Jessica de la Cruz

Senate Resolution Expressing Sincere Condolences On The Passing Of Mary D. Burke

Senate Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of The Honorable David R. Carlin, Jr.

Senate Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Arthur Armand Coia

Senate Resolution Extending Deepest Sympathy On The Passing Of The Venerated Legal Luminary, Judge Frank Caprio

Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Edward Catone, Jr.

Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Ashbel Tingley Wall, Ii

This act would require electric and gas utilities to provide a detailed breakdown of supply, delivery, and public policy costs on electric and gas bills, including specific costs for renewable energy sources, and mandate public comment and PUC approval. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would increase the net taxable estate exemption to three million six hundred thousand dollars ($3,600,000) on January 1, 2027. This act would also increase the exemption by one million dollars ($1,000,000) on January 1, 2028, and every year thereafter until this section and the tax would sunset and expire on January 1, 2033. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would repeal the corporation minimum tax. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would establish 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. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would prohibit total education aid paid to any local education agency from being reduced by more than one percent (1%) of the municipal education appropriation in the previous fiscal year. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would allow a modification to federal adjusted gross income for all social security income for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2027. This act would take effect upon passage.

Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of Approximately $30,000,000 To Rhode Island's Public Schools For Safety And Security Improvements (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $100,000 To Each Public School In Rhode Island For School Safety And Security Improvements.)

This act would require insurers to cover buprenorphine without a copayment or deductible. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require that all maintenance of all sidewalks along state highways, with the exception of snow and ice removal, be the responsibility of the state. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would mandate arming campus police at public higher educational institutions and would include campus police in the definition of "law enforcement officer" for the purposes of the "law enforcement officers' bill of rights". This act would take effect upon passage.

Senate Resolution Commemorating January Of 2026, As "rhode Island Slavery And Human Trafficking Prevention Month" In The State Of Rhode Island

Senate Resolution Extending Condolences On The Passing Of The Honorable Thomas E. Hodge

This act would require the public utilities commission (PUC) to produce a report by January 1, 2027 and each January 1 thereafter, on the ability of the current electric grid to handle the electrification load needed to power cars, buildings, and heating of homes within the state and provide the report to the speaker of the house, the senate president and the governor. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require a corporation created under this statute to be regulated by the Rhode Island department of business regulation. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would repeal the 2021 Act on Climate which established a statewide greenhouse gas emission reduction mandate in its entirety. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would phase out the local meals and beverage tax by January 1, 2030. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would exempt from the sales tax firearm safety equipment, storage devices, gun safes, gun cabinets, gun vaults, gun cases, strong boxes, cable locks, trigger locks and biometric locks. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would exempt the trade-in value of pickup trucks under eight thousand eight hundred pounds (8,800 lbs.) gross weight, used exclusively for personal use, from sales tax. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would mandate that any surplus state tax revenue received in any fiscal year would be refunded to the taxpayers of this state on a proportional basis in relation to the personal income tax liability incurred by the taxpayers in that fiscal year. This act would take effect on July 1, 2026.

