Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 43)
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7275
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/23/26
INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires health insurance plans to cover services provided by licensed certified professional midwives. Insurers would be required to report utilization and cost data annually and certain limited benefit policies would be exempt.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7295
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/23/26
TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING - Permits the town of Tiverton to require additional testing, to be performed by and at the expense of the developer, to ensure that there is no dewatering or loss of effective recharge to surrounding wells within close proximity of the new construction.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7269
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/23/26
PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING -- PORTABLE SOLAR GENERATION DEVICES - Excludes portable solar generation devices intended primarily to offset part of a customer's electricity consumption from the definition of eligible net-metering system.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7294
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/23/26
TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING -- TIVERTON - Prohibits applications filed in the town of Tiverton, for comprehensive permit projects, for low- and moderate-income housing, to include accessory dwelling units.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7308
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/23/26
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.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7265
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/23/26
Report Pass
3/12/26
Engrossed
3/19/26
Refer
3/27/26
Report Pass
5/5/26
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- THE RHODE ISLAND SPECIAL DEPOSITS ACT - Establishes the Rhode Island Special Deposits Act to be governed by an account agreement between the bank and the depositor or its beneficiary.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7280
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/23/26
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCE - Creates a 10 member bail task force to study the need of monetary conditions of bail and to consider other methods for ensuring an accused’s appearance in court, enhance public safety and honor the presumption of innocence and to file report by 1/1/2028.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7283
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/23/26
PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- COLLECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF DECEDENT'S ESTATES - Allows a duly authorized administrator or executor of an estate to request decedent's funds on deposit with any financial institution without cost.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7304
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/23/26
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS - Allows a pregnant member or member that has given birth in the past six (6) months to appear remotely and permits any member that participates in a meeting remotely to vote at that meeting, provided that the meeting is held in person.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7301
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/23/26
Report Pass
2/3/26
Passed
2/11/26
House Resolution Reinstating The Life Of And Extending The Reporting And Expiration Dates Of The Special Legislative Commission To Review And Provide Recommendations For Policies That Deal With Numerous Economic And Social Short-term Rentals Issues (reinstates The Life, Extends The Reporting Date Of The Special Leg. Commission To Review/provide Recommendations For Policies That Deal With Numerous Economic And Social Short-term Rentals Issues From 9/30/25, To 9/30/26, The Commission Expires On 1/10/27)
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7323
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 House Bill H7281
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/23/26
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS - Reduces the time for expungements to 3 years for a single misdemeanor and 5 years for felonies and multiple misdemeanors.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7277
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/23/26
INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires health insurance policies to cover licensed certified lactation counselor services for childbearing families. It would also prohibit requiring supervision or duplicate payments for services and mandates annual reporting.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7303
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/23/26
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.)
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7296
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/23/26
TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING -- PARKING SPACES - Permits Tiverton to require two parking space for each studio, one-bedroom, or two-bedroom low- or moderate-income housing units upon the determination that limited or no local public transportation or off-street parking availability near these units.