Rhode Island State Representative

Joseph Mcnamara 2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 4)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7741

Introduced
2/12/26  
Allows advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, and physicians who are and are not licensed in Rhode Island to provide telemedicine services to patients who are in the state when those services are rendered.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7756

Introduced
2/12/26  
Amends current law on controlled substances to permit psilocybin to be cultivated within a person's residence for personal use and contingent on the US FDA's program, mandate that RI department of health establish rules regulations.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7728

Introduced
2/12/26  
Allows emergency preliminary certificates for teaching to be issued for up to a total of five (5) school years.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7802

Introduced
2/12/26  
Adds probation officer and parole officer to the list of public safety employees that are entitled to their full salary if they are injured and become disabled as a result of performance of their job duties.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7812

Introduced
2/12/26  
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $3,500,000 FOR THE MESHANTICUT LAKE PAVED WALKING PATH IN CRANSTON (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $3,500,000 for the Meshanticut Lake paved walking path in Cranston.)
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7811

Introduced
2/12/26  
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $500,000 TO ONWARD WE LEARN IN SUPPORT OF RHODE ISLAND GEAR UP (Appropriates the sum of $500,000 to Onward We Learn in support of Rhode Island GEAR UP.)
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7770

Introduced
2/12/26  
Increases the minimum hourly wage commencing January 1, 2029, by an amount equal to the total percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Northeast Region for the calendar year 2027.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7731

Introduced
2/12/26  
Strengthens school security measures, including the establishment of a RI school emergency response committee to develop additional recommendations for school security measures and requiring an annual school safety assessment by all school districts.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7829

Introduced
2/26/26  
HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE CARLO SPIRITO, JR.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7830

Introduced
2/26/26  
HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING DEEPEST SYMPATHY ON THE PASSING OF CAROL LEE CONNELL
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7831

Introduced
2/26/26  
HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING FEBRUARY 23 THROUGH FEBRUARY 27, 2026, TO BE "PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7826

Introduced
2/26/26  
HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING THE LIVES OF RHONDA DORGAN, AIDAN DORGAN AND GERALD DORGAN, COMMENDING THE HEROISM OF FIRST RESPONDERS AND CITIZENS, AND EXPRESSING THE DEEPEST SYMPATHY OF THE RHODE ISLAND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOLLOWING THE TRAGIC EVENTS AT THE DENNIS M. LYNCH ARENA IN THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7828

Introduced
2/26/26  
HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE HELEN STASIA TAYLOR

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7740

Introduced
2/12/26  
Details each of those limited emergency circumstances where a registered nurse and advanced practice registered nurses, may safely administer sedation, such as critical life-saving or emergency situations where there is an imminent threat to life or limb.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7722

Introduced
2/12/26  
Clarifies the manner in which certain dental insurance benefits are paid directly to the provider.