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Current trends in Rhode Island legislation over the last 72 hours as measured by public interest and activity.
| Position | Bill | Status | Summary | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | H8501 | Engrossed | STATUTES AND STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION - Re-enacts certain chapters of title 45 relating to towns and cities and provides various technical statutory construction edits throughout the general laws. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-05 |
| #2 | S2502 | Engrossed | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKPLACE PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY ACT - Protects bullying/psychological abuse in workplace inflicted upon employees by employers/co-employees/provides civil remedies to affected employees/fines against employers/imprisonment... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-29 |
| #3 | H7183 | Engrossed | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- BUILDING BENCHMARKING AND REPORTING ACT OF 2026 - Establishes a program for the energy and water benchmarking of large buildings in Rhode Island and a standard for their energy performance. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 House read and passed |
| #4 | S2862 | Engrossed | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- DENTISTS AND DENTAL HYGIENISTS - Allows foreign-trained dentists and dental hygienists to obtain limited licenses if they graduate from reputable dental colleges or universities, work under a supervising dentist, and pas... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-05 |
| #5 | S3344 | Passed | Senate Resolution Directing The Department Of Environmental Management To Work With The Town Of New Shoreham To Develop A Regulatory Framework To Reduce Tick-borne Illness On Block Island [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-04 Senate read and passed |
| #6 | S2032 | Introduced | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Prohibits an insurance company from imposing any cost-sharing requirements for any diagnostic or supplemental breast examinations. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-05 |
| #7 | H7551 | Introduced | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- FRAUD AND FALSE DEALING - Establishes the criminal offense of real estate title fraud and allows municipalities to refuse to record “suspicious documents” from persons who are not trusted submitters and creates penalties for ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-04 Transmitted to Governor |
| #8 | S2260 | Introduced | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- BUILDING BENCHMARKING AND REPORTING ACT OF 2026 - Establishes a program for the energy and water benchmarking of large buildings in Rhode Island and a standard for their energy performance. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-05 |
| #9 | S2525 | Introduced | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- LIBRARY EBOOK CONTRACTS - Establishes enforcement limitations on contract terms for the licensing of electronic books or digital audiobooks to libraries to preclude the library from being subject to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-04 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2026) |
| #10 | H7452 | Introduced | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION AND TITLING - Permits the implementation of a system of electronic registration and titling of motor vehicles, by the DMV and would require that rules and regulations to implement the provisions of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-05 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2026) |
| #11 | H7020 | Introduced | BUSINESSES 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 Placed on House Calendar (06/09/2026) |
| #12 | H8215 | Engrossed | PROPERTY -- RHODE ISLAND FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES ACT - Tenants with disabilities may request to keep an emotional support animal. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) |
| #13 | H7726 | Engrossed | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- SOLAR COST REDUCTION ACT - Amends the state’s online E-Permitting Portal using automated plan review and instant permit issuance. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-02 House passed Sub A |
| #14 | H7163 | Introduced | EDUCATION -- FOUNDATION LEVEL SCHOOL SUPPORT - Prohibits participation in federal school voucher tax credit for contributions to scholarship-granting organizations unless both the general assembly and the governor approve such participation. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 Committee recommends passage |
| #15 | S2269 | Introduced | TOWNS AND CITIES -- HOUSING MAINTENANCE AND OCCUPANCY CODE -- NOTICE OF VIOLATIONS - Requires a housing code enforcement officer to give a copy of any housing code violation notice to all tenants of the building affected by an alleged housing code vi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-04 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/09/2026) |
| #16 | S2715 | Engrossed | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- FRAUD AND FALSE DEALING - Establishes the criminal offense of real estate title fraud and allows municipalities to refuse to record “suspicious documents” from persons who are not trusted submitters and creates penalties for ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-04 Transmitted to Governor |
| #17 | H8562 | Introduced | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL - Establishes the office of inspector general to investigate the management and operation of agencies in an effort to prevent and deter fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement in the expenditu... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-21 |
| #18 | S2863 | Engrossed | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires the state, and private insurers that cover prescription hormone therapy, to dispense twelve (12) months’ worth of the prescription as a single prescription. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-05 |
| #19 | S2197 | Engrossed | BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- OVERSIGHT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE ACT - Establishes regulations regarding the use of artificial intelligence in mental health care treatments. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence |
| #20 | H7114 | Engrossed | EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS - Permits special community service to be imposed because of bullying based on religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or ethnicity. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-28 House passed Sub A |
| #21 | H8180 | Introduced | STATE 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 |
| #22 | S2795 | Engrossed | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PESTICIDE CONTROL - Creates rodent integrated pest management pilot programs for municipalities that choose to participate. Reports to be approved by the municipality's mayor or administrator and submitted to the department of en... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-05 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2026) |
| #23 | S2033 | Engrossed | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PROTECTIONS OF HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS ACT - Provides that the prescription label for medication abortion prescription drugs may include the name of the dispensing healthcare practice instead of the name of the dispenser. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-05 |
| #24 | S2644 | Enrolled | PROPERTY -- ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY - Prohibits restrictive covenants related to grocery stores. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 House passed in concurrence |
| #25 | S3169 | Engrossed | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES -- CASEY'S LAW - Creates an enhanced penalty defined as "road rage" to be applied in addition to penalties for convictions of certain motor vehicle offenses. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-04 Senate passed Sub A |
