Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 147)

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2504

Filed/Introduced
 
Introduced
2/6/26  
LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WAREHOUSE WORKER PROTECTION ACT - Requires employers to provide each employee of a warehouse distribution center, upon hire, with written description of quotas applicable to the employee within defined time periods and adverse employment action for failure to meet the quota.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2510

Filed/Introduced
8/7/26  
Introduced
2/10/26  
Senate Resolution Congratulating James Parisi On His Retirement After Three Decades Of Exemplary Service As A Lobbyist For The Rhode Island Federation Of Teachers And Health Professionals
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2511

Filed/Introduced
8/7/26  
Introduced
2/10/26  
Senate Resolution Recognizing February 10th, 2026, As "211 Day" In The State Of Rhode Island And Honoring United Way 211 For Its Service To Rhode Islanders
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2493

Filed/Introduced
 
Introduced
2/6/26  
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES - Increases the penalties for reckless driving from a misdemeanor first offense to a felony, with a penalty of up to five years in prison and a fine of between one thousand dollars ($1,000) and five thousand dollars ($5,000).
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2494

Filed/Introduced
 
Introduced
2/6/26  
COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- THIRD-PARTY LITIGATION FINANCING CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT - Provides for "litigation financing" regulation by DBR.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2474

Filed/Introduced
 
Introduced
2/6/26  
PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Requires landlords of residential properties built before 1978 to register lead hazard mitigation information with the department of health and the information would remain private and only accessible by specific entities.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2475

Filed/Introduced
 
Introduced
2/6/26  
PROPERTY -- MAINTENANCE OF PRIVATE EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY - Provides that the cost of maintaining and repairing or restoring an easement or right-of-way shall be shared by each owner of a benefited property and their costs shall be determined by and commensurate with the municipal appraisal of each property.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2476

Filed/Introduced
 
Introduced
2/6/26  
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LEAD HAZARD MITIGATION - Substitutes "housing resources commission" with "department of health" for lead hazard mitigation purposes. It also makes it easier for a property owner to release funds put into an escrow account, if needed to make required repairs or improvements.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2477

Filed/Introduced
 
Introduced
2/6/26  
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- BORN-ALIVE INFANT PROTECTION ACT - Provides equal Medicare for infants born-alive as a result of abortion procedure/natural delivery with violations subject to criminal penalties for medical personnel/loss of license/civil action for damages.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2478

Filed/Introduced
 
Introduced
2/6/26  
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN - Criminalizes the knowing and intentional failure of a physician, nurse, or other licensed medical person to provide reasonable medical care and treatment to an infant born alive as a felony.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2404

Filed/Introduced
 
Introduced
1/30/26  
ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS - Allows 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.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2405

Filed/Introduced
 
Introduced
1/30/26  
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- HAZING - Enlarges definitions of prohibited acts that constitute hazing, make principals, coaches, athletic directors and others responsible for knowingly failing to take reasonable measures to prevent hazing and punishes serious injury.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2406

Filed/Introduced
 
Introduced
1/30/26  
COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- AGE-APPROPRIATE DESIGN CODE - Requires that any covered entity that develops/provides online services, products, or features that children are reasonably likely to access shall consider the best interest of children when designing/developing such online service, product, or feature.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2407

Filed/Introduced
 
Introduced
1/30/26  
EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS - Changes the maximum term of employment for a superintendent from three (3) to five (5) years.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2408

Filed/Introduced
 
Introduced
1/30/26  
LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES - 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.