Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2809

Introduced
3/4/26  

Caption

Establishes a tax credit for businesses transitioning to employee ownership.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

RI H5940

Creates RI opportunity for employee ownership, worker gets notice within seven days of sale of business.

RI S0752

Creates RI opportunity for employee ownership, worker gets notice within seven days of sale of business.

RI H6008

Allows an income tax credit for employer contributions to an eligible employee's ABLE account, for a maximum credit of two thousand dollars ($2,000) per employee, per year.

RI H5418

Amends the definition of "small employer" for purposes of the small employer health insurance availability act to mean a business employing less than one hundred (100) employees rather than fifty (50) employees.

RI H5316

Establishes the Housing Flexible Spending Account Act of 2025 allowing Rhode Island employers to contribute pre-tax income into a housing flexible spending account (H-FSA), for employees to be used for qualified housing expenses.

RI H5952

Provides for a home ownership assistance account administered by Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation to expand home ownership.

RI H5678

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.

RI S0589

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.

RI S0959

Protects bullying/psychological abuse in workplace inflicted upon employees by employers/co-employees/provides civil remedies to affected employees/fines against employers/imprisonment/fines against co-employees.

RI H5233

Establishes a tax credit against income tax based on eligible expenses incurred for care and support of an eligible family member.

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