Rhode Island State Senator

Valarie Lawson 2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 5)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S3101

Introduced
3/16/26  
Passed
3/17/26  
SENATE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING MARCH 19, 2026, AS "RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S3122

Introduced
3/17/26  
SENATE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING ST. PATRICK'S DAY AND HONORING IRISH AMERICAN PATRIOTS' ROLE IN THE UNITED STATES WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S3124

Introduced
3/19/26  
SENATE RESOLUTION HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF THE LATE SENATE PRESIDENT DOMINICK J. RUGGERIO AND COMMEMORATING THE NAMING OF THE RHODE ISLAND SENATE CHAMBER IN HIS HONOR
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S3143

Introduced
3/24/26  
Creates the Rhode Island voting rights act to establish procedures to prevent discrimination in the voting process.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2077

Introduced
1/16/26  
Expands council on elementary and secondary education and board of education and makes teacher of year and student advisory chair voting members on each.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2085

Introduced
1/16/26  
Eliminates the sunset on the provision of funding, modify eligibility requirement to 85% of state median income and expand funding to at least 20 hours per week.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2116

Introduced
1/16/26  
Refer
1/16/26  
Report Pass
3/31/26  
Engrossed
4/7/26  
Refer
4/8/26  
Report Pass
4/14/26  
Engrossed
4/28/26  
Permits a nurse who has the appropriate knowledge, credentials and clinical competency, to provide home services foot care, which includes routine foot and nail care, as well as implementing a plan of care that includes hygiene and fingernails.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2126

Introduced
1/16/26  
Refer
1/16/26  
Report Pass
4/30/26  
Engrossed
5/7/26  
Removes the requirement that families consent to, and cooperate with the department of human services in establishing paternity and enforcing child and medical support orders as a condition of eligibility for child care assistance.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2246

Introduced
1/23/26  
Establishes a tax credit against income tax based on eligible expenses incurred for care and support of an eligible family member.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2238

Introduced
1/23/26  
Creates an additional tax rate of 3% on taxable income over $640,000 in 2026 dollars. Applies to tax years 2027 and thereafter and not retroactively.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2254

Introduced
1/23/26  
Requires every individual or group health insurance contract effective on or after January 1, 2027, to provide coverage to the insured and the insured's spouse and dependents for all FDA-approved contraceptive drugs, devices and other products.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2323

Introduced
1/23/26  
Establishes the commuter transportation benefit chapter. Employers with five hundred (500) or more employees required to establish a pre-tax commuter transportation fringe benefit program.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2295

Introduced
1/23/26  
Prohibits purchases of more than one firearm in any thirty (30) day period.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S3123

Introduced
3/19/26  
SENATE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE CELEBRATION OF ST. JOSEPH'S DAY
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S3144

Introduced
3/26/26  
SENATE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING "URI DAY" AT THE RHODE ISLAND STATE HOUSE ON MARCH 26, 2026