Rhode Island State Representative

Jon Brien 2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 2)

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8112

Introduced
2/27/26  
Adds a provision that allows a tenant to pay the last month's rent or any other prepaid rent. It also increases the amount that a security deposit can be requested from one to two (2) months of rent.
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Rhode Island House Bill H8065

Introduced
2/27/26  
Makes it a felony for any person required to register as a sex offender to live within three hundred feet (300’) of a school as defined in § 11-37.1-2.
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Rhode Island House Bill H8120

Introduced
2/27/26  
Allows the personal representative of a decedent’s estate to discharge the estate tax lien by recording with decedent’s municipality, a statement stating decedent’s gross estate does not require a state or federal estate tax filing pursuant to §44-22-1.1.
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Rhode Island House Bill H8158

Introduced
2/27/26  
Requires a review by the department of elementary and secondary education of the formula components used to compute the aid needed to support high need students.
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Rhode Island House Bill H8072

Introduced
2/27/26  
Allows a person over 18 to purchase a stun gun or electronic dart gun and prohibits the sale of a stun gun or electronic dart gun to a person under 18 and criminalizes using a stun gun or electronic dart gun in a crime or against a police officer.
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Rhode Island House Bill H8070

Introduced
2/27/26  
Makes it permissible for any student, professor, or other employee of any public or private college or university, to carry, possess and have in their custody, possession and/or under their control, a stun-gun or pepper spray for purposes of self-defense.
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Rhode Island House Bill H8185

Introduced
2/27/26  
Amends the pension benefits for both current and former Rhode Island State Police members.
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Rhode Island House Bill H8160

Introduced
2/27/26  
Removes funding requirement from department of elementary and secondary education.
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Rhode Island House Bill H7288

Introduced
1/23/26  
Directs the office of law revision to identify, on a yearly basis, any decisions or holding of the United States Supreme Court that would require amendments to any state statutes.
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Rhode Island House Bill H7274

Introduced
1/23/26  
Permits physician assistants to practice without a physician's direct supervision and receives direct payments from Medicaid.
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Rhode Island House Bill H7289

Introduced
1/23/26  
Prohibits civil asset forfeiture regarding violations of the controlled substances laws until a criminal conviction is obtained.
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Rhode Island House Bill H7280

Introduced
1/23/26  
Creates a 10 member bail task force to study the need of monetary conditions of bail and to consider other methods for ensuring an accused’s appearance in court, enhance public safety and honor the presumption of innocence and to file report by 1/1/2028.
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Rhode Island House Bill H7281

Introduced
1/23/26  
Reduces the time for expungements to 3 years for a single misdemeanor and 5 years for felonies and multiple misdemeanors.
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Rhode Island House Bill H7282

Introduced
1/23/26  
Increases the membership of the state crime laboratory commission from five (5) to nine (9). The overseer and co-executive secretaries of the commission have been changed to the deans of URI's colleges of pharmacy and engineering.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7967

Introduced
2/27/26  
Repeals the law that prevents a collective bargaining agreement covering state employees, public school teachers and municipal employees from specifying a particular healthcare provider in it.