Melissa Murray

This act would remove the licensing exemption for a lender that originates less than six (6) loans in twelve (12) consecutive months. 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.

This act would change the gross pay amount a retired teacher or state employee certified to teach drivers education could earn as a part-time income by the department of education or by the board of governors of higher education for the purpose of providing classroom instruction in driver education courses to $25,000 from $15,000. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would impose a sales tax on digital advertising services. This act would take effect on July 1, 2026

This act would increase the income range up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) and tax credit up to eight hundred fifty dollars ($850), for elderly and disabled persons who own or rent their homes. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would prohibit an insurance company from imposing any cost-sharing requirements for any diagnostic or supplemental breast examinations. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

This act would provide that the prescription label for medication abortion prescription drugs may include the name of the prescriber's healthcare practice instead of the name of the prescriber. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require insurers to cover buprenorphine without a copayment or deductible. 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 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 provide that statements by a healthcare provider to a patient or to the patient's relative or representative regarding the unanticipated outcome of such patient's medical care and treatment, such as an apology or an expression of sympathy, shall be inadmissible as evidence of an admission of liability or as evidence of an admission against interest in any claim or action against the provider. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require specific notice of the tax sale to the taxpayer with a copy of this § 44-9-10 attached thereto. Failure to do so would render the tax sale null and void. This act would take effect upon passage.

Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Patricia Allen

Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Alma C. Boisseau

Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Florian L. Bourget

Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Thomas F. Lepore

Senate Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of George G. Cournoyer

Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of John Earl Gray

Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Maryann Jolicoeur

This act would expand the council on elementary and secondary education to ten (10) members; make six (6) members a quorum; would make the teacher of the year a voting member; would require the student advisory council to meet at least quarterly; would make the chair of the student advisory council a voting member of the council; would expand the board of education from seventeen (17) to nineteen (19) members and would include the Rhode Island teacher of the year and the chairperson of the student advisory council and would also be voting members to the board. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would direct the commissioner of elementary and secondary education to ensure that every public school has a school library in a permanent and dedicated space. This act would also direct the commissioner to ensure that every public school has a certified school librarian to manage and maintain the library. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would expand the requirement that all high schools and middle schools, whether they are publicly or privately run, to maintain on site functional automated external defibrillators (AED) while establishing and implementing a cardiac emergency response plan in these schools, inclusive of athletic activities, beginning in the 2027-2028 academic year. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would increase the personal needs allowance of nursing facility residents from $75.00 to $100 per month. This act would take effect on July 1, 2026.

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 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 provide that the department of elementary and secondary education, in consultation with a workgroup composed of various stakeholders, would develop a funding formula for school districts sending students to career and technical programs outside their district. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would make students in workforce-ready certificate programs at the community college of Rhode Island eligible to receive the Rhode Island Promise Scholarship. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require any remaining funds in the enacted budget from the Rhode Island promise scholarship program or the Rhode Island hope scholarship program, after Rhode Island college has satisfied all eligible scholarships pursuant to those programs, to be reimbursed to onward we learn for any scholarships that onward we learn has paid on behalf of its students who have attended Rhode Island college in that fiscal year. 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 establish the medical primary care scholarship program to be administered by the commissioner of postsecondary education. This act would appropriate one million dollars ($1,000,000) for fiscal year 2026-2027 which would be utilized to provide scholarships for four (4) years for doctors, and for two (2) years for physician assistants and nurse practitioners to provide primary care services in Rhode Island. For every year a medical practitioner received a scholarship, the recipient would be required to provide two (2) years of work in the field of primary care in the state upon graduation. This act would take effect on July 1, 2026.

This act would establish the healthcare worker platform and would require platforms offering healthcare shifts to register with the department of health by June 1, 2027, while, specifically, exempting them from being classified as nursing service agencies. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would prohibit insurance companies from paying a rate that is less than the approved Medicaid rate set by the executive office of health and human services. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

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 establish the Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund to provide financial assistance to families with children age twenty-one (21) years and younger stricken by a catastrophic illness for medical expenses not covered by any other state or federal program or any insurance contract. A nine (9) member commission would establish and administer a program to achieve the purposes of the fund. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would permit advanced practice registered nurses (APRN), physicians, and physician assistants to provide services to patients located in Rhode Island via telemedicine when those services are necessary and medically and clinically appropriate. This act would also allow APRNs, physicians, and physician assistants who are licensed in other states or U.S. territories who have appropriate professional liability insurance coverage and who are licensed and in good standing in those jurisdictions to provide telemedicine services to patients who are in Rhode Island when those services are rendered. Further, this act would bring providers who render telemedicine services to patients who are in the state when the services are rendered under the jurisdiction of the state and its courts. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require, commencing January 1, 2027, group health plans and health insurance issuers that provide prescription benefits to cover at least one type of glucagon auto- injector, nasal spray, or formulation which does not require reconstitution to treat hypoglycemia with two (2) glucagon auto-injectors every plan year. No copayment or deductible would be required to obtain prescribed glucagon medications. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would mandate that all restaurants offering children's meals, offer at least two (2) children's meals that complies with certain detailed nutritional standards set forth in the act. The act would further require that a nutritious meal contain no more than five hundred fifty (550) calories, seven hundred (700) milligrams of sodium, fifteen (15) grams added of sugars, ten percent (10%) of calories from saturated fat and zero grams of trans fat. It would also require that the nutritious meal, include at least two (2) of the five (5) food groups: fruit, vegetable, low-fat dairy, protein and whole grain. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

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 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 allow the office of health insurance commissioner (OHIC) as the state agency that has the authority to designate patient-centered medical home (PCMH) care to obtain maximal health outcomes. The primary care site would have achieved and maintain NCQA, PCMH distinction or approval of the joint commission on AAAHC, as determined by the department of health. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would provide that the executive office of health and human services, through Emergency Medicaid, would cover dialysis for the treatment of end stage renal disease ("ESRD") and kidney transplants for Rhode Island residents who do not qualify for full Medicaid under Federal law due to their immigration status. This act would take effect upon passage.

Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study Safe Staffing Ratios In Hospitals (creates A 15 Member Commission To Study And Provide Recommendations For Safe Staffing Ratios In Hospitals, Who Would Report Back To The General Assembly By March 31, 2027, And Would Expire On June 30, 2027.)

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 require all write-in votes, regardless of qualification, to be reported and published by the state board of elections, on its website. It would also require the local board of canvassers to adjudicate write-in votes in any contest, where the total number of write-in votes cast may affect the outcome. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would prohibit participation in the federal school voucher tax credit for contributions to scholarship-granting organizations unless both the general assembly and the governor approve such participation. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would create a peer-to-peer car sharing program, which will prescribe insurance coverage and other related details while using a car sharing application. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

This act would require that notice of a judgment lien be sent within ten (10) business days of the recording of the lien. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

This act would make sexual contact or penetration between any law enforcement officer that is on duty and a person that is a detainee, arrestee, in custody or a suspect during questioning, a felony. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would amend the OPA desk audit classification rules to eliminate supervising other employees as a factor for position upgrade eligibility. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would provide for the right to strike for public sector workers in Rhode Island, including teachers, with exceptions for police officers, firefighters, 911 employees, and correctional officers. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would repeal the law that prevents a collective bargaining agreement covering state employees, public school teachers and municipal employees from specifying a particular healthcare provider in it. This act would take effect upon passage.

