Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 17)
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7990
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- TIRE EFFICIENCY STANDARDS - Establishes efficiency standards for tires intended to increase efficiency and improve emissions standards.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2752
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS - Allows any truck with a gross vehicle weight of eight thousand eight hundred pounds (8,800 lbs.) or less to be registered as an automobile and issued passenger plates.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2734
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Requires landlords who rent shoreline property to provide their tenants, before the start of the tenancy, with a detailed, written disclosure regarding their shoreline access rights.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H8065
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION - Makes it a felony for any person required to register as a sex offender to live within three hundred feet (300’) of a school as defined in § 11-37.1-2.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2720
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
ELECTIONS -- RHODE ISLAND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES REPORTING - Amends various sections of law relating to campaign contributions and expenditures, including prohibitions on self-dealing with committee funds and prohibits donations made in fictitious names.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2679
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
Joint Resolution Authorizing The State To Enter Into A Financing Agreement Relating To School Construction In The City Of Pawtucket And Authorizing The City Of Pawtucket To Finance Renovations And Repairs To Samuel Slater Middle School Facilities, Or The Acquisition, Construction, Improvement, Furnishing And Equipping Of A New Middle School And School Facilities And All Expenses Incident Thereto Including, But Not Limited To, Costs Of Design, Demolition, Athletic Fields, Landscaping And Parking By The Issuance Of Not More Than $22,500,000 City Bonds, City Notes And/or Other Evidences Of Indebtedness Therefor (authorizes The City Of Pawtucket To Issue Bonds For School Renovations.)
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7980
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS - Increases the role of the DMV in the voter registration and address verification process, by establishing very specific obligations and responsibilities that must be followed before offering an individual an application to register to vote.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2640
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
TAXATION -- CATASTROPHE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS ACT - Establishes the catastrophe savings account act.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H8162
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
EDUCATION -- THE ONWARD WE LEARN SCHOLARSHIP ACT - Requires any remaining funds in the enacted budget from the RI promise scholarship program or the RI hope scholarship program, after Rhode Island college has satisfied all eligible scholarships to be reimbursed to onward we learn.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H8123
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
Report Pass
4/14/26
Engrossed
4/30/26
Refer
5/1/26
MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- DECORATIONS - Creates three (3) new awards for Rhode Island National Guard members and would provide eligibility for the Rhode Island star for certain civilian government employees and military and civilian leaders of foreign governments.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7982
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT - Establishes a performance audit division within the office of the auditor general.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2699
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Allows the town of Johnston to determine its density bonuses based upon its underlying zoning.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2729
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
EDUCATION -- UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND - Provides the board of trustees with tort claim protections and calls upon the board to undertake a feasibility study related to operations of the Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center and the Rhode Island Atomic Energy Commission.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2669
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE - Requires Rhode Island Medicaid to cover services provided by licensed certified professional midwives and to collect utilization and cost data, while allowing limits consistent with Medicaid rules.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H8179
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- 2021 ACT ON CLIMATE - Requires oil spill responsible fee from 5 cents to 10 cents. Funds to support climate change initiatives.