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.

H7530
Exempts homes under two thousand (2,000) square feet from automatic statewide IECC energy mandates, allowing municipalities to decide whether to adopt climate-focused building code requirements for small and modest homes.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 25, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7531
Repeals the 2021 Act on Climate which established a statewide greenhouse gas emission reduction mandate in its entirety.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 25, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7570
Establishes the Rhode Island center for employee ownership to facilitate businesses in transitioning to an employee-owned business model.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 25, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7664
Allows holders of a Class P license to purchase alcoholic beverages from either a retail or wholesale establishment in the State of Rhode Island.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 25, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7912
Creates the Rhode Island clean heat standards act to implement a system of tradeable clean heat credits earned from the delivery of clean heat measures that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 25, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7917
Requires that state departments and agencies integrate the recommendations contained in the act on climate strategy report.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 25, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7991
Provides that DEM regulations and CRMC in consultation with the chief resilience officer shall update to prioritize nature based solutions for coastal resilience projects that would be coordinated by DEM using an expedited permitting process.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 25, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H8194
Requires that the tax imposed be paid to the same municipalities.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Withdrawn at sponsor's request
Mar 25, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H8250
Establishes a specific statutory pathway for distillery manufacturers to receive a distillery off-premises event endorsement under a class P license.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 25, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2110
Establishes Children's Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund to provide finance assistance to families for medical expenses not covered by state or federal programs or insurance contract.
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Referred to House Labor
Mar 25, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2171
Amends the OPA desk audit classification rules to eliminate supervising other employees as a factor for position upgrade eligibility.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 25, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2211
Directs the commissioner of postsecondary education to prepare a strategic plan for public higher education which is aligned with the goals of the board of education's strategic plan.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 25, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2411
Authorizes a blanket permit and fee to allow the movement of self-propelled cranes which are in excess of size and weight load requirements, to move on state highways.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 25, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2736
Ensures that the State of Rhode Island adopt the protections afforded under the Occupational Safety and Health Act if its scope or enforcement capacity is diminished.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 25, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2752
Allows any truck with a gross vehicle weight of eight thousand eight hundred pounds (8,800 lbs.) or less to be registered as an automobile and issued passenger plates.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 25, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2871
Requires EOHHS to provide self-measured blood pressure monitoring for eligible pregnant and postpartum individuals, covering home monitors, training, data transmission, and co-interventions, with state funds if federal aid is unavailable.
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Referred to House Finance
Mar 25, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2873
Requires inspection and evaluation of indoor air quality in public schools, departments of health shall establish and recommend thresholds and rates for environmental conditions.
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Referred to House Education
Mar 25, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2919
Spells out what a public works project includes and the requirements of this section shall apply to all such public works projects.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 25, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2932
Makes construction contractors civilly liable and/or jointly civilly liable for any claims of wage theft or nonpayment from an employee against the contractor, its subcontractors and any subcontractor.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 25, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2999
Allows any vehicle eligible for registration with a gross weight of under eight thousand eight hundred pounds (8,800 lbs.) as long it is accompanied by a registrant's affidavit declaring it would not be used for commercial purposes.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 25, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source

1,441–1,460 of 2,097

Rhode Island bills.

Current legislation.

Active bill stages

Exempts homes under two thousand (2,000) square feet from automatic statewide IECC energy mandates, allowing municipalities to decide whether to adopt climate-focused building code requirements for small and modest homes.

Repeals the 2021 Act on Climate which established a statewide greenhouse gas emission reduction mandate in its entirety.

Establishes the Rhode Island center for employee ownership to facilitate businesses in transitioning to an employee-owned business model.

Allows holders of a Class P license to purchase alcoholic beverages from either a retail or wholesale establishment in the State of Rhode Island.

Creates the Rhode Island clean heat standards act to implement a system of tradeable clean heat credits earned from the delivery of clean heat measures that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Requires that state departments and agencies integrate the recommendations contained in the act on climate strategy report.

Provides that DEM regulations and CRMC in consultation with the chief resilience officer shall update to prioritize nature based solutions for coastal resilience projects that would be coordinated by DEM using an expedited permitting process.

Requires that the tax imposed be paid to the same municipalities.

Establishes a specific statutory pathway for distillery manufacturers to receive a distillery off-premises event endorsement under a class P license.

Establishes Children's Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund to provide finance assistance to families for medical expenses not covered by state or federal programs or insurance contract.

Amends the OPA desk audit classification rules to eliminate supervising other employees as a factor for position upgrade eligibility.

Directs the commissioner of postsecondary education to prepare a strategic plan for public higher education which is aligned with the goals of the board of education's strategic plan.

Authorizes a blanket permit and fee to allow the movement of self-propelled cranes which are in excess of size and weight load requirements, to move on state highways.

Ensures that the State of Rhode Island adopt the protections afforded under the Occupational Safety and Health Act if its scope or enforcement capacity is diminished.

Allows any truck with a gross vehicle weight of eight thousand eight hundred pounds (8,800 lbs.) or less to be registered as an automobile and issued passenger plates.

Requires EOHHS to provide self-measured blood pressure monitoring for eligible pregnant and postpartum individuals, covering home monitors, training, data transmission, and co-interventions, with state funds if federal aid is unavailable.

Requires inspection and evaluation of indoor air quality in public schools, departments of health shall establish and recommend thresholds and rates for environmental conditions.

Spells out what a public works project includes and the requirements of this section shall apply to all such public works projects.

Makes construction contractors civilly liable and/or jointly civilly liable for any claims of wage theft or nonpayment from an employee against the contractor, its subcontractors and any subcontractor.

Allows any vehicle eligible for registration with a gross weight of under eight thousand eight hundred pounds (8,800 lbs.) as long it is accompanied by a registrant's affidavit declaring it would not be used for commercial purposes.