Rhode Island State Senator

Lammis Vargas 2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2638

Introduced
2/27/26  
Amends the Identity Theft Protection Act by eliminating current definitions and establishing new definitions. This act also raises the penalty provisions for violations.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2649

Introduced
2/27/26  
Ensures any public school with available seats, after completion of the initial enrollment period for students, shall make all open seats available to other students residing within the same school district.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2650

Introduced
2/27/26  
Refer
2/27/26  
Report Pass
3/25/26  
Engrossed
3/31/26  
Provides any student, who meets the requirements of this section, with an exemption from paying nonresident tuition at Rhode Island public universities, colleges, or community colleges.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2728

Introduced
2/27/26  
Requires notice to E-ZPass users before DMV reporting, and set rules and regulations for transponder failures, requires outreach and free replacements, and allow mitigation or forgiveness of tolls and penalties from equipment failures.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2727

Introduced
2/27/26  
Creates an intervenor compensation program to provide compensation in the form of grants for legal fees, expert witness fees, and other reasonable costs to an intervenor in both, energy siting board and public utilities commission proceedings.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2721

Introduced
2/27/26  
Creates the child-serving provider liability joint underwriting association to provide a joint underwriting association to provide liability insurance coverage for eligible child serving providers.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2653

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 Senate Bill S2707

Introduced
2/27/26  
JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING THE IMMIGRANT IMPACT TASK FORCE (Creates an 11-member task force to track and oversee immigration enforcement and support actions in Rhode Island, and who would report back to the General Assembly House no later than January 5, 2027, and whose life would expire on March 5, 2027.)
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2676

Introduced
2/27/26  
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $150,000 TO THE MAIN STREET RHODE ISLAND PROGRAM (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) to the Main Street Rhode Island Program.)
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2759

Introduced
3/3/26  
SENATE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE CULTURE AND HERITAGE OF TAÍNO DESCENDANTS IN RHODE ISLAND

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2667

Introduced
2/27/26  
Expands eligibility for the childcare assistance program to meet the federal eligibility benchmark.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2722

Introduced
2/27/26  
Creates a cause of action for the replacement cost of a child restraint system that is in a motor vehicle at the time of a motor vehicle accident.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2663

Introduced
2/27/26  
Establishes a statewide "healthy school meals for all" universal school breakfast and lunch program in Rhode Island public schools phased in over 3 years.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2823

Introduced
3/4/26  
Establishes a child tax credit in the amount of six hundred fifty dollars ($650) for eligible taxpayers adjusted for inflation annually commencing January 1, 2027.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2940

Introduced
3/4/26  
Establishes full-time juvenile hearing board coordinator to provide support and assistance to municipal juvenile hearing boards across the state. Any juvenile charged with a misdemeanor and who is a first offender, shall be referred to the hearing board.