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 allow persons with disabilities to receive up to two (2) motor vehicle disability parking privilege placards. This act would take effect upon passage.

Senate Resolution Proclaiming January 18th-24th, 2026, To Be "certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Week" In The State Of Rhode Island

Senate Resolution Celebrating The Life And Extending Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Carrigan Mccorrie-raine Nelson

Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Margaret M. Ottman

This act would create additional safety features for artificial intelligence (AI) companion technology including provisions addressing suicidal ideation, potential physical harm or financial harm to others expressed by a user. The act also requires notification that the AI companion does not have human emotions. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

This act would expand various definitions relative to contractors, home inspectors, and claim adjusters to provide clarity regarding licensed and unlicensed vendors, consultants, or third- party representatives. This act would take effect upon passage.

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 require that every elementary and secondary school within the State of Rhode Island, whether they are public or privately run, provide and maintain clearly visible and easily accessible trauma kits. This act would also provide for immunity for trained persons that gratuitously render emergency assistance to a person who experiences a traumatic bleeding injury. This act would take effect on January 1, 2028.

This act would prohibit a person to sell, offer for sale, display for sale or otherwise distribute a farmed animal fur product within the state and would provide graduated civil penalties for violations. This act would take effect three (3) years after passage.

This act would establish a fee on companies that sell fossil fuels in Rhode Island, paid at the point of sale within the state for consumption or distribution within the state. This act would also establish an "economic and climate resilience fund" to disburse the collected funds. The funds would be disbursed through dividends to all residents and businesses in the state as well as allocated to climate resilience, renewable energy, energy efficiency, and climate adaptation programs that benefit Rhode Islanders, including low-income residents and small businesses. This act would take effect upon the enactment of a fee of at least five dollars ($5.00) per metric ton of carbon by the legislatures of at least three (3) states: Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and one or more additional states in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). This act would take effect on July 1, 2027.

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.

This act would require the auditor general to conduct performance audits of all state agencies. 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 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.

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 require the department of human services to provide childcare assistance to families, including those served through DCYF, who meet the requirements of a protective services category as defined in CFR 45 §98.20 (a)(3)(ii). This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would exempt from the sales tax behind-the-meter batteries interconnected with a solar photovoltaic system. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would create an income-sensitive tiered subsidy program to ensure that home energy utility costs are affordable for eligible low-income households. The cost of the discount, including administrative costs not funded through other sources, would be collected in rates from all other customers of the electric and gas distribution companies in a manner determined just and reasonable by the public utilities commission. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would include any costs paid by an enrollee or on behalf of the enrollee, by a third party when calculating an enrollee’s overall contribution to any out-of-pocket maximum or cost sharing requirement, under a health plan as of January 1, 2027. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require every individual or group health insurance contract effective on or after January 1, 2027, to provide coverage to the insured and the insured's spouse and dependents for all FDA-approved contraceptive drugs, devices and other products, voluntary sterilization procedures, patient education and counseling on contraception and follow-up services as well as Medicaid coverage for a twelve (12) month supply for Medicaid recipients. 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.

This act would provide that licensed independent clinical social workers be able to enroll and bill Medicaid directly for covered services provided to adults with Medicaid fee-for-service coverage. 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

Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study Safe Staffing Ratios In Hospitals (creates A 15-member Joint Commission To Study And Provide Recommendations Regarding Safe Staffing Ratios In Hospitals, And Who Would Report Back To The General Assembly By September 1, 2027, And Expire On January 30, 2028.)

This act would amend Rhode Island's standard fire insurance policy by codifying uniform, transparent appraisal procedures and payment obligations that reflect contemporary claim-handling practices while preserving long-standing consumer protections. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would prohibit the use of algorithmic pricing by landlords to determine the amount of rent to charge a residential tenant. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require all schools and educational institutions to develop and implement a school safety plan that would provide for immediate access to school facilities by first responders in an emergency. 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 grant tenants that are the victim of various forms of abuse including, but not limited to, sexual and domestic abuse and stalking, the right to terminate a lease agreement early without penalty or liability for rent. This act would also provide for requests to change locks. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would increase the penalty for cruelty to animals, first offense, from eleven months to twelve months incarceration. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would expand the deinstitutionalization subsidy aid program in the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals to include adoptive parents(s) or sibling(s), and would allow such adoptive parent(s) or sibling(s) to care for a child or adult if the parent was unable to do so. This act would also allow such adoptive parent(s) or sibling(s) who are providing care to receive a subsidy through the aid program. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective January 1, 2028, this act would increase the hourly minimum wage in accordance with the Consumer Price Index for the Northeast Region for the previous four (4) fiscal years. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would allow on and after September 1, 2026, an owner of motor vehicle(s) to transfer ownership and registration of said vehicle on their death, by a certificate of title designation and require the division of motor vehicles to amend title forms, to include transfer-on-death language. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would permit the implementation of a system of electronic registration and titling of motor vehicles by the DMV and would require that rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this chapter would be promulgated by the administrator of the division of motor vehicles. This act would take effect on July 1, 2026.

This act would provide that exemptions to the prohibition of liquor licenses within two hundred feet (200') of schools or places of worship do not eliminate neighboring property owners’ remonstrance rights to object to the license. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would authorize the use of campaign funds for security related expenses, including home or office security systems and ongoing monitoring services. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would prohibit the charging of interchange fees on taxes and gratuities. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

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 direct that, on or before September 8, 2026, middle and high schools which issue student identification cards to include on those cards contact crisis telephone numbers for suicide prevention and substance use disorder prevention. This information would also be required to be placed on identification cards issued to school and district employees working in the schools. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would establish the Higher Education Opportunities for Students with Disabilities Act. This act would enable students with disabilities who are ages eighteen (18) through twenty- one (21) years, and in some cases to age twenty-two (22) years, to audit and otherwise attend state colleges and universities using the student’s foundation education aid. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would prohibit force-feeding to create a force-fed poultry product or the hiring of another to engage in force-feeding of a poultry product. The act would prohibit the sale of a force- fed poultry product or food containing a force-fed poultry product. Any violations would be subject to a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) per violation. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

This act would provide that funds or monies collected by designated quasi-public corporations or agencies not be subject to transfer or reallocation by order of the governor or general assembly. This act would also mandate that quasi-public corporations limit the use of all funds and property to perform the function or service for which the quasi-public corporation was created and would prohibit the transfer or reallocation of funds held by a quasi-public corporation. This act would take effect upon passage.

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 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 increase the monthly minimum benefit for a spouse, domestic partner or former spouse and grant, to eligible retirees who retired after July 1, 2012, and provide a one-time full COLA of three and thirty-four one hundredths percent (3.34%). This act would further provide a modification reducing federal adjusted gross income for the amount received of public pension benefits administered by the Employees Retirement System of Rhode Island. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would eliminate the age requirement for modification on Social Security income. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would allow a modification to federal adjusted gross income of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) of social security income for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would allow an individual, who is a first-time homebuyer, to contribute funds to a first-time homebuyer savings account with Rhode Island housing to pay for eligible costs to purchase a home and receive favorable tax deductions and exemptions. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would direct the department of human services and the department of elementary and secondary education to work collaboratively to manage existing workforce development and compensation programs for educators working in licensed child care and early learning programs statewide and would allocate at least $1,000,000 to continue the Child Care WAGE$ model to help strengthen and sustain the child care workforce. This act would take effect upon passage.

Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $15,200,000 To Be Used To Purchase Pfas-free Firefighting Gear (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $15,200,000 To Cities And Towns To Purchase Firefighter And Rescue Personnel Protective Gear Which Is Pfas Free.)

This act would authorize the secretary of the executive office of health and human services (EOHHS) to increase resource eligibility limits for persons with long-term-care needs who reside at home to $12,000 for single persons and $18,000 for couples. The act would also require that Medicaid certified assisted living facilities and adult day service providers furnish semi-annual reports to the EOHHS regarding the number of persons served each month and patients’ certification categories for the prior six months. 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 that the department of health provide recommended air quality standards for schools. This act would further provide that the department of education incorporate indoor air quality testing as part of the school building authority needs assessment conducted every five years pursuant to § 16-105-3. This act would also provide that HVAC systems in schools achieve a MERV level of 13 or the highest level achievable by system design. This act would take effect upon passage.

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 prohibit the state, participating ERISA, or any health plan from purchasing referenced drugs for a cost higher than the referenced rate. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would prohibit the Rhode Island medical assistance program, and any contract between the Rhode Island medical assistance program and a managed care organization, from requiring prior authorization or a step therapy protocol for the coverage of a medication classified as an anticonvulsant or antipsychotic. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027, and would sunset and be repealed on December 31, 2029.

This act would require health insurance providers to provide insurance coverage for pharmacists’ services including evaluation and management of a patient, which requires a medically appropriate history and/or examination and medical decision making; medication therapy management review; immunization education and administration; administration of medications; ordering and evaluation of clinical laboratory tests. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027, and unless extended by the general assembly, would expire on January 1, 2031.

This act would establish the Wholesale Prescription Drug Importation Program for the importation of wholesale prescription drugs from Canada to provide savings to Rhode Island consumers. The program would require the designation of a state agency to become a licensed drug wholesaler, or to contract with a licensed drug wholesaler, use of prescription drug suppliers in Canada; ensure that only drugs approved by the US Food and Drug Administration are imported; and import only drugs expected to generate savings; and prohibit the distribution or sale of these drugs outside of Rhode Island. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would make numerous changes to the access to public records act, including clarifying various provisions, increasing the sanctions for knowing and willful violations of the law, and making certain traffic accident data and preferred license plate information public. Additionally, this act would include a police report of an incident that does not lead to an arrest as accessible to public records request. Any final reports of investigations conducted by internal affairs would be accessible to public records request. All police worn body camera footage would be accessible to public records request and would be made available within thirty (30) days. Arrest logs made within thirty (30) days of arrest, changed from five (5) days previously, would be accessible to public records request. A civil fine for public officials who knowingly violate this chapter would increase from two thousand dollars ($2,000) to four thousand dollars ($4,000), and if a public official recklessly violates this chapter a fine of two thousand dollars ($2,000) is a change from one thousand dollars ($1,000) previously. There would also be relief in the case of a person filing frivolous request with the intent to disrupt government operations. 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 require that any covered entity that develops and provides online services, products, or features that children are reasonably likely to access shall consider the best interest of children when designing and developing such online service, product, or feature. The provisions of this chapter may be enforced by the attorney general and violators are subject to civil penalties. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

This act would permit upon certification that the veteran is no longer able to operate a vehicle, the transfer of the plate to the veteran's spouse. Additionally, a disabled veteran license plate may be issued to an eligible veteran or their spouse. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would define "military-connected student", "advance enrollment" and "open enrollment" to give the military connected student flexibility in choosing a school district. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would authorize and empower the department of transportation to plant pollinator friendly native species of trees, shrubs, grasses and plants within limits of a roadway, including state highways. The department would follow guidelines to benefit pollinators consistent with § 23 U.S.C.332. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would permit, on and after July 1, 2027, for an insurer to consider the zip code in which the vehicle is garaged; provided that, the calculation of the zip code is segmented by the municipality where the vehicle is garaged. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would amend the statute establishing Rhode Island's voluntary quality rating system for early care and education and school-age child care by requiring that, for school-age child care programs operating in RIDE-certified school buildings, facility-based elements of observational tools or environment rating scales (including SACERS or successor tools) be deemed met or treated neutrally in order that such facility-based elements do not reduce a program's quality rating level. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would prohibit the application of lawn care pesticides or rodenticides on the grounds of any public or private pre-school or public or private school with students in grade twelve (12) or lower, except in an emergency situation or to be used on the playing fields and playgrounds of the school as well as pre-schools and child care centers pursuant to an integrated pest management plan as developed by the department of environmental management and the department of health and would create a task force to study health risks of PFAS in athletic fields to students who use them. This act would also require a school department to provide a copy of the pesticide or rodenticide application notice sent to parents and guardians to the department of education. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would establish the first-time home buyer savings program fund for first-time home buyers. This act would allow modifications to federal adjusted gross income for fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in contributions and one hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) of interest and dividends. 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 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 mandate insurance coverage for scalp cooling treatments for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy to prevent hair loss during chemotherapy treatments. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require the state to implement the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact no later than July 1, 2026. 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 amend the current law on health insurance coverage for fertility diagnostic care, standard fertility preservation services, and fertility treatment and would require coverage for any medically necessary ovulation-enhancing drugs and medical services related to prescribing and monitoring the use of ovulation-enhancing drugs that is intended to treat infertility and establish a pregnancy that results in a live birth. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

This act would make it an unfair claim practice whenever a dental insurer refuses to honor a “direction to pay” after a request by the claimant or the insured. This act would allow the insurer to review the records of the service provider to verify that the services were received, but prohibits the insurer from modifying the amount of benefits to be paid. This act would not allow a contract between the insurer and a dental service provider requiring the provider to accept payment for services only by virtual credit card. 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 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 require fair pharmacy reimbursement from a pharmacy benefit manager to a non-affiliated pharmacy or pharmacist and also provide anti-discrimination prohibitions by pharmacy benefit managers in regard to non-affiliated pharmacies or pharmacists. 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 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 article would be known as the Rhode Island Inclusive Home Design Act. The act would address any single-family construction, townhouse construction, and multi-family construction complying with the Standards for Type C (Visitable) Units of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Standards for Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities (section 1105 of ICC ANSI A117.1-2017). The act would also require that any updates to the ANSI Standards for Type C (Visitable) Units be applied upon adoption by the building code standards committee. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would make traffic accident data a public record, subject to federal law. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would amend the section of law relative to violations for driving after denial, revocation or suspension of a license and would expand the list of offenses for which an unlicensed motorist would be in violation. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would establish a digital electronics right to repair, which would allow for digital electronic equipment and parts that are sold in this state on or after January 1, 2027, to be repaired at an independent repair provider. Additionally, this act would require an original equipment manufacturer to make available to any independent repair facility any documentation, parts, and tools required for diagnosis, maintenance, or other repairs. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would direct the department of elementary and secondary education, in conjunction with the Rhode Island interscholastic league, to promulgate rules and regulations to address, minimize, and establish an anti-hazing policy for acts of hazing in student athletics. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would allow a pregnant member or a member that has given birth in the past six (6) months to appear remotely to participate in a public body meeting. This act would further permit any member that participates in a meeting remotely to also vote remotely at that meeting, provided that the meeting is held in person. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act, beginning on July 1, 2026, would allow state union employees to negotiate longevity payments in their collective bargaining agreements. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would establish a maximum hourly workday for all peace officers as defined in § 12-7-21 and would establish a violation rate of pay of double time and a half. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would add the governor’s commission on disabilities to the list of participants of the disability parking enforcement program. Additionally, beginning January 1, 2027 the disability parking enforcement program shall submit an annual report to the governor’s commission on disabilities. This act would take effect upon passage.

