Rhode Island State Senator

Gordon Rogers 2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 8)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2216

Introduced
1/23/26  
Provides for a comprehensive criminal and employment background check procedure for all school employees.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2319

Introduced
1/23/26  
Provides that public meetings involving collective bargaining agreements of school teachers shall be open to the public.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2309

Introduced
1/23/26  
Amends certain signature requirements and deadlines regarding primaries for election of delegates to national conventions for presidential preference.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2285

Introduced
1/23/26  
Increases sentences for carrying a stolen firearm when committing a crime of violence and for possessing a stolen firearm. Requires that a person convicted of these offenses serve a period of time in which they would not be eligible for parole/ probation.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2268

Introduced
1/23/26  
Allows faith-based organizations to develop affordable housing on land they own provided at least 50 % of the housing to be developed is low- or moderate-income housing and the land is owned or held in trust by the faith-based organizations.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2283

Introduced
1/23/26  
Provides for a cause of action against an individual or entity that prohibits the possession of firearms on real property, except residences, by an individual that is authorized and licensed to carry a firearm.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2279

Introduced
1/23/26  
Permits non-sworn public safety officers/security guards at private colleges/universities to detain individuals for no longer than 30 minutes within the campus’s jurisdiction if the officer or guard believes the person committed a criminal offense.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2239

Introduced
1/23/26  
Provides that a school district could elect and choose to not spend money on any mandate that is not fully funded through the state education aid formula.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2314

Introduced
1/23/26  
Makes a first offense of possessing a large capacity feeding device a misdemeanor and subsequent offenses felonies.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2274

Introduced
1/23/26  
Changes the residential limit for any substantial multi-family housing project not to exceed forty thousand (40,000) residents according to the United States Census Bureau.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2262

Introduced
1/23/26  
Requires effective January 1, 2027, that upon the execution of a lease agreement for a mobile and manufactured homes in a mobile and manufactured home park, a complete copy of the lease be provided to the tenant within ten (10) days of execution.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2224

Introduced
1/23/26  
Requires the executive climate change coordinating council to evaluate and make recommendations for the use of carbon emissions removal technology as an alternative to reducing carbon emissions and meeting climate goals.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2306

Introduced
1/23/26  
Permits possession or use of device that muffles sound on any firearm longer than 17” in length and permits the use of such a device by any person while hunting provided that they have a valid hunting license.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2321

Introduced
1/23/26  
Establishes an equivalent training certification program at the municipal police academy.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2275

Introduced
1/23/26  
Restores the requirement that a local review board issue findings for denial in reviewing a comprehensive permit request and clarifies that affordable housing units shall be included in each town and city when the building permits for units are granted.