Rhode Island State Senator

Thomas Paolino 2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 4)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2022

Introduced
1/9/26  
Repeals the corporation minimum tax.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2053

Introduced
1/9/26  
Mandates arming campus police at public higher educational institutions and would include campus police in the definition of "law enforcement officer" for the purposes of the "law enforcement officers' bill of rights".
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2026

Introduced
1/9/26  
Allows a modification to federal adjusted gross income for all social security income for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2027.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2025

Introduced
1/9/26  
Prohibits total education aid paid to any local education agency from being reduced by more than one percent (1%) of the municipal education appropriation in the previous fiscal year.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2057

Introduced
1/9/26  
Requires every school district to render assistance and cooperation within its jurisdictional power to further the objects of this chapter, to wit, providing the courts with any information concerning a child as the court may require.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2096

Introduced
1/16/26  
Exempts the trade-in value of pickup trucks under eight thousand eight hundred pounds (8,800 lbs.) gross weight, used exclusively for personal use, from sales tax.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2178

Introduced
1/16/26  
Refer
1/16/26  
Report Pass
5/14/26  
Engrossed
5/19/26  
Creates a new registration plate for qualified individuals to possess an "adaptive vehicle license plate" to accommodate the transportation needs of an individual with a significant mobility impairment.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2079

Introduced
1/16/26  
Expands the requirement that all high schools and middle schools, whether they are publicly or privately run to maintain on site a functional AED while establishing and implementing a cardiac emergency response plan in these schools.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2103

Introduced
1/16/26  
Requires that the governor submit a zero-based budget to the general assembly with the zero-based budget phased in over a five (5) year period, commencing with the fiscal budget year of July 1, 2027.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2075

Introduced
1/16/26  
Requires the PUC to produce yearly reports beginning on January 1, 2027 on the ability of the current electric grid to handle electrification loads needed to power cars, buildings, and heating of homes within the state.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2167

Introduced
1/16/26  
Increases the number of days a retired municipal employee could work in a calendar year without interruption of pension benefits to 90 days.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2153

Introduced
1/16/26  
Allows attorney general to enter into agreements with other states to recognize a concealed handgun permit as valid and authorizes RI to recognize and honor a concealed weapon permit from out of state with certain requirements.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2161

Introduced
1/16/26  
Requires courts to presume release for most probation violations, set reasonable bail or non-monetary conditions, limit detention to cases of risk or danger, require prompt hearings, and mandate written reasons for detention.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2155

Introduced
1/16/26  
Permits Rhode Island residents, 21 years of age or older, to carry a concealed handgun, without a permit.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2086

Introduced
1/16/26  
Exempts from the sales tax firearm safety equipment, storage devices, gun safes, gun cabinets, gun vaults, gun cases, strong boxes, cable locks, trigger locks and biometric locks.