Rhode Island State Senator

Lammis Vargas 2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 10)

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S3101

Introduced
3/16/26  
Passed
3/17/26  
SENATE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING MARCH 19, 2026, AS "RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2124

Introduced
1/16/26  
Requires that an independent efficiency and performance audit of the department of transportation be commissioned by the department of administration.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2097

Introduced
1/16/26  
Requires quarterly financial reporting to the executive office of health and human services beginning on October 1, 2026.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2186

Introduced
1/16/26  
Allows persons with disabilities to receive up to two (2) motor vehicle disability parking privilege placards.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2182

Introduced
1/16/26  
Refer
1/16/26  
Report Pass
5/21/26  
Engrossed
5/26/26  
Exempts an individual in foster or adoptive homes from the fee associated with drivers education classes at the community college of Rhode Island.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2085

Introduced
1/16/26  
Eliminates the sunset on the provision of funding, modify eligibility requirement to 85% of state median income and expand funding to at least 20 hours per week.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2137

Introduced
1/16/26  
Prohibits handcuffing children twelve (12) or under at initial police contact unless needed for public safety or if the child is using or threatening physical force against an officer.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2116

Introduced
1/16/26  
Refer
1/16/26  
Report Pass
3/31/26  
Engrossed
4/7/26  
Refer
4/8/26  
Report Pass
4/14/26  
Engrossed
4/28/26  
Permits a nurse who has the appropriate knowledge, credentials and clinical competency, to provide home services foot care, which includes routine foot and nail care, as well as implementing a plan of care that includes hygiene and fingernails.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2126

Introduced
1/16/26  
Refer
1/16/26  
Report Pass
4/30/26  
Engrossed
5/7/26  
Removes the requirement that families consent to, and cooperate with the department of human services in establishing paternity and enforcing child and medical support orders as a condition of eligibility for child care assistance.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2142

Introduced
1/16/26  
Refer
1/16/26  
Report Pass
3/26/26  
Engrossed
3/31/26  
Allows the department of environmental management to acquire established foot paths by eminent domain in order to provide public access to streams, rivers, lakes and ponds.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2332

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/23/26  
Report Pass
4/29/26  
Engrossed
5/5/26  
Provides that exemptions to the prohibition of liquor licenses within two hundred feet (200') of schools or places of worship do not eliminate neighboring property owners’ remonstrance rights to object to the license.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2318

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/23/26  
Report Pass
4/29/26  
Engrossed
5/7/26  
Clarifies the role of a corporation electing to be governed as a workers' cooperative to allow it to operate as a hiring hall under certain circumstances.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2226

Introduced
1/23/26  
Provides that a student's enrollment in Medicaid would be included in calculating and determining the student success factor for use in the foundation education-aid formula.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2215

Introduced
1/23/26  
Authorizes the school administration to issue an out-of-school suspension to students if they are a threat to the safety of others.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2257

Introduced
1/23/26  
SENATE RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (EOHHS) TO ADOPT AN ELECTRONIC PREADMISSION SCREENING AND RESIDENT REVIEW (PASRR) SYSTEM