Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 32)
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2826
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT - Provides that in local education agencies when over 45% of the children have a family income that is at or below 185% of federal poverty guidelines, then the student success factor will be 50% by the core instruction per-pupil amount.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2890
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Mandates health insurance coverage for medically necessary hormonal/non-hormonal therapy to treat symptoms of peri-menopause/menopause, if therapy is recommended by qualified healthcare provider licensed in RI and has proven safe and effective.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2924
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
Report Pass
5/26/26
Engrossed
5/28/26
Refer
5/29/26
LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LABOR RELATIONS ACT - Allows employees, not represented by a union, to create a group to collectively bargain with employers.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2797
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- MORATORIUM ON NET METERING, LONG-TERM CONTRACTS AND SUBSIDIES FOR HEAT PUMPS - Places a moratorium on net metering contracts, subsidies for heat pumps and long-term contracts for the purchasing of solar or wind energy.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2810
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
TAXATION -- TAX PREPARERS ACT OF 2013 - Provides for penalties for tax preparers that purposefully mislead their clients or act as ghost preparers of tax returns.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2916
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - Increases the minimum veterans’ exemption from one thousand dollars ($1,000) to six thousand dollars ($6,000) with respect to municipal taxes.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2822
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES - Defines public-private partnerships and provides the framework to encourage the use of public-private partnerships for proposals for state purchases.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2965
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- UNIFORM ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ACT - Allows a party to condition a transaction by electronic means on their stated desire to obtain and receive a written copy of the document in English or Spanish before electronic execution of the agreement or performance is required of the party.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2836
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES - Allows for food and food supplies procurement by the state of less than $25,000 in aggregate under the small purchase regulations.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2790
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
EDUCATION -- SAVE WOMEN’S SPORTS ACT - Mandates that athletic teams that are sponsored by a public school or a private school whose teams compete against a public school, be designated as (1) "males", "men" or "boys"; (2) "females", "women" or "girls"; or (3) "coed" or "mixed".
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2903
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION PROGRAM ACT - Establishes the Residential and Commercial Property Acquisition Program Act to implement residential or commercial property acquisitions, paired with funding for relocation costs within or proximate to the current community.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2964
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS - Makes persons convicted of petty misdemeanors and convicted of simple possession of controlled substances, eligible to have their records expunged three years after completion of their sentence.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2824
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION - Permits hit and run victims suffering serious bodily injury to recover under the crime victim compensation program.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2835
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- ADMINISTRATION - Changes the teacher and state employees' retirement benefit calculations' cutoff date from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2012, for all retirement members eligible to and who retire on or after the new July 1, 2012, cutoff date.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2789
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study And Provide Recommendations For The Creation Of A Statewide Teacher Healthcare Plan (creates An 11-member Commission To Study And Make Recommendations On A Statewide Teacher Healthcare Plan, And Would Report Quarterly As Of September 1, 2026, And Submit A Final Report By September 1, 2027, And Expires On December 31, 2027.)