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

This act would require that automated teller machines disclose the account balance prior to any cash withdrawal. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

This act would establish provisions for student and teacher classroom safety, and provides for the authority to remove students from classrooms and the administrative response to the same. This act would provide for student and educator protections from said removals and the school district’s responsibilities to the safety of the student. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would establish enforcement limitations on contract terms for the licensing of electronic books or digital audiobooks to libraries to preclude the library from being subject to unfair sales practices. This act would not be enforceable until the attorney general determines and publishes notices that at least four (4) other states have enacted laws that establish enforcement limitations on contract terms for the licensing of electronic books or digital audiobooks to libraries. This act shall take effect upon the publication of notice by the attorney general that at least four (4) other states have enacted laws that establish enforceable limitations on contract terms for the licensing of electronic books or digital audiobooks to libraries that are substantially similar in purpose to this act, and that those states collectively represent a combined population of at least ten million (10,000,000) persons, as determined by the most recent United States decennial census.

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 prohibit a manufacturer from selling, offering for sale, or distributing into commerce any product containing synthetic polymer micro particles, beginning January 1, 2030, would call for the adoption of microplastics testing plan of water, soil, and other environmental media for the presence of microplastics, and would adopt a statewide microplastics strategy plan. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would change the teacher and state employees' retirement benefit calculations' cutoff date, from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2009, for all retirement members eligible to and who retire on or after the new July 1, 2009, cutoff date. The average compensation means the average of the highest three (3) consecutive years, of compensation, within the total service, when the average compensation was its highest. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require the executive office of health and human services to amend the state Medicaid plan and secure sufficient state general revenue to increase Medicaid payment rates to an amount equal to one hundred thirty percent (130%) of Medicare rates for outpatient clinical pediatric services. 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 as part of the director of administration’s report to the general assembly to include information on the number of hybrid, combustion engine, plug-in hybrid, and ZEV vehicles in the light duty fleet. 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.

This act would permit licensed providers to accompany emergency medical services and treat patients within the community for mental health disorders, including substance use disorders. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would limit prior authorization requirements for rehabilitative and habilitative services. This act would prohibit prior authorization for the first twelve (12) visits of a new episode of care and for ninety (90) days following a chronic pain diagnosis. This act would also require that insurers must respond to requests within twenty-four (24) hours, and delays result in automatic approval. This act would further allow retroactive authorization for medically necessary services and provides appeal rights for denied requests. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

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 prohibit enforcing a thirty (30) day notice of vacancy policy when a resident of an assisted living facility or nursing home dies and limit the facility's ability to charge rent and fees for a maximum of seven (7) days or until removal of the personal property from the room, whichever occurs first. A violation would constitute a deceptive trade practice. This act would take effect on September 1, 2027.

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 require that routine childhood and adult immunization vaccine recommendations be based on, and developed from, evidence-based, medically sound scientific research by the department of health as well as the Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Association, American Academy of Family Physicians, and other such similar medical professional organizations. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require healthcare providers and healthcare facilities to inform patients of the use of artificial intelligence to memorialize patient visits. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require annual inspections of those assisted living residences which contain units licensed to treat residents with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. This act would take effect upon passage.

HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE RHODE ISLAND COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM - Establishes a universal, comprehensive, affordable single-payer health care insurance program and help control health care costs, which would be referred to as, "the Rhode Island Comprehensive Health Insurance Program" (RICHIP).

This act would provide guidelines regarding placing restrictions on residential recovery houses. 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 create a cause of action for the intentional or negligent injury or death of a pet. This act would take effect upon passage.

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 amend what is considered sexual abuse for purposes of limitations on actions based on sexual abuse or exploitation of a child and would amend the provisions for when a cause of action may be brought. This act would take effect on July 1, 2026.

This act would remove corporate and dark-money spending from all Rhode Island elections and ballot questions by revoking all previously granted artificial-person powers and regranting a narrower set of powers sufficient for ordinary business, charitable, cooperative, and organizational activity, but excluding political spending power. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

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 provide for paid leave for a state employee who donates an organ. The duration of the leave is dependent on the type of donation and notice should be provided to the employer at least thirty (30) days prior to the leave. 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.

This act would allow, but not require, local licensing authorities to grant temporary periods for extended indoor service hours under existing liquor licenses for certain 2026 FIFA World Cup Tournament matches occurring between June 11, 2026 and July 3, 2026, for operation until up to 4 a.m. with liquor service until up to 3 a.m. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would provide an end to transaction fees for school lunches in all districts. The department would ensure there is at least one no-fee payment method for school lunches. This act would also require that any payment processing platform used by the district clearly discloses whether fees will be charged. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would prohibit restrictive covenants related to grocery stores. This act would take effect upon passage.

With limited exception, this act would create and impose penalties for covered insurers that fail to comply with its reporting requirements, divestment obligations, and withdrawal restrictions, such as administrative penalties proportional to their statewide market share and profit, restrictions on the insurer's ability to do business within the state, and escalating penalties for repeated noncompliance. This act would also create a structured withdrawal process by which covered insurers would cease doing business within the state upon proper notice to their insureds, public comment, and approval by the director of the department of business regulation (DBR). This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require veterinarians to provide consultations to dog or cat owners when a drug is prescribed and dispensed for that animal patient. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

This act would require the governor, when presenting proposed budget articles for each fiscal year, to set forth the climate considerations that were undertaken to move the state towards the mandated goals set forth in the 2021 Act on Climate. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would create a tick control program to be implemented by the department of environmental management. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would allow Rhode Island based employers to pay a portion of the employee’s student loan debt, if said employee is employed in a high-need profession to address a workforce shortage or critical public need, is committed to working full-time in such profession for two (2) consecutive years in this state, is enrolled in income driven repayment and working in underserved communities. This act would also require annual reporting to the Rhode Island student loan authority (“RISLA”). This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require Medicaid in this state to provide coverage for fertility diagnostic care, standard fertility preservation services, any medically necessary ovulation-enhancing drugs and medical services related to prescribing and monitoring the use of the ovulation-enhancing drugs for at least three cycles of ovulation-enhancing medication treatment, and intrauterine insemination. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would increase the income limit for eligible families from two hundred sixty-one percent (261%) to two hundred eighty-five percent (285%) of the federal poverty level (FPL) beginning January 1, 2027, and would increase the exit threshold from three hundred percent (300%) to three hundred twenty-five percent (325%). This act would also increase the reimbursement rates for infants by five percent (5%). Section 1 of this act would take effect after January 1, 2027, except for the provisions of § 40-5.2-20(c) which would take effect July 1, 2026. Section 2 of this act would take effect July 1, 2026.

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.

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.)

