Rhode Island State Representative

Matthew Dawson 2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 2)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8119

Introduced
2/27/26  
Prohibits warrantless purchases of personal data in connection with any criminal, civil, or other investigatory or enforcement activity.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8145

Introduced
2/27/26  
Establishes a restricted receipt account for the benefit of the Rhode Island public transit authority funded by sales taxes collected from ride-share companies; and provided further, the account would be exempt from indirect cost recovery provisions.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7972

Introduced
2/27/26  
Amends the process for creating and governing project labor agreements (“PLA”).
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7988

Introduced
2/27/26  
Charges a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each battery powered elective motor vehicle safety inspection. It would also require any vehicle, regardless of gross vehicle weight rating, to be subject to emissions inspection.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8121

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 House Bill H8081

Introduced
2/27/26  
Allows a law enforcement agency to consider expunged records when issuing a license or permit to carry a pistol or revolver.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8059

Introduced
2/27/26  
Allows nonprofit organizations to participate in permitted games of chance upon registering with the state police on an annual basis. The nonprofit would be exempt from any required background checks by local law enforcement.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8093

Introduced
2/27/26  
Refer
2/27/26  
Report Pass
4/2/26  
Engrossed
4/7/26  
Expands the definition of "educational program" for purposes of the abused and neglected children general law to include charter schools, parochial schools, after school programs, camps and various other programs involving children.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8151

Introduced
2/27/26  
Proposes a bond measure authorizing the State of Rhode Island to issue up to $100,000,000 in general obligation bonds, subject to voter approval, to fund coastal preparedness and resilience projects.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8170

Introduced
2/27/26  
Restore the rights of school administrators and staff members, who have retired to exceed the ninety-day (90) cap on post-retirement employment and work up to one hundred eighty (180) days during a school year.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7971

Introduced
2/27/26  
Raises the minimum threshold contract price before public works contractors are required to pay prevailing wages to their employees, from $1,000 to $100,000.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8086

Introduced
2/27/26  
Refer
2/27/26  
Report Pass
4/2/26  
Engrossed
4/7/26  
Provides that the statute of limitations for second-degree sexual assault shall be 10 years from the date of the offense, or, in the case of a victim who is under the age of 18, ten years from the victim’s eighteenth birthday, whichever is later.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8058

Introduced
2/27/26  
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 House Bill H8062

Introduced
2/27/26  
Enlarges definitions of prohibited acts that constitute hazing, make principals, coaches, athletic directors and others responsible for knowingly failing to take reasonable measures to prevent hazing and punishes serious injury.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8077

Introduced
2/27/26  
Provides for municipal and state police authorities to acquire and to utilize automated license plate readers and identify what data may be collected and in what ways the data can be used.