Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 82)
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7977
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
ELECTIONS -- BALLOT QUESTION ADVOCACY AND REPORTING - Imposes strict identity disclosure requirements for those who incur expenditures for the production of ballot advocacy communications and political advertisements.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H8049
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- JUDICIAL SELECTION - Requires the JNC to establish standardized merit-based selection process and that applications be evaluated according to uniform, job-related criteria adopted in advance and published on the commission's website.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7878
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS ACT - Requires that the electric distribution company and the commission promulgate tariffs to address interconnection of energy storage systems and to provide compensation for at least 100 mega watts of energy storage systems sited in the state.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7894
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
EDUCATION -- ACCESS FOR CONGRESSIONALLY CHARTERED YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS - Requires public schools to give congressionally chartered youth organizations limited access for recruitment and brief student presentations with parent notice, while preserving school safety and discretion.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7955
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- CURRENCY TRANSMISSIONS - Expands the definition of operator to anyone who enables customers to purchase virtual currency. Expands the definition of a transaction to include a digital product or application where payment is made in person or through a third party intermediary.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7875
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND HEALTH CARE REFORM ACT OF 2004 -- HEALTH INSURANCE OVERSIGHT - Charges the office of the health insurance commissioner to incorporate uncompensated care as a formula-driven numeric adjustment in the methodology used to establish any affordability standard or rate cap, applicable to hospital contracts.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H8032
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING - Eliminates mandated housing densities/density bonuses for public drinking water supply watersheds/groundwater. Requires densities not exceed water availability, introduce pollution, stay within public water or sewer system capacity limits.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H8024
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Project Hand Up, located in the town of West Warwick.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H8025
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - Allows the town of Tiverton to authorize, by ordinance, a real estate tax credit for seniors over the age of sixty-five (65) years.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7502
Introduced
2/4/26
Refer
2/4/26
HIGHWAYS -- SIDEWALKS - Requires that all maintenance of sidewalks along state highways, with the exception of snow and ice removal, be the responsibility of the state.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7486
Introduced
2/4/26
Refer
2/4/26
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PRIMARY CARE TRAINING SITES PROGRAM - Allows the office of health insurance commissioner (OHIC) as the state agency that has the authority to designate patient-centered medical home (PCMH) care to obtain maximal health outcomes.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7480
Introduced
2/4/26
Refer
2/4/26
EDUCATION -- THE CHILDREN'S CARDIAC SAFETY ACT - Establishes "The Children's Cardiac Safety Act", and provide for childhood cardiac screening based on modules that incorporate current best practices.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7475
Introduced
2/4/26
Refer
2/4/26
Report Pass
4/2/26
Engrossed
4/14/26
Refer
5/1/26
PUBLIC FINANCE -- RHODE ISLAND SECURE CHOICE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PROGRAM ACT - Makes several technical amendments to the Rhode Island secure choice retirement savings program act necessary for continued administration and inter-state partnership.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7497
Introduced
2/4/26
Refer
2/4/26
LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES - Provides a definition for antisemitism to be used by state agencies to evaluate whether discrimination is present.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7494
Introduced
2/4/26
Refer
2/4/26
ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS - Requires the board of elections to establish a secure area for the public observation of mail ballot processing and require the mail ballot voter’s signature be compared to the signature on file within the state central voter registration system.