This act would establish the state-funded rental subsidy program. The act would authorize an initial capitalization of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000), to create the program to help Rhode Islanders with the lowest incomes exit homelessness and stay stably housed. This act would also authorize the appropriation from the state general fund beginning July 1, 2026. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would provide coverage and increase individual and group insurance rates of reimbursement for ambulance services, and would require health insurers to provide coverage for emergency medical service providers administering mobile integrated healthcare community paramedicine. This act would also direct the department of health, in collaboration of the ambulance service coordinating advisory board, to administer a mobile integrated healthcare community paramedicine program. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require health insurers to comply with federal mental health parity laws, prevent discriminatory treatment limits, and ensure meaningful mental health and substance use coverage in all benefit classifications. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would prohibit a healthcare provider from requiring patients to provide electronic payment information to be kept on file as a condition to receiving treatment. The act would make a violation of this section a deceptive trade practice. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would mandate that the EOHHS assemble a network of equity zones where local multisector groups of nonprofits, service providers, advocates, community members, state agencies, and municipalities can address social factors of health at a local level. This act would take effect on July 1, 2026.

This act would amend the current law on low-income housing to include moderate-income housing and would eliminate the income percentages used to determine qualifications for low- or moderate-income housing. The act would also add the executive office of housing to the government office that is required to host a database containing rental or sale of residential units. Additionally, the act would require owners of property qualifying as low- or moderate-income housing, to list the property on the database with certain exceptions. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

This act would eliminate existing mandated housing densities for lands used for drinking water as well as density bonuses for public drinking water supply watersheds and ground water classified as GAA, as defined in ground water regulations. The act would also require that the housing densities not exceed the availability of onsite drinking water supplies, introduce pollution making drinking water unsuitable for use, and stay within the capacity limits of any public water or sewer system. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require condominium associations to charge a reduced fee to update a condominium resale certificate after issuance of the initial certificate. This act would take effect on September 1, 2026.

This act would provide a system for cities, towns and state agencies to designate certain roads, paths and trails as special ways subject to restrictions on paving, widening and clearing. Further, this act would provide that prior to a highway being determined abandoned by a city or town council, a vote must be taken on whether to preserve a public easement. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would authorize the automatic expungement of eligible conviction records by operation of law, initiated and completed by state agencies through electronic processes established within the judicial system. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would establish the criminal offense of real estate title fraud. Additionally, this act would allow municipalities to refuse to record “suspicious documents” from persons who are not trusted submitters. The act would also create penalties for real estate title fraud. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would amend various sections of law relating to campaign contributions and expenditures, including prohibitions on self-dealing with committee funds and would prohibit donations made in fictitious names. This act would also provide that for purposes of the limitations on contributions, all contributions made by political committees established, financed, maintained, or controlled by the same person or the same group of persons shall be considered to have been made by a single political committee. This act would take effect upon passage.

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 include animal cruelty offenses to the domestic violence crimes committed by a family or household members against another. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would change the application to purchase a firearm. Further, this act would require all persons seeking to possess a firearm except for police and military personnel to complete and pass a basic firearm safety training course. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require owners or landlords who rent shoreline property to provide their tenants, before the start of the tenancy, with a detailed, written disclosure regarding public shoreline access rights. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

This act would expand the benefit definitions of temporary care giver leave to include a grandchild and care recipient and would increase a leave benefits period to ten (10) weeks for 2027 and twelve (12) weeks for 2028. This act would take effect upon passage.

Senate Resolution Urging The Governor To Conduct A Veterans Home Workforce Analysis To Guide Policy And Budget Decisions (creates The Rhode Island Veterans Home Staffing Support Act Of 2026.)

This act would prohibit the consideration of an applicant's credit history in determining automobile insurance rates. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require any public utility company that needs to close any state or municipal roadway to perform related work to provide notice of the scheduled road closure to all residential and business property owners located within one thousand feet (1,000 ft) of the closed highway, at least forty-eight (48) hours before the scheduled road closure. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require any business entity that makes automatic renewal offers or continuous service offers for goods, services, memberships or subscriptions that are available on- line, also make the canceling such agreements for goods, services, memberships or subscriptions equally accessible on-line. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would establish minimum limitations standards for structural property damage claims, and would void any policy provision, endorsement, condition, limitation, agreement, or claim practice that shortens those standards. This act would further prohibit insurers and insurer- affiliated claim handlers from treating any payment as a full settlement or claim closure absent a formal written release and settlement agreement executed by the claimant or insured, and notarized, consistent with chapter 9.1 of title 27 (“unfair claims settlement practices act”), and require clear disclosures to insureds and claimants regarding applicable time limitations and claim rights. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would permit eating and drinking establishments to accept consumer-provided containers to fill or refill with takeout food or beverages. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would provide that only a mayor or town administrator could be a voting member of the board of directors or trustees for a mayoral academy. The act would also authorize other nonvoting members on the board of directors and trustees, from each included city or town that the mayoral academy serves. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would provide that no new charter school application shall be granted, if the proposed school is a network charter school or the expansion of an existing charter school would create a network charter school. 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 prevent the council on elementary and secondary education from granting preliminary approval or final approval for the creation or expansion of any district charter school, independent charter school or mayoral academy charter school beginning operations in 2026-2027, 2027-2028, or 2028-2029 school years. This act would also prevent the state from approving or appropriating funding to any new charter school or to expand an existing charter school that has not been approved by the council on elementary or secondary education prior to July 01, 2025 for fiscal year 2026-2027, fiscal year 2027-2028, or fiscal year 2028-2028. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require schools to implement a plan to provide academic accommodation for a student who has been diagnosed with a concussion or other brain injury. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would take several measures to lead by example by banning state purchases of plastic bottles, and would require state funds to be used to lease or purchase electric vehicles and renewable energy efficient technologies for use on state property. Annual reports would be required to be filed by January 31, and provided to the Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council (EC4), the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, and the governor. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would establish the Beverage Container Recycling Act. This act would establish a comprehensive program providing for deposits on and recycling of beverage containers. This program would be administered and overseen by the department of environmental management. This act would also provide for the assessment of penalties on producers and recycling refund producer responsibility organizations who fail to meet certain performance targets. This act would take effect upon passage.

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 prohibit the use of artificial turf as material to cover compacted solid waste at a sanitary landfill on or after July 1, 2026. This act would also establish a pilot program to determine the benefits of using a plant mix and/or grass mix with pollinators as landfill cover. This act would also impose reporting requirements on the resource recover corporation on these matters on or before January 1, 2028. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require the state and private health insurers to reimburse claims for healthcare services provided by nurse practitioners and physician assistants at the same amount as the reimbursement paid to a physician performing the service in the area served. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

This act would create a publicly funded program for uninsured individuals requiring an appropriation of fifty-three million two hundred thousand dollars ($53,200,000) for fiscal year 2027 and an appropriation of one hundred nine million, six hundred thousand dollars ($109,600,000) for fiscal year 2028 and every fiscal year thereafter. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require that the state’s share to support public library services in fiscal year 2027 be fixed at twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount appropriated and expended by the city or town in the second preceding fiscal year. This act would take effect upon passage.

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 establish a procedure to permit the Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) to apply for benefits on behalf of children, who are eligible, that are within temporary custody or guardianship of the department. DCYF would be responsible to conserve the youth's benefits and determine whether the youth is eligible for an ABLE account. DCYF would be required to identify a representative payee for the benefits and if DCYF is to serve as payee, they shall seek a court order. DCYF would be required to provide an annual accounting to the youth's attorney or guardian ad litem, and a final accounting upon termination of DCYF involvement. This act would take effect on July 1, 2026.

