Rhode Island State Senator

Brian Thompson 2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 15)

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S3037

Introduced
3/5/26  
Prohibits individual who operates a recreational vehicle in a reckless or negligent manner which hinders the movement of other vehicles with a group of 2 more vehicles be guilty of felony, punishable by imprisonment up to 2.5 years and fine up to $2,000.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S3042

Introduced
3/5/26  
Bans street takeovers and violators would be guilty of a felony and punishable by imprisonment for more than one year and be subject to a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S3020

Introduced
3/5/26  
Requires the executive office of health and human services (EOHHS) to apply an automatic cost-of-living adjustment (“COLA”) to the Medicaid reimbursement rates paid for assisted living services provided pursuant to this chapter.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S3014

Introduced
3/5/26  
Requires the state investment commission to create a capital access initiative to expand potential investment opportunities for the state’s pension fund and engage qualified but traditionally underrepresented investment managers.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S3119

Introduced
3/13/26  
Refer
3/13/26  
Report Pass
4/8/26  
Engrossed
4/16/26  
Extends provisions of an existing collective bargaining agreement for municipal police arbitration purposes until a successor agreement is reached or an interest arbitration award is rendered.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2150

Introduced
1/16/26  
Requires that notice of a judgment lien be sent within ten (10) business days of the recording of the lien.
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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 S2185

Introduced
1/16/26  
Refer
1/16/26  
Report Pass
5/14/26  
Engrossed
5/21/26  
Creates a special license plate for the charity Real Access Motivates Progress, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
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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 S2172

Introduced
1/16/26  
Provides for the right to strike for public sector workers in Rhode Island, including teachers, with exceptions for police officers, firefighters, 911 employees, and correctional officers.
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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 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.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S3061

Introduced
3/12/26  
Requires healthcare insurers, without prior authorization, to provide post-acute care services to patients discharged from a hospital for a minimum of seven (7) days commencing on or after January 1, 2027.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2194

SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF MARGARET M. OTTMAN