Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 85)

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7678

Introduced
2/11/26  
Joint Resolution Creating A Special Joint Legislative Commission On City And Town Affairs (creates A 9-member Joint Commission To Review And Provide Recommendations To Strengthen Coordination Between State And Local Government And Who Would Report Back To The General Assembly By December 31, 2026, And Would Expire On January 31, 2027.)
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7679

Introduced
2/11/26  
Refer
2/11/26  
Report Pass
5/5/26  
Engrossed
5/14/26  
MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- BURIAL OF VETERANS - Provides that certain Hmong or Lao individuals who served honorably in military operations in support of the United States as special guerrilla units be granted burial rights at the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7694

Introduced
2/11/26  
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL - Establishes an office of inspector general as an independent administrative agency, charged with preventing and detecting fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement in the expenditure of public funds.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7695

Introduced
2/11/26  
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND COMMERCE CORPORATION - Establishes property, tangible, sales and use tax exemptions as incentives for the location of qualified data centers in Rhode Island.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7684

Introduced
2/11/26  
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS - Includes the deputy chief of inspection and inspector within the provision of law related to retirement on service allowance relating to correctional officers.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7685

Introduced
2/11/26  
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS - Adds probation and parole officers to the list of state law enforcement professionals, for purpose of retirement on service allowance.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7686

Introduced
2/11/26  
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PRIMARY CARE TRAINING SITES PROGRAM - Appropriates two million seven hundred thousand dollars ($2,700,000) to fund the primary care training sites program to provide training for physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants within the department of health.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7687

Introduced
2/11/26  
HUMAN SERVICES -- PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT - Exempts individual retirement accounts as a countable resource for public assistance. This act also prohibits the state as a creditor against an ABLE account in the event of death of a beneficiary.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7688

Introduced
2/11/26  
HUMAN SERVICES -- RHODE ISLAND CHILD CARE FOR ALL ACT - Establishes the Rhode Island Child Care for All Act which provides high quality and affordable child care to families throughout the state.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7689

Introduced
2/11/26  
HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM - Amends the Rhode Island works program to allow lawful permanent residents to receive benefits without a waiting period and increases the monthly cash benefit to one hundred percent (100%) of the federal poverty level effective July 1, 2026.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7690

Introduced
2/11/26  
HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM - Amends the Rhode Island works program to increase the cash support pass-through to $100 for one child and $200 for more than one child.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7691

Introduced
2/11/26  
LIBRARIES -- STATE AID TO LIBRARIES - Requires that the state's share to public libraries be fixed at twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount appropriated by the city or town in their budgets for fiscal year 2027.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7692

Introduced
2/11/26  
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - Sets controls on Medicaid prescription drug costs by imposing transparency and accountability requirements on managed care organizations (MCOs) and their pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs).
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7681

Introduced
2/11/26  
EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT - Ensures that transportation categorical funds between the state and regional school districts would be fully funded.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7682

Introduced
2/11/26  
EDUCATION -- TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOOL PUPILS BEYOND CITY AND TOWN LIMITS - Allows an individual school district that can utilize its own buses or vendors at a lower cost than the statewide system, to obtain reimbursement for these costs from state funds.