Rhode Island State Senator

Leonidas Raptakis 2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 10)

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2187

Introduced
1/20/26  
SENATE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE CELEBRATION OF THE BIRTH OF THE REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., ON JANUARY 15, 2026
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2193

Introduced
1/22/26  
SENATE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING THE LIFE AND EXTENDING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF CARRIGAN MCCORRIE-RAINE NELSON
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2192

Introduced
1/22/26  
SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING JANUARY 18TH-24TH, 2026, TO BE "CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETISTS WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2216

Introduced
1/23/26  
Provides for a comprehensive criminal and employment background check procedure for all school employees.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2306

Introduced
1/23/26  
Permits possession or use of device that muffles sound on any firearm longer than 17” in length and permits the use of such a device by any person while hunting provided that they have a valid hunting license.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2220

Introduced
1/23/26  
Establishes the Rhode Island Clean Air Preservation Act that establishes a regulatory process to prohibit polluting atmospheric experimentation.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2235

Introduced
1/23/26  
Requires the auditor general to conduct performance audits of all state agencies.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2326

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/23/26  
Report Pass
5/6/26  
Requires that before any fire fighter or police officer is eligible to receive benefits for illness or injury sustained off duty, they prove they had reasonable grounds to believe that an emergency existed that required immediate need of their assistance.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2274

Introduced
1/23/26  
Changes the residential limit for any substantial multi-family housing project not to exceed forty thousand (40,000) residents according to the United States Census Bureau.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2310

Introduced
1/23/26  
Increases the penalties for a first offense of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death to a minimum 10 years in incarceration, a minimum of $10,000 and a minimum license revocation of 10 years.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2275

Introduced
1/23/26  
Restores the requirement that a local review board issue findings for denial in reviewing a comprehensive permit request and clarifies that affordable housing units shall be included in each town and city when the building permits for units are granted.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2190

Introduced
1/21/26  
SENATE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE 83RD ANNIVERSARY OF THE "FOUR CHAPLAINS", THE FOUR MEN OF GOD WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES DURING WORLD WAR II SO THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2285

Introduced
1/23/26  
Increases sentences for carrying a stolen firearm when committing a crime of violence and for possessing a stolen firearm. Requires that a person convicted of these offenses serve a period of time in which they would not be eligible for parole/ probation.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2288

Introduced
1/23/26  
Prohibits defendants who are serving probation for driving under the influence death resulting from earning good time off their probationary period.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2314

Introduced
1/23/26  
Makes a first offense of possessing a large capacity feeding device a misdemeanor and subsequent offenses felonies.