Rhode Island bills.

S3201

Makes several amendments to provide for an online nomination paper portal for election nomination papers.

• StageIntroduced
• StatusActive
• Session2026 Regular Session

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H7226

Expands Rhode Island Housing’s authority to revise the qualified allocation plan to prioritize cost-efficient affordable housing production and total units, while reducing the scoring weight of non-production-related criteria.

• StageIntroduced
• StatusActive
• Session2026 Regular Session

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H7671

Provides a series of updates to size, weight, and load regulations for commercial and specialized vehicles.

• StageIntroduced
• StatusActive
• Session2026 Regular Session

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H7006

Expands the definition of “book or other writing” to sales up to one thousand five hundred (1,500) copies and deny the sales tax exemption for third-party sales.

• StageIn committee
• StatusActive
• Session2026 Regular Session

H7554

Expands meaning of bomb threats and false reports to include any warning or threat of the existence of an explosive device and allows judge to impose conditions of bail to include extreme risk protection orders, no trespass orders and counseling.

• StageOther chamber
• StatusActive
• Session2026 Regular Session

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H7738

Establishes a moratorium on changes to the state energy conservation code from the 2024 International Energy Conservation Code until January 1, 2031, unless approved by the legislature and made effective by the governor.

• StageOther chamber
• StatusActive
• Session2026 Regular Session

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H8405

Requires the executive office of health and human services (EOHHS) to apply an automatic cost-of-living adjustment (“COLA”) to the Medicaid reimbursement rates paid for assisted living services provided pursuant to this chapter.

• StageIntroduced
• StatusActive
• Session2026 Regular Session

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H8406

Provides that licensed assisted living community is not required to hold a residential unit for a Medicare-eligible resident absent from the facility for a period exceeding 10 days unless EOHHS provides payment to the facility to hold the bed.

• StageIntroduced
• StatusActive
• Session2026 Regular Session

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S2385

Prohibits the Rhode Island medical assistance program from requiring prior authorization or a step therapy protocol for the coverage of a medication classified as an anticonvulsant or antipsychotic.

• StageOther chamber
• StatusActive
• Session2026 Regular Session

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S2462

Requires the secretary of the executive office of health and human services to monitor and mandate changes to the price-setting practices of pharmacy benefit managers to prohibit the spread pricing payment model.

• StageOther chamber
• StatusActive
• Session2026 Regular Session

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S2869

Creates the “Embryo Safety and Storage Act of 2025.” Also requires the department of health to regulate and license embryo storage facilities.

• StageIntroduced
• StatusActive
• Session2026 Regular Session

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H7134

Establishes Rhode Island First Step program requiring DOC to assist offenders with reintegration into society, counseling, medical care, education, early sentence termination or pre-release confinement for elderly and terminally ill offenders.

• StageIntroduced
• StatusActive
• Session2026 Regular Session

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H7179

Requires commercial property owners to install vehicle barriers at their retail establishment locations as part of any new construction.

• StageIntroduced
• StatusActive
• Session2026 Regular Session

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H7203

Prohibits the courts from setting cash or surety bail on any misdemeanor offense but permits the court to set reasonable non-monetary conditions of bail to assure the defendant's presence in court as required and to protect the community.

• StageIntroduced
• StatusActive
• Session2026 Regular Session

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H7204

Allows expungement of multiple felony convictions for non-violent felonies10 years after sentence completed.

• StageIntroduced
• StatusActive
• Session2026 Regular Session

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H7205

RELATED TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SENTENCING RECONSIDERATION ACT

• StageIntroduced
• StatusActive
• Session2026 Regular Session

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H7216

HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS CONCERNS IN THE DELIVERY OF HEALTHCARE TO INMATES AND INDIVIDUALS AWAITING TRIAL IN THE CUSTODY OF THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS (RIDOC) (Creates a 9 member commission to study and make recommendations on the delivery of healthcare services at RIDOC, and who reports back to the House no later than January 5, 2027, and whose life would expire on March 5, 2027.)

• StageIntroduced
• StatusActive
• Session2026 Regular Session

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H7280

Creates a 10 member bail task force to study the need of monetary conditions of bail and to consider other methods for ensuring an accused’s appearance in court, enhance public safety and honor the presumption of innocence and to file report by 1/1/2028.

• StageIntroduced
• StatusActive
• Session2026 Regular Session

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H7281

Reduces the time for expungements to 3 years for a single misdemeanor and 5 years for felonies and multiple misdemeanors.

• StageIntroduced
• StatusActive
• Session2026 Regular Session

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H7340

HOUSE RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY URGING RHODE ISLAND INSURERS AND THE RHODE ISLAND PROPERTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION TO REDUCE INSURANCE COSTS ON LOCAL RESIDENTS BY PURSUING SUBROGATION CLAIMS AGAINST POLLUTERS WHO KNOWINGLY ENGAGED IN MISLEADING AND DECEPTIVE PRACTICES REGARDING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THEIR PRODUCTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE

• StageIntroduced
• StatusActive
• Session2026 Regular Session

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