| #26 | H7200 | Engrossed | COURTS 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 ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-04 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2026) |
| #27 | S2645 | Introduced | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION - Applies to electric generating facilities generating electricity on/after 1/1/25 regarding sale/transmission of electricity/facility restructuring/last-resort service. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-02 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/09/2026) |
| #28 | H8529 | Introduced | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE RHODE ISLAND LIFE SCIENCE HUB ACT - Amends the compositions of the Rhode Island life science hub board of directors and amends the I-195 redevelopment district commission and provides additional amendments to the powers and d... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 Committee recommends passage of Sub A |
| #29 | H7734 | Introduced | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- CONSUMER PFAS BAN ACT OF 2024 - Amends the Consumer PFAS Ban Act of 2024 by clarifying enforcement provisions. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2026) |
| #30 | H7357 | Introduced | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND GENDER-AFFIRMING HEALTHCARE DATA PRIVACY ACT - Creates the reproductive health and gender-affirming healthcare data privacy act. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 |
| #31 | S2342 | Engrossed | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- RESTRICTIONS ON SELF-SERVICE CHECKOUT STATIONS ACT - Places limits on the number of self-service checkout stations a grocery store can have and on the workload of employees assigned to monitor those checkout stations. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-07 Proposed Substitute |
| #32 | S2010 | Introduced | INSURANCE -- THE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE USE BY HEALTH INSURERS TO MANAGE COVERAGE AND CLAIMS ACT - Promotes transparency and accountability in the use of artificial intelligence by health insurers to manage coverag... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-04 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/09/2026) |
| #33 | H7654 | Engrossed | PROPERTY -- MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE AND SALE - Allows for sending of the notice under power of sale and rights of active military servicemembers by USPS First Class Mail and/or an overnight delivery service, instead of by USPS certified mail return rece... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-05 |
| #34 | H8253 | Introduced | PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS - Allows a police officer to be reemployed by a state agency or department for purposes of working a state-funded detail subject to certain restrictions. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-06 |
| #35 | H8531 | Introduced | EDUCATION -- COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE - Authorizes school committees to deny or defer approval of a homeschooling proposed plan in certain circumstances. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-19 |
| #36 | S2413 | Enrolled | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES - Allows for a special RI license plate to raise awareness for colon cancer. The plate would be designed by the partnership to reduce cancer in RI and honoring the late Maryellen Goodwin. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 House passed in concurrence |
| #37 | S2109 | Introduced | INSURANCE -- BENEFIT DETERMINATION AND UTILIZATION REVIEW ACT - Prohibits health benefit plans reviewing prescriptions for opioid addiction treatment. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-04 |
| #38 | H7475 | Engrossed | PUBLIC FINANCE -- RHODE ISLAND SECURE CHOICE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PROGRAM ACT - Makes several technical amendments to the Rhode Island secure choice retirement savings program act necessary for continued administration and inter-state partnership. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-05 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026) |
| #39 | H7751 | Introduced | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- LITIGATION LENDING AGREEMENTS - Makes litigation loan agreements subject to state usury laws. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-02 |
| #40 | S2799 | Introduced | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- CONSUMER PFAS BAN ACT OF 2024 - Amends the Consumer PFAS Ban Act of 2024 by clarifying enforcement provisions. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-02 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2026) |
| #41 | S3059 | Engrossed | INSURANCE -- PHARMACY FREEDOM OF CHOICE -- FAIR COMPETITION AND PRACTICES - Imposes certain duties, transparency, and accountability from pharmacy benefits managers and pharmacy benefits management services. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-04 Committee recommends passage of Sub A |
| #42 | S2889 | Engrossed | FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT - Prescriptions for testosterone not allowed to be transmitted or reported within the prescription drug monitoring database and removes from the records all existing information concerning prior tes... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-05 |
| #43 | H7222 | Engrossed | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PESTICIDE CONTROL - Creates rodent integrated pest management pilot programs for municipalities that choose to participate. Reports to be approved by the municipality's mayor or administrator and submitted to the department of en... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-05 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026) |
| #44 | S2048 | Introduced | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- STATE IDENTIFICATION CARDS FOR MINORS WITHOUT RESIDENCE ACT - Codifies the DCYF operating procedure for the submission and fulfillment of requests for persons involved with the department who request birth, death or marria... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-04 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/09/2026) |
| #45 | H7867 | Engrossed | FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- LICENSED ACTIVITIES - Establishes requirements for capital, liquidity, and corporate governance including: audit, risk management, and board oversight, for nonbank mortgage servicers. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-05 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/09/2026) |
| #46 | S2737 | Engrossed | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- GENERAL PROVISIONS - Expands the benefit definitions of temporary care giver leave to include a grandchild and care recipient and would increase a leave benefits period to 10 weeks for 20... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-29 |
| #47 | S2750 | Engrossed | GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS - Renames the University of Rhode Island football practice field, located at 5E West Alumni Avenue, Kingston, RI 02881, to the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-05 |
| #48 | S2822 | Introduced | PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES - Defines public-private partnerships and provides the framework to encourage the use of public-private partnerships for proposals for state purchases. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-04 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/09/2026) |
| #49 | H8604 | Introduced | TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX - Provides the tax administration may prescribe regulations requiring returns of information to be made and filed on or before February 28 of each year consistent with applicable thresholds for information filings unde... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-07 Proposed Substitute |
| #50 | S3350 | Passed | Senate Resolution Proclaiming June 4, 2026, To Be "cox Impact Day" In The State Of Rhode Island [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-04 Senate read and passed |
