Rhode Island State Senator

Samuel Bell 2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 5)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2122

Introduced
1/16/26  
Modifies the real estate sales disclosure form to include the disclosure of “blower door diagnostic air leakage testing” and advises that air leakage testing is recommended prior to purchasing a residential unit.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2093

Introduced
1/16/26  
Makes students in workforce-ready certificate programs at the community college of Rhode Island eligible to receive the Rhode Island Promise Scholarship.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

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 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2991

Introduced
3/4/26  
Mandates all department of corrections staff with direct supervision roles to wear body cameras while on duty in their assigned facility.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2862

Introduced
3/4/26  
Allows foreign-trained dentists and dental hygienists to obtain limited licenses if they graduate from reputable dental colleges or universities, work under a supervising dentist, and pass a board-approved exam.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2928

Introduced
3/4/26  
Requires employers to provide full-time employees four (4) hours of paid leave once a year to donate blood through and any approved blood donation program.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S3016

Introduced
3/5/26  
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $800,000 TO WATERFIRE PROVIDENCE (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $800,000 to WaterFire Providence.)
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S3036

Introduced
3/5/26  
Refer
3/5/26  
Report Pass
3/26/26  
Engrossed
3/31/26  
Permits those individuals convicted of multiple felonies and misdemeanors to have their records expunged and provides criteria for the court to consider in determining whether the person is of good character.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S3021

Introduced
3/5/26  
JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION -- OF THE LEGISLATIVE POWER (Proposes a state constitutional amendment that no department or other entity created by the state would have poser to incur debt in excess of $ 50,000, without express approval from the legislature and voters.)
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S3116

Introduced
3/13/26  
Prohibits state or local authorities from voluntary participation in federal civil immigration enforcement. It would not prohibit compliance with a judicial warrant or court order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2150

Introduced
1/16/26  
Requires that notice of a judgment lien be sent within ten (10) business days of the recording of the lien.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2165

Introduced
1/16/26  
Grants tenants that are the victim of various forms of abuse including, but not limited to, sexual and domestic abuse and stalking, the right to terminate a lease agreement early without penalty or liability for rent.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2139

Introduced
1/16/26  
Prohibits participation in federal school voucher tax credit for contributions to scholarship-granting organizations unless both the general assembly and the governor approve such participation.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S3040

Introduced
3/5/26  
Requires a municipality to disclose on their official website the specific issues, details and costs of any legal action of which the town or city is a named defendant within 60 days after the close of the fiscal year.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2174

Introduced
1/16/26  
Repeals the law that prevents a collective bargaining agreement covering state employees, public school teachers and municipal employees from specifying a particular healthcare provider in it.