Rhode Island State Senator

Samuel Bell 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 S2353

Introduced
1/29/26  
Introduced
1/30/26  
Refer
1/29/26  
Prohibits force-feeding to create a force-fed poultry product or the hiring of another to engage in force-feeding of a poultry product. It also prohibits the sale of a force-fed poultry product or food containing a force-fed poultry product.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2348

Introduced
1/29/26  
Introduced
1/30/26  
Refer
1/29/26  
Directs middle and high schools which issue student identification cards to include on those cards contact crisis telephone numbers for suicide prevention and substance use disorder prevention.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2351

Introduced
1/29/26  
Removes clean coal as a renewable fuel given priority as an energy generation project.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2345

Introduced
1/29/26  
Introduced
1/30/26  
Refer
1/29/26  
Enacts the Rhode Island Broadband Oversight and Accountability Act of 2026.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2425

Introduced
1/30/26  
Authorizes and empower the department of transportation to plant pollinator friendly native species of trees, shrubs, grasses and plants within limits of a roadway, including state highways.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2378

Introduced
1/30/26  
Authorizes an increase in resource eligibility limits for persons with long-term-care needs who reside at home and requires semi-annual reports from Medicaid certified assisted living facilities and adult day service providers to the EOHHS.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2382

Introduced
1/30/26  
Mandates all insurance contracts, plans or policies provide insurance coverage for the expense of diagnosing and treating infertility, for women between the ages of twenty-five (25) and forty-two (42) years.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2387

Introduced
1/30/26  
Establishes the Wholesale Prescription Drug Importation Program for the importation of wholesale prescription drugs from Canada, to provide savings to Rhode Island consumers.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2384

Introduced
1/30/26  
Prohibits the state, participating ERISA, or any health plan from purchasing referenced drugs for a cost higher than the referenced rate.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2529

Introduced
2/13/26  
Prohibits the use of heating systems utilizing fossil fuels as well as air or water heating systems in any state or municipal building open to the public constructed, altered or renovated on or after January 1, 2028.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2531

Introduced
2/13/26  
Establishes the Plastic Waste Conversion Facility Act.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2634

Introduced
2/13/26  
Provides educators and administrators employed in a charter public school or mayoral academy with prevailing wage and benefits oversight and recourse if found in violation of the same.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2548

Introduced
2/13/26  
Amends State funding calculations for special education, revising extraordinary cost calculations for FY 2028-2029, and providing additional funds for excess costs when special education students move into a district after the budget is approved.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2518

Introduced
2/13/26  
Enacts the State of Rhode Island interior design practice act to control and regulate the professional practice of interior designers.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2573

Introduced
2/13/26  
Establishes a universal, comprehensive, affordable single-payer health care insurance program and help control health care costs, which would be referred to as, "the Rhode Island Comprehensive Health Insurance Program" (RICHIP).