This act would require that the governor submit a zero-based budget to the general assembly with the zero-based budget phased in over a five (5) year period, commencing with the fiscal budget year of July 1, 2027. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would provide medical assistance coverage for medical services provided to qualifying eligible recipients for community-based care. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would permit a nurse who has the appropriate knowledge, credentials and clinical competency, to provide home services foot care, which would include routine foot and nail care, as well as implementing a plan of footcare that includes hygiene and the shortening of toe and finger nails. A nurse providing in-home foot care would ensure that two (2) hours of continuing education out of the ten (10) hours required per certification period would be focused on foot care. The department of health would determine fair and reasonable license and renewal fees for nurses providing services pursuant to this section. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would allow a landlord that did not obtain a lead certificate pursuant to the lead mitigation laws of chapter 128.1 of title 42 due to the fact that the state lacks the adequate resources to conduct inspections. The act also would provide that if the landlord certifies that the landlord followed all lead mitigation law requirements as of September 1, 2024, the landlord would not be fined for the lack of a lead certificate. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would allow the attorney general to enter into agreements with other states to recognize a concealed handgun permit as valid. This act would authorize the State of Rhode Island to recognize and honor a concealed weapon permit from out of state provided the license holder is twenty-one (21) years of age or older, the reciprocal state or county provides a means of twenty- four (24) hours instantaneous verification, the permit holder has in their immediate possession the valid out of state permit along with a state issued photo identification and the individual is subject to the same laws and restrictions with respect to carrying a weapon as a resident of Rhode Island. Further, any active-duty law enforcement officers having a government issued identification card would have the right to carry a concealed firearm within the State of Rhode Island. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require law enforcement agencies to obtain search warrants for electronic information, data, location information and other identifying information of subscribers and customers, except in specified circumstances. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would permit Rhode Island residents, twenty-one (21) years of age or older, to carry a concealed handgun, without a permit, subject to meeting four (4) conditions: (1) That the person is not prohibited by law from possessing a firearm; (2) That the handgun carrier must possess a certificate of qualification of shooting proficiency; (3) That the carrier has a safety certificate recognized by the Rhode Island department of environmental management; and (4) That the carrier has, in their possession, a governmental issued photo identification. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would add a rebuttable defense if any person shall die or sustain a personal injury while committing robbery of the owner, lessor, or occupant of a motor vehicle and that the owner or occupant of the vehicle acted in self-defense and in the reasonable belief that the person engaged in the criminal offense was about to inflict great bodily harm or death upon that person or any other individual. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would provide the review and appeal process for individuals applying for a permit or license to carry a handgun with the licensing authority or attorney general. This act would provide that an applicant denied a concealed carry handgun permit, could request a meeting with the licensing authority to reconsider the application. If the licensing authority fails to approve the application after the meeting, then an appeal for a trial de nova may be taken to the superior court. The act would further provide that the documents, records and proceedings before the licensing authority and before the superior court shall not be open to the public unless the applicant requests in writing that that hearing be open to the public. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would define suitable person for purposes of possessing and having a concealed carry pistol permit, would establish reasons for applying for a concealed carry permit for both in- state and out-of-state residents, would recognize a concealed weapon permit or license by a reciprocal state, would establish what information is required on applications for carry permits, establish time limits and an appeal process when an application is denied, provides that records relating to carry permits and appeals is not a public record and would permit the use of silence or suppressor for use in hunting. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would increase the number of days a retired municipal employee could work in a calendar year without interruption of their pension benefits from seventy-five (75) to ninety (90) days. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would allow any peace officer working in a Rhode Island school, as a full or part- time resource officer, to work in excess of the seventy-five (75) working days in a calendar year and not have an interruption in their receipt of pension benefits. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would provide that students enrolled in an appropriately credentialed career and technical education program in the areas of emergency medicine technician, firefighting, or public safety including, but not limited to, students under eighteen (18) years of age, could participate in training activities at the fire academy. This act would also allow students who successfully complete those secondary education programs to take certain exams and skills testing. This act would take effect on July 1, 2026.

This act would repeal daylight savings time in the state and follow the “United States Standard Eastern Time” as provided by an exemption from the advancement of time as provide by the federal Uniform Time Ac of 1966, 15 U.S.C. § 260(a). This act would take effect upon passage and enactment by a law of a permanent year-round “United States Eastern Standard Time” in the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, in substantially the same form as § 42-5.2-1 and upon a date agreed upon by all five (5) states.

This act would require the public utilities commission (PUC) to make public notification of any changes in eligibility or production of energy, and would direct the commission to promulgate rules and regulations to allow and facilitate the prompt public disclosure of this information. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would amend the composition of the Rhode Island school safety committee by adding an additional member who is a representative from the Rhode Island School Resource Officer Association. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would provide for a comprehensive criminal and employment background check procedure for all school employees. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would allow the office, in consultation with the department of environmental management, to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations, no later than November 1, 2026, to require as part of the solar permit application an assessment as to whether the proposed solar photovoltaic system would be carbon-neutral in accordance with the emission reduction goals set forth by § 42-6.2-9. A solar permit would only be approved if the proposed solar photovoltaic system is verified to be carbon neutral based upon the assessment. The act would also require applications for energy facility siting to detail the amount of carbon sequestration and carbon storage loss if the facility is permitted. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require that the climate change coordinating council study and report on legislation or programs that are shifting environmental impacts of the use of carbon-free energy technologies onto impoverished and developing countries. This act would also require that wind turbine blades be disposed of within this state unless recycled. This act would further establish a program for tradable, renewable energy credits to be used in coordination with the provisions of the regional greenhouse gas initiative act, chapter 82 of title 23. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require the department of transportation, in consultation with the department of environmental management, to conduct an environmental impact study of motor vehicle non-exhaust particle emissions. It also would allow the departments to collaborate with an academic research institute and direct the departments to make specific recommendations to the general assembly, to reduce the environmental impact of tire particle emissions. Their report would be completed no later than January 1, 2027. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require the executive climate change coordinating council to evaluate and make recommendations for the use of carbon emissions removal technology as an alternative approach to reducing carbon emissions and meeting the climate goals set forth in the act on climate. This act would take effect upon passage.

Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $3,000,000 To The Rhode Island Food Bank (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $3,000,000 To The Rhode Island Food Bank.)

This act would provide on and after July 1, 2027, a school district could elect and choose to not spend money on any mandate that is not fully funded through the state education aid formula or of any other state funding received through the department of elementary and secondary education. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would exempt from the sales tax eligible school supplies, costing less than thirty dollars ($30.00), purchased within one week prior to the commencement of the academic year for public and private schools. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require effective January 1, 2027, that upon the execution of a lease agreement for a mobile and manufactured home in a mobile and manufactured home park, a complete copy of the lease be provided to the tenant within ten (10) days of execution. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would change the residential limit for any substantial multi-family housing project not to exceed forty thousand (40,000) residents according to the United States Census Bureau. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would restore the requirement that a local review board issue findings for denial in reviewing a comprehensive permit request. The act also clarifies that affordable housing units shall be included in each town and city when the building permits for said units are granted. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would define suitable person for purposes of possessing and having a concealed carry pistol permit, would establish reasons for applying for a concealed carry permit for both in- state and out-of-state residents, would establish what information is required on applications for concealed carry permits, establish an appeal process when an application is denied and provide that records relating to concealed carry permits and appeals are not a public record. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would permit non-sworn public safety officers and security guards at private colleges and universities, to detain individuals within the campus jurisdiction, when the officer or guard has reasonable grounds to believe that the person has committed a criminal offense. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would make it a felony for any person required to register as a sex offender to live within three hundred feet (300’) of a school as defined in § 11-37.1-2. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would provide for a cause of action against an individual or entity that prohibits the possession of firearms on real property, except residences, by an individual that is authorized and licensed to carry a firearm. The cause of action would allow the injured individual to recover for injury to his or her person, death, physical, emotional and/or mental distress, economic loss or expense, property damage or any other compensable loss as a result of conduct occurring on the real property that prohibits the possession of firearms. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require healthcare facilities that perform abortions meet the license requirements of similar healthcare facilities, would allow the department of health to conduct unannounced inspections, and would provide a revocation of the facilities license upon any finding of a deficiency. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would categorize women by their biological identity at birth rather than their gender identity for purpose of organized sports. A team would be categorized as males, men, or boys; females, women, or girls; or coed or mixed. If there is a dispute, a student would establish sex by presenting a signed physician's statement that shall indicate the student's sex. Additionally, this act would create a cause of action for any student who is deprived of an athletic opportunity or subject to retaliation as a result of violations of this chapter. This act would take effect January 1, 2027.

This act would provide for a 10 year statute of limitations for the violation of second degree sexual assault. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would make it a misdemeanor to knowingly file a false report of misconduct of any law enforcement official, public safety official, or hospital staff. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would permit the possession or use of a muffler, silencer or other device on any firearm longer than seventeen inches (17”) in length and would permit the use of such a device by any person while hunting provided that they have a valid hunting license at the time of use. No other city or state agency may enact any rule or regulation of law affecting the right to use such a device. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would provide a rebuttable defense if any person shall die or sustain a personal injury while committing any violent criminal offense of a person if that individual is lawfully in a place they have a right to be, and acted in self-defense and in the reasonable belief that the person engaged in the criminal offense was about to inflict great bodily harm or death upon that person or any other individual. This act would take effect upon passage.

Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution Of The State -- Referendum On Line Item Veto (proposed Amendment To The Constitution Provides The Governor With A Line Item Veto On The Budget And Other Bills For The Appropriation Of Money.)

This act would provide that public meetings involving collective bargaining agreements of school teachers shall be open to the public. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would establish an equivalent training certification program at the municipal police academy which allows certification of any candidate who has worked at least one year, full- time as a sworn law enforcement officer, and has met certain other requirements. This act would take effect upon passage.

