Tiara T Mack

Senate Resolution Honoring The Victims Of The Brown University Shooting And Commending First Responders

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

This act would provide that an insurer furnish written notice of nonrenewal of automobile or homeowner's insurance coverage at least sixty (60) days prior to nonrenewal, and written notice of any coverage reductions, elimination, or increased deductibles for this insurance not made to the request of the insured would be furnished at least thirty (30) days prior to renewal. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Senate Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of The Honorable Scott Bill Hirst

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

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

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

This act would impose a seventy-five cent ($0.75) surcharge on fares charged by rideshare or transportation network companies. This act would also require that fifty percent (50%) of the surcharge be deposited in a restricted account to be used for street improvements in the municipality where the fare originated, and fifty percent (50%) of the surcharge be deposited in a restricted account to fund Transit Forward RI. The tax administrator would promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this chapter. The act would also establish a restricted receipt account for the benefit of RIPTA funded by sales tax collected from ride-share companies such as Uber and Lyft. 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 require one elector of the parole board to be a person directly impacted by the criminal justice system who has completed the probation/parole process three (3) or more years prior to selection with a professional background in certain enumerated areas. This act would take effect upon passage.

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

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

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.

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

Senate Resolution Commemorating The Celebration Of The Birth Of The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., On January 15, 2026

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 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 amend the composition of the urban collaborative in Providence and would provide that the urban collaborative would be governed by a board of trustees. It would also clarify that the Providence public schools cannot terminate their participation in the urban collaborative during the state takeover of the Providence public schools without the approval of the Providence school board. This act would take effect upon passage.

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

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

This act would require transition planning for high school students with disabilities, who have a “504” plan, like the transition planning required for high school students with disabilities, who have an individualized education program (IEP). This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would expand and fine tune the law on the right to a safe school. It would authorize the school administration to issue an out-of-school suspension to students in grade six (6) or above not only if they are disruptive, but also if they are a threat to the safety of students, teachers, or administrators; or found guilty of violating school regulations involving alcohol, illegal drugs or controlled substances, or weapons. The act would also provide that where students are in preschool through grade five (5), the school administration may issue an out-of-school suspension but only after a consultation with a school psychologist or other mental health professional. This act would take effect upon passage.

The act would direct the office of energy resources to develop building performance standards for large buildings in Rhode Island that would cause greenhouse gas emissions to decline in line with the act on climate requirements. This act would take effect upon passage.

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

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

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

This act would require 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.

This act would establish a building energy reporting program for covered residential, nonresidential properties and campuses containing twenty-five thousand (25,000) or more gross square feet. The office of energy resources (OER) shall be responsible for reporting this information to the public in order to provide transparency to the marketplace. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would provide for warming center and cooling center alerts to trigger certain procedures municipalities shall follow during extreme heat or cold to help at-risk individuals with resources including, but not limited to, warming and cooling centers. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would limit municipal minimum lot sizes for residential use to 2,500 sq ft near transit, 5,000 sq. ft with water/sewer, and 1 acre otherwise, while protecting farmlands, forests, and wetlands, and requiring zoning updates to comply. 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 spell out the responsibilities of both the landlord and tenant with respect to the inspection and treatment of bed bugs in residential premises. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would allow faith-based organizations to develop affordable housing on land they own provided at least 50 % of the housing to be developed is low- or moderate-income housing and the land is owned or held in trust by the faith-based organization. The act would also allow faith-based organizations to request adjustments for uses that support the mission of the faith-based organization, including childcare, education, community service, or small-scale commercial uses. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require a housing code enforcement officer to give a copy of any housing code violation notice to all tenants of the building affected by an alleged housing code violation, along with any hearing dates scheduled for the violation. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would limit rent increases to no more than four percent (4%) annually unless the landlord is granted an exemption by the secretary of housing, and would provide tenants with a civil action to recover damages, including an award of attorneys' fees and punitive damages, for any violations. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require single-family residential zoning in municipalities with populations of over forty-thousand (40,000) to allow middle housing and mandate that those municipalities adopt zoning regulations for middle housing. This act would take effect upon passage.

