Rhode Island State Representative

John Edwards 2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7925

Introduced
2/27/26  
Amends current law on controlled substances to permit psilocybin to be cultivated within a person's residence for personal use and contingent on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) program, mandates that RI DOH establishes rules regulations.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7952

Introduced
2/27/26  
Refer
2/27/26  
Report Pass
4/28/26  
JOINT RESOLUTION AMENDING THE JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A PERMANENT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON CHILD CARE IN RHODE ISLAND (Amends the membership of the permanent legislative commission on child care with twenty-seven (27) members to ensure that the state has high quality and affordable childcare and early learning services network.)
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7865

Introduced
2/27/26  
Refer
2/27/26  
Report Pass
4/28/26  
Provides a framework through which the department of business regulation can seek grants to fund a home hardening program.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8040

Introduced
2/27/26  
Prohibits any city or town from enacting any zoning ordinance that would place restrictions on residential recovery houses that are not applicable to other residential homes.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7841

Introduced
2/27/26  
Requires veterinarians to provide consultations to animal owners when a drug is prescribed and dispensed for that annual patient.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7992

Introduced
2/27/26  
JOINT RESOLUTION URGING THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT TO STUDY AND REGULATE THE IMPACT OF WAKE BOATS ON RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC WATERWAYS (Urging the Rhode Island department of environmental management to study and regulate the impact of wake boats on Rhode Island public waters.)
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7906

Introduced
2/27/26  
Requires all certified independent or district charter schools upon application for a renewal of said charter or an application for a new charter school to provide a union neutrality clause in the charter.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7859

Introduced
2/27/26  
Refer
2/27/26  
Report Pass
4/28/26  
Engrossed
5/12/26  
Refer
5/15/26  
Provides an update to certain insurance sections of law to update or eliminate outdated sections of the insurance law.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7884

Introduced
2/27/26  
Establishes federal back stop language for any provisions of federal law relating to any of the energy or water conservation standards issued or approved for publication by the office of the United States Secretary of Energy as of January 19, 2025
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7915

Introduced
2/27/26  
Authorizes the collection of a small additional fee, in addition to the registration fee paid by motorboat owners, to be deposited in a restricted account, in order to fund the newly established freshwater lake management program.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8174

Introduced
2/27/26  
Requires Rhode Island Medicaid to cover services provided by licensed certified professional midwives and to collect utilization and cost data, while allowing limits consistent with Medicaid rules.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8081

Introduced
2/27/26  
Allows a law enforcement agency to consider expunged records when issuing a license or permit to carry a pistol or revolver.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8168

Introduced
2/27/26  
Increases reimbursement caps promulgated in 2018 and applies to eligible costs for library projects incurred from June 30, 2025 through June 30, 2031, or ending earlier if the Office of Library Information Services amends the regulations.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7996

Introduced
2/27/26  
Reorganizes the coastal resources management council under the department of environmental management and create the bureau of coastal resources management.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8026

Introduced
2/27/26  
Repeals the Tiverton tax credit for totally disabled veterans and includes a veteran's unmarried widow or widower for a tax credit in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200) or greater.