Rhode Island State Senator

John Burke 2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 11)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2020

Introduced
1/9/26  
Establishes the Rhode Island Fire Services Training Fund.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2011

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/9/26  
Amends the regulations on the cancellation and renewal of liability and property damage insurance for automobiles, homeowners insurance, residential fire insurance and components thereof.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2010

Introduced
1/9/26  
Promotes transparency and accountability in the use of artificial intelligence by health insurers to manage coverage and claims.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2015

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/9/26  
Report Pass
4/28/26  
Engrossed
5/5/26  
Removes the licensing exemption for a lender that originates less than six (6) loans in twelve (12) consecutive months.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2057

Introduced
1/9/26  
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 Senate Bill S2068

Introduced
1/13/26  
SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE SCOTT BILL HIRST
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2070

Introduced
1/15/26  
SENATE RESOLUTION HONORING KATHY NADEAU ON THE OCCASION OF HER RETIREMENT FROM THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AFTER MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED AND EXEMPLARY PUBLIC SERVICE
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2129

Introduced
1/16/26  
Classifies, research, intent and interest in healthcare services as protected healthcare data. Adds responsibilities for regulated entities that seek to collect and share consumer data including a requirement for specific and conspicuous consumer consent.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2166

Introduced
1/16/26  
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.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2183

Introduced
1/16/26  
Eliminates the registration and service charge fees for National Guard plates.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2084

Introduced
1/16/26  
Increase the personal needs allowance of nursing facility residents from $75.00 to $100 per month.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2078

Introduced
1/16/26  
Creates the School Libraries Act.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2088

Introduced
1/16/26  
Provides the department of elementary and secondary education, in consultation with a workgroup composed of various stakeholders, develops a funding formula for school districts sending students to career and technical programs outside their district.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2128

Introduced
1/16/26  
Requires individuals seeking a judicial nomination to reapply to JNC every 3 years and make those individuals selected as finalists, eligible only for the court in which they applied and were chosen during the five years following their selection.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2131

Introduced
1/16/26  
This act would add early voting to the 50 feet buffer prohibitions against politicking during election day voting.