Rhode Island State Representative

David Bennett 2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 5)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7803

Introduced
2/12/26  
Establishes the state-funded rental subsidy program.
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Rhode Island House Bill H7780

Introduced
2/12/26  
Creates a special motor vehicle registration plate for The Rhode Island Hockey Hall of Fame.
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Rhode Island House Bill H7777

Introduced
2/12/26  
Refer
2/12/26  
Report Pass
4/7/26  
Engrossed
4/16/26  
Expands the jurisdiction of the city of Warwick municipal court.
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Rhode Island House Bill H7741

Introduced
2/12/26  
Allows advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, and physicians who are and are not licensed in Rhode Island to provide telemedicine services to patients who are in the state when those services are rendered.
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Rhode Island House Bill H7773

Introduced
2/12/26  
Amends the workers' compensation reimbursement provisions related to the liability of third person for damages.
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Rhode Island House Bill H7756

Introduced
2/12/26  
Amends current law on controlled substances to permit psilocybin to be cultivated within a person's residence for personal use and contingent on the US FDA's program, mandate that RI department of health establish rules regulations.
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Rhode Island House Bill H7768

Introduced
2/12/26  
Prohibits an employer, employment agency, labor organization, or employee, to commit any act declared to be an unlawful employment practice; individuals would be held personally liable for such conduct.
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Rhode Island House Bill H7767

Introduced
2/12/26  
Creates a comprehensive statutory framework to address and regulate the use of artificial intelligence in the workplace, considering the interests of employers and employees.
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Rhode Island House Bill H7812

Introduced
2/12/26  
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $3,500,000 FOR THE MESHANTICUT LAKE PAVED WALKING PATH IN CRANSTON (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $3,500,000 for the Meshanticut Lake paved walking path in Cranston.)
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Rhode Island House Bill H7734

Introduced
2/12/26  
Amends the Consumer PFAS Ban Act of 2024 by clarifying enforcement provisions.
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Rhode Island House Bill H7830

Introduced
2/26/26  
HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING DEEPEST SYMPATHY ON THE PASSING OF CAROL LEE CONNELL
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Rhode Island House Bill H7831

Introduced
2/26/26  
HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING FEBRUARY 23 THROUGH FEBRUARY 27, 2026, TO BE "PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
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Rhode Island House Bill H7828

Introduced
2/26/26  
HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE HELEN STASIA TAYLOR

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7770

Introduced
2/12/26  
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 House Bill H7935

Introduced
2/27/26  
Increases continuing education requirements for physician assistants, removes restrictions of PAs to render charitable care and aid for school and youth programs or cardiac arrest and removes restrictive covenants as to ownership by a PA.