Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 195)
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2172
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LABOR RELATIONS ACT - Provides for the right to strike for public sector workers in Rhode Island, including teachers, with exceptions for police officers, firefighters, 911 employees, and correctional officers.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2539
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
2/13/26
Refer
2/13/26
TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX - Gradually phases in modifications to federal adjusted gross income over a four (4) year period for social security income, from twenty-five percent (25%) up to one hundred percent (100%), beginning on or after January 1, 2027.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2540
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
2/13/26
Refer
2/13/26
EDUCATION -- EDUCATION FREEDOM ACCOUNT PROGRAM - Establishes a new program where the per pupil funding, calculated annually by RIDE, would be transferred into a newly created educational funding account run by the children's scholarship fund to pay for educational expenses.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2518
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
2/13/26
Refer
2/13/26
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- STATE OF RHODE ISLAND INTERIOR DESIGN PRACTICE ACT - Enacts the State of Rhode Island interior design practice act to control and regulate the professional practice of interior designers.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2519
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
2/13/26
Refer
2/13/26
Report Pass
4/28/26
Engrossed
5/5/26
Refer
5/6/26
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- THE RHODE ISLAND SPECIAL DEPOSITS ACT - Establishes the Rhode Island Special Deposits Act to be governed by an account agreement between the bank and the depositor or its beneficiary.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2498
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
2/6/26
Refer
2/6/26
LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- INSPECTION OF PERSONNEL FILES - Expands the obligations of employers to create, maintain and retain their employees' personnel records, it requires that records be retained for at least 3 years after employee's termination. It also increases the financial penalties for each violation.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2499
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
2/6/26
Refer
2/6/26
LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE USE AND FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES - Creates a comprehensive statutory framework to address and regulate the use of artificial intelligence in the workplace, considering the interests of employers and employees.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2551
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
2/13/26
Refer
2/13/26
EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT - Amends the current law on education to address unfunded mandates.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2552
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
2/13/26
Refer
2/13/26
TOWNS AND CITIES -- STATE AID - Increases the amount of state aid distributed to the towns and cities through appropriation in lieu of property tax provisions applicable to certain private and state properties that are exempt from property tax.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2553
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
2/13/26
Refer
2/13/26
MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT - Provides the general assembly make an annual appropriation of not less than eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) to the Rhode Island emergency management agency to assist with emergency communications during major or multiple emergency incidents.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2537
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
2/13/26
Refer
2/13/26
EDUCATION -- TEACHERS RETIREMENT - Gives teachers who takes an unpaid parental or medical leave during the year credit for a year of service for that school year if they served a minimum of 135 days.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2538
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
2/13/26
Refer
2/13/26
EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT - Changes the teacher and state employees' retirement benefit calculations' cutoff date from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2009, for all retirement members eligible to and who retire on or after the new July 1, 2009, cutoff date.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2554
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
2/13/26
Refer
2/13/26
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE MEDICAID REENTRY ACT - Requires that Medicaid enrollment be maintained or provided to all inmates in the first 30 days of incarceration at the adult correctional institutions within the department of corrections and the last 30 days of incarceration when possible.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2555
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
2/13/26
Refer
2/13/26
EDUCATION -- THE SUPPORT AND ACCESS TO BILINGUAL EDUCATION ACT - Requires DOE to establish a bilingual education support fund.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2541
Filed/Introduced
Introduced
2/13/26
Refer
2/13/26
HIGHWAYS -- RHODE ISLAND TURNPIKE AND BRIDGE AUTHORITY - Repeals the act authorizing toll facilities on state roads.