Rhode Island State Senator

Hanna Gallo 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 Senate Bill S2212

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/23/26  
Report Pass
4/29/26  
Engrossed
5/7/26  
Extends teacher certifications without fee or penalty for three (3) or five (5) years for teachers who hold certifications as of July 1, 2026.
RI

Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2226

Introduced
1/23/26  
Provides that a student's enrollment in Medicaid would be included in calculating and determining the student success factor for use in the foundation education-aid formula.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2207

Introduced
1/23/26  
Allows municipalities participating in the state prekindergarten program to accept students from outside the municipality under certain conditions and establishes a lottery for enrollment in the program.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2249

Introduced
1/23/26  
Authorizes an annual two and one-half percent (2.5%) escalation for all active and retired police and firefighter's retirement pension allowance, compounded each year on January 1 following the year of retirement and continuing yearly, on that date.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2257

Introduced
1/23/26  
SENATE RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (EOHHS) TO ADOPT AN ELECTRONIC PREADMISSION SCREENING AND RESIDENT REVIEW (PASRR) SYSTEM
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2310

Introduced
1/23/26  
Increases the penalties for a first offense of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death to a minimum 10 years in incarceration, a minimum of $10,000 and a minimum license revocation of 10 years.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2234

Introduced
1/23/26  
Allows members of the retirement system who served in the national guard or reserves and qualify as veterans, to purchase retirement service credits based on their years of service in the National guard or reserves.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2280

Introduced
1/23/26  
Requires all schools and educational institutions to develop and implement a school safety plan that would provide for immediate access to school facilities by first responders in an emergency.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2259

Introduced
1/23/26  
Permits every municipality in the state to offer a homestead tax exemption of up to 20% of assessed value on residential properties, and also provides that municipalities that grant greater exemptions not be limited by this section.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2253

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/23/26  
Report Pass
3/26/26  
Engrossed
3/31/26  
Includes any costs paid by an enrollee or on behalf of the enrollee, by a third party when calculating an enrollee’s overall contribution to any out-of-pocket maximum or cost sharing requirement, under a health plan as of January 1, 2027.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2323

Introduced
1/23/26  
Establishes the commuter transportation benefit chapter. Employers with five hundred (500) or more employees required to establish a pre-tax commuter transportation fringe benefit program.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2289

Introduced
1/23/26  
Allows a tenant with a disability who needs a service animal or an emotional support animal to house the animal on the rented premises.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2231

Introduced
1/23/26  
Exempts the trade-in value of pickup trucks weighing fourteen thousand pounds (14,000 lbs.) or less from sales and use tax.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2230

Introduced
1/23/26  
Exempts from sales tax the trade-in values of motorcycles as well the proceeds received as a result of an unrecovered stolen or total loss of a motorcycle.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2233

Introduced
1/23/26  
Establishes a new categorical funding category for civics education.