Rhode Island State Senator

Ana Quezada 2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 9)

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2124

Introduced
1/16/26  
Requires that an independent efficiency and performance audit of the department of transportation be commissioned by the department of administration.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2165

Introduced
1/16/26  
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 terminate a lease agreement early without penalty or liability for rent.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2174

Introduced
1/16/26  
Repeals the law that prevents a collective bargaining agreement covering state employees, public school teachers and municipal employees from specifying a particular healthcare provider in it.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2097

Introduced
1/16/26  
Requires quarterly financial reporting to the executive office of health and human services beginning on October 1, 2026.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2077

Introduced
1/16/26  
Expands council on elementary and secondary education and board of education and makes teacher of year and student advisory chair voting members on each.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2182

Introduced
1/16/26  
Refer
1/16/26  
Report Pass
5/21/26  
Engrossed
5/26/26  
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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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2085

Introduced
1/16/26  
Eliminates the sunset on the provision of funding, modify eligibility requirement to 85% of state median income and expand funding to at least 20 hours per week.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2157

Introduced
1/16/26  
Makes sexual contact or penetration between any law enforcement officer that is on duty and a person that is a detainee, arrestee, in custody or a suspect a felony.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2081

Introduced
1/16/26  
Creates a postsecondary tuition assistance for shortage teaching fields.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2117

Introduced
1/16/26  
Sets a clear and enforceable standard for reducing the presence of harmful metals in personal care products, prioritizing public health through testing, labeling, and the development of safer alternatives.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2126

Introduced
1/16/26  
Refer
1/16/26  
Report Pass
4/30/26  
Engrossed
5/7/26  
Removes the requirement that families consent to, and cooperate with the department of human services in establishing paternity and enforcing child and medical support orders as a condition of eligibility for child care assistance.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2264

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/23/26  
Report Pass
3/26/26  
Engrossed
5/7/26  
Provides for warming center and cooling center alerts to trigger certain procedures municipalities shall follow during extreme heat or cold to help at-risk individuals with resources including, but not limited to, warming and cooling centers.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2332

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/23/26  
Report Pass
4/29/26  
Engrossed
5/5/26  
Provides that exemptions to the prohibition of liquor licenses within two hundred feet (200') of schools or places of worship do not eliminate neighboring property owners’ remonstrance rights to object to the license.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2318

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/23/26  
Report Pass
4/29/26  
Engrossed
5/7/26  
Clarifies the role of a corporation electing to be governed as a workers' cooperative to allow it to operate as a hiring hall under certain circumstances.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2319

Introduced
1/23/26  
Provides that public meetings involving collective bargaining agreements of school teachers shall be open to the public.