Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 38)
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2807
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND HOPE SCHOLARSHIP PILOT PROGRAM ACT - Removes the sunset provision of the Rhode Island hope pilot scholarship program, making it a permanent scholarship program and renames the program as the Rhode Island hope scholarship program.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2918
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- GAMBLING AND LOTTERIES - Allows nonprofit organizations to participate in permitted games of chance upon registering with the state police on an annual basis. The nonprofit would be exempt from any required background checks by local law enforcement.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2775
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
Report Pass
5/5/26
INSURANCE -- DOMESTIC INSURANCE COMPANIES - Provides an update to certain insurance sections of law to update or eliminate outdated sections of the insurance law.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2815
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
TAXATION -- STATE TAX OFFICIALS - Extends the timeframe for the division of taxation to review nonresident contractor cases and provide a specific penalty for noncompliance with the statute's withholding requirements.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2788
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
EDUCATION -- TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOOL PUPILS BEYOND CITY AND TOWN LIMITS - Provides local agencies with a mechanism to opt-out of statewide transportation upon a showing of a cost-effective alternative to the current fee-for-service model.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2806
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- EQUAL PAY FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS - Requires the state and private health insurers to reimburse claims for healthcare services provided by nurse practitioners and physician assistants at the same amount as the reimbursement paid to a physician performing the service in the area served.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2885
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ASBESTOS ABATEMENT - Removes obsolete language and clarifies asbestos abatement and radon control requirements.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2869
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- EMBRYO SAFETY AND STORAGE ACT - Creates the “Embryo Safety and Storage Act of 2025.” Also requires the department of health to regulate and license embryo storage facilities.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2872
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
FOOD AND DRUGS -- COMPASSIONATE ACCESS TO MEDICAL CANNABIS ACT - Requires certain health care facilities to allow a terminally ill patient’s use of medicinal cannabis within the health care facility, subject to certain restrictions.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2825
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $5,000,000 To The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) To The Ri Public Transit Authority To Continue Services, Hire And Train More Bus Operators, And Implement The State's Act On Climate Goals.)
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2944
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- RHODE ISLAND BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT - Requires businesses that conduct business to register and maintain required filings with the secretary of state so that consumers and small businesses may readily identify responsible parties, verify good standing, and effectuate service of process.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2875
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE LICENSING ACT - Establishes, encourages and supports the establishment of family councils and resident councils in managed residential communities providing assisted living services.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2929
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY - Eliminates the "until June 30, 2026" sunset on the increase in the total amount of earnings a partial-unemployment insurance claimant can receive before being entirely disqualified for unemployment insurance benefits.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2792
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- CONSUMER PFAS BAN ACT OF 2024 - Exempts certain cookware that contains perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS that are authorized by the FDA for food contact for consumer goods from the provision of the consumer PFAS ban act of 2024.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2843
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- UNCLAIMED INTANGIBLE AND TANGIBLE PROPERTY - Funds the Rhode Island baby bonds trust program without the use of taxpayer dollars through an annual allocation of unclaimed property remittances.