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

This act would provide that a person arrested for a misdemeanor shall be released without a financial condition unless the misdemeanor is for domestic violence or the court makes a finding on the record that there is a likely risk the arrested person will fail to appear in court or will obstruct justice or attempt to injure or intimidate a witness. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would prohibit a landlord from removing a tenant from any housing accommodation, or attempt such removal or exclusion from possession, notwithstanding that the tenant has no written lease or that the lease or other rental agreement has expired or otherwise terminated, except upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction entered in an appropriate judicial action or proceeding in which the petitioner or plaintiff has established one of the several grounds of just cause set forth for removal or eviction. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would allow those persons with multiple felony convictions to file a motion for expungement of all records and records of convictions; provided that, no person who has been convicted of any felony which is considered a crime of violence shall have their records of conviction expunged and convictions for offenses under chapter 29 of title 12 shall not be eligible for and may not be expunged. Motions may be brought after ten (10) years from the date of the completion of their last sentence. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would amend the unfair claims practices law by requiring an insurance appraisal by a licensed appraiser where damage to a motor vehicle exceeds $5,000 (from $2,500) and would eliminate language that prohibits an appraisal based on photos of a damaged motor vehicle. In addition, it would increase the time within which an appraisal must be done, from 3 days to 4 days. This act would take effect upon passage.

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

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

This act would remove the five (5) year waiting period for filing a motion to seal an eviction court file. It would also delete the numerical limitation on filing seal requests with the court. This act would take effect upon passage.

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

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

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

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

Senate Resolution Proclaiming January 27, 2026 To Be “rhode Island Food Insecurity Awareness Day” In The State Of Rhode Island

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.

Senate Resolution Requesting The Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission To Terminate Gas Line Extension Allowances As Part Of Docket 25-45-ge

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

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 enact processes to partition heirs' property, which often refers to real property that is owned by multiple relatives (co-tenants) who have inherited the property's title and that does not have a written agreement on how to divide the property. Under the act, if a cotenant sought to partition the property, the court would have to notify all other co-tenants and allow them to buy out the interest of the co-tenant wishing to sell. The act would require the court to determine the fair market value of the property and specify how to do so. Also, under certain conditions, such as if a buyout did not occur, the court could require co-tenants to divide the property into physically distinct and separately titled parcels. If the court ordered a sale of the property and the co-tenants agreed, the court would have to hire a real estate broker for the sale of a property and require that broker to file a report containing information on offers for the property. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

This act would decriminalize certain commercial sexual activity. It would also include human trafficking as a racketeering activity and would allow expungements of certain convictions in chapter 34.1 of title 11 after one year. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would allow citizens of a city or town who are at least sixteen (16) years of age to register to vote and to vote in school committee elections in municipalities where school committees are elected entities. This act would take effect upon passage.

Commencing January 1, 2027, this act would increase the minimum wage for employees receiving gratuities, from the current three dollars and eighty-nine cents ($3.89) to six dollars and seventy-five cents ($6.75) per hour. This act would take effect upon passage.

Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study And Provide Recommendations To Safeguard Rhode Island Against The Use Of Nuclear Weapons (creates An 11 Member Commission To Study And Provide Recommendations To Safeguard Rhode Island Against Use Of Nuclear Weapons, And Who Would Report Back No Later Than August 6, 2027, And Whose Life Would Expire On November 6, 2027.)

This act would authorize the department of environmental management to issue and enforce rules and regulations to implement and enforce the provisions of the food waste ban. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would amend certain provisions relative to school waste recycling and refuse disposal and would require reports of waste audits by educational entities and reports of program participation by vendors. It would also authorize the use of share tables in schools. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would establish the compost fund to provide funding to the department of environmental management to award grants to assist with the costs of developing, implementing, expanding equipment, infrastructure, and education relating to reducing the amount of solid waste generated in the state. The office of the general treasurer would administer the fund. This act would also establish a municipal waste diversion grant fund administered by the general treasurer to be used for grants to municipalities to advance food waste prevention. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This act would comprehensively regulate the practices of third-party litigation financers in Rhode Island. Regulatory authority would be established in the department of business regulation. A violation of the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated to implement and enforce the provisions of this chapter would render the litigation financing contract unenforceable. This act would take effect upon passage.

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

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

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 nullify the department of elementary and secondary education's recommendation that the turnaround plan for Providence public schools be continued. This act would take effect on July 1, 2026.