Senate Resolution Recognizing January 25th Through January 31st, 2026, As "national School Choice Week" In The State Of Rhode Island

This act would reduce the cigarette tax imposed by seventy-five percent (75%) for any modified risk tobacco product as defined in § 21 U.S.C. 387K as a tobacco product sold or distributed to reduce the harm or risk of tobacco-related disease associated with commercially marketed tobacco products. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would amend the existing provisions of the Education Equity and Property Tax Relief Act by providing that the annual amount of the regionalization bonus would be two percent (2%) of the state's share of the foundation education aid formula for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026 and for each fiscal year thereafter. This act would take effect on July 1, 2026.

This act would establish 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. This act would merge the auditor general and office of internal audit and program integrity into the office of inspector general. This act would take effect upon passage.

This bill would require health insurance plans to cover services provided by licensed certified professional midwives. Insurers would be required to report utilization and cost data annually and certain limited benefit policies would be exempt. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

This act would require health insurance policies to cover licensed certified lactation counselor services for childbearing families. It would also prohibit requiring supervision or duplicate payments for services and mandates annual reporting. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

This act would require that all agencies' final rules, promulgated pursuant to the administrative procedures act, be approved by general assembly action, but in no case later than December 31 of the year it is promulgated, before it can become effective. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would increase the sentences, fines or both for § 31-27-1 ("driving so as to endanger, resulting in death") and § 31-27-1.1 ("driving so as to endanger, resulting in personal injury"). This act would also repeal the enhancement of the punishments for subsequent offenses of § 31-27-2.2 ("driving under the influence, resulting in death") and § 31-27-2.6 ("driving under the influence, resulting in serious bodily injury") and would replace the enhancement of punishments with an amended single range of sentences, fines or both. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would permit students at failing schools to enroll in any public school. This act would also establish the Rhode Island education revitalization fund to provide funding to the school choice program. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would enable parents and guardians to review public school learning materials in advance and object if they decide that the material is harmful. The act would provide that a parent or guardian may then withdraw their student from the activity or class, where the material is used and request an alternative assignment. The act would also require, that in order to ensure the parent’s or guardian's rights, every school committee or charter school governing body shall disclose on their website a list of the learning materials and activities used for instruction organized by subject area and grade level. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would redefine what constitutes a farm by reducing the amount of revenue from farm products required to be sold from ten thousand ($10,000) to two thousand five hundred dollars ($2500). The act would expand the farm to include all agricultural operations, including forestry. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would generate an estate tax discharge upon the filing and recording, with the decedent’s municipality, a statement of the executor, trustee or any other estate representative, that the value of the decedent’s gross estate does not require a state or federal tax filing. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would prohibit health insurance providers from requiring preauthorization for in- network mental health or substance use disorder services. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

