Rhode Island State Senator

Mark Mckenney 2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 9)

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2161

Introduced
1/16/26  
Requires courts to presume release for most probation violations, set reasonable bail or non-monetary conditions, limit detention to cases of risk or danger, require prompt hearings, and mandate written reasons for detention.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2133

Introduced
1/16/26  
Amends several statutes relating to elections and the dates for primaries and dates within which to file nomination papers and object to nomination papers.
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Rhode Island Senate Bill S2170

Introduced
1/16/26  
Allows unemployment benefits for workers who are on strike or are locked out of their workplaces by their employer due to a labor dispute.
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Rhode Island Senate Bill S2168

Introduced
1/16/26  
Allows any peace officer working in a Rhode Island school as a full or part-time resource officer to work in excess of the 75 working days in a calendar year and not have an interruption in their benefits.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2773

Introduced
3/4/26  
Permits eating and drinking establishments to accept consumer-provided containers to fill or refill with takeout food or beverages.
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Rhode Island Senate Bill S2786

Introduced
3/4/26  
Prohibits an educational institution or school district from accessing or using location data for tracking a student's institutional device or personal device, except in limited circumstances.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2787

Introduced
3/4/26  
Bars the council from granting approval to create or expand a charter school beginning operations in 26-27 school year and bars the state from approving or appropriating funds to a new charter school not approved before July 1, 2025.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2945

Introduced
3/4/26  
Adds staff of day camps and residential camps for youth to the definition of "person responsible for a child's welfare" within the chapter on abused and neglected children.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2951

Introduced
3/4/26  
Establishes a system of ranked choice voting whenever a municipality's charter amendment is approved by its voters.
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Rhode Island Senate Bill S2957

Introduced
3/4/26  
Adds school superintendents, central office officials, school principals, and all other school employees, to the definition of a “public official” for purposes of the criminal prohibition against making threats to public officials.
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Rhode Island Senate Bill S2981

Introduced
3/4/26  
Makes it unnecessary to prove that a person's transmission of electronic communications be for the sole purpose of harassment before being found guilty of cyberstalking or cyberharassment.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2130

Introduced
1/16/26  
Requires all write-in votes, regardless of qualification, to be reported and published by the state board of elections, on its website.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2975

Introduced
3/4/26  
Simplifies the assessment of filing fees required to appeal from small claims and consumer matters adjudicated by the district court.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2970

Introduced
3/4/26  
Requires that any person convicted of a charge of driving under the influence or refusal to submit to a chemical test, have an ignition interlock system installed in their vehicle as part of any sentence before being eligible for a license reinstatement.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S3003

Introduced
3/4/26  
Authorizes the committees of the general assembly to allow members of the public to provide testimony remotely.