Rhode Island State Representative

John Edwards 2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 7)

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7616

Introduced
2/11/26  
Requires every elementary and secondary school within the State of Rhode Island to provide and maintain clearly visible and easily accessible trauma kits within the school. It also provides immunity if assistance is rendered.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7650

Introduced
2/11/26  
Provides that any person eighteen (18) years of age who is issued a license or permit may carry a stun gun. It would impose criminal penalties for a person to sell or transfer a stun gun to a person under the age of eighteen (18).
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7695

Introduced
2/11/26  
Establishes property, tangible, sales and use tax exemptions as incentives for the location of qualified data centers in Rhode Island.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7696

Introduced
2/11/26  
Establishes a tax credit for businesses transitioning to employee ownership.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7645

Introduced
2/11/26  
Extends time for a party to apply for stay of arbitration to180 days; invalidates any provision that penalizes a party for seeking legal representation; requires arbitrator to provide notice of default to a party for failure to pay fees.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7687

Introduced
2/11/26  
Exempts individual retirement accounts as a countable resource for public assistance. This act also prohibits the state as a creditor against an ABLE account in the event of death of a beneficiary.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8253

Introduced
3/6/26  
Allows a police officer to be reemployed by a state agency or department for purposes of working a state-funded detail subject to certain restrictions.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8246

Introduced
3/6/26  
Mandates health insurance coverage by eliminating out-of-pocket costs for lung cancer screenings in order to enable patients to get the critical care they need without delay.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8260

Introduced
3/10/26  
HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF CATHERINE “KITTY” PETRARCA

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7136

Introduced
1/15/26  
Allows school committees to add item(s) not appearing in the published notice to their agendas for the purposes of discussion only and not for the purpose of voting upon the item(s).
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7123

Introduced
1/15/26  
Requires the Rhode Island housing authority to verify and document the count of affordable housing stock in the town of Tiverton two (2) times per year.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7125

Introduced
1/15/26  
Authorized the town of Tiverton to require that fifty percent (50%) of new construction be affordable housing units if there is less than ten percent (10%) of affordable housing in the town.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7124

Introduced
1/15/26  
Allows the town of Tiverton, with an aggregate of 500 or more units proposed in a comprehensive permit project, to enact a short-term emergency moratorium until the permit laws are amended.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7154

Introduced
1/16/26  
Refer
1/16/26  
Report Pass
4/30/26  
Amends the definition of public record to exempt from public disclosure the city or town of residence of the justices, judges, and magistrates of the unified judicial system.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7159

Introduced
1/16/26  
Provides for paid leave for a state employee who donates an organ and duration of the leave is dependent on the type of donation and notice should be provided to the employer at least thirty (30) days prior to the leave.