Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 145)

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S3561

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2121

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Introduced
1/16/26  
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LEAD HAZARD MITIGATION - Allows a landlord that did not obtain a lead certificate pursuant to the lead mitigation laws of chapter 128.1 of title 42 due to the fact that the state lacks the adequate resources to conduct inspections.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2122

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Introduced
1/16/26  
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- REAL ESTATE SALES DISCLOSURES - Modifies the real estate sales disclosure form to include the disclosure of “blower door diagnostic air leakage testing” and advises that air leakage testing is recommended prior to purchasing a residential unit.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2123

Filed/Introduced
 
Introduced
1/16/26  
Refer
1/16/26  
Report Pass
5/12/26  
Engrossed
5/19/26  
Refer
5/20/26  
TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Blackstone Valley Advocacy Center located in the city of Pawtucket. Effective retroactively to December 31, 2025 and affects next levy issued by the city or town where property is located.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2135

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Introduced
1/16/26  
PROPERTY -- BY POSSESSION AND PRESCRIPTION - Repeals the provisions of § 34-7-4 regarding rights of footway being acquired by adverse possession.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2136

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Introduced
1/16/26  
ELECTIONS -- LOCAL CANVASSING AUTHORITIES - Requires party chairpersons to submit lists of party voters to the mayor or council president within 30 days of notice of vacancy in a municipal election office and mayor/council president are required to make a replacement nomination within 30 days.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2137

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Introduced
1/16/26  
DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT - Prohibits handcuffing children twelve (12) or under at initial police contact unless needed for public safety or if the child is using or threatening physical force against an officer.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2138

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Introduced
1/16/26  
PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS - Makes changes to the access to public records act, including clarifying various provisions, increasing the sanctions for knowing and willful violations of the law, and making certain traffic accident data and preferred license plate information public.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2129

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Introduced
1/16/26  
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM AND GENDER AFFIRMING CARE HEALTH DATA PRIVACY ACT - Classifies, research, intent and interest in healthcare services as protected healthcare data. Adds responsibilities for regulated entities that seek to collect and share consumer data including a requirement for specific and conspicuous consumer consent.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2130

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Introduced
1/16/26  
ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES - Requires all write-in votes, regardless of qualification, to be reported and published by the state board of elections, on its website.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2131

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Introduced
1/16/26  
ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES - This act would add early voting to the 50 feet buffer prohibitions against politicking during election day voting.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2126

Filed/Introduced
 
Introduced
1/16/26  
Refer
1/16/26  
Report Pass
4/30/26  
Engrossed
5/7/26  
HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM - Removes the requirement that families consent to, and cooperate with the department of human services in establishing paternity and enforcing child and medical support orders as a condition of eligibility for child care assistance.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2127

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Introduced
1/16/26  
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS - Requires superior court clerk to automatically seal cases/individual counts of a criminal complaint/indictment that were dismissed, upon request of defendant and serve it upon bureau of criminal identification, police department and counsel of record.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2128

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Introduced
1/16/26  
COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- JUDICIAL SELECTION - Requires individuals seeking a judicial nomination to reapply to JNC every 3 years and make those individuals selected as finalists, eligible only for the court in which they applied and were chosen during the five years following their selection.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2132

Filed/Introduced
 
Introduced
1/16/26  
Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution -- Of Suffrage (proposes To The Voters Of The State A Constitutional Amendment Regarding Eligibility To Vote And To Be A Candidate.)