Jonathon Acosta

Senate Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Death Of Renee Nicole Good In Minneapolis, Minnesota And Urging The Fbi To Ensure A Full Investigation

This act would extend the forbearance of utility terminations for customers with serious illness certifications and would amend various provisions related to the termination of utility services for persons who are disabled, seriously ill, or in arrears. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require the constant updating of information to accommodate changes in broadband technology. The act would also direct the Rhode Island commerce corporation to implement new data collection and mapping of broadband availability, provide protections for certain submitted data, and direct the corporation to collect fees from Internet service providers operating in Rhode Island to fund the data collection required by the act. The act would further require the corporation to submit a detailed plan to the governor and general assembly regarding the creation of a broadband regulatory authority. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would add "media literacy" to the standards currently taught in civic education for kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12), which are the history of Rhode Island, representative government, the rights and duties of actively engaged citizenship and the principles of democracy. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would provide that the school year for all public schools, including traditional public and public charter schools, independent charter schools, and mayoral academies, would start on the same date of each calendar year. This act would take effect upon passage.

Joint Resolution To Approve, Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution -- Right To An Adequate Education (amends The Constitution To Guarantee Rhode Island Residents With Equal Opportunity To Receive An Education That Is Adequate, Equitable And Meaningful And Provides Judicial Enforcement Of This Provision.)

This act would create a Rhode Island Climate Superfund and direct the department of environmental management (DEM) to assess, pursue cost recovery demands, and charge a responsible party for climate change response work. This charge would include, but would not be limited to, maintenance, repair, or improvement of projects necessary to protect people, property, natural resources, public health, and the State’s economy from the impacts of climate change. This act would also authorize the creation of a climate superfund account. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would protect people attending Rhode Island court proceedings from civil arrest without a judicial warrant, ensures court access, sets enforcement rules, and provides remedies for violations. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would prohibit the family court from detaining any youth or committing any youth, twelve (12) years or younger, to the training school, for any offense other than murder, first degree sexual assault, or an attempt to commit such offenses, and the court determines that there is no other reasonable placement to ensure the safety of the youth and the general public. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would further delineate the definitions of felony, misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor. This act would take effect on July 1, 2027.

This act would allow a minor between fourteen (14) and seventeen (17) years of age who does not have a permanent residence or is in the custody of the department of children, youth and families to receive a state identification card without a signature from a parent, guardian or foster parent at no cost as well as a certified copy of the minor's birth certificate. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would establish a program within the adult correctional institutions to permit medication for opioid use disorder approved by the FDA to be provided for the treatment of an opioid use disorder to any individual incarcerated. Each inmate would be screened for opioid use disorder within twenty-four (24) hours of incarceration and if determined to be suffering from an opioid use disorder would be offered placement in the medication for opioid use disorder program. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

This act would establish the process to provide a legal mechanism whereby a terminally ill patient may choose to end their life using medications prescribed by a physician. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would disqualify individuals with prior felony convictions or nolo contendere pleas from purchasing or possessing a firearm. It would also prevent the sentencing judge from suspending the first two (2) years of any sentence under limited circumstances. This act would take effect upon passage.

Senate Resolution Condemning Unauthorized Military Actions, Violations Of Foreign Sovereignty, And Recurring U.s. Interventionist Failures In Latin America

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 that a conspicuous display be a visual illustration showing each component of the utility bill and the cost associated with each component of said bill, subject to the approval of the division of public utilities (DPUC). This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would create postsecondary tuition assistance for shortage teaching fields which are defined as subject areas or teacher certifications that are experiencing a critical lack of educators in the state such as any sciences grades seven (7) through twelve (12) and any mathematics grades seven (7) through twelve (12). Recipients of tuition assistance would have to be enrolled, or accepted for enrollment at a Rhode Island postsecondary institution in a program to become a teacher in a shortage field and complete at least three (3) years of full-time teaching in a shortage teaching field in this state. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would establish a statewide “healthy school meals for all” universal school breakfast and lunch program in Rhode Island public schools phased in over three (3) years. The program would begin with all elementary school students, then add all middle school students in year two (2), and then provide universal meals for all students by the 2028-2029 school year. The act would also direct that in operating its school breakfast and lunch program, each public educational entity would seek to maximize access to federal funds for the cost of the school breakfast and lunch program by participating in one of several identified federal programs in order to obtain federal funds to offset the costs to districts of providing free breakfasts and lunches and minimize the costs to the state. The general assembly would be required to make an appropriation by separate line items in the budget to provide breakfast and lunch at no charge for children in state subsidized early childhood education programs. This act would take effect on July 1, 2027.

