Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 123)
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2991
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE BODY CAMERAS FOR CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES ACT -- THE WILLIE WASHINGTON, JR. ACT - Mandates all department of corrections staff with direct supervision roles to wear body cameras while on duty in their assigned facility.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2876
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
Report Pass
4/14/26
Engrossed
4/28/26
Refer
4/29/26
INSURANCE -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS - Caps the total amount that a covered person is required to pay for a covered prescription inhaler, prescription device, or prescription equipment to twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per thirty (30) day supply.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2889
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT - Prescriptions for testosterone not allowed to be transmitted or reported within the prescription drug monitoring database and removes from the records all existing information concerning prior testosterone prescriptions.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2842
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT - Commencing on 7/1/2026, allows members, state and municipal employees to retire when they have at least 28 years of active service and their retirement age, when combined with the number of their years of service reaches, the number 85.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2811
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND PROTECT OUR HEALTHCARE ACT OF 2026 - Creates a publicly funded program for uninsured individuals requiring on an appropriation of $53,200,000 for fiscal year 2027 and an appropriation of 109,600,000 for fiscal year 2028 and every fiscal year thereafter.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2829
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM - Adds a new category to the eligibility of childcare assistance to include a "protective services category" which would include foster or kinship children served through DCYF.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2804
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- RHODE ISLAND INFRASTRUCTURE BANK - Allows local government recipients of grant funds from the Rhode Island infrastructure bank's OSCAR fund and resilient Rhode Island infrastructure fund to use monies for insurability planning.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2880
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE - Requires the executive office of health and human services to consider a new element when reviewing the appropriate Medicaid payments to be paid to nursing facilities.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2863
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires the state, and private insurers that cover prescription hormone therapy, to dispense twelve (12) months’ worth of the prescription as a single prescription.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2878
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- DENTISTS AND DENTAL HYGIENISTS - Permits reimbursement for dental hygienists from "other insurance" or a third-party payor such as Medicare.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2777
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION - Provides that effective July 1, 2026, the profit margin of any electric distribution company or distributor of natural gas, would not exceed four percent (4%), in any given calendar year.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2862
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- DENTISTS AND DENTAL HYGIENISTS - Allows foreign-trained dentists and dental hygienists to obtain limited licenses if they graduate from reputable dental colleges or universities, work under a supervising dentist, and pass a board-approved exam.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2928
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- HEALTHY AND SAFE FAMILIES AND WORKPLACES ACT - Requires employers to provide full-time employees four (4) hours of paid leave once a year to donate blood through and any approved blood donation program.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2883
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LICENSING AND MONITORING OF CHILD PLACING AGENCIES, CHILD CARING AGENCIES, FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE HOMES, AND CHILDREN'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAMS - Authorizes the department of children, youth and families to license mobile response and stabilization services (MRSS).
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2968
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- RHODE ISLAND SOCIAL MEDIA REGULATION ACT - Creates the Rhode Island Social Media Regulation act, which would not permit a Rhode Island resident who is a minor to be an account holder on a social media's platform unless the minor has the express consent of a parent or guardian.