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.

S2404
Allows citizens of a city or town who are at least sixteen (16) years of age to register to vote and to vote in school committee elections in municipalities where school committees are elected entities.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Apr 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2464
Requires a report to be produced that focuses on prescription drug prior authorizations by January 1, 2027.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Apr 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2490
Allows automatic voter registration for Rhode Islanders applying for hunting and fishing licenses.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Apr 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2567
Establishes a universal and unified healthcare system and reform the current payment system for healthcare coverage in this state.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Apr 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2590
Spells out rules and regulations for the presidential preference primary elections, and would also establish rules for ranked choice voting tabulation and results reporting by the secretary of state.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Apr 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2619
Removes corporate and dark-money spending from all Rhode Island elections and ballot questions.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Apr 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2641
Establishes statewide standards governing electric meter reading and billing practices.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Apr 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2686
Establishes the office of the elder advocate to promote the rights of older adults in Rhode Island.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Apr 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2720
Amends various sections of law relating to campaign contributions and expenditures, including prohibitions on self-dealing with committee funds and prohibits donations made in fictitious names.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Apr 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2767
Requires any public utility company that needs to close any state or municipal roadway for work to provide notice to all residential and business property owners located within 1,000 ft of the closed highway at least 48 hrs before the road closure.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Apr 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2777
Provides that effective July 1, 2026, the profit margin of any electric distribution company or distributor of natural gas, would not exceed four percent (4%), in any given calendar year.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Apr 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2779
Prohibits public utilities, serving greater 100,000 customers from recovering through rates any direct or indirect cost associated with, amongst other costs, advertising, marketing, communications.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Apr 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2951
Establishes a system of ranked choice voting whenever a municipality's charter amendment is approved by its voters.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Apr 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2968
Creates the Rhode Island Social Media Regulation act, which would not permit a Rhode Island resident who is a minor to be an account holder on a social media's platform unless the minor has the express consent of a parent or guardian.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Apr 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2979
JOINT RESOLUTION APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION -- OF QUALIFICATION FOR OFFICE (Proposes a state constitutional amendment to provide no person could hold office as general officer unless that person was a resident and a registered voter in the State of Rhode Island for at least 2 years, continuously, prior to taking office.)
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Apr 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S3043
Sets an earlier deadline from June to April for filing of declaration of candidacy and nomination papers.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Apr 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S3091
Charges the office of the health insurance commissioner to incorporate uncompensated care as a formula-driven numeric adjustment in the methodology used to establish any affordability standard or rate cap, applicable to hospital contracts.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Apr 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S3111
Allocates the assessment of fines for failure to file reports between the board of elections between the candidate and political action or political party committee.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Apr 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S3114
Amends the procedures for the marking and certification of mail ballots by prohibiting anyone but the voter or certain persons close to the voter from handling the mail ballot.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Apr 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S3143
Creates the Rhode Island voting rights act to establish procedures to prevent discrimination in the voting process.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Apr 7, 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

Allows citizens of a city or town who are at least sixteen (16) years of age to register to vote and to vote in school committee elections in municipalities where school committees are elected entities.

Requires a report to be produced that focuses on prescription drug prior authorizations by January 1, 2027.

Allows automatic voter registration for Rhode Islanders applying for hunting and fishing licenses.

Establishes a universal and unified healthcare system and reform the current payment system for healthcare coverage in this state.

Spells out rules and regulations for the presidential preference primary elections, and would also establish rules for ranked choice voting tabulation and results reporting by the secretary of state.

Removes corporate and dark-money spending from all Rhode Island elections and ballot questions.

Establishes statewide standards governing electric meter reading and billing practices.

Establishes the office of the elder advocate to promote the rights of older adults in Rhode Island.

Amends various sections of law relating to campaign contributions and expenditures, including prohibitions on self-dealing with committee funds and prohibits donations made in fictitious names.

Requires any public utility company that needs to close any state or municipal roadway for work to provide notice to all residential and business property owners located within 1,000 ft of the closed highway at least 48 hrs before the road closure.

Provides that effective July 1, 2026, the profit margin of any electric distribution company or distributor of natural gas, would not exceed four percent (4%), in any given calendar year.

Prohibits public utilities, serving greater 100,000 customers from recovering through rates any direct or indirect cost associated with, amongst other costs, advertising, marketing, communications.

Establishes a system of ranked choice voting whenever a municipality's charter amendment is approved by its voters.

Creates the Rhode Island Social Media Regulation act, which would not permit a Rhode Island resident who is a minor to be an account holder on a social media's platform unless the minor has the express consent of a parent or guardian.

Sets an earlier deadline from June to April for filing of declaration of candidacy and nomination papers.

Charges the office of the health insurance commissioner to incorporate uncompensated care as a formula-driven numeric adjustment in the methodology used to establish any affordability standard or rate cap, applicable to hospital contracts.

Allocates the assessment of fines for failure to file reports between the board of elections between the candidate and political action or political party committee.

Amends the procedures for the marking and certification of mail ballots by prohibiting anyone but the voter or certain persons close to the voter from handling the mail ballot.

Creates the Rhode Island voting rights act to establish procedures to prevent discrimination in the voting process.