This act would eliminate the sunset on the provision of funding for child care educators. This act would also modify the eligibility requirement to eighty-five (85%) percent of state median income to waive any copayment. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would include municipal detention facility corporations as exempt from taxation under state law, and require the general assembly to appropriate, annually, for payment to the city or town where the property is located a sum equal to twenty-seven percent (27%) of all tax that would have been collected if the property was taxable. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would provide beginning July 1, 2026, that twenty percent (20%) of available proceeds in the Rhode Island highway maintenance account would be allocated annually to RIPTA for operating expenditures. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would exempt the Health Care Entity Fiscal Integrity, Transparency and Accountability Act from the requirement that indirect cost recoveries of fifteen percent (15%) of funds from restricted receipt accounts be recorded as general revenues in the general fund. This act would also require quarterly financial reporting to the executive office of health and human services beginning on October 1, 2026. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would prohibit healthcare insurers or pharmacy benefit managers from requiring or conducting a review for prescription medicine that is used in the treatment of alcohol or opioid use disorder, that contains methadone, burenorphine, or naltrexone or that was approved for the mitigation of opioid withdrawal symptoms. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would set a clear and enforceable standard for reducing the presence of harmful metals in personal care products, prioritizing public health through testing, labeling, and the development of safer alternatives commencing on January 1, 2030, with enforcement one hundred eighty (180) days thereafter. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would exempt from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Blackstone Valley Advocacy Center located in the city of Pawtucket. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require that an independent efficiency and performance audit of the department of transportation be commissioned by the department of administration. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would remove the requirement that families consent to, and cooperate with the department of human services in establishing paternity and enforcing child and medical support orders as a condition of eligibility for child care assistance. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would classify research, intent and interest in healthcare services as protected healthcare data. The act sets forth additional responsibilities for regulated entities that seek to collect and share consumer data including a requirement for specific and conspicuous consumer consent. It requires separate conspicuous consent from the consumer to sell this data. The act further stipulates acceptable uses for the data and what rights the consumer has regarding their data. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would prohibit handcuffing children twelve (12) or under at initial police contact unless needed for public safety or if the child is using or threatening physical force against an officer. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require courts to presume release for most probation violations, set reasonable bail or non-monetary conditions, limit detention to cases of risk or danger, require prompt hearings, and mandate written reasons for detention. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require the courts to consider the parental status of the defendant at the time of sentencing and would allow the defendant to present a family impact statement, including testimony, videos and documents relative to their parental status. Unless the court finds that the parent poses a significant risk to the community that outweighs the harm of the parent’s absence from the child’s life, it shall impose a sentence that does not include imprisonment. This act would take effect upon passage.

Commencing July 1, 2026, this act would eliminate the provision of this section that requires new applicants for employment under this section to pay the expense for their criminal background checks. This act would take effect upon passage.

Senate Resolution Honoring And Remembering The Life Of Nayasia A. Gonzalez

This act would allow Rhode Island to opt out of the provisions of the “Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980” (DIDMCA), for loans made within the State of Rhode Island, which allow financial institutions chartered in other states to be exempt from interest rate limits which apply to financial institutions chartered in Rhode Island. This act would also prevent evasion of Rhode Island’s interest rate limits and lending rules by making clear that lenders, whether they identify themselves as such or not, remain bound by Rhode Island’s lending laws for both small loans and loans in general. This act would take effect on October 1, 2026.

This act would allow municipalities participating in the state prekindergarten program to accept students from outside the municipality under certain conditions and establish a lottery for enrollment in the program. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would assign additional duties to the commissioner of postsecondary education, including, but not limited to, preparing a strategic plan for public higher education which is aligned with the goals of the board of education's strategic plan and which would provide for equitable distribution of public funds. This act would also provide that any policies and goals adopted would have an outcomes-based model emphasizing outcomes across a range of variables. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would extend teacher certifications without fee or penalty for three (3) or five (5) years for teachers who hold certifications as of July 1, 2026. This act would permit a teacher who has three (3) years of certified teaching experience, to acquire an additional certification through examination or content coursework. This act would also direct the department of elementary and secondary education to revise its regulations pertaining to certification to create multiple pathways to obtain teacher and administrator certification. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would include Medicaid enrollment in the student success factor of the foundation aid formula to provide added support for high-need students beyond the core instructional amount. This would begin with the FY 2027 calculation. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would allow a municipality to set an additional conveyance tax rate of not more than ten dollars ($10.00) for each five hundred dollars ($500), or fractional part of that amount, of the consideration in excess of nine hundred thousand dollars ($900,000). This act would also require that the excess conveyance taxes collected alternatively be deposited in a restricted account and distributed within two (2) years, to be used only for affordable housing for individuals or families at or below eighty percent (80%) of the area median income or transferred to state housing agencies for use in the community to develop affordable housing. This act would take effect upon passage.

Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $100,000 For The Rhode Island Commission On Prejudice & Bias (this Resolution Would Appropriate The Sum Of $100,000 To The Rhode Island Commission On Prejudice And Bias.)

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 create an additional Rhode Island personal income tax of three percent (3.00%) on taxable income over approximately six-hundred and forty thousand dollars ($640,000) in 2026 dollars, impacting only the top one percent (1%) in income of personal income tax filers. This tax would apply to taxable income after all appropriate exemptions and deductions and not to total income. The existing three-bracket personal income tax structure would remain in place. Each year, Rhode Island’s division of taxation would apply an inflation adjustment to revise the top one percent (1%) cut-off for the following tax year. This act would not apply retroactively to prior tax years or to taxable income from prior tax years. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $2,000,000 To The Elisha Project (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $2,000,000 To The Elisha Project.)

This act would provide that services provided by graduate student interns who work under a supervisory protocol would be eligible to be paid from Medicaid reimbursement. 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 establish a tax credit against income tax based upon eligible expenditures incurred by a family caregiver for the care and support of an eligible family member. The maximum amount of the credit would be one thousand dollars ($1,000) and would apply to all tax years beginning after December 31, 2026. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would enact the Rhode Island individual market affordability act of 2026 to establish a program to help reduce out-of-pocket costs for low- and moderate-income consumers enrolled in individual health insurance coverage through the Rhode Island health benefits exchange. This act would take effect upon passage.

