Rhode Island State Senator

Melissa Murray 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 Senate Bill S2721

Introduced
2/27/26  
Creates the child-serving provider liability joint underwriting association to provide a joint underwriting association to provide liability insurance coverage for eligible child serving providers.
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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 S2671

Introduced
2/27/26  
Requires Medicaid to cover services by licensed certified lactation counselors and EOHHS to oversee and implement the program and track related costs and use. It also ensures reimbursement consistent with similar providers.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2691

Introduced
2/27/26  
Eliminates mandated housing densities/density bonuses for public drinking water supply watersheds/groundwater. Requires densities not exceed water availability, introduce pollution, stay within public water or sewer system capacity limits.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2646

Introduced
2/27/26  
Regulates property insurers to limit underwriting and investment in fossil fuel projects, requires climate risk reporting and emissions disclosures, and aligns insurance practices with science-based climate targets.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2659

Introduced
2/27/26  
Requires the governor, when presenting his proposed budget articles for each fiscal year to set forth the climate considerations that were undertaken to move the state towards the mandated goals set forth in the 2021 Act on Climate.
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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 S2737

Introduced
2/27/26  
Expands the benefit definitions to include a grandchild and care recipient and increases benefits period to 10 weeks for 2027 and 12 weeks for 2028 and provides a TDI/TCI opt-in option for self-employed workers.
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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.)
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2753

Introduced
2/27/26  
Creates The Rhode Island Veterans Home Staffing Support Act of 2026.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2726

Introduced
2/27/26  
Changes the application to purchase a firearm. Further, this act would require all persons seeking to possess a firearm except for police and military personnel to complete and pass a basic firearm safety training course.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2896

Introduced
3/4/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Report Pass
5/12/26  
Engrossed
5/19/26  
Clarifies how condominium insurance deductibles and unpaid losses are divided between associations and unit owners, require owners to insure units if associations do not, and allow boards to manage and use insurance proceeds for repairs.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2702

Introduced
2/27/26  
Requires condominium associations to charge a reduced fee to update a condominium resale certificate after issuance of the initial certificate.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2689

Introduced
2/27/26  
Mandates that the EOHHS assemble a network of equity zones where local multisector groups of nonprofits, service providers, advocates, community members, state agencies, and municipalities can address social factors of health at a local level.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2681

Introduced
2/27/26  
Establishes the state-funded rental subsidy program.