This act would provide that infants born-alive during an abortion procedure are entitled to the same medical care as infants born-alive as a result of natural, premature or caesarian delivery with criminal penalties for medical personnel who fail to perform their duties and obligations set forth in the act. This act would also provide a civil action for compensatory and punitive damages and a basis for professional disciplinary action. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would criminalize the knowing and intentional failure of a physician, nurse, or other licensed medical person to provide reasonable medical care and treatment to an infant born alive as a felony. If the infant dies as a result of that failure to provide reasonable care, the medical person would be guilty of manslaughter. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would provide that fees for costs charged for search, retrieval or copying of public records shall be waived for members of the general assembly who certify that they are acting in their official capacity. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would provide for a parents' bill of rights preventing the state or any governmental entity from infringing on the fundamental rights of parents in the upbringing of their children. The act would spell out the rights of parents with respect to the health, education and welfare of their minor children. Violations of the act would result in civil, criminal and/or administrative penalties. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require verification of an applicant's date of birth and either a Rhode Island driver's license number or state identification number on all applications seeking mail ballots and emergency mail ballots. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would allow automatic voter registration for Rhode Islanders applying for hunting and fishing licenses, like the procedures in effect for applicants to the division of motor vehicles. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would establish the E-Verify compliance program which would require all non- governmental employers within the state with three (3) or more employees to apply to participate in the federal E-Verify program and to agree to participate in the program, if accepted. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would repeal the energy efficiency charge. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would establish minimum percentages of bio-based product contained in heating oil sold in the state and set dates for compliance to set standards. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would amend the definition of farm and agricultural land to include land on which agricultural operations are being conducted or is suitable for agriculture operations, and further expand the definition of a farmer to include any person who owns or is a principal operator of a farm and engages in agricultural operations. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would recognize that a host community for a proposed or existing major generating facility is uniquely affected by the facility siting process. The act would also increase the membership of the siting board from three (3) to five (5) members and would mandate inclusion and participation of the host community of the facility as well as the public in the affected cities and towns. This act would spell out requirements for hearing officers and public members of the board. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would increase the number of days a retired municipal employee could work in a calendar year without interruption of pension benefits to ninety (90) days or its equivalent of six hundred thirty (630) hours. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would add the administrator of community confinement and the home confinement coordinator to the state retirement system. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would amend the current law on education to address unfunded mandates. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would provide parents of kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) students in Rhode Island with an opportunity to enroll their child in an educational program of their choosing, either via open enrollment in a traditional public school in their own district or any other public school district, or by receiving a scholarship, with designated public monies to follow the student to a participating private school or private curriculum program selected by the parent. The program combines aspects of what are sometimes referred to as "school choice" and "school voucher" programs. The program would begin August 1, 2027. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require that healthcare professionals provide written informed consent signed by the recipient, or in the case of a minor child, by a parent or guardian prior to administration of a vaccine. It would prohibit discrimination against individuals who refuse or delay vaccines. The act would also provide for civil recovery and fines of up to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for violations. It would further prohibit DCYF from investigating a parent/guardian for their failure to vaccinate their child This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would increase the number of physician assistants serving on the board of licensure for physician assistants. This act would also remove the requirement that physician assistants practice under the direct supervision of a physician. Further, this act would require the department of human services to amend its regulations to permit direct payment to physician assistants. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would prohibit municipalities from restricting certain landscaping equipment based on its power source. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would prohibit the distribution, transfer, or possession of any material that depicts a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct, is obscene and lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value with violators subject to imprisonment and fines ranging from two (2) to fifteen (15) years and fines from one thousand dollars ($1,000) to five thousand dollars ($5,000). This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would increase the minimum sentence for first degree sexual assault and provide that the first ten (10) years of a sentence for first degree sexual assault not be subject to a suspension or deferment of sentence. This act would provide that the first ten (10) years of a sentence for first degree child molestation sexual assault not be subject to a suspension or deferment of sentence. This act would take effect upon passage and would be applicable to all those offenses committed after the effective date of this section.

This act would make a violation using the passing lane on limited access highways when not passing another vehicle. This act would take effect upon passage.

Joint Resolution Urging The Rhode Island Department Of Environmental Management To Study And Regulate The Impact Of Wake Boats On Rhode Island Public Waterways (urges Dem To Study And Regulate The Impact Of Wake Boats On Rhode Island Public Waterways.)

This act would create a new category of residential solar energy generation for small portable solar generation devices. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require that agencies preparing economic impact statements for proposed rules applying to small businesses contain a finding that the anticipated compliance costs of the proposed rule scale proportionally with the business size, and do not impose fixed costs that larger businesses are able to absorb more easily. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require Rhode Island Medicaid to cover services provided by licensed certified professional midwives and to collect utilization and cost data, while allowing limits consistent with Medicaid rules. The executive office of health and human services (EOHHS) would have the authority to submit an amendment to the state plan or seek a waiver to provide this coverage. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require Medicaid to cover services by licensed certified lactation counselors and the executive office of health and human services (EOHHS) to oversee and implement the program and track related costs and use. It would also ensure reimbursement consistent with similar providers. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would establish phased reduction of personal income tax rates. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would prohibit cities or towns that implement a rent control ordinance from raising property taxes and such prohibition would last for as long as the rent control ordinance is in effect. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require nonprofit entities who receive grants or other funding to provide a detailed list of their ten highest paid directors, officers or employees’ salaries and benefits, including the names of said individuals. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would establish the property equity protection act to protect property owners from losing their equity when their property is seized to pay a debt to the government by allowing ample time to payoff the debt and adequate notice of due process. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would create the joint committee of the repealer for a term of six (6) years to compile suggestions for repeal of statutes, regulations, and executive orders received from citizens, businesses, and government agencies, including, but not limited to, those that are not considered "business-friendly", and those that are archaic and out of date. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would make it unlawful for a person in the custody of the department of corrections to use any force or weapon to resist a lawful request or directive. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would name the India Point Park Overpass pedestrian bridge as the "Joseph M. Lima Overpass" to honor the former Deputy Majority Leader's legislative achievements and his lifelong dedication to the Portuguese-American community. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would adopt a number of concepts from other jurisdictions with the goal of promoting a stronger climate for business growth in Rhode Island. This act would impose a "Franchise Tax" on most corporations, LLCs and partnerships. This act would, further, create a court of chancery to handle actions in equity, establish numerous provisions to govern arbitrations and eliminate the cap on the homestead estate exemption. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would provide local educational agencies and/or municipalities with a mechanism to opt-out of statewide transportation and contract transportation for students, upon a showing of a cost-effective alternative to the current fee-for-service model. If approved, the local agency and/or municipality shall not be penalized in any and all state aid appropriations for contracting the service. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would mandate that interscholastic or intramural 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". It would prohibit athletic teams designated for "females", "women" or "girls" to be open to male students but would allow any student to participate in any sport designated as being for "males", "men", "boys", "coed" or "mixed". The act would also prohibit a government entity, licensing, accrediting or athletic organization from entertaining a complaint, investigating or taking adverse action against a school for maintaining separate teams for students of the female sex. Further, the act would allow private causes of action for damages sustained as a result of violations of the act affecting students and schools. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would place a moratorium on net metering contracts, subsidies for heat pumps and long-term contracts for the purchasing of solar or wind energy. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