Senate Resolution Respectfully Requesting The Executive Office Of Health And Human Services (eohhs) To Adopt An Electronic Preadmission Screening And Resident Review (pasrr) System

This act would set the zoning statewide for “family child care homes” to no fewer than twelve (12) children maximum. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would prohibit state and municipal officials or body from entering into and renewing any agreements that will be used to detain individuals for federal civil immigration violations. It would also prohibit state and local leaders from leasing their public real estate for use as an immigration detention facility. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would increase the number of members of the state crime laboratory commission from five (5) to nine (9), change the makeup of the commission to include individuals with expertise in law enforcement, expertise in criminal defense, and expertise in scientific research. It would also make the chair of the department of physics at the University of Rhode Island the executive secretary. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would amend the comprehensive community-police relationship act of 2015 to require an annual study by an outside agency chosen by the department with input from the CCPRA advisory committee on traffic stop and search data related to racial disparities and would require a monthly review and annual reporting by law enforcement agencies statewide on the traffic stop and search data. The act would also create a twelve (12) member CCPRA advisory committee to advise the office of highway safety on all matters pertaining to the committee's duties relating to stop and search data. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require that the state use the actual residences of persons in government custody for redistricting purposes. Such information would be collected by the department of corrections and forwarded to the division of statewide planning, to be utilized in the redistricting process. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would provide that prisoners who committed offenses prior to age eighteen (18) and were sentenced as adults would be eligible for parole after completing fifteen (15) years of their sentence. This act would not lengthen their parole eligibility should the prisoner be eligible for parole earlier than fifteen (15) years. This act would take effect upon passage and shall be given prospective and retroactive effect to all offenses occurring on or after January 1, 1991.

This act would reduce the time for expungements to three (3) years for a single misdemeanor and five (5) years for felonies and multiple misdemeanors. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would clarify the role of a corporation electing to be governed as a workers' cooperative to allow it to operate as a hiring hall under certain circumstances. This act would also designate that workers furnished by a workers’ cooperative corporation would be considered independent contractors, and the workers’ cooperative with the respect to those workers would be exempt from the requirements that to the extent that a workers’ cooperative has stakeholders (owners) who are employees (members), the workers’ cooperative would be subject to the provisions of title 28 related to employees including, but not limited to: department of labor and training payroll taxes, temporary disability insurance, state unemployment insurance, and workers’ compensation insurance. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would establish the commuter transportation benefit chapter. Employers with five hundred (500) or more employees would be required to establish a pre-tax commuter transportation fringe benefit program. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

This act would prohibit employers from seeking or using credit reports in making hiring decisions concerning prospective employees, asking questions about the applicant's financial past during its interviews, or including credit history questions within the applicant's job applications. It would authorize the department of labor and training to impose administrative fines against the offending employer. Finally, it would also allow the aggrieved employee to seek civil financial damages and attorneys' fees. This act would take effect upon passage.

Senate Resolution Celebrating The 12th Annual "physician Anesthesiologists Week" From January 26th Through February 1st, 2026, In The State Of Rhode Island

Senate Resolution Commemorating January 30, 2026, As "fred Korematsu Day Of Civil Liberties And The Constitution"

This act would enact the Rhode Island Broadband Oversight and Accountability Act of 2026. The act would amend and remove statutory barriers that may prevent Rhode Island from oversight and monitoring of broadband services. The act would also direct the commerce corporation to prepare and submit a plan regarding the creation of broadband oversight authority or a similar structure. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would impose a wealth tax on Rhode Island individuals and entities at a rate of one percent (1%) of worldwide wealth. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would raise the earned-income tax credit to thirty percent (30%) for the tax years 2027 and beyond. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would establish a revolving fund to assist first-time homebuyers and veterans to purchase a home in Rhode Island by issuing grants of up to forty thousand dollars ($40,000). The revolving fund would be administered by the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation. This act would also authorize the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation to issue low interest loans to applicants who qualify for the grants. The act would also provide for an initial appropriation of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) to establish the revolving fund. This act would take effect on July 1, 2026.

Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $200,000 To The Rhode Island Free Clinic (appropriates The Sum Of $200,000 To The Rhode Island Free Clinic.)

Commencing January 1, 2027, this act would mandate insurers provide health insurance coverage without cost-share requirements for vaccinations recommended by the state department of health and would mandate the coverage for the medical assistance program and managed care organizations. 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 allow citizens of a city or town who are at least sixteen (16) years of age to register to vote and to vote in school committee elections in municipalities where school committees are elected entities. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would change the maximum term of employment for a superintendent from three (3) to five (5) years. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would permit the continuation of instructor-led virtual instruction for drivers’ education until July 1, 2028, the board of education would be required to provide a report comparing test scores of virtual versus in-person instruction to the speaker of the house and president of the senate no later than September 1, 2028. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would grant automatic admission to state public institutions of higher education to any applicant who is a resident of the State of Rhode Island who has earned the rank of Eagle Scout from Scouting America or the Gold Award from the Girl Scouts of the USA and meets all minimum application submission requirements of the institution. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would provide a tax credit for food donations by qualified taxpayers to nonprofit organizations up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) per year. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

This act would establish a performance audit division within the office of the auditor general. The purpose of the performance audit division would include preparing an annual performance audit plan, conducting audits in accordance with Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards, evaluating agencies and contractors receiving state or federal funds, and publishing a public report containing the divisions’ findings and recommendations. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would exempt from sales tax energy storage systems, as defined in § 39-33-1. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would provide one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in the fiscal year 2026- 2027 budget to support the mental health and emotional well-being of children and youth through investments in out-of-school time (“OST”) settings, as essential, community-based spaces that provide connection, stability, and resilience during a period of heightened need and reduced public supports. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would establish the Rhode Island Ban on the Corporate Practice of Medicine Act, and the Rhode Island transparency in ownership and control of healthcare facilities act. The act would regulate the ownership of medical practices by unlicensed corporate and other business entities and require reporting of ownership and control of healthcare facilities in the state. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require the secretary of the executive office of health and human services (EOHHS) to monitor and mandate changes to the price-setting practices of pharmacy benefit managers to prohibit the spread pricing payment model. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would limit copays, coinsurance or office deductibles for services of a physical therapist to the amount authorized for the services of a primary care physician or osteopath on or after January 1, 2027. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require a report to be produced that focuses on prescription drug prior authorizations by January 1, 2027. This act would take effect upon passage.