This act would appropriate two million seven hundred thousand dollars ($2,700,000) to fund the primary care training sites program to provide training for physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants within the department of health. This act would take effect on July 1, 2026.

This act would, under the emergency fund for victims, increase the share of a victim’s total award that may be used for relocation related expenses but would not increase total compensation available to a victim. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would permit children with diagnosed developmental disabilities whose third birthday is between May 1 and August 31 to continue to receive early intervention services through September 1 after the child’s third birthday. Further, this act would direct the EOHHS to develop and implement a plan to ensure continuity of services and minimize gaps in support as children with services transition to early childhood special education. Additionally, this act would require private health insurers to cover this extended early intervention option. This act would take effect on July 1, 2026.

This act would, change the teacher and state employees' retirement benefit calculations' cutoff date from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2012, for all retirement members eligible to and who retire on or after the new July 1, 2012, cutoff date. The average compensation would be reduced from the highest five (5) years to the average of the highest three (3) consecutive years, of compensation, within the total service, when the average compensation was the highest. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would exempt from the sales tax meals served by licensed child care centers. This act would take effect upon passage.

Commencing on July 1, 2026, this act would allow members, state and municipal employees to retire when they have at least twenty-eight (28) years of active service and their retirement age, when combined with the number of their years of service reaches, the number eighty-five (85). This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would fund the Rhode Island baby bonds trust program without the use of taxpayer dollars through an annual allocation of unclaimed property remittances. This act would take effect on July 1, 2027.

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 cap the interest rate for all delinquent taxes at twelve percent (12%). This act would also limit the tax administrator’s authority to audit taxpayers to three (3) years from the date of the tax filing. For fraudulent returns, the audit period shall not exceed seven (7) years, and no audit can be performed beyond ten (10) years. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027, and would apply to all assessments, audits and tax payments, including delinquent taxes, initiated on or after this date.

Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $500,000 To Sojourner House In Rhode Island (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $500,000 To Sojourner House To Support Its Permanent Housing Development Program That Provides Safe, Secure Housing To Individuals And Families Fleeing From Dangerous Situations.)

This act would reduce funeral home inspections from twice a year to once a year and remove the practical exam requirement for out-of-state funeral directors and embalmers. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would authorize pharmacists to order, perform and interpret CLIA-waived tests authorized by statewide protocol and prescribe medications. This act would further permit for such test-and-treat authority to be covered by all health insurance carriers. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

This act would allow patients to authorize providers to email medical notes or records, require written consent acknowledging risks, and ensure compliance with HIPAA while expanding delivery options beyond fax or in-person pickup. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require hospital emergency rooms and free-standing emergency care facilities to offer and provide pregnancy prevention medication to victims of sexual assault. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would transfer responsibility for implementation of services for persons with traumatic brain injuries from the director of the department of human services to the EOHHS. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require the department of elementary and secondary education or the department of health to develop and implement policies to allow students diagnosed with asthma, a condition that may lead to bronchospasm or anaphylaxis, or both, to carry and self-administer asthma medication or auto-injectable or intranasal epinephrine, or both. This act would further provide immunity to any school teacher, school administrator, or school healthcare personnel, school bus driver, school bus monitor, or any other school personnel for civil damages which may result from the administration of such medications. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

This act would include routine, scheduled or recommended immunizations to individuals between the ages of three (3) and eighteen (18) years, under the consent and reporting provisions required for pharmacy administered immunizations to individuals between three (3) and eighteen (18) years of age. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would create a new license for eyelash service technicians, require permits for eyelash businesses, establish training and exam standards, authorize RIDOH enforcement and fines, and impose five hundred dollar ($500) penalties for unlicensed practice. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

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 require the department of health to implement a tobacco control program that incorporates evidence-based best practices for tobacco prevention and cessation to prevent tobacco-related diseases and diminish tobacco use in the state. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would allow foreign-trained dentists and dental hygienists to obtain limited licenses if they graduate from reputable dental colleges or universities, work under a supervising dentist, and pass a board-approved exam. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require the state, and private insurers that cover prescription hormone therapy, to dispense twelve (12) months’ worth of the prescription as a single prescription. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would mandate health insurance coverage by eliminating out-of-pocket costs for lung cancer screenings in order to enable patients to get the critical care they need without delay. 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 provide conditions under which BHDDH has the authority to compel certain healthcare providers to finish requested healthcare records without violating The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. This act would take effect upon passage.

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 create the “Embryo Safety and Storage Act of 2025.” The act would require the department of health to regulate and license embryo storage facilities. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

This act would require any licensed laboratories performing blood lead analyses taken from children under six (6) years of age be certified by the director in accordance with a process approved by the director. The act would also require said laboratories to perform said blood lead analyses regardless of the child or child’s parent or guardian’s ability to pay for the analysis and at no cost to the child or child’s parent or guardian. This act would take effect upon passage.

This bill would require the executive office of health and human services to provide self- measured blood pressure monitoring for eligible pregnant and postpartum individuals, covering home monitors, training, data transmission, and co-interventions, with state funds if federal aid is unavailable. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require inspections and evaluations of the indoor air quality of each school building, including heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. The department of health would establish guidelines for indoor air quality in schools, including recommended thresholds and rates for environmental conditions that directly affect health and learning. The department of education in coordination with the department of health, shall submit a report to the general assembly within one year of the effective date of this section, with recommendations to improve indoor air quality in public schools. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would cap the total amount that a covered person is required to pay for a covered prescription inhaler, prescription device, or prescription equipment to twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per thirty (30) day supply. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

This act would cap the amount that a covered person is required to pay for insulin administration and glucose monitoring equipment and supplies at twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per thirty (30) day supply or per item when an item is intended to be used for longer than thirty (30) days and would prohibit any deductible for the equipment and supplies. The coverage would commence on January 1, 2027. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

This act would prohibit health insurance companies or other payors from including in their physician participation agreements any provisions that restrict or prevent a physician practice from charging patients reasonable administrative or operational fees to support practice overhead. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would change the naming of doctor of naturopathy to naturopathic doctor within this chapter. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would ensure that more developmentally disabled adults can self-direct the care they need and want, by incorporating collective bargaining rights into the self-directed supports program to enhance service access, increase the availability of education and training options and improve the recruitment and retention of the individuals selected by participants as direct support professionals. This act does not alter or limit the authority of the director of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals to administrator the self-directed supports program, enforce existing rules, regulations and procedures, or adopt amended rules, regulations and procedures for operating the program. This act further does not alter or limit the rights of participants and their representatives to select, direct and terminate the services of self-directed direct support professionals or to determine the wages of self-directed direct support professionals within the range set by the director. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would authorize the department of children, youth and families to license mobile response and stabilization services (MRSS). This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would establish a twenty-seven (27) member joint commission to study ways to maximize revenue for child welfare and children’s behavioral health services. 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 mandate health insurance coverage for medically necessary hormonal and non-hormonal therapy to treat symptoms of peri-menopause and menopause, if the therapy is recommended by a qualified healthcare provider who is licensed, accredited, or certified under Rhode Island law and the therapy has been proven safe and effective. This coverage would be mandated for all insurance policies issued on or after January 1, 2027. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would establish a food-as-medicine pilot program and task force to be administered by the executive office of health and human services. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require landlords to register certain information for residential properties constructed prior to 1978 with the department of health on a statewide registry and defines which information may be viewed on a public database. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would clarify how condominium insurance deductibles and unpaid losses are divided between associations and unit owners, require owners to insure units if associations do not, and allow boards to manage and use insurance proceeds for repairs. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would allow for building inspectors to conduct “virtual inspections” or utilize photographic evidence, at the building official’s discretion, from time to time during and upon completion of the work for which the building official has issued a permit. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would amend Rhode Island condominium act to require condominium associations to conduct periodic structural conditions surveys and reserve studies, share the results with unit owners, develop repair and funding plans, and maintain a separate reserve account funded by at least fifteen percent (15%) of monthly assessments. This act would take effect on January 1, 2028.