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.

Senate Resolution Formally Requesting That The Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission To Consider The Creation And Adoption Of A Seasonal Heat Pump Rate As Part Of Docket 25-45-ge

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

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

This act would create a new tax on gains from the sale or exchange of real property held for short periods of time, six (6) years or less, and would establish a comprehensive framework to calculate and implement its enforcement and also provides penalties for imprisonment and/or fines for those who evade their payment of the taxes. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would increase the amount of state aid distributed to the towns and cities through appropriation in lieu of property tax provisions applicable to certain private and state properties that are exempt from property tax. This act would take effect upon passage.

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

Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $3,000,000 To Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc. (appropriates The Sum Of $3,000,000 To Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc.)

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

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

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

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

This act would 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 increase the notification time about rent increases and termination of tenancy for month-to-month tenants. This act would take effect upon passage.

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

This act would amend the Rhode Island Fair Housing Practices Act to define "assistance animal" and clarify existing protections for persons with such animals consistent with the federal Fair Housing Act; clarify the ability of the Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights to accept, investigate, and decide cases alleging discrimination on the basis of "housing status;" make unlawful the issuance of discriminatory notices or statements related to the sale, rental or leasing of housing; and delete a provision in current law prohibiting parties from discussing their fair housing cases publicly. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would provide for the operation of and duties imposed on a disposition facility relating to the natural organic reduction for the contained, accelerated conversion of human remains to soil. This act would take effect upon passage.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This act would implement statewide standards concerning minimum requirements for off- street parking, project-based parking, while affording municipalities inherent rights to establish its own requirements, all in conjunction with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act. This act would take effect upon passage.

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

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

This act would 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 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.

Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $850,000 For New Bridges For Haitian Success (authorizes The Appropriation Of $850,000 For New Bridges For Haitian Success For The Purpose Of Residential Property Acquisition For Transitional Housing To Support Immigrants With Temporary Protected Status (tps) And Asylum Status.)

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.

AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $25,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES TO FUND THE PROVIDENCE HOUSING TRUST FUND TO FINANCE AFFORDABLE MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING PROJECTS IN THE CITY

This act would prohibit the Rhode Island public transit authority (RIPTA) from using state funds or the proceeds of any bond or bonds to pay for any work performed after August 1, 2026, pursuant to the “transit center joint development project” request for proposals (RFP) and/or pursuant to the related preliminary services agreement. 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 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 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 require that the inclusion of affordable housing as part of a development shall provide that the affordable housing will be of comparable size and quality to the market rate housing. If there is a requirement for one or more affordable housing units triggered by the size of a development, the units shall be created. The average cost of developing a single unit of affordable housing would be determined annually based on the average, per unit development cost of affordable homes financed by Rhode Island housing over the previous three (3) years. This act would take effect upon passage.

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

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

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

This act would 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 insurance companies to settle claims or request additional information within thirty (30) days of receipt of a notice of claim filed by an insured party. Failure to comply would result in a penalty of two hundred fifty ($250) dollars per day, payable to the insured. 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 modernize the state’s existing online E-Permitting Portal by requiring automated plan review and instant permits issuance for residential solar energy systems or other eligible small-scale solar energy systems that meet all safety and building codes. It would also authorize remote virtual inspections as a valid practice for typical rooftop residential installations in an effort to reduce administrative costs for Rhode Island’s municipalities, businesses, and consumers. This act would take effect upon passage.

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

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

This act would 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.

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

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

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

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

This act would establish, encourage and support the establishment of family councils and resident councils in assisted living residences providing assisted living services. This act would further support the transparency of rates and fees to residents in managed residential communities providing assisted living services and set a minimum notice period for rate increases of one hundred twenty (120) days. 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 exempt from taxation the real and tangible personal property of MAP Behavioral Health Services, Inc. and MAP Development Corporation, located in the city of Providence, at 37 and 41 Greenwich Street, 345 Elmwood Avenue, and 59 and 63 Burnett Street. This act would be effective retroactively to December 31, 2025, and would affect the next levy issued by the city or town in which the property is located.