Senate Resolution Respectfully Urging The United States Congress To Protect Patients And Traditional Medicare From Medicare Advantage

This act would limit the use by insurers of step therapy utilization management, a protocol or program 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. This act would also require insurers to provide the office of the health insurance commissioner with information and documents sufficient to evaluate whether step therapy protocols delay or deny medically necessary care, including utilization and outcome data as required by the commissioner. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would prohibit any law enforcement agencies in the state from hiring any individual who was hired as a sworn officer of the United States Immigration and Customs enforcement Agency on or after January 20, 2025 and would apply prospectively to an individual hired on or after October 1, 2026. This act would take effect on October 1, 2026

This act would prohibit bail bond agents and bail bond recovery agents from engaging in civil immigration enforcement, define such conduct as unprofessional, and subject violators to professional discipline under Rhode Island law, including license suspension, revocation, denial of renewal and civil penalties. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require a healthcare entity to submit written notice to the attorney general and the department of health of any material change transaction at least one hundred eighty (180) days prior to that transaction. This act would also authorize the attorney general and the department of health to review the transaction, approve, modify or deny the transaction, and provide factors to be considered within that review. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would recognize the Seaconke Wampanoag tribe as a Native American Indian tribe for the limited purpose of assisting this tribe in establishing eligibility for federal benefits and privileges. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would provide a procedure for a Native American tribe to petition the state for recognition. This act would take effect upon passage.

Senate Resolution Congratulating James Parisi On His Retirement After Three Decades Of Exemplary Service As A Lobbyist For The Rhode Island Federation Of Teachers And Health Professionals

Senate Resolution Recognizing February 10th, 2026, As "211 Day" In The State Of Rhode Island And Honoring United Way 211 For Its Service To Rhode Islanders

Senate Resolution Proclaiming February 7th Through The 14th Of 2026, To Be "congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week" In The State Of Rhode Island

Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Thomas Joseph Holland

Senate Resolution Recognizing February Of 2026, As "national Children's Dental Health Month" In The State Of Rhode Island

This act would prohibit the use of combustion-based heating for air or water heating in any state or municipal building open to the public constructed, altered or renovated on or after January 1, 2028. Systems for emergency back-up power, or buildings specifically designed for occupancy of a commercial food establishment, laboratory, laundromat, hospital, or crematorium, shall be exempt. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would establish the Plastic Waste Conversion Facility Act. The act would prohibit the issuance of any permit or license for the construction or operation of a new plastic waste conversion facility, and would further provide that no application for a permit or license for such a facility would be granted or issued by the state. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would raise the minimum fee per barrel of petroleum products or crude oil from five cents ($0.05) to twelve cents ($0.12) per barrel as part of the uniform oil spill response and prevention fee. Use of the fund would be expanded to support projects and initiatives to reduce emissions and meet the act on climate goals as directed by the executive climate change coordinating council (EC4). This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would amend the calculation of state funding provided to local education agencies for special education services. The act would revise the calculation of extraordinary special education costs in fiscal years 2028 and 2029, and would also provide additional funds for excess costs for special education students who move into a district after a district has approved its fiscal year budget. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require the department of elementary and secondary education to establish a bilingual education support fund to provide grants to traditional public school districts that establish and expand bilingual language instruction program model. This act would take effect on July 1, 2026.

Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $200,000 To The Rhode Island Black Business Association (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $200,000 To The Rhode Island Black Business Association.)

This act would include both the MomsPRN and PediPRN teleconsultation lines in the healthcare services funding contributions payable by health insurers. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would establish the “Prescription Drug Savings and Transparency Act of 2026.” This act would authorize an independent, comprehensive study by the office of the auditor general to determine whether Rhode Island would benefit from adopting a consolidated prescription drug management program within the Medicaid program. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would provide that for insurance coverage for treatment of mental health and substance use disorders, payors would rely upon criteria which reflect generally accepted standards of care when developing coverage for levels of care for mental health treatment. This act would also provide that payors would not modify clinical criteria to reduce coverage for mental health treatment below the level established by the generally accepted standards of care upon which their clinical criteria are based. This act would also provide a definition for the term “generally accepted standards of care.” This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would establish a universal and unified healthcare system and reform the current payment system for healthcare coverage in this state by creating a board and prescribing its powers and duties; prescribing the powers and duties of state, city and town governmental officials and agencies; establishing a fund; providing for the promulgation of rules; and prescribing penalties and remedies. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would limit how landlords use criminal history in rental decisions by delaying background checks until after a conditional offer has been made, restricting which records may be considered, banning discriminatory ads, and provides enforcement and penalties. This act would also provide that applicants denied housing as a result of an alleged violation of this chapter may file a complaint with commission for Human Rights. Landlords that violate the provisions would be liable for a penalty of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the first violation, a second violation penalty of five thousand dollars ($5,000) and a third violation of ten thousand dollars ($10,000). This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would create a Rhode Island civil cause of action allowing individuals to sue persons acting under color of federal law for violations of Federal Constitutional rights committed under color of federal law. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would prohibit law enforcement officers from wearing masks without an exception granted by this act and would impose criminal and civil liability for violations. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would establish the Rhode Island firearm industry accountability act of 2026. The act imposes certain requirements on a firearms industry member pertaining to controls, possession, and advertisements of firearm industry products. This act would take effect on October 1, 2026, and would be applicable to any civil action filed on or after October 1, 2026.

