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.

S2031
Increases the income range up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) and tax credit up to eight hundred fifty dollars ($850), for elderly and disabled persons who own or rent their homes.
- StageIn committee
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Senate · Committee heard
May 12, 2026
Official source
S2044
Requires 10% of all rental fees collected by the water resources board pursuant to a lease with the Coventry Pines Golf Club be paid to the town of Coventry and 10% to the Central Coventry Fire District.
- StageIn committee
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Senate · Committee recommended measure be held for further study
May 12, 2026
Official source
S2055
Allows vehicles owned and operated by the Rhode Island Disaster Medical Assistance Team, Inc and/or its affiliates or subsidiaries to operate with forward facing red and white emergency lights.
- StageIn committee
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Senate · Committee recommended measure be held for further study
May 12, 2026
Official source
S2058
Changes the community service requirements of a sentence related to the violation of § 11-44-21.1 relating to defacing private residences, offices, businesses or commercial property.
- StageIn committee
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Senate · Committee recommended measure be held for further study
May 12, 2026
Official source
S2087
Includes municipal detention facility corporations as exempt from taxation, and requires that an amount equal to 27% of all tax that would have been collected if the property was taxable be paid to the municipality annually.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee heard
May 12, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2098
Includes menthol as a flavored electronic nicotine-delivery system product.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee heard
May 12, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2156
Adds a rebuttable defense if any person shall die or sustain a personal injury while committing robbery of the owner, lessor, or occupant of a motor vehicle and that the owner or occupant of the vehicle acted in self-defense.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
May 12, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2159
Requires one elector of the parole board to be a person directly impacted by the criminal justice system who has completed the probation/parole process three (3) or more years prior to selection with a professional background in certain enumerated areas.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
May 12, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2232
Allows a municipality to set its own conveyance tax rate for residential properties sold in excess of $900,000.00 at $10 per $500. Provides collected taxes to be in a restricted account and distributed within 2 years for affordable housing.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee heard
May 12, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2287
Increases number of members of state crime laboratory commission to 9, changes makeup of commission to include individuals with expertise in law enforcement, criminal defense, scientific research, makes chair of department of physics executive secretary.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
May 12, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2296
Criminalizes and sets mandatory minimum sentences for the unlawful interference with traffic upon the federal and state highways of this state.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
May 12, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2303
Amends the comprehensive community-police relationship act of 2015 to require an annual study by an outside agency chosen by the department.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
May 12, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2307
Provides a rebuttable defense if a person dies or sustains a personal injury while committing any violent criminal offense of a person.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
May 12, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2308
Provides that prisoners who committed offenses prior to age 18 and were sentenced as adults be eligible for parole after completing 15 yrs of their sentence. Would not lengthen parole eligibility should prisoner be eligible for parole earlier than 15 yrs.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
May 12, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2405
Enlarges definitions of prohibited acts that constitute hazing, make principals, coaches, athletic directors and others responsible for knowingly failing to take reasonable measures to prevent hazing and punishes serious injury.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
May 12, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2445
Prohibits state agencies from entering into software contracts that limit the agency's ability to install or run the software of the agency's choosing on their hardware.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee heard
May 12, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2549
Creates new tax on gains from sale or exchange of real property held for short periods of time, 6 years or less, establishes a comprehensive framework to calculate and implement enforcement and provides imprisonment and/or fines for those who evade taxes.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee heard
May 12, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2558
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $200,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND BLACK BUSINESS ASSOCIATION (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $200,000 to the Rhode Island Black Business Association.)
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee heard
May 12, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2559
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $3,000,000 TO RHODE ISLAND LEGAL SERVICES, INC. (Appropriates the sum of $3,000,000 to Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc.)
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee heard
May 12, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2580
Sets timelines for Tiverton's new construction, including one year for final approval, two (2) years for building permits, and temporary inclusion of units in the town's count until completion or three (3) years, whichever comes first.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
May 12, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source

421–440 of 2,097

Rhode Island bills.

Current legislation.

Active bill stages

Increases the income range up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) and tax credit up to eight hundred fifty dollars ($850), for elderly and disabled persons who own or rent their homes.

Requires 10% of all rental fees collected by the water resources board pursuant to a lease with the Coventry Pines Golf Club be paid to the town of Coventry and 10% to the Central Coventry Fire District.

Allows vehicles owned and operated by the Rhode Island Disaster Medical Assistance Team, Inc and/or its affiliates or subsidiaries to operate with forward facing red and white emergency lights.

Changes the community service requirements of a sentence related to the violation of § 11-44-21.1 relating to defacing private residences, offices, businesses or commercial property.

Includes municipal detention facility corporations as exempt from taxation, and requires that an amount equal to 27% of all tax that would have been collected if the property was taxable be paid to the municipality annually.

Includes menthol as a flavored electronic nicotine-delivery system product.

Adds a rebuttable defense if any person shall die or sustain a personal injury while committing robbery of the owner, lessor, or occupant of a motor vehicle and that the owner or occupant of the vehicle acted in self-defense.

Requires one elector of the parole board to be a person directly impacted by the criminal justice system who has completed the probation/parole process three (3) or more years prior to selection with a professional background in certain enumerated areas.

Allows a municipality to set its own conveyance tax rate for residential properties sold in excess of $900,000.00 at $10 per $500. Provides collected taxes to be in a restricted account and distributed within 2 years for affordable housing.

Increases number of members of state crime laboratory commission to 9, changes makeup of commission to include individuals with expertise in law enforcement, criminal defense, scientific research, makes chair of department of physics executive secretary.

Criminalizes and sets mandatory minimum sentences for the unlawful interference with traffic upon the federal and state highways of this state.

Amends the comprehensive community-police relationship act of 2015 to require an annual study by an outside agency chosen by the department.

Provides a rebuttable defense if a person dies or sustains a personal injury while committing any violent criminal offense of a person.

Provides that prisoners who committed offenses prior to age 18 and were sentenced as adults be eligible for parole after completing 15 yrs of their sentence. Would not lengthen parole eligibility should prisoner be eligible for parole earlier than 15 yrs.

Enlarges definitions of prohibited acts that constitute hazing, make principals, coaches, athletic directors and others responsible for knowingly failing to take reasonable measures to prevent hazing and punishes serious injury.

Prohibits state agencies from entering into software contracts that limit the agency's ability to install or run the software of the agency's choosing on their hardware.

Creates new tax on gains from sale or exchange of real property held for short periods of time, 6 years or less, establishes a comprehensive framework to calculate and implement enforcement and provides imprisonment and/or fines for those who evade taxes.

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $200,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND BLACK BUSINESS ASSOCIATION (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $200,000 to the Rhode Island Black Business Association.)

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $3,000,000 TO RHODE ISLAND LEGAL SERVICES, INC. (Appropriates the sum of $3,000,000 to Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc.)

Sets timelines for Tiverton's new construction, including one year for final approval, two (2) years for building permits, and temporary inclusion of units in the town's count until completion or three (3) years, whichever comes first.