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.

H7983
Establishes a term limit of twelve years for members serving in the general assembly.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 19, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7986
Requires an official declaration of war or an action to call forth the state militia by the United States Congress before members of the National Guard may be released from state control to participate in active duty combat.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 19, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7995
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
Mar 19, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7034
Prohibits landlords from inquiring about an applicant's prior incarceration and from discriminating against those who have been released from prison.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 18, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7130
Allows a tenant to pay an increased security deposit in monthly increments over the course of a twelve (12) month period.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 18, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7147
Amends the definition of public works so that it would include any public works projects performed for any city or town or quasi-municipal entity and the state and any quasi-state entity.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 18, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7285
Requires effective January 1, 2027, that upon the execution of a lease agreement for a mobile and manufactured homes in a mobile and manufactured home park, a complete copy of the lease be provided to the tenant within 10 days of execution.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 18, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7490
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
Mar 18, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7559
Requires landlords to register certain information for residential properties constructed prior to 1978 with the department of health on a statewide registry and defines which information may be viewed on a public database.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 18, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7560
Substitutes "housing resources commission" with "department of health" for lead hazard mitigation purposes. It also makes it easier for a property owner to release funds put into an escrow account, if needed to make required repairs or improvements.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 18, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7655
Permits a tenant, at the tenant’s expense, to implement energy conservation measures to any dwelling or dwelling unit such as removable weather-stripping around doors and windows.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 18, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7758
Spells out the responsibilities of both the landlord and tenant with respect to the inspection and treatment of bed bugs in residential premises.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 18, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7762
Establishes the fair chance in housing credit reports act to provide standards for which a credit report can be used in considering a rental application.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 18, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7764
Prohibits the use of algorithmic pricing by landlords to determine the amount of rent to charge a residential tenant.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 18, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7765
Increases the notification time about rent increases and termination of tenancy for month-to-month tenants.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 18, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7766
Removes the five (5) year waiting period for filing a motion to seal an eviction court file. It also deletes the numerical limitation on filing seal requests.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 18, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7769
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
Mar 18, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7770
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
Mar 18, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7771
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
Mar 18, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7772
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
Mar 18, 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

Establishes a term limit of twelve years for members serving in the general assembly.

Requires an official declaration of war or an action to call forth the state militia by the United States Congress before members of the National Guard may be released from state control to participate in active duty combat.

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

Prohibits landlords from inquiring about an applicant's prior incarceration and from discriminating against those who have been released from prison.

Allows a tenant to pay an increased security deposit in monthly increments over the course of a twelve (12) month period.

Amends the definition of public works so that it would include any public works projects performed for any city or town or quasi-municipal entity and the state and any quasi-state entity.

Requires effective January 1, 2027, that upon the execution of a lease agreement for a mobile and manufactured homes in a mobile and manufactured home park, a complete copy of the lease be provided to the tenant within 10 days of execution.

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.

Requires landlords to register certain information for residential properties constructed prior to 1978 with the department of health on a statewide registry and defines which information may be viewed on a public database.

Substitutes "housing resources commission" with "department of health" for lead hazard mitigation purposes. It also makes it easier for a property owner to release funds put into an escrow account, if needed to make required repairs or improvements.

Permits a tenant, at the tenant’s expense, to implement energy conservation measures to any dwelling or dwelling unit such as removable weather-stripping around doors and windows.

Spells out the responsibilities of both the landlord and tenant with respect to the inspection and treatment of bed bugs in residential premises.

Establishes the fair chance in housing credit reports act to provide standards for which a credit report can be used in considering a rental application.

Prohibits the use of algorithmic pricing by landlords to determine the amount of rent to charge a residential tenant.

Increases the notification time about rent increases and termination of tenancy for month-to-month tenants.

Removes the five (5) year waiting period for filing a motion to seal an eviction court file. It also deletes the numerical limitation on filing seal requests.

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

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.

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