Rhode Island State Representative

David Place 2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 2)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8114

Introduced
2/27/26  
Requires the DCYF director to disclose to the school nurse where a child is enrolled, when that child has been placed in foster care.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8059

Introduced
2/27/26  
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 House Bill H8120

Introduced
2/27/26  
Allows the personal representative of a decedent’s estate to discharge the estate tax lien by recording with decedent’s municipality, a statement stating decedent’s gross estate does not require a state or federal estate tax filing pursuant to §44-22-1.1.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8181

Introduced
2/27/26  
Exempts trucks engaged in waste management collection at the central landfill from tolls operated by the R.I. Turnpike and Bridge authority.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8070

Introduced
2/27/26  
Makes it permissible for any student, professor, or other employee of any public or private college or university, to carry, possess and have in their custody, possession and/or under their control, a stun-gun or pepper spray for purposes of self-defense.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8232

Introduced
3/4/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Report Pass
3/17/26  
AUTHORIZING THE FORMATION OF A REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT EMBRACING THE TOWNS OF FOSTER AND GLOCESTER
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7287

Introduced
1/23/26  
Clarifies the process of depositing settlement funds from non-multi-state initiatives and require that settlements could not be spent without express general assembly authorization.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7275

Introduced
1/23/26  
Requires health insurance plans to cover services provided by licensed certified professional midwives. Insurers would be required to report utilization and cost data annually and certain limited benefit policies would be exempt.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7283

Introduced
1/23/26  
Allows a duly authorized administrator or executor of an estate to request decedent's funds on deposit with any financial institution without cost.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7281

Introduced
1/23/26  
Reduces the time for expungements to 3 years for a single misdemeanor and 5 years for felonies and multiple misdemeanors.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7277

Introduced
1/23/26  
Requires health insurance policies to cover licensed certified lactation counselor services for childbearing families. It would also prohibit requiring supervision or duplicate payments for services and mandates annual reporting.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7986

Introduced
2/27/26  
Requires an official declaration of war or an action to call forth the state militia by the United States Congress before members of the National Guard may be released from state control to participate in active duty combat.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7288

Introduced
1/23/26  
Directs the office of law revision to identify, on a yearly basis, any decisions or holding of the United States Supreme Court that would require amendments to any state statutes.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7289

Introduced
1/23/26  
Prohibits civil asset forfeiture regarding violations of the controlled substances laws until a criminal conviction is obtained.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7280

Introduced
1/23/26  
Creates a 10 member bail task force to study the need of monetary conditions of bail and to consider other methods for ensuring an accused’s appearance in court, enhance public safety and honor the presumption of innocence and to file report by 1/1/2028.