This act would permit the family court to retain jurisdiction over juveniles and allow the family court to order juveniles detained in the training school until the age of twenty-one if the court finds that it is in the best interest of the child. This act would take effect upon passage.

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.

This act would set the minimum wage for 2027 at twenty dollars ($20) per hour. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would create a state-run pilot program in Rhode Island that provides paid, low- barrier employment to individuals experiencing homelessness for community beautification and cleanup projects while connecting participants to supportive services. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would increase the minimum wage amount for any person committed to the adult correctional institution from three dollars to five dollars a day for every day the person shall labor. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would sunset/discontinue the Jobs Development Act rate reduction as of July 1, 2026. This act would take effect upon passage.

Senate Resolution Honoring The Lives Of Rhonda Dorgan, Aidan Dorgan And Gerald Dorgan, Commending The Heroism Of First Responders And Citizens, And Expressing The Deepest Sympathy Of The Rhode Island Senate Following The Tragic Events At The Dennis M. Lynch Arena In The City Of Pawtucket

This act would provide an exemption from paying nonresident tuition to any student who attended an approved Rhode Island high school for at least two (2) or more consecutive years; continues to reside in the State of Rhode Island; has graduated from an approved Rhode Island high school or received a high school equivalency diploma from the State of Rhode Island; and has filed, or will file, upon matriculation, with the Rhode Island public university, college, or community college of expected attendance, the appropriate exemption request. This act would take effect on July 1, 2026.

This act would establish "The Children's Cardiac Safety Act" and provide for annual cardiovascular screening of children ages nineteen and under. This act would also require that student athletes submit a preparticipation form before engaging in athletic sports. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

This act would establish a statewide "healthy school meals for all" universal school breakfast and lunch program in Rhode Island public schools phased in over 3 years. The program would begin with all elementary school students, then add all middle school students in year two (2), and then provide universal meals for all students by the 2028-2029 school year. The act would also direct that in operating its school breakfast and lunch program, each public educational entity would seek to maximize access to federal funds for the cost of the school breakfast and lunch program by participating in one of several identified federal programs in order to obtain federal funds to offset the costs to districts of providing free breakfasts and lunches and minimize the costs to the state. This act would take effect on July 1, 2027.

This act would set the allocation rate to be transferred to the Rhode Island public transit authority for 2027 and thereafter at eleven and seventy-five hundredths cents ($0.1175) or 29.375% of the total proceeds, whichever is greater, of which one-half cent ($0.005) per gallon shall be derived from the one cent ($0.01) per gallon environmental protection fee. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would provide modifications for payments of interest on student loans shall be subtracted from federal adjusted gross income to an amount equal to the payments of interest for the satisfaction of outstanding student loans. This act would take effect upon passage.

Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $150,000 To The Main Street Rhode Island Program (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000) To The Main Street Rhode Island Program.)

Joint Resolution Authorizing The State To Enter Into A Financing Agreement Relating To School Construction In The City Of Pawtucket And Authorizing The City Of Pawtucket To Finance Renovations And Repairs To Samuel Slater Middle School Facilities, Or The Acquisition, Construction, Improvement, Furnishing And Equipping Of A New Middle School And School Facilities And All Expenses Incident Thereto Including, But Not Limited To, Costs Of Design, Demolition, Athletic Fields, Landscaping And Parking By The Issuance Of Not More Than $22,500,000 City Bonds, City Notes And/or Other Evidences Of Indebtedness Therefor (authorizes The City Of Pawtucket To Issue Bonds For School Renovations.)

Joint Resolution Creating The Immigrant Impact Task Force (creates An 11-member Task Force To Track And Oversee Immigration Enforcement And Support Actions In Rhode Island, And Who Would Report Back To The General Assembly House No Later Than January 5, 2027, And Whose Life Would Expire On March 5, 2027.)

This act would create the child-serving provider liability joint underwriting association to provide a joint underwriting association to provide liability insurance coverage for eligible child serving providers. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would create a cause of action for the replacement cost of a child restraint system that is in a motor vehicle at the time of a motor vehicle accident. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would increase the fees charged for filings and writs of execution in the district court, superior court and family court. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would create an intervenor compensation program to provide compensation in the form of grants for legal fees, expert witness fees, and other reasonable costs to an intervenor in both, energy siting board and public utilities commission proceedings. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would prohibit a peace officer, as defined in § 12-7-21, including a school resource officer (SRO), as defined in § 16-7.2-6(i), from employing threats, physical harm, deprivation, deception, coercion, or psychologically manipulative interrogation tactics during the custodial interrogation of a juvenile. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

This act would establish an opportunity for employee ownership and the process whereby, if the owner of a qualified business decides to sell said qualified business, the owner would notify all current full-time and part-time employees and provide them with a thirty (30) day window in which to initiate a process to potentially purchase the business as a workers' cooperative. This act would take effect January 1, 2027.

