Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 117)
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2119
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - Provides that the EOHHS, through Emergency Medicaid, cover dialysis for the treatment of end stage renal disease ("ESRD") and kidney transplants for RI residents who do not qualify for full Medicaid under federal law due to their immigration status.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2151
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS - Allows animal control officers in the cities and towns to lawfully take charge of and provide adequate care to any animal found abandoned or neglected or hazardously accumulated and includes them as agents authorized to enforce the provisions of this law.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7143
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DETERMINATION OF NEED FOR NEW HEALTHCARE EQUIPMENT AND NEW INSTITUTIONAL HEALTH SERVICES - Repeals the certificate of need process statutes which are used by the department of health to determine the need for new health care equipment and new institutional health services.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7141
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - Requires the producer of artificial turf and turf infill sold or distributed in RI to report its chain of custody, from installation to use, repurposing, recycling and disposal to the department of environmental management.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2129
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM AND GENDER AFFIRMING CARE HEALTH DATA PRIVACY ACT - Classifies, research, intent and interest in healthcare services as protected healthcare data. Adds responsibilities for regulated entities that seek to collect and share consumer data including a requirement for specific and conspicuous consumer consent.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2089
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTION AND BENEFITS - Permits paid members on the state labor relations board to continue to receive their retirement benefits.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2138
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS - Makes changes to the access to public records act, including clarifying various provisions, increasing the sanctions for knowing and willful violations of the law, and making certain traffic accident data and preferred license plate information public.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2102
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
TOWNS AND CITIES -- OPTIONAL RETIREMENT FOR MEMBERS OF POLICE FORCE AND FIREFIGHTERS - Affords an option for police and firefighters to receive retirement allowances, without reduction, who seek retirement after twenty (20) years of service, upon reaching age fifty-seven (57).
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2144
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT - Permits the court to determine the number of hours a person would have to complete of a batters intervention program and gives the court discretion as to whether that person would be personally financially responsible for the costs thereof.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2096
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - 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 S2166
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES -- OVERTIME - Requires small employers with one to fifty (1-50) employees and large employers with fifty (50) or more employees to pay overtime wages to exempt workers if their salary exceeds varying multipliers of minimum wage for a forty (40) hour workweek.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2127
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS - Requires superior court clerk to automatically seal cases/individual counts of a criminal complaint/indictment that were dismissed, upon request of defendant and serve it upon bureau of criminal identification, police department and counsel of record.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2183
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES - Eliminates the registration and service charge fees for National Guard plates.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2109
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
INSURANCE -- BENEFIT DETERMINATION AND UTILIZATION REVIEW ACT - Prohibits health benefit plans reviewing prescriptions for opioid addiction treatment.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7149
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
Report Pass
4/29/26
Engrossed
5/5/26
TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS - Requires that before any fire fighter or police officer is eligible to receive benefits for illness or injury sustained off duty, they prove they had reasonable grounds to believe that an emergency existed that required immediate need of their assistance.