Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 83)
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7479
Introduced
2/4/26
Refer
2/4/26
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGULATION OF BUSINESS PRACTICES AMONG MOTOR VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS, DISTRIBUTORS, AND DEALERS - Extends certain protocols applicable to vehicle manufacturers to their distributors and factory branches, updates definitions relative to common entities and sales.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7499
Introduced
2/4/26
Refer
2/4/26
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY AND PERFORMANCE AUDIT ACT - Requires that an independent efficiency and performance audit of the department of transportation be commissioned by the department of administration.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7508
Introduced
2/4/26
Refer
2/4/26
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS -- THE RHODE ISLAND CLEAN SLATE ACT - Authorizes the automatic expungement of eligible conviction records by operation of law, initiated and completed by state agencies through electronic processes established within the judicial system.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7487
Introduced
2/4/26
Refer
2/4/26
ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS - Increases penalties for a second or subsequent offense with a fine of not less than $500 or no more than $2,500 and up to 2 years imprisonment, for violating the law on the care of dogs.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7485
Introduced
2/4/26
Refer
2/4/26
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES - Provides coverage and increases individual and group insurance rates of reimbursement for ambulance services.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7476
Introduced
2/4/26
Refer
2/4/26
COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT RIGHT TO REPAIR ACT - Provides that original equipment manufacturers, implemented by/with surrogate distributors, of agricultural equipment, provide to independent service providers repair information and tools to maintain and repair electronics-enabled agricultural equipment.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7490
Introduced
2/4/26
Refer
2/4/26
LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES -- OVERTIME - Requires small employers with one to fifty (1-50) employees and large employers with fifty (50) or more employees to pay overtime wages to exempt workers if their salary exceeds varying multipliers of minimum wage for a forty (40) hour workweek.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7491
Introduced
2/4/26
Refer
2/4/26
Report Pass
5/7/26
Engrossed
5/14/26
Refer
5/22/26
Authorizes the city of Providence to issue not more than $25,000,000 in general obligation bonds and notes to fund the providence housing trust fund to finance affordable multi-family housing projects in the city.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7505
Introduced
2/4/26
Refer
2/4/26
TAXATION -- RHODE ISLAND NEW QUALIFIED JOBS INCENTIVE ACT 2015 - Sunsets/discontinues the Jobs Development Act rate reduction as of July 1, 2026.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7501
Introduced
2/4/26
Refer
2/4/26
EDUCATION -- BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES IN OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME - Provides $100,000 to support the mental health and emotional well-being of children in OST settings.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7489
Introduced
2/4/26
Refer
2/4/26
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES - Requires persons convicted of driving under influence or refusal to submit to chemical test, have an ignition interlock system installed in vehicle as part of sentence and to pay an assessment to pay for the interlock systems.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7498
Introduced
2/4/26
Refer
2/4/26
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES - Authorizes driver education schools to offer the driver training curriculum in a classroom setting or an instructor-led virtual format.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7492
Introduced
2/4/26
Refer
2/4/26
TOWN AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING -- COMPREHENSIVE PERMIT PROJECTS IN TIVERTON - Provides that comprehensive permit projects in Tiverton, involving property not connected to either public water or sewer or both, and for which the property is considered hydric said land be excluded from the building land calculation.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7500
Introduced
2/4/26
Refer
2/4/26
EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT - Changes the teacher and state employees' retirement benefit calculations' cutoff date from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2009, for all retirement members eligible to and who retire on or after the new July 1, 2009, cutoff date.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7481
Introduced
2/4/26
Refer
2/4/26
EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS - Requires the department of elementary and secondary education and DOH to adopt policies, rules and regulations for the administration of seizure rescue medications for children who have been medically identified as having epilepsy/seizure disorder.