Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 8)

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7383

Introduced
1/28/26  
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- UNIVERSAL REGULATORY SANDBOX ACT - Establishes a Regulatory Sandbox program designed to provide a depository for ideas in a regulatory approach.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7368

Introduced
1/28/26  
House Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study The Manner In Which Health Insurance, Disability Insurance, Unemployment Insurance, Retirement Plans And Other Traditional Employer Provided Benefits Are Accorded To Uber And Lyft Drivers, Self-directed Personal Care Attendants, Self Employed Individuals, And Other Individuals Engaged In Providing Services To The Public (creates 5 Member Commission To Study The Way Insurance Plans/traditional Employer-provided Benefits Are Given To Uber/lyft Drivers, Self-directed Personal Care Attendants And Others Providing Services To Public, And Reports Back 1/5/27 And Expires 3/5/27.)
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7369

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
3/31/26  
Engrossed
5/19/26  
TOWNS AND CITIES -- AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS AND INSTALLATION OF SYSTEMS - Amends the audit compliance requirements for municipalities' contributions to pension plans under the budget of accounts and installation of systems chapter.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7370

Introduced
1/28/26  
TOWNS AND CITIES -- BURRILLVILLE AND GLOCESTER PUBLIC NOTICE ACT - Allows the towns of Burrillville and Glocester to publish notices in any newspaper located within their municipalities and would also allow publication in other designated digital or print platforms selected by their town councils.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8038

Introduced
2/27/26  
TOWNS AND CITIES -- ORDINANCES - Authorizes East Providence to issue licenses to any business seeking to engage in the business of operating a hotel, motel, inn, or boardinghouse and that business first obtains approval from chief of police, building inspector and the mayor.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8039

Introduced
2/27/26  
TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Clarifies the means by which attached single-family dwelling units may be created, recorded, and regulated as subdivisions of an existing lot under current zoning ordinance law.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8040

Introduced
2/27/26  
TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Prohibits any city or town from enacting any zoning ordinance that would place restrictions on residential recovery houses that are not applicable to other residential homes.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8041

Introduced
2/27/26  
TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Allows the town of Johnston to determine its density bonuses based upon its underlying zoning.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8075

Introduced
2/27/26  
INSURANCE -- LIABILITY INSURANCE - Requires individuals who own firearms to obtain and continuously maintain a policy of liability insurance in an amount of not less than $1,000,000 dollars and exempts active duty law enforcement and military from this requirement.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8076

Introduced
2/27/26  
INSURANCE -- MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE -- MANDATORY ARBITRATION PROVISION - Increases the minimum claim amount necessary to require a matter involving motor vehicle liability be submitted to mandatory arbitration.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8077

Introduced
2/27/26  
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS - Provides for municipal and state police authorities to acquire and to utilize automated license plate readers and identify what data may be collected and in what ways the data can be used.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8072

Introduced
2/27/26  
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Allows a person over 18 to purchase a stun gun or electronic dart gun and prohibits the sale of a stun gun or electronic dart gun to a person under 18 and criminalizes using a stun gun or electronic dart gun in a crime or against a police officer.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8073

Introduced
2/27/26  
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- UNLAWFUL SALE OF PROHIBITED FIREARMS - Restricts the possession of prohibited firearms.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8074

Introduced
2/27/26  
CRIMINALS -- CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- COMMISSION ON PARDONS - Establishes a commission to promulgate rules, regulations and make recommendations to the governor as to petitions for pardons under Article IX, Section 13 of the Constitution of Rhode Island.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8070

Introduced
2/27/26  
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Makes it permissible for any student, professor, or other employee of any public or private college or university, to carry, possess and have in their custody, possession and/or under their control, a stun-gun or pepper spray for purposes of self-defense.