This act would allow for a tenant to withhold payment of rent and deposit the rent accruing into an escrow bearing account, upon the issuance of a second notice of violation by an enforcing officer for any state or local minimum housing code enforcement agency. The amount shall be equal to the rent the tenant was entitled to as an abatement of rent. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would preclude any legal entity from possessing, controlling or otherwise claiming legal title to real property exceeding an aggregate value of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) in single-family dwellings or multi-family dwellings. This act would require any legal entity that possesses, controls or otherwise claims legal title to real property exceeding an aggregate value of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) in single-family dwellings or multi- family dwellings, to divest a graduated yearly amount from assets consisting of single-family dwellings or multi-family dwellings over the next ten (10) years, until the total aggregate value held by that legal entity is less than or equal to twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000). This act would take effect on January 1, 2027.

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

Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study Current Condominium Law And Provide Recommendations For Improvements To Transparency, Accountability And Ongoing Affordability Of Condominiums In Rhode Island (creates A 16-member Commission To Study Current Condominium Law And Provide Recommendations For Improvements, And Who Would Report Back To The General Assembly By December 31, 2027, And Would Expire On March 15, 2028.)

This act would clarify the means by which attached single-family dwelling units may be created, recorded, and regulated as subdivisions of an existing lot under current zoning ordinance law. This act would allow owners of a substandard lot of record with more than one dwelling, to subdivide the lot such that each dwelling is treated as on its own lot. This act would also expand the circumstances in which an accessory dwelling is treated as its own lot. This act would further expand the circumstances in which an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) may be allowed by right, clarify the extent to which local authorities can set the maximum size of ADUs, in relation to the gross area of the principal dwelling, and ensure the right of municipalities to require year-round occupancy for such units. This act would take effect upon passage.

Senate Resolution Urging State Agencies To Expand Access To Retirement Advice And Guidance For Rhode Island State Employees To Ensure A Secure And Dignified Retirement

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 provide that Rhode Island state employees be eligible for temporary disability insurance effective January 1, 2027. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027, and would apply to wages earned on or after that date.

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

This act would allow the dismissal of a teacher after the March 1 deadline if there is gross misconduct by a teacher upon a student. This act would allow the notice to be given at any time and will not have time constraints. This act would take effect upon passage.

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

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

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

This act would limit use of restraints on juveniles in transport and court proceedings to safety or escape risks, require least restrictive methods, and mandate reporting on when and why restraints were used. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require the judicial nominating commission to establish a standardized merit-based selection process that includes an initial blind review of applications prior to any interview or public hearing and that applicants be evaluated according to uniform, job-related criteria adopted in advance and published on the commission’s website. This act would take effect upon passage.

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

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

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

This act would make persons convicted of petty misdemeanors and convicted of simple possession of controlled substances, eligible to have their records expunged three years after completion of their sentence. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would allow a party to condition a transaction by electronic means on their stated desire to obtain and receive a written copy of the document in English or Spanish before electronic execution of the agreement or performance is required of the party. This act would take effect upon passage.

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

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

This act would create 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 require that residential landlords of six (6) or more dwelling units hold their tenants' security deposits in interest-bearing federally insured deposit accounts minus written accounting deducting allowable amounts due to the landlord and, within twenty (20) days of the end of the tenancy, any remaining interest accrued shall be paid to the tenant. This act would take effect upon passage.

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

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

This act would permit the expungement of records 5 years after the imposition of sentence for misdemeanors and 10 years after the imposition of sentence for felonies, and if the sentence is greater than 10 years, then, upon successful completion of the sentence. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require the electronic filing of domestic violence/sexual assault reporting forms by law enforcement agencies, enhance the information to be included on the reporting forms, and clarify that the reporting forms should be submitted monthly, or as soon as practicable upon receipt of all relevant information regarding an incident subject to reporting. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would establish a two (2)-year pilot program, from January 2027 to December 2028, to incorporate equity impact statements into the legislative process for both the house and senate chamber. This act would limit requests for equity impact statements to twenty (20) statements per legislative session. The speaker of the house and the president of the senate would each be allowed to request up to five (5) statements, while the leadership of the Rhode Island Black, Latino, Indigenous, Asian American and Pacific Islander (RIBLIA) Caucus are permitted to request up to five (5) statements in the house and five (5) statements in the senate. The Commission on Health Equity and Advocacy (CHAE), in coordination with the legislative council, institutions of higher education, and relevant state agencies, shall produce the requested equity impact statements. The legislative council shall oversee the formatting of Equity Impact Statements and attach statements to bills. This act would also require the state’s budget officer, under the supervision of the governor, to provide along with the governor’s annual recommended budget an explanation as to the ways the governor’s annual recommended budget ensures equity for subgroups of the population identified in §28-5-7(1)(i) concerning Rhode Island’s fair employment practices. The estimates shall also include a supplemental presentation identifying which departmental programs and expenditures, ongoing or newly proposed, increase equity. This act would take effect on July 1, 2026.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