This act would expand the eligible contributions from both a business entity and an individual. This act would further provide for an increase in the annual aggregate amount available for tax credits. This act would also increase the rate of tax credit for contributions made. This act would also establish that seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) would fund scholarships for economically disadvantaged students and no more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) would fund scholarships for pre-K students. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would exempt certain urban and small farmers from sales taxes, real, tangible and personal property taxes and income taxes. This act would also define urban and small farmers and urban farmland. This act would take effect on July 1, 2027.

This act would allow electronic notifications modernize language for notifications, synchronize renewal dates for certain license-types, streamline licensing requirements across several license-types, and update the unlicensed health care practices statute. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would repeal the certificate of need process statutes which are used by the department of health to determine the need for new health care equipment and new institutional health services. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require the health insurance commissioner to conduct a comprehensive review of existing health insurance benefit mandates, including an analysis of their impact on premium costs, every five (5) years commencing on July 1, 2026, and to provide a report with findings and recommendations to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would mandate all private equity companies or real estate investment trusts (REIT) that are seeking to invest in healthcare providers or provider-sponsored organizations in this state, submit a notice of material change with attorney general and deposit a bond with the department of health (DOH). This act would also require that the bond be the equivalent of one year of the investor’s expenses and be maintained as long as the company owns or controls the provider or provider organization and for 7 years after leaving. DOH would be allowed to collect the bond if the provider or provider-sponsored organization declares bankruptcy, is at risk of closure, or closes a majority of essential services. The act would also prohibit the investor from interfering with or controlling the clinical decisions of health care practitioners. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require any state agency cited in reports of the child fatality review panel to provide the child advocate, speaker of the house, senate president and governor with a written response within one hundred eighty days addressing implementation of report recommendations. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would prohibit an individual who operates a recreational vehicle in a reckless or negligent manner which hinders the movement of other vehicles with a group of two (2) more vehicles shall be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment of up to two and one-half (2.5) years and a fine of up to two thousand dollars ($2,000). If any individuals in violation of this act are wearing masks at the time of violation, offenders are subject to an additional one year imprisonment and/or up to an additional five hundred dollars ($500) fine. This act would also subject any recreational vehicle used in violation of this act to forfeiture of that vehicle. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require a court considering evidence for the issuance of a temporary emergency protective order to cause the respondent to be taken into protective custody by law enforcement and sent to an emergency room of any hospital, pursuant to § 40.1-5-7.1. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would ban street takeovers and violators would be guilty of a felony and punishable by imprisonment for more than one year and be subject to a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000). The act would also authorize the impounding of the vehicle involved in the offense and subject it to a forfeiture hearing in the superior court. The act would also increase the penalty for disorderly conduct while wearing a mask. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would set an earlier deadline from June to April for filing of declaration of candidacy and nomination papers It would delay the filing of nomination papers from fifty-four (54) days to eighty-four (84) days, before the date of the primary. It would also change the date of primary elections, from the eighth Tuesday preceding the biennial state elections to the second Tuesday. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027

This act would prohibit individuals from conveying certain items to or from the training school for youth without prior consent by the executive director of the division of youth development at the department of children, youth and families. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would change the date of the regional school district financial meeting for the Foster-Glocester regional school district to March 24, 2026. This act would take effect upon passage.

