Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 80)
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7978
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS - Redefines "political party" and defines and distinguishes between "major parties" and "minor parties" based on the total number of votes a party's candidate received in the previous election.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7979
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS - Amends the procedures for the marking and certification of mail ballots by prohibiting anyone but the voter or certain persons close to the voter from handling the mail ballot.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7980
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS - Increases the role of the DMV in the voter registration and address verification process, by establishing very specific obligations and responsibilities that must be followed before offering an individual an application to register to vote.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7982
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT - Establishes a performance audit division within the office of the auditor general.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7981
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
ELECTIONS -- RANKED CHOICE VOTING - Establishes a system of ranked choice voting whenever a municipality's charter amendment is approved by its voters.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7983
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- TERM LIMITS FOR MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY - Establishes a term limit of twelve years for members serving in the general assembly.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7984
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
PUBLIC FINANCE -- INDEPENDENT PERFORMANCE AND EFFICIENCY AUDIT OF THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION - Requires that an independent performance and efficiency audit be conducted for the department of transportation by the auditor general.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7985
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS - Requires those with a public records request to provide identifying information.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H7986
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- ORGANIZATION AND COMMAND OF MILITARY AND NAVAL FORCES - Requires an official declaration of war or an action to call forth the state militia by the United States Congress before members of the National Guard may be released from state control to participate in active duty combat.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H8012
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RHODE ISLAND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ACT - Creates the RI Pedestrian Safety Act allows cities and town to use automated safety monitoring which a civil fine of $50 for violations.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H8013
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOBILE AND MANUFACTURED HOMES - Gives mobile home residents a right of first refusal to buy or lease their park, requiring owners to notify the residents’ association and the Department of Business Regulation of bona fide offers and allow time to match the terms.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H8014
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- FARMLAND PRESERVATION ACT - Prohibits any city, town, quasi-municipal corporation or public corporation from assessing any existing agricultural operation or agricultural land for the extension of any water utilities past the property and from imposing any connection fee.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H8015
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING RESOURCES ACT OF 1998 -- COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING PRODUCTION AND REHABILITATION ACT OF 2004 - Affordable housing includes an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) where it’s a long-term rental unit in a municipality with no ordinance requiring a minimum lot size for ADUs.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H8016
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING RESOURCES ACT OF 1998 - Allows the town of Johnston to receive a one-half (1/2) credit for affordable housing units for manufactured homes in age restricted communities in conformance with all zoning laws and/or ordinances of the town.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H8017
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES - Changes the assessment for residential property where forty percent (40%) of the dwellings are below eighty percent (80%) of statewide median income and thirty percent (30%) are below sixty percent (60%).