Rhode Island State Senator

John Burke 2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 17)

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2190

Introduced
1/21/26  
SENATE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE 83RD ANNIVERSARY OF THE "FOUR CHAPLAINS", THE FOUR MEN OF GOD WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES DURING WORLD WAR II SO THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2318

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/23/26  
Report Pass
4/29/26  
Engrossed
5/7/26  
Clarifies the role of a corporation electing to be governed as a workers' cooperative to allow it to operate as a hiring hall under certain circumstances.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2204

Introduced
1/23/26  
Strengthens consumer protections by including definitions related directly to deceptive trade practices inherent in the insurance claim process.
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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 S2196

Introduced
1/23/26  
Prohibits the compelled production of a private key as it relates to a digital asset, digital identity or other interest or right.
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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 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 S2288

Introduced
1/23/26  
Prohibits defendants who are serving probation for driving under the influence death resulting from earning good time off their probationary period.
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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 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 S2326

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/23/26  
Report Pass
5/6/26  
Requires that before any fire fighter or police officer is eligible to receive benefits for illness or injury sustained off duty, they prove they had reasonable grounds to believe that an emergency existed that required immediate need of their assistance.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2238

Introduced
1/23/26  
Creates an additional tax rate of 3% on taxable income over $640,000 in 2026 dollars. Applies to tax years 2027 and thereafter and not retroactively.
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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 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.