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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 | S3118 | Engrossed | STATE 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. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-05 |
| #2 | H7199 | Engrossed | PROPERTY -- 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 House passed Sub A |
| #3 | H7377 | Engrossed | ELECTIONS -- 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 Proposed Substitute |
| #4 | H7894 | Introduced | EDUCATION -- 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 Placed on House Calendar (06/09/2026) |
| #5 | S2839 | Engrossed | PUBLIC 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. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-05 |
| #6 | S3180 | 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] | 2026-06-07 |
| #7 | S3182 | Introduced | AGRICULTURE 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". [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2026) |
| #8 | S2432 | Engrossed | EDUCATION -- 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. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/10/2026) |
| #9 | H8106 | Engrossed | PROPERTY -- ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY - Prohibits restrictive covenants related to grocery stores. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-05 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026) |
| #10 | S3066 | Engrossed | 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 Proposed Substitute |
| #11 | S2644 | Enrolled | PROPERTY -- ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY - Prohibits restrictive covenants related to grocery stores. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 House passed in concurrence |
| #12 | S2045 | Introduced | CRIMINAL 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. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-04 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/09/2026) |
| #13 | 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 |
| #14 | S2198 | Introduced | Senate 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-04 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2026) |
| #15 | 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) |
| #16 | H8069 | Engrossed | CRIMINAL 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 House passed Sub A |
| #17 | S3184 | Engrossed | BUSINESSES 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 |
| #18 | H7416 | Engrossed | EDUCATION -- 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. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2026) |
| #19 | 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] | 2026-06-08 Transmitted to Governor |
| #20 | H8587 | Introduced | INSURANCE -- 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-02 |
| #21 | S2195 | Engrossed | COMMERCIAL 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence |
| #22 | S2663 | Introduced | EDUCATION -- 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. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-19 |
| #23 | H8535 | Passed | House Resolution Proclaiming The Second Week In May 2026 To Be "lung Cancer Action Week" In The State Of Rhode Island [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12 House read and passed |
| #24 | S3256 | Engrossed | HEALTH 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. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-05 |
| #25 | H8568 | Introduced | HEALTH 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. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 Placed on House Calendar (06/09/2026) |
| #26 | H7269 | Introduced | PUBLIC 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 Placed on House Calendar (06/09/2026) |
| #27 | H7911 | Introduced | HEALTH 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-27 |
| #28 | S2421 | Engrossed | TOWNS 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. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-05 |
| #29 | S2182 | Engrossed | MOTOR 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. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2026) |
| #30 | H7027 | Enrolled | EDUCATION -- 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-04 Transmitted to Governor |
| #31 | H8211 | Introduced | Joint 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12 |
| #32 | 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) |
| #33 | H7036 | Engrossed | DELINQUENT 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-05 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026) |
| #34 | S3135 | Engrossed | MOTOR 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 ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) |
| #35 | S3034 | Enrolled | MOTOR 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. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 House passed in concurrence |
| #36 | H8129 | Enrolled | EDUCATION -- 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. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-04 Transmitted to Governor |
| #37 | S2870 | Enrolled | HEALTH 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’... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-04 Transmitted to Governor |
| #38 | H7910 | Introduced | HEALTH 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. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-27 |
| #39 | S2787 | Engrossed | EDUCATION -- 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) |
| #40 | H7191 | Engrossed | HEALTH 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’... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-04 Transmitted to Governor |
| #41 | S2360 | Engrossed | TAXATION -- 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-05 |
| #42 | H7630 | Introduced | INSURANCE -- 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 Proposed Substitute |
| #43 | H7198 | Introduced | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- GENERAL PROVISIONS - Further delineate the definitions of felony, misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 Committee recommends passage of Sub A |
| #44 | S2429 | Enrolled | PUBLIC 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. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 House passed in concurrence |
| #45 | S3215 | Introduced | AGRICULTURE 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-02 |
| #46 | H7532 | Engrossed | Joint 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-07 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2026) |
| #47 | S2024 | Introduced | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND CLIMATE SUPERFUND ACT OF 2026 - Creates the Rhode Island Climate Superfund Act of 2026. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-21 |
| #48 | H7083 | Engrossed | TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS - Authorizes the city of Cranston to establish a housing division within its municipal court. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-03 Transmitted to Governor |
| #49 | S2090 | Introduced | TOWNS AND CITIES -- OPTIONAL RETIREMENT FOR MEMBERS OF POLICE FORCE AND FIREFIGHTERS - Changes the retirement allowance based on accrued benefits. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-14 |
| #50 | S2098 | Introduced | TAXATION -- CIGARETTE, OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS, AND ELECTRONIC NICOTINE-DELIVERY SYSTEM PRODUCTS - Includes menthol as a flavored electronic nicotine-delivery system product. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12 Committee heard |
