Rhode Island State Representative

Michael Chippendale 2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8035

Introduced
2/27/26  
Prohibits cities or towns that implement a rent control ordinance from raising property taxes and such prohibition would last for as long as the rent control ordinance is in effect.
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Rhode Island House Bill H7924

Introduced
2/27/26  
Permits and legalize the sale of raw milk.
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Rhode Island House Bill H8012

Introduced
2/27/26  
Creates the RI Pedestrian Safety Act allows cities and town to use automated safety monitoring which a civil fine of $50 for violations.
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Rhode Island House Bill H8197

Introduced
2/27/26  
Exempts new or used bicycles and bicycle parts from sales and use taxes.
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Rhode Island House Bill H8144

Introduced
2/27/26  
Submits the state's 2026 capital development program relating to green bonds requesting the issuance of general obligation bonds totaling $60,000,000 for approval of the electorate at the general election to be held in November, 2026.
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Rhode Island House Bill H8149

Introduced
2/27/26  
Provides for distribution of payment of certain civil penalties for violations of overweight vehicle laws.
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Rhode Island House Bill H8065

Introduced
2/27/26  
Makes it a felony for any person required to register as a sex offender to live within three hundred feet (300’) of a school as defined in § 11-37.1-2.
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Rhode Island House Bill H8206

Introduced
2/27/26  
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $50,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (DEM) FOR NEW FORESTRY HOSES (Appropriates the sum of $50,000 to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM).)
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Rhode Island House Bill H7984

Introduced
2/27/26  
Requires that an independent performance and efficiency audit be conducted for the department of transportation by the auditor general.
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Rhode Island House Bill H7985

Introduced
2/27/26  
Requires those with a public records request to provide identifying information.
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Rhode Island House Bill H8127

Introduced
2/27/26  
Amends the Rhode Island Transit Authority (RIPTA) board composition by adding the Rhode Island Climate Community to the groups given due consideration for appointment to the board.
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Rhode Island House Bill H8207

Introduced
2/27/26  
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $100,000 FOR THE RHODE ISLAND COMMISSION ON PREJUDICE & BIAS (This resolution would appropriate the sum of $100,000 to the Rhode Island Commission on Prejudice and Bias.)

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7992

Introduced
2/27/26  
JOINT RESOLUTION URGING THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT TO STUDY AND REGULATE THE IMPACT OF WAKE BOATS ON RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC WATERWAYS (Urging the Rhode Island department of environmental management to study and regulate the impact of wake boats on Rhode Island public waters.)
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Rhode Island House Bill H7915

Introduced
2/27/26  
Authorizes the collection of a small additional fee, in addition to the registration fee paid by motorboat owners, to be deposited in a restricted account, in order to fund the newly established freshwater lake management program.
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Rhode Island House Bill H8120

Introduced
2/27/26  
Allows the personal representative of a decedent’s estate to discharge the estate tax lien by recording with decedent’s municipality, a statement stating decedent’s gross estate does not require a state or federal estate tax filing pursuant to §44-22-1.1.