This act would provide that no train or light engine used in connection with the movement of freight be operated unless it had a crew consisting of at least two (2) persons. This act would include the imposition of fines upon a company, individual or business entity for violation of the act. This act would take effect on October 1, 2026.

This act would allow nonprofit organizations to participate in permitted games of chance upon registering with the state police on an annual basis. The nonprofit would be exempt from any required background checks by local law enforcement. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would spell out what a public works project includes and the requirements of this section shall apply to all such public works projects. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would change the definition of employee to include individuals employed in the domestic service of any person. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would increase the minimum hourly wage commencing January 1, 2028, by an amount equal to the total percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Northeast Region for the calendar year 2027. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would allow employees, not represented by a union, to create a group to collectively bargain with employers. The employees would need to demonstrate that they have majority support for the creation of a collective bargaining unit by using signed file cards to gauge the level of support they enjoy, as set forth by the act. 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 align the implementation date of youth camp licensing within the operational, and statutory framework of the Rhode Island department of human services and department of children, youth and families. This act would take effect upon passage.

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 eliminate fingerprinting fees for licensed childcare hires, require background checks for youth activity instructors, and allow active top secret sensitive compartmented information (TS/SCI) security clearance to satisfy criminal background check requirements. 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 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 create the division of civil representation within the department of housing and require a designated legal organization to provide legal representation to all tenants who qualify in eviction proceedings. The act would also provide that notice of a tenant’s right to legal representation be included in all residential landlord/tenant complaint forms and that any attempt to waive that right in a lease would be void. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would provide that advanced practice registered nurses have the same immunity from liability as physicians under the mental health law. This act would take effect upon passage.

Joint Resolution Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution -- Of Qualification For Office (proposes A State Constitutional Amendment To Provide No Person Could Hold Office As General Officer Unless That Person Was A Resident And A Registered Voter In The State Of Rhode Island For At Least 2 Years, Continuously, Prior To Taking Office.)

This act would make it unnecessary to prove that a person's transmission of electronic communications be for the sole purpose of harassment before being found guilty of cyberstalking or cyberharassment. 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 create the reproductive health and gender-affirming healthcare data privacy act. This act would further protect reproductive and gender-affirming care data. The act would require the holders of such data, with certain exceptions, obtain consent from a consumer before collecting the data. The act would prohibit the sale of the data without the permission of the consumer. The act contains several enforcement mechanisms to ensure compliance with the law, including an individual cause of action and authority for the attorney general to bring enforcement of an action. This act would take effect upon passage.

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 Recognizing March 8, 2026, As "international Women's Day" And The Month Of March As "women's History Month" In The State Of Rhode Island

Senate Resolution Honoring Sandra Lake For Her Extraordinary Contributions To Women And Communities In Rhode Island

This act would require that the names of any non-teacher school employees who are terminated for good and just cause, be furnished to the Rhode Island department of elementary and secondary education. The department would maintain a list of the names and the good cause for the termination. This list would not be a public document, but would be available to hiring authorities of schools and school districts. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would prohibit public and private colleges and universities from charging students for institution provided health insurance in the absence of affirmative action by the student opting in to coverage. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

This act would create multiple chapters to provide and establish a comprehensive program for recycling of beverage containers and extended producer responsibility for packaging and paper, after the completion of an implementation analysis by the department of environmental management, which would be the lead department in overseeing, implementing, and enforcing the provisions of this act. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would increase and reallocate the fees collected for motor vehicle inspections, including motorcycle inspections, with an allocation of ten dollars ($10.00) to the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA). This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

This act would require the state investment commission to create a capital access initiative to expand potential investment opportunities for the state’s pension fund and engage qualified but traditionally underrepresented investment managers. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require insurers to develop plans for coverage and access to nonnarcotic, nonopioid and nonmedication pain management for moderate to severe pain. This act would further restrict utilization review for nonopioid drugs. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would mandate health insurance coverage by eliminating out-of-pocket costs for lung cancer screenings in order to enable patients to get the critical care they need without delay. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would increase the number of state childcare licensing inspectors to meet the national recommended average of one inspector for every fifty (50) to sixty (60) childcare providers. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require the disclosure of the transfer of certain assets of healthcare facilities and would provide penalties for failing to file healthcare facility ownership information. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would change the direct client contact hour requirements for applicants for licensure of marriage and family therapist associate and applicants for licensure of marriage and family therapist. The act would permit an applicant to receive a license as a marriage and family therapist without examination when the applicant is licensed as such in another state for one year or longer. This act would take effect upon passage.

Joint Resolution To Amend The Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver Requests And Renewals (allows Eohhs To Implement Waiver Amendments, State Plan Amendments, And Changes To Department Rules And Regulations To Make Certain Updates To The Behavioral Health Per-diem Add On Program For Particularly Complex Patients.)

Senate Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Make A Comprehensive Study Of Rhode Island's Healthcare Workforce Related To Educating And Retaining Primary Care Providers (creates A 17-member Commission To Study Rhode Island’s Healthcare Workforce Related To Educating And Retaining Primary Care Providers And Who Would Report Back Annually To The President Of The Senate.)

This act would establish the operations necessary for a 988 hotline for suicide prevention and behavioral health crisis management. This act would also establish the operations necessary for acute mental health crisis outreach and stabilization services in direct response to the 988 hotline. This act would take effect on July 1, 2027.

This act would impose certain duties, transparency, and accountability from pharmacy benefit managers and pharmacy benefit management services. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

This act would require pharmacy benefit managers to apply for a certificate of authority from the office of the health insurance commissioner to operate such a business in this state. Further, this act would empower the health insurance commissioner to oversee all pharmacy benefit managers and penalize violations. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

This act would require healthcare insurers, without prior authorization, to provide post- acute care services to patients discharged from a hospital for a minimum of seven (7) days commencing on or after January 1, 2027. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would expand the health professional loan repayment program to healthcare providers practicing in primary care health settings. This act would take effect upon passage.

Senate Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Make A Comprehensive Study Of Rhode Island's Medical Malpractice Impact On Health Care Providers And Health Care Costs In Rhode Island (creates Commission To Study Medical Malpractice Issues Relating To Lawsuits, Claims, Settlements, Filings And Related Impact On Insurance Costs For Providers With Report Due 10/1/27 And Expiration On 1/31/28.)

