Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 6)
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7350
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
1/28/26
COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COMPANION MODELS - Creates additional safety features for AI companion technology that include addressing suicidal ideation, potential physical harm or financial harm to others expressed by a user. It also requires notification the AI companion does not have human emotions.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7351
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
1/28/26
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- EMINENT DOMAIN - Allows the department of environmental management to acquire established foot paths by eminent domain, to provide public access to streams, rivers, lakes and ponds.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7358
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
1/28/26
Report Pass
4/16/26
Engrossed
4/30/26
Refer
5/1/26
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 House Bill H7359
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
1/28/26
PROPERTY -- PUBLIC AUCTIONS OF REAL ESTATE - Requires public auctions by any city or town of real estate or an interest therein to only be done in person and not by electronic or remote procedures unless authorized by court order.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7360
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
1/28/26
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- PROTECT OUR COURTS ACT - Protects people attending Rhode Island court proceedings from civil arrest without a judicial warrant, ensures court access, sets enforcement rules, and provides remedies for violations.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7388
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
1/28/26
EDUCATION -- THE PAUL W. CROWLEY RHODE ISLAND STUDENT INVESTMENT INITIATIVE - Establishes a new high-cost special education fund to pool resources and generates income to support excess costs associated with providing services to special education students.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7389
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
1/28/26
EDUCATION -- THE SUPPORT AND ACCESS TO BILINGUAL EDUCATION ACT - Appropriates nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($950,000) to establish a bilingual education support fund within the department of elementary and secondary education and provides for implementation of support and access to bilingual education.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7390
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
1/28/26
EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT - Allows teachers, state and municipal employees to retire upon the earlier of reaching age sixty (60) with thirty (30) years of service or the employee's retirement eligibility date under present state statutes.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7391
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
1/28/26
EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT - Reinstates, for all teachers and state employees who retired after July 1, 2012, their annual cost of living adjustment for retirement plan year 2026.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7392
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
1/28/26
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DETERMINATION OF NEED FOR NEW HEALTHCARE EQUIPMENT AND NEW INSTITUTIONAL HEALTH SERVICES - Limits the application fees paid under the certificate of need program within the department of health to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7393
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
1/28/26
HUMAN SERVICES -- RHODE ISLAND CHILDCARE IS ESSENTIAL ACT - Expand eligibility for the childcare assistance program to meet the federal eligibility benchmark.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7371
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
1/28/26
Report Pass
4/15/26
Engrossed
4/30/26
Refer
5/1/26
TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Sets the zoning statewide for “family child care homes” to no fewer than twelve (12) children maximum.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7372
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
1/28/26
TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Allows the town of Tiverton to determine its density bonuses based upon its underlying zoning.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7373
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
1/28/26
Report Pass
2/26/26
Engrossed
3/3/26
Refer
3/13/26
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.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7374
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
1/28/26
TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Amends the zoning ordinances to allow the town to restrict occupancy to one unrelated person per bedroom in a dwelling, up to a five (5) bedroom unit. Units with more than five (5) bedrooms may be limited to five (5) unrelated persons per unit.