Rhode Island State Senator

Brian Thompson 2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 4)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2768

Introduced
3/4/26  
Requires any business entity that makes automatic renewal offers or memberships or subscriptions that are available on-line, also make the canceling such agreements for goods, services, memberships or subscriptions equally accessible on-line.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2923

Introduced
3/4/26  
Increases the minimum hourly wage commencing January 1, 2029, by an amount equal to the total percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Northeast Region for the calendar year 2027.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2919

Introduced
3/4/26  
Spells out what a public works project includes and the requirements of this section shall apply to all such public works projects.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2918

Introduced
3/4/26  
Allows nonprofit organizations to participate in permitted games of chance upon registering with the state police on an annual basis. The nonprofit would be exempt from any required background checks by local law enforcement.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2944

Introduced
3/4/26  
Requires businesses that conduct business to register and maintain required filings with the secretary of state so that consumers and small businesses may readily identify responsible parties, verify good standing, and effectuate service of process.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2882

Introduced
3/4/26  
Ensures that more developmentally disabled adults can self-direct the care they need and want, by incorporating collective bargaining rights into the self-directed supports program.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2924

Introduced
3/4/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Report Pass
5/26/26  
Engrossed
5/28/26  
Allows employees, not represented by a union, to create a group to collectively bargain with employers.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2916

Introduced
3/4/26  
Increases the minimum veterans’ exemption from one thousand dollars ($1,000) to six thousand dollars ($6,000) with respect to municipal taxes.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2835

Introduced
3/4/26  
Changes the teacher and state employees' retirement benefit calculations' cutoff date from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2012, for all retirement members eligible to and who retire on or after the new July 1, 2012, cutoff date.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2763

Introduced
3/4/26  
Prohibits the consideration of an applicant's credit history in determining automobile insurance rates.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2885

Introduced
3/4/26  
Removes obsolete language and clarifies asbestos abatement and radon control requirements.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2929

Introduced
3/4/26  
Eliminates the "until June 30, 2026" sunset on the increase in the total amount of earnings a partial-unemployment insurance claimant can receive before being entirely disqualified for unemployment insurance benefits.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2826

Introduced
3/4/26  
Provides that in local education agencies when over 45% of the children have a family income that is at or below 185% of federal poverty guidelines, then the student success factor will be 50% by the core instruction per-pupil amount.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2903

Introduced
3/4/26  
Establishes the Residential and Commercial Property Acquisition Program Act to implement residential or commercial property acquisitions, paired with funding for relocation costs within or proximate to the current community.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2828

Introduced
3/4/26  
Amends the Rhode Island works program to allow lawful permanent residents to receive benefits without a waiting period and increases the monthly cash benefit to one hundred percent (100%) of the federal poverty level effective July 1, 2026.