Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 159)
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2302
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/23/26
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE - Makes it a misdemeanor to knowingly file a false report of misconduct of any law enforcement official, public safety official, or hospital staff.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2298
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/23/26
ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS - Increases the penalty for cruelty to animals, first offense, from eleven months to twelve months incarceration.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2203
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/23/26
Report Pass
4/28/26
Engrossed
5/5/26
Refer
5/6/26
COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- GENETIC INFORMATION PRIVACY ACT - Requires a direct-to-consumer genetic testing company, as defined, to provide a consumer with certain information regarding the company’s policies and procedures regarding use of genetic data.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2312
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/23/26
COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURES -- PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS -- ARBITRATION - Strengthens consumer protections in insurance claims by improving the fairness and timeliness of arbitration and appraisal proceedings, and preventing insurers from delaying or obstructing the dispute resolution process.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2259
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/23/26
TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES - Permits every municipality in the state to offer a homestead tax exemption of up to 20% of assessed value on residential properties, and also provides that municipalities that grant greater exemptions not be limited by this section.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2290
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/23/26
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCE - Provides for release of misdemeanor arrestees without financial conditions, except for domestic violence or flight risk or obstruct of justice risk.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2195
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/23/26
COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COMPANION MODELS - Creates additional safety features for AI companion technology that include addressing suicidal ideation, potential physical harm or financial harm to others expressed by a user. It also requires notification the AI companion does not have human emotions.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2253
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/23/26
Report Pass
3/26/26
Engrossed
3/31/26
Refer
4/1/26
INSURANCE -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS - Includes any costs paid by an enrollee or on behalf of the enrollee, by a third party when calculating an enrollee’s overall contribution to any out-of-pocket maximum or cost sharing requirement, under a health plan as of January 1, 2027.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2254
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/23/26
INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - 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 S2308
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/23/26
CRIMINALS -- CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- PAROLE - Provides that prisoners who committed offenses prior to age 18 and were sentenced as adults be eligible for parole after completing 15 yrs of their sentence. Would not lengthen parole eligibility should prisoner be eligible for parole earlier than 15 yrs.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2251
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/23/26
TAXATION -- ESTATE AND TRANSFER TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Eliminates the estate tax in Rhode Island.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2242
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/23/26
HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM - Requires the department of human services to provide childcare assistance to families, including those served through DCYF, who meet the requirements of a protective services category as defined in CFR 98.20 (a)(3)(ii).
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2233
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/23/26
EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT - Establishes a new categorical funding category for civics education.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2271
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/23/26
PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Limits rent increases to no more than 4% annually unless the landlord is granted an exemption by secretary of housing, and provides tenants with civil action to recover damages, including award of attorneys' fees and punitive damages, for any violations.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2296
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/23/26
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- DISORDERLY CONDUCT - Criminalizes and sets mandatory minimum sentences for the unlawful interference with traffic upon the federal and state highways of this state.