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.

S2682
Provides an exemption for non-insulated, non-winterized property used by the taxpayer, not located in a substandard area, and continuously owned by the taxpayer for twenty-five (25) years.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
May 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2684
Exempts from sales tax the amount paid for a parking space to a patron for one hour or less, in or on a parking facility on which a commercial establishment is located.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
May 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2744
Establishes an opportunity for employee ownership where the owner notifies all current full-time and part-time employees and provides them with a 30-day window in which to initiate a process to potentially purchase the business as a workers' cooperative.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Senate voted to recommit to Senate Labor and Gaming
May 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2808
Establishes a property tax deferral program for senior citizens, disabled persons or veterans.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
May 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2812
Requires that the state’s share to support public library services in fiscal year 2027 be fixed at twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount appropriated and expended by the city or town in the second preceding fiscal year.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
May 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2901
Allows for a tenant to withhold payment of rent and deposit the rent accruing into an escrow bearing account, upon the issuance of a second notice of violation by an enforcing officer for any state or local minimum housing code enforcement agency.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
May 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2950
Mandates private equity companies or real estate investment trusts (REIT) seeking to invest in healthcare providers or provider-sponsored organizations in this state, submit a notice of material change with the AG and deposit a bond with the DOH.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
May 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2992
Creates the reproductive health and gender-affirming healthcare data privacy act.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
May 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S3107
Amends unfair discrimination statutes to encompass more protected categories and protect against additional forms of discrimination.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
May 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S3126
Exempts from sales tax the amount paid for a parking space at municipally operated beach parking in the town of Middletown.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
May 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S3130
Increases reimbursement caps promulgated in 2018 and applies to eligible costs for library projects incurred from June 30, 2025 through June 30, 2031, or ending earlier if the Office of Library Information Services amends the regulations.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
May 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S3157
Creates a model form for tenants to notify landlord of intent to make repairs to their property and deduct costs from the rent.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
May 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S3161
Authorizes municipalities, through ordinance, to require private real property owners to obtain a license to operate a dwelling unit as student housing.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
May 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S3244
Authorizes the Superior Court to place a hospital into receivership upon action by the attorney general or department of health when a hospital is mismanaged, financially distressed, acting illegally, or endangering patient health and safety.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
May 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S3254
Provides that any facility operated by the federal Department of Defense would be eligible for payment in lieu of taxes.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
May 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S3255
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $991,000 FOR THE TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $991,000 for the town of Middletown to upgrade the gymnasium at the new Middletown middle high school to serve a regional emergency shelter.)
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
May 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H8526
HOUSE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MAY 4, 2026, AS A "NATIONAL DAY OF REASON" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND AFFIRMING THE CENTRAL IMPORTANCE OF REASON IN THE BETTERMENT OF HUMANITY
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation
May 6, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2015
Removes the licensing exemption for a lender that originates less than six (6) loans in twelve (12) consecutive months.
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
House · Referred to House Corporations
May 6, 2026
Official source
S2166
Requires small employers with one to fifty (1-50) employees and large employers with fifty (50) or more employees to pay overtime wages to exempt workers if their salary exceeds varying multipliers of minimum wage for a forty (40) hour workweek.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
May 6, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2184
Removes the fee for registration and plate transfer for a Distinguished Service Cross registration plate.
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Referred to House Finance
May 6, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source

521–540 of 2,097

Rhode Island bills.

Current legislation.

Active bill stages

Provides an exemption for non-insulated, non-winterized property used by the taxpayer, not located in a substandard area, and continuously owned by the taxpayer for twenty-five (25) years.

Exempts from sales tax the amount paid for a parking space to a patron for one hour or less, in or on a parking facility on which a commercial establishment is located.

Establishes an opportunity for employee ownership where the owner notifies all current full-time and part-time employees and provides them with a 30-day window in which to initiate a process to potentially purchase the business as a workers' cooperative.

Establishes a property tax deferral program for senior citizens, disabled persons or veterans.

Requires that the state’s share to support public library services in fiscal year 2027 be fixed at twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount appropriated and expended by the city or town in the second preceding fiscal year.

Allows for a tenant to withhold payment of rent and deposit the rent accruing into an escrow bearing account, upon the issuance of a second notice of violation by an enforcing officer for any state or local minimum housing code enforcement agency.

Mandates private equity companies or real estate investment trusts (REIT) seeking to invest in healthcare providers or provider-sponsored organizations in this state, submit a notice of material change with the AG and deposit a bond with the DOH.

Creates the reproductive health and gender-affirming healthcare data privacy act.

Amends unfair discrimination statutes to encompass more protected categories and protect against additional forms of discrimination.

Exempts from sales tax the amount paid for a parking space at municipally operated beach parking in the town of Middletown.

Increases reimbursement caps promulgated in 2018 and applies to eligible costs for library projects incurred from June 30, 2025 through June 30, 2031, or ending earlier if the Office of Library Information Services amends the regulations.

Creates a model form for tenants to notify landlord of intent to make repairs to their property and deduct costs from the rent.

Authorizes municipalities, through ordinance, to require private real property owners to obtain a license to operate a dwelling unit as student housing.

Authorizes the Superior Court to place a hospital into receivership upon action by the attorney general or department of health when a hospital is mismanaged, financially distressed, acting illegally, or endangering patient health and safety.

Provides that any facility operated by the federal Department of Defense would be eligible for payment in lieu of taxes.

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $991,000 FOR THE TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $991,000 for the town of Middletown to upgrade the gymnasium at the new Middletown middle high school to serve a regional emergency shelter.)

HOUSE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MAY 4, 2026, AS A "NATIONAL DAY OF REASON" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND AFFIRMING THE CENTRAL IMPORTANCE OF REASON IN THE BETTERMENT OF HUMANITY

Removes the licensing exemption for a lender that originates less than six (6) loans in twelve (12) consecutive months.

Requires small employers with one to fifty (1-50) employees and large employers with fifty (50) or more employees to pay overtime wages to exempt workers if their salary exceeds varying multipliers of minimum wage for a forty (40) hour workweek.

Removes the fee for registration and plate transfer for a Distinguished Service Cross registration plate.