Rhode Island State Senator

Samuel Zurier 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 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 S2739

Introduced
2/27/26  
Amends the workers' compensation reimbursement provisions related to the liability of third person for damages.
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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 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 S2678

Introduced
2/27/26  
Increases monthly minimum benefit for a spouse, domestic partner, former spouse.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2813

Introduced
3/4/26  
Submits the state's 2026 capital development program requesting the issuance of general obligation bonds totaling one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) for approval of the electorate at the general election to be held in November, 2026.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2784

Introduced
3/4/26  
Provides that no new charter school application shall be granted, if the proposed school is a network charter school or the expansion of an existing charter school creates a network charter school.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2821

Introduced
3/4/26  
Requires a review by the department of elementary and secondary education of the formula components used to compute the aid needed to support high need students.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2783

Introduced
3/4/26  
Provides that only a mayor or town administrator could be a voting member of the board of directors or trustees for a mayoral academy.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2819

Introduced
3/4/26  
Removes funding requirement from department of elementary and secondary education.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2837

Introduced
3/4/26  
SENATE RESOLUTION FORMALLY REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION TO IMPLEMENT ALL PROVISIONS OF THE STATE FUNDING FORMULA FOR EDUCATION
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2770

Introduced
3/4/26  
Characterizes the failure of a homeowner's insurance policy to use matching principle in its interpretation of replacement cost coverage in its homeowner's insurance policy, as an unfair claim settlement practices.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2766

Introduced
3/4/26  
Requires any entity that knowingly collects, shares or sells to third parties the personal data of a consumer to register with the department of business regulations and permits for the consumer to request deletion of the personal data.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2651

Introduced
2/27/26  
Directs the department of elementary and secondary education to provide a two-year pilot program that coordinates a national cultural exchange program for students of this state.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2934

Introduced
3/4/26  
Allows a different minimum salary schedule for Providence public school teachers and provides a process for the dismissal and demotion of teachers. The reconstitution and control of the Providence public schools would terminate on June 30, 2026.