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.

S2325
Effective January 1, 2028, Increases the hourly minimum wage in accordance with the Consumer Price Index for the Northeast Region for the previous four (4) fiscal years.
- 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
S2327
Designates the month of May, annually, as "Rhode Island Native Plant Month," with appropriate ceremonies and activities to recognize and educate people about Rhode Island's native plants.
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Referred to House Special Legislation
May 6, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2332
Provides that exemptions to the prohibition of liquor licenses within two hundred feet (200') of schools or places of worship do not eliminate neighboring property owners’ remonstrance rights to object to the license.
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing
May 6, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2355
Allows retired state employees to be reemployed by a municipality with no restrictions and with no loss of their existing retirement benefits.
- 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
S2408
Commencing January 1, 2027, this act would increase the minimum wage for employees receiving gratuities, from the current three dollars and eighty-nine cents ($3.89) to six dollars and seventy-five cents ($6.75) per hour.
- 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
S2410
Establishes a maximum hourly workday for all peace officers as defined in § 12-7-21 and a violation rate of pay of double time and a half.
- 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
S2420
Allows the dependents of a national guard member, who is in good standing, to be eligible for tuition assistance.
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Referred to House Veterans Affairs
May 6, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2503
Establishes a maximum hourly workday for all peace officers as defined in § 12-7-21 and a violation rate of pay of double time and a half.
- 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
S2620
Sets the minimum wage for 2027 at twenty dollars ($20) per hour.
- 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
S2622
Increases the minimum wage amount for any person committed to the adult correctional institution from $3.00 to $5.00 a day for every day the person shall labor.
- 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
S2639
Allows customers to directly take single-use plastic straws from single straw dispensers at food service establishments.
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources
May 6, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2651
Directs the department of elementary and secondary education to provide a two-year pilot program that coordinates a national cultural exchange program for students of this state.
- 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
S2738
Grants hourly credit of 288 hours against 576 hours if graduate of accredited trade school/raises to 4 years of work under master plumber and requires 8,000 hours of on-the-job training plus 5 years of registration with DLT.
- 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
S2740
Requires all health care workers who are employed on any Sunday or holiday, to be compensated at the rate of time and one-half.
- 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
S2772
Amends how architecture firms and individual architects are registered.
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Referred to House Corporations
May 6, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2838
Provides that the month of September in each year be designated "Rhode Island Senior Center Month" with appropriate exercises in public places.
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Referred to House Special Legislation
May 6, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2923
Increases the minimum hourly wage commencing January 1, 2029, by an amount equal to the total percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Northeast Region for the calendar year 2027.
- 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
S2930
Provides that commencing January 1, 2027, the minimum wage shall be twenty-four dollars ($24.00) per hour.
- 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
S3078
Redefines dyslexia to mean a specific learning disability characterized by difficulties in word reading and/or spelling that involve accuracy, speed, or both and vary depending on the orthography.
- 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
H7059
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $100,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND OFFICE OF HEALTHY AGING FOR THE ALLIANCE FOR BETTER LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $100,000 to the Rhode Island Office Of Healthy Aging for the RI Long-Term Care Ombudsman program.)
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
May 5, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source

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Rhode Island bills.

Current legislation.

Active bill stages

Effective January 1, 2028, Increases the hourly minimum wage in accordance with the Consumer Price Index for the Northeast Region for the previous four (4) fiscal years.

Designates the month of May, annually, as "Rhode Island Native Plant Month," with appropriate ceremonies and activities to recognize and educate people about Rhode Island's native plants.

Provides that exemptions to the prohibition of liquor licenses within two hundred feet (200') of schools or places of worship do not eliminate neighboring property owners’ remonstrance rights to object to the license.

Allows retired state employees to be reemployed by a municipality with no restrictions and with no loss of their existing retirement benefits.

Commencing January 1, 2027, this act would increase the minimum wage for employees receiving gratuities, from the current three dollars and eighty-nine cents ($3.89) to six dollars and seventy-five cents ($6.75) per hour.

Establishes a maximum hourly workday for all peace officers as defined in § 12-7-21 and a violation rate of pay of double time and a half.

Allows the dependents of a national guard member, who is in good standing, to be eligible for tuition assistance.

Establishes a maximum hourly workday for all peace officers as defined in § 12-7-21 and a violation rate of pay of double time and a half.

Sets the minimum wage for 2027 at twenty dollars ($20) per hour.

Increases the minimum wage amount for any person committed to the adult correctional institution from $3.00 to $5.00 a day for every day the person shall labor.

Allows customers to directly take single-use plastic straws from single straw dispensers at food service establishments.

Directs the department of elementary and secondary education to provide a two-year pilot program that coordinates a national cultural exchange program for students of this state.

Grants hourly credit of 288 hours against 576 hours if graduate of accredited trade school/raises to 4 years of work under master plumber and requires 8,000 hours of on-the-job training plus 5 years of registration with DLT.

Requires all health care workers who are employed on any Sunday or holiday, to be compensated at the rate of time and one-half.

Amends how architecture firms and individual architects are registered.

Provides that the month of September in each year be designated "Rhode Island Senior Center Month" with appropriate exercises in public places.

Increases the minimum hourly wage commencing January 1, 2029, by an amount equal to the total percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Northeast Region for the calendar year 2027.

Provides that commencing January 1, 2027, the minimum wage shall be twenty-four dollars ($24.00) per hour.

Redefines dyslexia to mean a specific learning disability characterized by difficulties in word reading and/or spelling that involve accuracy, speed, or both and vary depending on the orthography.