STATE LEGISLATION

Rhode Island bills.

Active bills in Rhode Island's current legislative session, mirrored from public legislative records.

ACTIVE BILLS

Current legislation.

Lists include only active bills from the current session. Latest reported stage, body, and action come from mirrored public records and may not reflect real-time changes.

Active bill stages

2,097 active bills in the current session, grouped by latest reported stage.

1,830Introduced: Filed and awaiting committee or floor action.
47In committee: Assigned to a committee for review.
219Floor or other chamber: On a chamber floor or moving between chambers.
1Enrolled or executive: Enrolled for signature or awaiting executive action.
0Terminal outcomes: Became law, vetoed, or failed. Active directories list only open bills.
0Unspecified stage: Latest action could not be mapped to a precise stage. These bills are still active, not closed.

H8272
Makes sexual contact or penetration between any law enforcement officer that is on duty and a person that is a detainee, arrestee, in custody or a suspect a felony.
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Referred to Senate Judiciary
Jun 10, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2032
Prohibits an insurance company from imposing any cost-sharing requirements for any diagnostic or supplemental breast examinations.
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Senate · Senate read and passed
Jun 10, 2026
Official source
S2450
Requires that the tax imposed upon the conveyance of any real property that is located in more than one municipality to be allocated between or among the municipalities in proportions to the assessed value of the property located in each municipality.
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Senate read and passed
Jun 10, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2649
Ensures any public school with available seats, after completion of the initial enrollment period for students, shall make all open seats available to other students residing within the same school district.
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Senate passed Sub A
Jun 10, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2798
Updates the RI coordinate system to adopt the most recent system of plane coordinates established by the NGS, a federal agency which is part of NOAA and the USDC. Modifies the meter to foot conversion to adopt the international foot to provide uniformity.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Senate passed as amended (floor amendment)
Jun 10, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2867
Provides conditions under which BHDDH has the authority to compel certain healthcare providers to finish requested healthcare records without violating The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Senate passed Sub A
Jun 10, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S3182
Establishes sales and use tax exemptions for commercial forest product operations and creates a new motor vehicle registration for "forestry vehicles".
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Senate passed Sub A
Jun 10, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S3360
AUTHORIZING THE AMENDMENT OF THE WARWICK CITY CHARTER TO ALLOW FOR ENACTMENT OF ORDINANCES THAT SUBJECT MAYORAL APPOINTMENTS TO CERTAIN CODIFIED CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TO THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Senate read and passed
Jun 10, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7070
Provides for the operation and duties of natural organic reduction for the contained, accelerated conversion of human remains to soil. Disposition facilities would be used for either cremation or natural organic reduction.
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Referred to Senate Judiciary
Jun 9, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7114
Permits special community service to be imposed because of bullying based on religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or ethnicity.
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Referred to Senate Judiciary
Jun 9, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7115
Mandates the use of a soft-shell helmet cover device that adds a padded, soft-shell layer to the outside of a traditional football helmet, for students participating in Rhode Island interscholastic league football
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Referred to Senate Education
Jun 9, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7138
Enables the Rhode Island public transit authority (RIPTA) to work with the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) to allow commuter rail passes to be used as dual passes for both RIPTA and MBTA.
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government
Jun 9, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7152
Increases the minimum veterans’ exemption from one thousand dollars ($1,000) to six thousand dollars ($6,000) with respect to municipal taxes.
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government
Jun 9, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7224
Increases the maximum municipal small purchase limits from $10,000 to $25,000 for construction projects and from $5,000 to $10,000 for all other municipal purchases.
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Referred to Senate Finance
Jun 9, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7269
Excludes portable solar generation devices intended primarily to offset part of a customer's electricity consumption from the definition of eligible net-metering system.
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture
Jun 9, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7374
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.
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government
Jun 9, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7617
Provides that where the administration, use, or maintenance of epinephrine within schools and on buses is authorized, this use includes epinephrine delivery devices approved by the United States Food & Drug Administration and epinephrine nasal sprays.
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Referred to Senate Health and Human Services
Jun 9, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7726
Amends the state’s online E-Permitting Portal using automated plan review and instant permit issuance.
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture
Jun 9, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7757
Gives statewide juvenile hearing boards the authority to refer a juvenile offender to a rehabilitative driving course, as part of a disposition of an offense before the board. The order may be enforced by the traffic tribunal.
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Referred to Senate Judiciary
Jun 9, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7789
Spells out requirements for operation of recreational vehicles, manual, electric or gas powered.
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Referred to Senate Judiciary
Jun 9, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source

21–40 of 2,097

Rhode Island bills.

Current legislation.

Active bill stages

Makes sexual contact or penetration between any law enforcement officer that is on duty and a person that is a detainee, arrestee, in custody or a suspect a felony.

Prohibits an insurance company from imposing any cost-sharing requirements for any diagnostic or supplemental breast examinations.

Requires that the tax imposed upon the conveyance of any real property that is located in more than one municipality to be allocated between or among the municipalities in proportions to the assessed value of the property located in each municipality.

Ensures any public school with available seats, after completion of the initial enrollment period for students, shall make all open seats available to other students residing within the same school district.

Updates the RI coordinate system to adopt the most recent system of plane coordinates established by the NGS, a federal agency which is part of NOAA and the USDC. Modifies the meter to foot conversion to adopt the international foot to provide uniformity.

Provides conditions under which BHDDH has the authority to compel certain healthcare providers to finish requested healthcare records without violating The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

Establishes sales and use tax exemptions for commercial forest product operations and creates a new motor vehicle registration for "forestry vehicles".

AUTHORIZING THE AMENDMENT OF THE WARWICK CITY CHARTER TO ALLOW FOR ENACTMENT OF ORDINANCES THAT SUBJECT MAYORAL APPOINTMENTS TO CERTAIN CODIFIED CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TO THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL

Provides for the operation and duties of natural organic reduction for the contained, accelerated conversion of human remains to soil. Disposition facilities would be used for either cremation or natural organic reduction.

Permits special community service to be imposed because of bullying based on religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or ethnicity.

Mandates the use of a soft-shell helmet cover device that adds a padded, soft-shell layer to the outside of a traditional football helmet, for students participating in Rhode Island interscholastic league football

Enables the Rhode Island public transit authority (RIPTA) to work with the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) to allow commuter rail passes to be used as dual passes for both RIPTA and MBTA.

Increases the minimum veterans’ exemption from one thousand dollars ($1,000) to six thousand dollars ($6,000) with respect to municipal taxes.

Increases the maximum municipal small purchase limits from $10,000 to $25,000 for construction projects and from $5,000 to $10,000 for all other municipal purchases.

Excludes portable solar generation devices intended primarily to offset part of a customer's electricity consumption from the definition of eligible net-metering system.

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.

Provides that where the administration, use, or maintenance of epinephrine within schools and on buses is authorized, this use includes epinephrine delivery devices approved by the United States Food & Drug Administration and epinephrine nasal sprays.

Amends the state’s online E-Permitting Portal using automated plan review and instant permit issuance.

Gives statewide juvenile hearing boards the authority to refer a juvenile offender to a rehabilitative driving course, as part of a disposition of an offense before the board. The order may be enforced by the traffic tribunal.

Spells out requirements for operation of recreational vehicles, manual, electric or gas powered.