Rhode Island State Senator

Lori Urso 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 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 S2642

Introduced
2/27/26  
Creates a new chapter to protect Rhode Island consumers from coercive tactics at grocery stores.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2716

Introduced
2/27/26  
Creates the joint committee of the repealer for a term of six (6) years to compile suggestions for repeal of certain statutes, regulations, and executive orders.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2679

Introduced
2/27/26  
JOINT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE STATE TO ENTER INTO A FINANCING AGREEMENT RELATING TO SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION IN THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET TO FINANCE RENOVATIONS AND REPAIRS TO SAMUEL SLATER MIDDLE SCHOOL FACILITIES, OR THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF A NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SCHOOL FACILITIES AND ALL EXPENSES INCIDENT THERETO INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COSTS OF DESIGN, DEMOLITION, ATHLETIC FIELDS, LANDSCAPING AND PARKING BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $22,500,000 CITY BONDS, CITY NOTES AND/OR OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS THEREFOR (Authorizes the city of Pawtucket to issue bonds for school renovations.)
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2640

Introduced
2/27/26  
Establishes the catastrophe savings account act.
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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 S2744

Introduced
2/27/26  
Refer
2/27/26  
Establishes an opportunity for employee ownership where the owner notifies all current full-time and part-time employees and provides them with a 30-day window in which to initiate a process to potentially purchase the business as a workers' cooperative.
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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 S2723

Introduced
2/27/26  
Includes animal cruelty offenses to the domestic violence crimes committed by a family or household members against another.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2664

Introduced
2/27/26  
Removes the requirement that 5% of the hotel tax generated from the South County tourism district be paid to the Greater Providence-Warwick Convention and Visitors Bureau.
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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 S2718

Introduced
2/27/26  
Increases fines for speeding in residential or school zones.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2678

Introduced
2/27/26  
Increases monthly minimum benefit for a spouse, domestic partner, former spouse.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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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.)