Senate Resolution Recognizing The Culture And Heritage Of TaÍno Descendants In Rhode Island

This act would provide that effective July 1, 2026, the profit margin of any electric distribution company or distributor of natural gas, would not exceed four percent (4%), in any given calendar year. This act would further define a “profit margin” as the return on equity, which would be the return on the equity portion of the base rate, that is allowed by the commission. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would prohibit public utilities, serving greater than one hundred thousand (100,000) customers from recovering through rates any direct or indirect cost associated with, amongst other costs, advertising, marketing, communications, or public education that seek to influence public opinion, including any costs associated with activities such as research, analysis, preparation or planning undertaken in support of advertising, marketing, communications, or public education, or any other related costs identified by the commission. The act would also place a three percent (3%) cap on increases to its total capital spending budget. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would update the description of the early intervention program and the agency responsible for the program under Part C of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Furthermore, the act would direct the executive office of health and human services (EOHHS) to increase Medicaid rates for early intervention service providers by the amount recommended in the 2025 rate review and require that the office maintain and regularly update the existing early intervention data dashboard on a public website. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would prohibit an educational institution or school district from accessing any audio or video recording, transmitting or recording function on a student's institutional or personal device or using location data for tracking a student's institutional device or personal device, or allow a third party to do so, except in limited circumstances. This act would exempt prisons or other correctional facilities. This act would take effect on August 1, 2026.

This act would create rodent integrated pest management pilot programs for municipalities that choose to participate. Reports would be approved by the municipality's mayor or administrator and would be submitted to the department of environmental management. Sections 1 and 4 of this act would take effect upon passage, and sections 2 and 3 would take effect on January 1, 2027.

This act would require the producer of artificial turf and turf infill sold or distributed in Rhode Island to report its chain of custody, from installation to use, repurposing, recycling and disposal to the department of environmental management. The department of environmental management would develop and maintain the information on a publicly accessible website. Violations would be subject to civil penalties. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would exclude nuclear power from the office of energy resources and division of public utilities from participation, procuring and entering into long-term contracts. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would remove the sunset provision of the Rhode Island hope pilot scholarship program, making it a permanent scholarship program. This act would also rename the program as the Rhode Island hope scholarship program. This act would take effect on take effect on July 1, 2026.

This act would submit the state's 2026 capital development program requesting the issuance of general obligation bonds totaling one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) for approval of the electorate at the general election to be held in November, 2026. Sections 1, 2, 3, 11 and 12 of this act would take effect upon passage. The remaining sections of this act would take effect when and if the state board of elections shall certify to the secretary of state that a majority of the qualified electors voting on the proposition contained in section 1 hereof have indicated their approval of the project thereunder.

This act would remove the language that requires the department of elementary and secondary education to prorate funds available for distribution among school districts if the total approved costs of sought after reimbursement exceeds the amount of funding appropriated in any fiscal year. This act would also eliminate the funding of the categorical programs pursuant to the transition plan in § 16-7.2-7. This act would take effect upon passage.

The act would require a review by the department of elementary and secondary education of the formula components used to compute the aid needed to support high need studies. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would establish a child tax credit in the amount of three hundred thirty dollars ($330) for eligible taxpayers adjusted for inflation annually commencing January 1, 2027. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would provide that in local education agencies when over forty-five percent (45%) of the children have a family income that is at or below one hundred and eighty-five percent (185%) of federal poverty guidelines, then the student success factor will be fifty percent (50%) by the core instruction per-pupil amount. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would amend the Rhode Island works program to increase the monthly cash benefit to one hundred percent (100%) of the federal poverty level effective July 1, 2026, and tie the benefit amount to the federal poverty level going forward and increase the cash support pass- through to one hundred dollars ($100) for one child and two hundred dollars ($200) for more than one child. This act would also remove the sixty-five dollars ($65.00) benefit reduction for families living in subsidized housing. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027, except for the provisions of § 40-5.2-20(c) which would take effect July 1, 2026.

This act would submit the state's 2026 capital development program requesting the issuance of general obligation bonds totaling two hundred seventeen million dollars ($217,000,000) for approval of the electorate at the general election to be held in November 2026. Sections 1, 2, 3, 11 and 12 of this act would take effect upon passage. The remaining sections of this act would take effect when and if the state board of elections shall certify to the secretary of state that a majority of the qualified electors voting on the proposition contained in section 1 hereof have indicated their approval of the projects thereunder.

This act would provide an investment tax credit to a taxpayer that makes a qualified investment in a local qualified business of ninety-nine (99) employees or less. This act would be funded by a Rhode Island commerce corporation strategic fund pursuant to § 42-64-18. Additionally, the general assembly would annually appropriate sufficient funds from the general fund to fully compensate for any loss of revenue as a result of the provisions of this act. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would define food and food supplies for the purposes of Rhode Island general laws title 37 public property and works chapter 2 state purchases. This act would further allow for the procurement of food and food supplies not exceeding an aggregate amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) to be made in accordance with small purchase regulations promulgated by the chief purchasing officer. This act would take effect upon passage.

Senate Resolution Formally Requesting The Department Of Elementary And Secondary Education To Implement All Provisions Of The State Funding Formula For Education

This act would add the First Connections family home-visiting program as a provider under the statute and change the department of health’s annual reporting requirements regarding family home-visiting programs. This act would also direct the executive office of health and human services to increase Medicaid rates for early intervention service providers by the amount recommended in the 2025 rate review, appropriate the minimum amount of general revenue to access the maximum amount of federal MIECHV funds and direct the department to spend all available federal funds. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would create a Rhode Island specialty license for physician assistants who earn the NCCPA psychiatry CAQ, formally recognizing advanced behavioral health qualifications and supporting appropriate insurance reimbursement. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would expand the existing law regarding collaborative practice agreements between pharmacists and physicians to allow other healthcare providers to enter into such agreements. This act would also remove the definition of “collaborative practice committee”. This act would take effect on July 1, 2026.

