Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 184)
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2147
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
Report Pass
3/26/26
Engrossed
3/31/26
Refer
4/1/26
Report Pass
4/7/26
Engrossed
4/16/26
Passed
4/20/26
ELECTIONS -- PRIMARY ELECTIONS - Requires that the primary election date, statutorily the eighth Tuesday preceding the biennial state elections, shall be held on the Wednesday when Labor Day is the day before said Tuesday. No other filing deadlines would be affected.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2154
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- ELECTRONIC INFORMATION AND DATA PRIVACY ACT - Requires law enforcement agencies to obtain search warrants for electronic information, data, location information and other identifying information of subscribers and customers, except in specified circumstances.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2155
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Permits Rhode Island residents, 21 years of age or older, to carry a concealed handgun, without a permit.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2159
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
CRIMINALS -- CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- PAROLE - Requires 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.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2160
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
Report Pass
3/26/26
Engrossed
3/31/26
Refer
4/1/26
LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- RHODE ISLAND NONCOMPETITION AGREEMENT ACT - Prohibits noncompete agreements except for noncompete agreements between a seller and buyer of a business; creates civil action for an employer for the violation of an agreement by employee regarding disclosure or wrongful utilization of trade secrets.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2161
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SENTENCE AND EXECUTION - Requires 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.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2151
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS - Allows animal control officers in the cities and towns to lawfully take charge of and provide adequate care to any animal found abandoned or neglected or hazardously accumulated and includes them as agents authorized to enforce the provisions of this law.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2152
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS - Requires public bodies to offer translation services for all open meetings of said bodies.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2153
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Allows attorney general to enter into agreements with other states to recognize a concealed handgun permit as valid and authorizes RI to recognize and honor a concealed weapon permit from out of state with certain requirements.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2148
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
Report Pass
3/26/26
Engrossed
3/31/26
Refer
4/1/26
Report Pass
4/15/26
Engrossed
4/28/26
Passed
5/6/26
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES - Requires that applicants for a retail liquor license in the town of Westerly acquire commercial, general-liability, liquor liability and property damage insurance coverage in the amount of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000).
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2149
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
Report Pass
3/26/26
Engrossed
3/31/26
Refer
4/1/26
Report Pass
4/7/26
TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS -- WARWICK MUNICIPAL COURT - Expands the jurisdiction of the city of Warwick municipal court.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2150
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- JUDGMENTS, ORDERS, AND DECREES - Requires that notice of a judgment lien be sent within ten (10) business days of the recording of the lien.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2156
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- BURGLARY AND BREAKING AND ENTERING - Adds a rebuttable defense if any person shall die or sustain a personal injury while committing robbery of the owner, lessor, or occupant of a motor vehicle and that the owner or occupant of the vehicle acted in self-defense.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2157
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- LAW ENFORCEMENT SEXUAL MISCONDUCT - Makes sexual contact or penetration between any law enforcement officer that is on duty and a person that is a detainee, arrestee, in custody or a suspect a felony.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2158
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT - Prohibits any questioning of a juvenile who is suspected of delinquent or criminal behavior, unless the parent of guardian of the juvenile is present, or unless an attorney is present or the juvenile and their parents have waived their presence.