This act would amend unfair discrimination statutes to encompass more protected categories and protect against additional forms of discrimination. 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 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

Senate Resolution Celebrating March Of 2026, As "national Social Work Month" In The State Of Rhode Island

This act would establish guidelines, rules and regulations for the implementation and expansion of high-quality public prekindergarten education programs for children ages three (3) and four (4) to increase children’s school readiness and to ensure high quality prekindergarten services are available statewide and coordinated together by the department of elementary and secondary education and the department of human services. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would impose a wealth proceeds tax equal to four percent (4%) on net investment income, such as interest, dividends, annuities, royalties, capital gains and rental income, of high- income households, estates and trusts, based upon federal guidelines. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027, and would not be applied retroactively.

This act would create a model form for tenants to notify a landlord of their intent to make repairs to the property and deduct the costs of those repairs from the rent. The form would also list the contractor that would be hired to complete the necessary repairs and provide the landlord with an itemized statement of all costs or the fair and reasonable value of the repairs. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would require landlords to provide a receipt upon receiving a cash payment for rent from a tenant. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would allow for the sealing of an eviction record for a defective complaint and/or lack of jurisdiction and would, upon motion of a person between eighteen (18) and twenty-one (21) years of age, seal a person's association with an eviction under certain circumstances. This act would take effect upon passage.

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

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

Senate Resolution Proclaiming April 24, 2026, As "armenian Genocide Remembrance Day" To Commemorate The Armenian Genocide Of 1915 To 1923, And In Honor Of Armenian-americans

Senate Resolution Proclaiming April 9, 2026, To Be "rhode Island Home Visiting Day"

Senate Resolution Congratulating The Winners Of The 2026 14th Annual Prostart® High School Competition And Wishing Them Success At The National Prostart® Invitational

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

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

Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Mary Ann Johnson

This act would provide that a portion of state income taxes from employees working at not- for-profit healthcare institutions, health service institutions, and educational institutions be allocated to the city of Providence to offset expenses related to the growth in the healthcare and educational areas. This act would take effect upon passage.

Senate Resolution Recognizing The Vital Role Of Independent Community Pharmacies In Rhode Island

Senate Resolution Commemorating May 4, 2026, As Rhode Island Independence Day And The 250th Anniversary Of The General Assembly's Historic Act Of Renunciation

Senate Resolution Celebrating The 175th Anniversary Of The Ymca In The United States And Recognizing The Impact Of The Rhode Island Alliance Of Ymcas

Senate Resolution Recognizing April 2026 As "out-of-school Time Month" In The State Of Rhode Island

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

This act would provide certain procedures that must be followed before an encampment can be removed or relocated. This act would take effect on October 1, 2026.

This act would authorize municipalities to make an emergency declaration under limited circumstances to allow for the construction and use of SAFE Units on a temporary basis which have specialized requirements and exemptions from the state fire and building codes. This act would also include a provision for reports to be provided to the governor, the speaker of the house and the president of the senate regarding the nature of the emergency and the number of individuals served by SAFE Units. This act would take effect upon passage.

This act would exempt the real and tangible personal property of the Rhode Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, located at 359 Broad Street within the city of Providence. This act would take effect upon passage and apply retroactively to December 31, 2025, and would affect the next levy issued by the city or town in which the property is located.

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

Senate Resolution Honoring Rev. Dr. Bernard Lafayette Jr. For His Contributions To The State Of Rhode Island

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

This act would exempt from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Amos House, provided it remains a qualified tax-exempt corporation pursuant to § 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code. This act would take effect upon passage.