Rhode Island State Representative

Earl Read 2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 9)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7039

Introduced
1/9/26  
Establishes a maximum hourly workday for all peace officers as defined in ยง 12-7-21 and a violation rate of pay of double time and a half.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7027

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/9/26  
Report Pass
4/2/26  
Engrossed
4/9/26  
Expands the requirement that all high schools and middle schools, whether they are publicly or privately run to maintain on site a functional AED while establishing and implementing a cardiac emergency response plan in these schools.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7041

Introduced
1/9/26  
Provides that all contractual provisions in a firefighters collective bargaining agreement continue until a successor agreement has been reached or an interest arbitration award has been rendered.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7038

Introduced
1/9/26  
Establishes a set rate of seventy dollars ($70.00) for certain writs, citations or subpoenas.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7058

Introduced
1/9/26  
Exempts from the sales tax scalp hair prosthesis or wigs that are necessary due to hair loss from a medical condition.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7036

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/9/26  
Report Pass
3/10/26  
Engrossed
3/17/26  
Requires every school district to render assistance and cooperation within its jurisdictional power to further the objects of this chapter, to wit, providing the courts with any information concerning a child as the court may require.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7040

Introduced
1/9/26  
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 House Bill H7056

Introduced
1/9/26  
Adds to those persons exempt from payment of parking fees at any recreational facility owned and operated by the state those individuals determined by the executive office of HHS, or its designee, to be disabled for purposes of Medicaid eligibility.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7100

Introduced
1/14/26  
Increases the yearly amount of money that retired teachers, who had been certified driver education teachers, could earn from fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), without a reduction in their retirement benefits.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7082

Introduced
1/14/26  
Recognizes that municipal employees have the opportunity to utilize binding arbitration and establishes new factors for the arbitrators to consider. These factors include comparisons of wages/hourly conditions of employment in similarly skilled jobs.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7087

Introduced
1/14/26  
Establishes a motor vehicle license plate to honor Governor Roger Williams.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7076

Introduced
1/14/26  
Allows for the licensing of certified surgical first assistants to assist in surgeries through the department of health and a 7 member board of licensure.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7086

Introduced
1/14/26  
Designates as the state music, the genre of rhythm and blues which contain elements of pop, soul, funk, hip-hop, and electronic music.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7128

Introduced
1/15/26  
Mandates arming campus police at public higher educational institutions and includes campus police in the definition of "law enforcement officer" for the purposes of the "Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights."

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7026

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/9/26  
Report Pass
4/2/26  
Engrossed
4/9/26  
Directs middle and high schools which issue student identification cards to include on those cards on or before September 8, 2026, contact crisis telephone numbers for suicide prevention and substance use disorder prevention.