Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 94)

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2479

Introduced
2/6/26  
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' DUE PROCESS, ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY ACT -- ICE OUT ACT - Prohibits law enforcement agencies from hiring individuals who were hired as a sworn officer of the US Immigration and Customs enforcement Agency on or after January 20, 2025, and applies prospectively to an individual hired on or after October 1, 2026.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7539

Introduced
2/6/26  
INSURANCE -- BENEFIT DETERMINATION AND UTILIZATION REVIEW ACT - Limits the use by insurers of step therapy, a protocol that establishes a specific sequence in which prescription drugs for a specified medical condition are covered by an insurer, by allowing medical providers to request step therapy exceptions.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2495

Introduced
2/6/26  
EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS - Directs the state department of education to establish an anti-hazing policy in student athletics.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7538

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
3/30/26  
Engrossed
4/16/26  
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BY HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS NOTIFICATION ACT - Requires healthcare providers and healthcare facilities to inform patients of the use of artificial intelligence to memorialize patient visits.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7552

Introduced
2/6/26  
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THREATS AND EXTORTION - Adds school superintendents, central office officials, school principals, and all other school employees, to the definition of a “public official” for purposes of the criminal prohibition against making threats to public officials.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7571

Introduced
2/6/26  
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES - Creates a special motor vehicle registration plate for the Friends of the Historic Narragansett Towers.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2506

Introduced
2/6/26  
FOOD AND DRUGS -- SANITATION IN FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS - Adds pickles and relish to those foods not requiring refrigeration which are permitted to be manufactured and sold as a farm home food product.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7579

Introduced
2/6/26  
Joint Resolution Repealing Rhode Island's Ratification Of The Corwin Amendment (repeals The General Assembly’s Previous Ratification Of The Corwin Amendment.)
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7590

Introduced
2/6/26  
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- INSPECTOR GENERAL - Establishes the office of inspector general as an independent administrative agency charged with the responsibility to investigate, detect, and prevent fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement in the expenditure of public funds.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2485

Introduced
2/6/26  
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PARENTS' BILL OF RIGHTS ACT - Provides for a parents' bill of rights related to the health, education and welfare of their minor children.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2469

Introduced
2/6/26  
TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Amends the zoning ordinances to allow the town to restrict occupancy to one unrelated person per bedroom in a dwelling, up to a five (5) bedroom unit. Units with more than five (5) bedrooms may be limited to five (5) unrelated persons per unit.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7595

Introduced
2/6/26  
TAXATION -- WEALTH TAX - Imposes a wealth tax on Rhode Island individuals and entities at a rate of one percent (1%) of worldwide wealth.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2496

Introduced
2/6/26  
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 H7591

Introduced
2/6/26  
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LICENSING AND MONITORING OF CHILD PLACING AGENCIES, CHILD CARING AGENCIES, FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE HOMES, AND CHILDREN'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAMS - Requires all out-of-state foster care placement facilities be registered with Medicaid as a Medicaid provider.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2499

Introduced
2/6/26  
LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE USE AND FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES - Creates a comprehensive statutory framework to address and regulate the use of artificial intelligence in the workplace, considering the interests of employers and employees.