This act would increase continuing medical education requirements for physician assistants to fifty (50) hours biannually. The act also would remove restrictions of physician assistants to render charitable care provided they have liability coverage; permit physician assistants to render aid under The School and Youth Programs Concussion Act and “The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act; and remove restrictive covenants and non-compete agreements. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require certain healthcare facilities to allow a terminally ill patient’s use of medicinal cannabis within the healthcare facility, subject to the following restrictions including: requiring a patient to provide the healthcare facility with an ID and a copy of their medical marijuana card or written documentation that the use of medicinal cannabis is recommended by a physician, and requiring a healthcare facility to restrict how a patient stores and uses medicinal cannabis to ensure the safety of other patients, guests, and employees of the healthcare facility. The act would also provide that compliance with the bill would not be a condition for obtaining, retaining, or renewing a license as a healthcare facility. The act would authorize a healthcare facility to suspend compliance with these provisions if a federal agency takes specified actions. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would add new sections which set forth conditions for pharmacists to prescribe tobacco cessation drug therapies, including education approved by the state board of pharmacy. The cessation therapies pharmacists’ services for cessation therapies would be covered by all health insurance carriers on or after January 1, 2027. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would create the multi-unit residential decarbonization initiative program to provide revolving funding for feasibility studies to convert large, multi-family residential units to non-emitting renewable geothermal energy. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would mandate any contract for capital improvements at any healthcare facility adhere to the requirements of chapter 13 of title 37. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would provide that commencing January 1, 2027, the minimum wage shall be twenty-four dollars ($24.00) per hour. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would permit the Rhode Island Supreme Court Committee on Racial and Ethnic Fairness, in consultation with the Rhode Island Bar Association and its Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, to appoint a qualified individual to serve as the new or replacement member of the Judicial Nominating Commission if the members with expired terms are not replaced via the normal process. It would also require the commission to provide a public forum relative to adopting rules and procedures, would require judicial candidates to disclose political donations and require the commission to broadcast, via the internet, each open meeting and to maintain an archive of each recording. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require that the chief judge of the family court in appointing magistrates do so in accordance with the judicial selection and nomination process set forth in chapter 16.1 of title 8. This act would take effect upon passage.

Senate Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study And Provide Recommendations For Juvenile Hearing Boards (creates A 19 Member Special Legislative Study Commission Whose Purpose It Would Be To Study Current Practices Of State And Municipal Juvenile Hearing Boards Established Pursuant To §§ 8-10-23.1 Or 8-10-23.2.)

This act would require the judicial nominating commission to establish a standardized merit-based selection process that includes an initial blind review of applications prior to any interview or public hearing and that applicants be evaluated according to uniform, job-related criteria adopted in advance and published on the commission’s website. 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 establish a system of ranked choice voting whenever a municipality's charter amendment is approved by its voters. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

This act would require the police officers' commission on standards and training to provide training and instructions for police detectives, police officers and trainees in order to more accurately identify complaints involving traumatized youth and to develop law enforcement responses in dealing with youth suffering from trauma relating to an incident necessitating a response by law enforcement officers. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would update the Rhode Island cannabis act to remove the current requirement to express cannabinoids as the dry-weight percentages. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would update the Rhode Island cannabis act to eliminate the statutorily required subcommittees under the cannabis advisory board. This act would take effect upon passage.

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

This act would permit all Rhode Island courts to conduct hearings remotely and allow any party or attorney to appear by telephone or video conference, with remote appearances having the same legal effect as in-person appearances. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would bar state and local police from joining federal immigration enforcement programs, limit holding people on detainers without judicial warrants, and require tracking and reporting of requests. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would create a process for an individual to voluntarily be either temporarily or indefinitely added to a list restricting their rights to purchase or possess firearms as well as to request removal from the restricted list. The act would further require that all individual records related to the person's inclusion on the list would be destroyed and not subject to the access to public records act. Additionally, the act would also impose a twenty-five dollar ($25.00) fine for firearm possession by a person on a restricted list and make it a misdemeanor for adding or attempting to add a person to either restricted list without their knowledge. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would establish the restrictive housing oversight committee ("committee") for the purpose of monitoring the use of restrictive housing ("solitary confinement"), as well as disciplinary and administrative confinement at the department of corrections. This act would also authorize the committee to hire an ombudsperson to assist it in its oversight duties. This act would take effect on July 25, 2026.

This act would make several amendments to the cannabis act relating to applications for licensure, the social equity assistance program and the application of cannabis tax revenue. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would give statewide juvenile hearing boards the authority to refer a juvenile offender to a rehabilitative driving course, as part of a disposition of an offense before the board. The order may be enforced by the traffic tribunal. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would repeal provisions which allow the department of corrections to charge inmates for phone calls and would require the department of corrections to provide free communication services to inmates and juveniles held in residential placement or detention centers. This act also would require that those facilities provide in-person contact visits. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would mandate all department of corrections staff with direct supervision roles to wear body cameras while on duty in their assigned facility. This act would take effect upon passage.

