Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 115)
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2927
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- GENERAL PROVISIONS - Provides that Rhode Island state employees be eligible for temporary disability insurance effective January 1, 2027.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2928
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- HEALTHY AND SAFE FAMILIES AND WORKPLACES ACT - Requires employers to provide full-time employees four (4) hours of paid leave once a year to donate blood through and any approved blood donation program.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2929
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY - Eliminates the "until June 30, 2026" sunset on the increase in the total amount of earnings a partial-unemployment insurance claimant can receive before being entirely disqualified for unemployment insurance benefits.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2860
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - Requires 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.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2861
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS, COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS, AND ESTHETICIANS - Allows 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.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2862
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- DENTISTS AND DENTAL HYGIENISTS - Allows 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.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2959
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION - Tolls the statute of limitations for causes of action arising out of business activities conducted in this state by a person or entity required to register with the secretary of state but failing to do so, until such person or entity becomes registered.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2960
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
HUMAN SERVICES -- CERTIFICATION OF CHILDCARE AND YOUTH-SERVING WORKERS AND OPERATORS - Eliminates fingerprinting fees for licensed childcare hires, require background checks for youth activity instructors, and allow active TS/SCI clearance to satisfy criminal background check requirements.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2961
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND CANNABIS ACT - Updates the Rhode Island Cannabis Act to remove the current requirement to express cannabinoids as the dry-weight percentages.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2947
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- JUDICIAL SELECTION - Requires the JNC to establish standardized merit-based selection process and that applications be evaluated according to uniform, job-related criteria adopted in advance and published on the commission's website.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2948
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSES -- VIOLATIONS - Allows the medical advisory board to suspend the license of an operator-- authorizes the medical advisory board to order an operator to use an interlock ignition system.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2949
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSES -- VIOLATIONS - Updates, streamlines the law regarding loss or suspension of license by the DMV, and eliminates the provisions that the division may suspend a license for reckless or negligent operation of a motor vehicle or for frequency of offense.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2962
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND CANNABIS ACT - Updates the Rhode Island Cannabis Act to eliminate the statutorily required subcommittees under the cannabis advisory board.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2963
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- COURT ADMINISTRATION - Removes the provision not allowing to publicly post or display the personal information of any protected individual or immediate family member without first obtaining permission.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2964
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS - Makes persons convicted of petty misdemeanors and convicted of simple possession of controlled substances, eligible to have their records expunged three years after completion of their sentence.