for extended producer responsibility for packaging and paper, and for recycling of beverage...
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2026-05-27
#28S2421EngrossedTOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING - Prohibits contractors from submitting a single application to a local review board seeking a comprehensive permit for housing projects in certain circumstances.
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2026-06-05
#29S2182EngrossedMOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES - Exempts an individual in foster or adoptive homes from the fee associated with drivers education classes at the community college of Rhode Island.
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2026-06-08
Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2026)
#30H7027EnrolledEDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS - Expands the requirement that all high schools and middle schools, whether they are publicly or privately run to maintain on site a functional AED while establishing and implementing a cardiac emergency respo...
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2026-06-04
Transmitted to Governor
#31H8211IntroducedJoint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $10,000,000 To The Rhode Island Department Of Health Community Health Worker Initiative (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $10,000,000 To The Rhode Island Department Of Health Community Health Work...
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2026-05-12
#32S2799IntroducedHEALTH AND SAFETY -- CONSUMER PFAS BAN ACT OF 2024 - Amends the Consumer PFAS Ban Act of 2024 by clarifying enforcement provisions.
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2026-06-02
Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2026)
#33H7036EngrossedDELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT - Requires every school district to render assistance and cooperation within its jurisdictional power to further the objects of this chapter, to wit, providing the courts with any infor...
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2026-06-05
Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026)
#34S3135EngrossedMOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS RULES - Restores law enforcement discretion, allowing officers to issue a verbal warning when appropriate or pursue misdemeanor or felony charges in more egregious cases where a child is left unattended in a ...
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2026-06-08
Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026)
#35S3034EnrolledMOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS - Clarifies when mobile equipment can travel on a public highway as an incidentally permitted practice limited to the active participation in an active work zone.
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2026-06-08
House passed in concurrence
#36H8129EnrolledEDUCATION -- FEDERAL AID - Ends transaction fees for school lunches in all districts. This act requires at least one no-fee payment method for school lunches and a full disclosure whether fees will be charged by a payment platform.
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2026-06-04
Transmitted to Governor
#37S2870EnrolledHEALTH AND SAFETY -- LEAD POISONING PREVENTION ACT - Requires any licensed lab performing blood lead analyses of a child under 6 to be certified by the director and said laboratory must perform this test regardless of the child or child’s parent’...
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2026-06-04
Transmitted to Governor
#38H7910IntroducedHEALTH AND SAFETY -- EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY FOR PACKAGING AND PAPER ACT - Creates the extended producer responsibility for packaging and paper program for the recycling of packaging and paper products.
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2026-05-27
#39S2787EngrossedEDUCATION -- ESTABLISHMENT OF CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS - Bars the council from granting approval to create or expand a charter school beginning operations in 26-27 school year and bars the state from approving or appropriating funds to a new charter sc...
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2026-06-08
Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026)
#40H7191EngrossedHEALTH AND SAFETY -- LEAD POISONING PREVENTION ACT - Requires any licensed lab performing blood lead analyses of a child under 6 to be certified by the director and said laboratory must perform this test regardless of the child or child’s parent’...
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2026-06-04
Transmitted to Governor
#41S2360EngrossedTAXATION -- CIGARETTE, OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS, AND ELECTRONIC NICOTINE-DELIVERY SYSTEM PRODUCTS - Reduces the cigarette tax imposed by 75% for any modified risk tobacco product as defined in § 21 U.S.C. 387 k as a tobacco product sold/distributed to...
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2026-06-05
#42H7630IntroducedINSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires that reimbursement rates for certified mobile response and stabilization services be equal to or greater than the prevailing integrated state Medicaid rate for mobile response and stabi...
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2026-06-08
Proposed Substitute
#43H7198IntroducedCRIMINAL OFFENSES -- GENERAL PROVISIONS - Further delineate the definitions of felony, misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor.
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2026-06-08
Committee recommends passage of Sub A
#44S2429EnrolledPUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- DUTIES OF UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - Requires all public utilities to maintain a customer service facility within the state to perform services such as addressing customer inquiries and accepting bill payments.
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2026-06-08
House passed in concurrence
#45S3215IntroducedAGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- HEMP GROWTH ACT -- RHODE ISLAND HEMP THC BEVERAGE ACT - Provides a licensed liquor retailer/cannabis retailer/or hemp consumable retailer that received an infused-beverage endorsement from the cannabis control commission t...
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2026-06-02
#46H7532EngrossedJoint Resolution Creating A Special Joint Legislative Commission To Study Sludge Management In Rhode Island (that A Special Joint Legislative Commission Be Created Consisting Of 21 Members And Report Its Findings And Recommendations To The General As...
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2026-06-07
Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2026)
#47S2024IntroducedSTATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND CLIMATE SUPERFUND ACT OF 2026 - Creates the Rhode Island Climate Superfund Act of 2026.
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2026-05-21
#48H7083EngrossedTOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS - Authorizes the city of Cranston to establish a housing division within its municipal court.
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2026-06-03
Transmitted to Governor
#49S2090IntroducedTOWNS AND CITIES -- OPTIONAL RETIREMENT FOR MEMBERS OF POLICE FORCE AND FIREFIGHTERS - Changes the retirement allowance based on accrued benefits.
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2026-05-14
#50S2098IntroducedTAXATION -- CIGARETTE, OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS, AND ELECTRONIC NICOTINE-DELIVERY SYSTEM PRODUCTS - Includes menthol as a flavored electronic nicotine-delivery system product.
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2026-05-12
Committee heard
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