Senate Resolution Congratulating The American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (ahepa) Chapter 106 "sophocles" Of Providence On The Joyous Occasion Of Its 100th Anniversary

This act would include the senate majority leader in the joint committee on legislative services. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would provide that every gas distribution company that charges for the distribution of gas to any house or building would need to include certain information on any bill or statement provided to the consumer. This act would take effect upon passage.

Senate Resolution Welcoming The Narragansett Council, Scouting America, To The Rhode Island State House On February 24th Of 2026, And Joyfully Celebrating Scouting Month In February

Senate Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Michael J. Murphy

This act would authorize judges to issue electronic warrants for DUI offenses under certain conditions. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would create an enhanced penalty defined as "road rage" to be applied in addition to penalties for convictions of certain misdemeanor and felony offenses where the behavior on the part of the operator or passenger includes certain intentionally aggressive, harassing, intimidating or dangerous behavior. This act would take effect upon passage.

Senate Resolution Recognizing And Honoring The Courage, Heroism, And Compassion Of The Individuals Who Rendered Aid During The Lynch Arena Shooting In Pawtucket

Senate Resolution Congratulating The Blackstone Valley Schools (bvs) Boys Co-op Team On Winning The Rhode Island Division Ii High School State Hockey Championship

This act would exempt property that consists of the lake bed of Wilson’s Reservoir (Burrillville assessor’s map 138, lot 041; map 016, lot 038; and map 156, lot 064) in the town of Burrillville from taxation. Additionally, this act would mandate in the town of Burrillville the collection of dam management district fees to be in the same manner as collection of taxes by municipalities and would add the lake bed Wilson’s Reservoir to the immunity from civil liability for any fort committed on the property. This act would take effect upon passage.

Senate Resolution Proclaiming April Of 2026, To Be "parkinson's Awareness Month" In The State Of Rhode Island

Senate Resolution Proclaiming April Of 2026, As "autism Awareness Month" In The State Of Rhode Island

Senate Resolution Condemning Political Violence And Reaffirming The Principles Of Civility, Public Safety, And Democratic Governance

Senate Resolution Congratulating The Eleanor Slater Hospital--zambarano Campus On The Recognition Of "zambarano Day" On May 5, 2026

This act would strengthen enforcement of the state's pharmacy audit law by clarifying and tightening audit procedures to ensure pharmacy audits are conducted fairly and transparently. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would amend the current statute governing exemptions from property taxes for elderly and the disabled in the town of Glocester to authorize the town council’s proposed addition of a non-compounding CPI adjustment without an income qualification; and would align the town’s existing ordinance framework with what is expressly permitted under state law. This act would take effect upon passage and shall apply to assessments as of December 31, 2025, and thereafter, for use in the tax roll for fiscal year 2026-2027 and thereafter.

Senate Resolution Proclaiming May 19th Of 2026 As "greek And Pontic Genocide Remembrance Day" In The State Of Rhode Island

Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Arthur Paiva

Senate Resolution Commemorating And Recognizing May 7, 2026, As "national Day Of Prayer" In The State Of Rhode Island

This act would change tax exemptions to tax credits in the city of Cranston. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would authorize the state retirement board to revoke or reduce an individual’s pension benefit if that individual is convicted or pleads guilty or no contest to a felony sex crime related to their public office or public employment. This act would take effect upon passage.

Senate Resolution Celebrating May Of 2026, As "asian American, Native Hawaiian, And Pacific Islander Heritage Month" In The State Of Rhode Island

This act would amend a public law regarding the fixing of time for the election of officers in the town of Scituate by requiring prior notice and posting of motions to be made from the floor at the annual financial town meeting of the town of Scituate now held on the first Tuesday in the month of June. This requirement would not apply to special meetings held under §§ 45-3-6 or 45- 3-7. Sections 2 and 3 of this act would take effect upon passage. The remainder of this act would take effect upon the approval of this act by a majority of those voting on the question at the election prescribed by section 2, by the electors of the town of Scituate at the November 3, 2026, general election.

This act would establish the office of inspector general to investigate the management and operation of agencies in an effort to prevent and deter fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement in the expenditure of public funds. This act would take effect upon passage.

Senate Resolution Proclaiming And Acknowledging June Of 2026 As "portuguese American Heritage Month" In The State Of Rhode Island

Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of The Honorable Joseph Falvo