This act would establish the framework to create a medical school at the University of Rhode Island and provide an initial appropriation of five million dollars ($5,000,000) as the first phase of a multi-year investment for the development of a medical school. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would establish a statewide mobile response and stabilization services program to provide rapid crisis response and short-term stabilization for children and youth in their natural environments. 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 Anna Casale

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.

This act would merge the coastal resources management council with the department of environmental management and create the bureau of coastal resources management within the department of environmental management. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would prohibit a healthcare entity from unilaterally modifying amending or reinterpreting any material term or condition of a contact with a healthcare provider during the term of such contact. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require all renovation projects of buildings built before 1978 for housing, offices or any other purpose, to comply with the provisions of chapter 24.6 of title 23, the lead poisoning prevention act and chapter 21 of title 28, the hazardous substances right-to-know act and would require any project of renovation to have a lead inspector, lead training, a lead supervisor and would require that the Rhode Island department of labor and training ensure compliance with these provisions. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would permit the Quonset Development Corporation to acquire, own, maintain, and control all streetlights located within the Quonset Business Park. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would provide that roads located within the Quonset Business Park be under the control of the Quonset Development Corporation who shall have the sole authority relating to the care and maintenance of roads, freeways and bridges designated as QDC public roads. This act would take effect upon passage.

Senate Resolution Celebrating March 19, 2026, As "rhode Island College Day" In The State Of Rhode Island

This act would permit grand juries to issue reports and would provide for a process for review and acceptance by the superior court. This act would take effect upon passage.

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.

Senate Resolution Celebrating St. Patrick's Day And Honoring Irish American Patriots' Role In The United States War Of Independence

Senate Resolution Honoring The Life And Legacy Of The Late Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio And Commemorating The Naming Of The Rhode Island Senate Chamber In His Honor

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.

This act would allow the state to require utilities to relocate facilities for certain highway projects and to pay the cost of the relocation to the utility as part of the cost of the federally aided highway project. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would establish a restricted receipt account for the benefit of the Rhode Island public transit authority for use to fund its operations, funded by sales taxes collected from ride- share companies, which account would be exempt from indirect cost recovery provisions. This act would take effect on July 1, 2026.

This act would require any person, as defined, who is in the business of selling, assigning or buying an equitable interest in real estate without taking legal title to such property, to be licensed as a real estate broker or salesperson and to comply with the disclosure requirements and cancellation provisions as mandated. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

Senate Resolution Proclaiming March Of 2026, As "colorectal Cancer Awareness Month" In The State Of Rhode Island

Senate Resolution Celebrating The 50th Anniversary Of The Founding Of Sojourner House Of Rhode Island

This act would create the Rhode Island voting rights act to establish procedures to prevent discrimination in the voting process. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

This act would authorize the secretary of the executive office of health and human services (EOHHS) to increase resource eligibility limits for persons with long-term care needs who reside at home to $12,000 for single persons and $18,000 for couples. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would designate bridge number 44-000000000007010, located in Providence, Rhode Island, where U.S. Route 44 (Smith Street) crosses over both northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 95, roughly a tenth of a mile south of the junction with Route 146, as the “George Nee Bridge.” This act would take effect upon passage.

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

This act would prohibit the use of genetic information for purposes of determining eligibility, setting premium rates, or imposing preexisting condition exclusions for life insurance, disability insurance providing disability income protection, or long-term care insurance. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would authorize a veterinarian to establish a client-patient relationship in Rhode Island through synchronous audiovisual electronic means, subject to certain limitations and requirements. The act would also provide that the veterinarian shall be licensed in Rhode Island, obtain the client consent to establish the veterinarian client-patient relationship through electronic means, and maintain such documentation for at least one year. This act would take effect upon passage.

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

This act would make a series of amendments and add new provisions of law to address business identity theft and deceptive solicitations sent to businesses and the unauthorized formation of entities. This act would take effect on July 1, 2026.

Senate Resolution Proclaiming April 16, 2026, As "rhode Island Manufacturers Association Recognition Day" In The State Of Rhode Island

Senate Resolution Honoring Family Medicine Physicians For Their Service And Advocacy

Senate Resolution Proclaiming April To Be "holocaust & Genocide Awareness Month" In The State Of Rhode Island

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

Senate Resolution Proclaiming April 28, 2026, To Be "arts Day In Rhode Island"

This act would authorize the superior court to place a hospital into receivership upon action by the attorney general or department of health when a hospital is mismanaged, financially distressed, acting illegally, or endangering patient health and safety. This act would take effect upon passage.

Senate Resolution Proclaiming May 2026, To Be "older Americans Month" In The State Of Rhode Island

Senate Resolution Proclaiming The First Saturday In May As "rhode Island Labyrinth Day" And Recognizing May 2, 2026, As "world Labyrinth Day" In The State Of Rhode Island

This act would provide proper authority for the division of taxation to provide HealthSource RI with contact information for Rhode Islanders who report they were uninsured on their HealthSource RI state income tax return unless the applicable individual wishes to opt out of being contacted directly by HealthSourceRI about enrollment in health coverage. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would promote fiscal integrity, transparency, and accountability in the state’s healthcare system by mandating that the reporting covered health entities identified therein submit quarterly financial reports to the secretary to facilitate the regular and timely assessment of their financial soundness and identify any entities that may be facing financial risks with the potential to affect the overall stability of the state’s healthcare system, equitable access to high-quality and affordable services, and the goals of the statewide health planning process. This act would take effect upon passage.

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 revise sections of the uniform controlled substances act to remove specific opioid dosage requirements and revise the uniform controlled substances act in accordance with current standards of professional practice and would repeal chapter 37.5 of title 5 relating to intractable pain treatment. 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 remove the fiscal year 2026 fourteen percent (14%) limitation for reduction to the local per-pupil funding for charter schools. This act would take effect upon passage.

Senate Resolution Supporting "period Poverty Awareness Week" On May 11-17, 2026, In The State Of Rhode Island

Senate Resolution Recognizing May 2026 As "fibromyalgia Awareness Month" In The State Of Rhode Island

This act would expand guaranteed issue rights for Medigap plan enrollees who enroll outside of a plan’s initial enrollment period. This act would take effect upon passage.

Senate Resolution Commemorating May Of 2026, As "national Speech-language-hearing Month" In The State Of Rhode Island

Senate Resolution Celebrating "national Hospital Week" On May 10-16, 2026, In The State Of Rhode Island

Senate Resolution Honoring The Rhode Island Medical Society For Organizing The 2026 State House Advocacy Day

This act would establish a separate domestic violence calendar within the superior court to handle felony domestic violence cases. 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 Proclaiming May 2026, To Be "als Awareness Month" In The State Of Rhode Island

Senate Resolution Declaring May 2026 As "brain Tumor Awareness Month" In The State Of Rhode Island

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

Senate Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Make A Comprehensive Study Of Rhode Island's Medical Malpractice Impact On Health Care Providers And Health Care Costs In Rhode Island (creates A 12 Member Special Legislative Commission Whose Purpose It Would Be To Make A Comprehensive Study Of Ri Medical Malpractice Lawsuits, Claims, Settlements, Administrative Filings And Impact On Medical Malpractice Insurance Costs For Providers.)

Senate Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Make A Comprehensive Study Of Rhode Island's Healthcare Workforce Related To Educating And Retaining Primary Care Providers

Senate Resolution Recognizing The Month Of June 2026 As "pride Month" In The State Of Rhode Island