Senate Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study The Impact And Potential Economic Benefits Of Bail Reforms On Black Rhode Islanders And The State (creates An 11 Member Commission To Analyze The Impact And Potential Economic Benefits Of Bail Reforms On Black Rhode Islanders, And Would Report Back By February 5, 2027, And Expire On April 5, 2027.)

This act would require licensed retailers authorized to sell intoxicating beverages to provide a lid to a consumer upon request. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

Senate Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study Shared Services And The Potential For Regionalization Of School Districts In The State Of Rhode Island (creates A 9 Member Commission To Study Shared Services And The Potential For Regionalization Of School Districts, And Who Would Report Back To The Senate By April 15, 2027, And Whose Life Would Expire Once Its Report Is Issued.)

Senate Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of The Following Seven Members Of The United States Military Sergeant First Class Nicole Amor, Sergeant Declan Coady, Captain Cody Khork, Sergeant First Class Noah Tietjens, Major Jeffrey O'brien, Sergeant Benjamin N. Pennington And Chief Warrant Officer Robert Marzan

This act would require that reimbursement rates for licensed mobile response and stabilization services be equal to or greater than the prevailing integrated state Medicaid rate for mobile response and stabilizations services as established by EOHHS. This act would take effect upon passage.

Senate Resolution Congratulating Miranda Marie Musumeci On Being Named Miss Ireland In The West Warwick St. Patrick's Day Parade 2026

Senate Resolution Affirming The State Of Rhode Island's Commitment To Supporting Women In The Building Trades And Expanding Equitable Access To Careers In The Construction Industry

Senate Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of The Honorable James M. Donelan, Esq.

Senate Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Francisco J. Batista

Senate Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Vincent D'adamo, Jr.

AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CENTRAL FALLS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE CITY BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $25,000,000 BONDS, NOTES AND/OR OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS THEREFOR

This act would prohibit state or local authorities from voluntary participation in federal civil immigration enforcement. It would not prohibit compliance with a judicial warrant or court order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction. This act would take effect upon passage.

Joint Resolution Extending The Reporting And Expiration Dates Of The Special Joint Legislative Commission To Study The Return Of Central Falls Schools To Local Governance (extends The Reporting And Expiration Dates Of The Special Joint Legislative Commission To Study The Return Of Central Falls Schools To Local Governance, From March 3, 2026, To April 10, 2026, And Would Expire On July 1, 2026.)

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 Proclaiming April Of 2026, To Be "financial Literacy Month" In The State Of Rhode Island

Senate Resolution Commemorating March 31, 2026 As “alzheimer’s Association Of Rhode Island Advocacy And Awareness Day” In The State Of Rhode Island

Senate Resolution Commending The Valiant Intervention Efforts Of Superior Court Judge Joseph J. Mcburney And Head Of Security, Dana Smith On Behalf Of His Court Intern Who Was Wrongfully Identified And Targeted By Immigration And Customs Enforcement (ice) Agents

Senate Resolution Proclaiming April Of 2026, To Be The "month Of The Military Child" In The State Of Rhode Island

This act would authorize the State of Rhode Island to issue up to eighteen million dollars ($18,000,000) in general obligation bonds, subject to voter approval, to support the Roger Williams Park Zoo. Sections 1, 2, 3, 11, 12, and 13 of this act would take effect upon passage. The remaining sections of this act would take effect when and if the state board of elections shall certify to the secretary of state that a majority of the qualified electors voting on the proposition contained in section 1 of this act have indicated their approval of the project thereunder.

This act would repeal § 16-2-34 ("Central Falls School District board of trustees"). The Central Falls Stabilization Fund would include funding for tuition payments for outplaced special education students and tuition payments to other public schools. The Davies and Met Stabilization Fund would be established to ensure appropriate funding is available to support their students. This act would take effect on July 1, 2026.

Senate Resolution Congratulating Sandra Berube On Her Retirement After 33 Years Of Dedicated Service To The State Of Rhode Island And The Rhode Island General Assembly As A Senior Staff Member With The Rhode Island State Senate

This act would amend the terms of the pension plan set forth in the respective collective bargaining agreements in effect on July 1, 2026, between Central Falls and the labor organizations representing members of the Central Falls plan and would reduce the contributions of active firefighters and police officers from eleven and seven tenths percent (11.7%) to ten percent (10%) of their salary or compensation. This act would take effect upon passage.

Joint Resolution Repealing Rhode Island's Ratification Of The Corwin Amendment (repeals The General Assembly’s Previous Ratification Of The Corwin Amendment.)

This act would require public schools to give congressionally chartered youth organizations limited access for recruitment and brief student presentations with parent notice, while preserving school safety and discretion. This act would take effect upon passage.

Senate Resolution Recognizing May 2026 As "national Women's Health Month" In The State Of Rhode Island

Senate Resolution Joyously Celebrating The 10th Anniversary Of The Rhode Island Hispanic Chamber Of Commerce

Senate Resolution Proclaiming The Day Of May 21st, 2026, To Be "frontotemporal Degeneration (ftd) Awareness Day" In The State Of Rhode Island

This act would amend sections of the Rhode Island Cannabis Act relative to proof of residency terminology, and would amend the definition of applicant and provide a new process for the approval and certification for social equity and cannabis retail sales licenses. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would prohibit ICE employees, agents or officials from being within two hundred feet (200') of any polling place during voting, including early voting and election day voting. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would empower the division of motor vehicles to make available special motor vehicle registration plates for the not-for-profit entity, the Dominican Independence and Heritage Award Committee of RI. This act would take effect six (6) months after passage.