Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 118)
Page 118 of 191
RI
Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2101
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE MEDICAL PRIMARY CARE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM - Establishes the medical primary care scholarship program to be administered by the commissioner of postsecondary education.
RI
Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2084
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE - Increase the personal needs allowance of nursing facility residents from $75.00 to $100 per month.
RI
Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7138
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY - Enables the Rhode Island public transit authority (RIPTA) to work with the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) to allow commuter rail passes to be used as dual passes for both RIPTA and MBTA.
RI
Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2087
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
TOWNS AND CITIES -- STATE AID - Includes municipal detention facility corporations as exempt from taxation, and requires that an amount equal to 27% of all tax that would have been collected if the property was taxable be paid to the municipality annually.
RI
Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2078
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
EDUCATION -- THE SCHOOL LIBRARIES ACT - Creates the School Libraries Act.
RI
Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2108
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Prohibits insurance companies from paying a rate that is less than the approved Medicaid rate set by the executive office of health and human services.
RI
Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2088
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
EDUCATION -- CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION - Provides the department of elementary and secondary education, in consultation with a workgroup composed of various stakeholders, develops a funding formula for school districts sending students to career and technical programs outside their district.
RI
Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2159
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
CRIMINALS -- CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- PAROLE - Requires one elector of the parole board to be a person directly impacted by the criminal justice system who has completed the probation/parole process three (3) or more years prior to selection with a professional background in certain enumerated areas.
RI
Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2128
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- JUDICIAL SELECTION - Requires individuals seeking a judicial nomination to reapply to JNC every 3 years and make those individuals selected as finalists, eligible only for the court in which they applied and were chosen during the five years following their selection.
RI
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
Refer
5/20/26
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PARKING FACILITIES AND PRIVILEGES - 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.
RI
Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2131
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES - This act would add early voting to the 50 feet buffer prohibitions against politicking during election day voting.
RI
Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2079
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS - 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.
RI
Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7150
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS - Prohibits municipalities from restricting certain landscaping equipment based on its power source.
RI
Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2132
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution -- Of Suffrage (proposes To The Voters Of The State A Constitutional Amendment Regarding Eligibility To Vote And To Be A Candidate.)
RI
Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2091
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
HUMAN SERVICES -- PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT - Exempts individual retirement accounts as a countable resource for public assistance. This act also prohibits the state as a creditor against an ABLE account in the event of death of a beneficiary.