Rhode Island State Representative

Earl Read 2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 6)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

RI

Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7802

Introduced
2/12/26  
Adds probation officer and parole officer to the list of public safety employees that are entitled to their full salary if they are injured and become disabled as a result of performance of their job duties.
RI

Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7746

Introduced
2/12/26  
Provides protections to children using online platforms by requiring platforms to turn off open chats by default for young users, and requires parent to approve children's financial transactions on gaming and social media sites.
RI

Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7772

Introduced
2/12/26  
Requires all health care workers who are employed on any Sunday or holiday, to be compensated at the rate of time and one-half.
RI

Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8007

Introduced
2/27/26  
Refer
2/27/26  
Report Pass
4/15/26  
Engrossed
4/30/26  
Provides that minor subdivisions include single family infill subdivisions and establishes procedures for single family infill subdivisions within the subdivision of land chapter of the general laws.
RI

Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8046

Introduced
2/27/26  
Establishes a set service rate of seventy dollars ($70.00) for the service of all writs, citations or subpoenas.
RI

Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8044

Introduced
2/27/26  
Makes offenses against gift card holders subject to the penalties for larceny.
RI

Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7902

Introduced
2/27/26  
Replaces the existing chapter on this subject by requiring school districts to organize concussion oversight teams, develop removal-from-play, return-to-play, and return-to-learn protocols, and develop a concussion brochure.
RI

Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7894

Introduced
2/27/26  
Requires public schools to give congressionally chartered youth organizations limited access for recruitment and brief student presentations with parent notice, while preserving school safety and discretion.
RI

Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8024

Introduced
2/27/26  
Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Project Hand Up, located in the town of West Warwick.
RI

Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7490

Introduced
2/4/26  
Requires small employers with one to fifty (1-50) employees and large employers with fifty (50) or more employees to pay overtime wages to exempt workers if their salary exceeds varying multipliers of minimum wage for a forty (40) hour workweek.
RI

Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7489

Introduced
2/4/26  
Requires persons convicted of driving under influence or refusal to submit to chemical test, have an ignition interlock system installed in vehicle as part of sentence and to pay an assessment to pay for the interlock systems.
RI

Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7507

Introduced
2/4/26  
Requires that notice of a judgment lien be sent within ten (10) business days of the recording of the lien.
RI

Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7553

Introduced
2/6/26  
Provides the review and appeal process for individuals applying for a permit or license to carry a handgun with the licensing authority or attorney general.
RI

Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7593

Introduced
2/6/26  
Exempts from the sales tax firearm safety equipment, storage devices, gun safes, gun cabinets, gun vaults, gun cases, strong boxes, cable locks, trigger locks and biometric locks.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

RI

Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7731

Introduced
2/12/26  
Strengthens school security measures, including the establishment of a RI school emergency response committee to develop additional recommendations for school security measures and requiring an annual school safety assessment by all school districts.