Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 139)
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2840
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Exempts from the sales tax licensed child care centers.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2841
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES - Mandates DCYF protection for benefits owed to foster children.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2842
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT - Commencing on 7/1/2026, allows members, state and municipal employees to retire when they have at least 28 years of active service and their retirement age, when combined with the number of their years of service reaches, the number 85.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2843
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- UNCLAIMED INTANGIBLE AND TANGIBLE PROPERTY - Funds the Rhode Island baby bonds trust program without the use of taxpayer dollars through an annual allocation of unclaimed property remittances.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2844
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
TAXATION -- CIGARETTE, OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS, AND ELECTRONIC NICOTINE-DELIVERY SYSTEMS PRODUCTS - Defines “electronic nicotine-delivery system shop” and requires that ten percent (10%) of sales revenue from said shops be transferred to the tobacco cessation programs pursuant to § 27-20-53.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2845
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE RHODE ISLAND FAMILY HOME -- VISITING ACT - Changes annual reporting requirements for the state’s family home-visiting program and also impacts appropriation and spending of funds in order to access maximum federal funding for these programs.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2856
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES - Includes 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.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2857
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY AND AUDIOLOGY - Repeals the older of the two existing chapters related to speech-language pathologists and audiologists and makes several amendments to reconcile the two statutes into one.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2858
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- EYELASH SERVICES LICENSING AND REGULATION ACT - Creates a new license for eyelash service technicians, requires permit for eyelash businesses, establishes training and exam standards, authorizes RIDOH enforcement and fines, and imposes a $500 penalty for an unlicensed practice.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2859
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS - Creates 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.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2864
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Mandates 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.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2865
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DETERMINATION OF NEED FOR NEW HEALTHCARE EQUIPMENT AND NEW INSTITUTIONAL HEALTH SERVICES - Repeals the certificate of need process statutes which are used by the department of health to determine the need for new health care equipment and new institutional health services.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2866
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- COLLABORATIVE PHARMACY PRACTICE - Expands the existing law regarding collaborative practice agreements between pharmacists and physicians to allow other healthcare providers to enter into such agreements and removes the definition of “collaborative practice committee.”
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2867
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONFIDENTIALITY OF HEALTH CARE COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ACT - Amends provisions relative to confidentiality of health care communications and the process for requesting records and/or confidential health care information.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2860
Filed/Introduced
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.