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.

H7841
Requires veterinarians to provide consultations to animal owners when a drug is prescribed and dispensed for that annual patient.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 3, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7844
Requires businesses that conduct business to register and maintain required filings with the secretary of state so that consumers and small businesses may readily identify responsible parties, verify good standing, and effectuate service of process.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 3, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7849
Creates the surveillance pricing and online retailing act that would prohibit algorithmic price increases for online purchases.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 3, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7850
Allows RI to opt out of the provisions of DIDMCA exempting out of state lenders from interest rate limits which apply to RI lenders. Prevents evasion of statutory interest rate limits and lending rules for loans made in RI.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 3, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7868
Allows a lender to charge an origination fee, increase interest rates and collect a monthly service fee, on loans up to three hundred dollars ($300) but not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000).
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 3, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7934
Requires condominium associations to conduct structural surveys and reserve studies, fund reserves at 15%, and plan for repairs.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 3, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7948
Caps the total amount that a covered person is required to pay for a covered prescription inhaler, prescription device, or prescription equipment to twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per thirty (30) day supply.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 3, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7984
Requires that an independent performance and efficiency audit be conducted for the department of transportation by the auditor general.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 3, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7988
Charges a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each battery powered elective motor vehicle safety inspection. It would also require any vehicle, regardless of gross vehicle weight rating, to be subject to emissions inspection.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 3, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7990
Establishes efficiency standards for tires intended to increase efficiency and improve emissions standards.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 3, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2059
Requires specific notice of the tax sale to the taxpayer with a copy of this § 44-9-10 attached thereto. Failure to do so would render the tax sale null and void.
- StageIn committee
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Senate · Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 3, 2026
Official source
S2111
Allows advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, and physicians who are and are not licensed in Rhode Island to provide telemedicine services to patients who are in the state when those services are rendered.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 3, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2135
Repeals the provisions of § 34-7-4 regarding rights of footway being acquired by adverse possession.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 3, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2256
Provides that licensed independent clinical social workers be able to enroll and bill Medicaid directly for covered services provided to adults with Medicaid fee-for-service coverage.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 3, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2301
Amends unfair claims practices law by requiring an insurance appraisal by a licensed appraiser where damage to a motor vehicle exceeds $5,000 (from $2,500) and eliminates language that prohibits an appraisal based on photos of a damaged motor vehicle.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 3, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2390
Makes offenses against gift card holders subject to the penalties for larceny.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 3, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2406
Requires that any covered entity that develops/provides online services, products, or features that children are reasonably likely to access shall consider the best interest of children when designing/developing such online service, product, or feature.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 3, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2458
Requires the state to implement the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact no later than July 1, 2026.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 3, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2459
Establishes the Rhode Island Ban on the Corporate Practice of Medicine Act.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 3, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2487
Establishes a digital electronics right to repair, which allows for digital electronic equipment and parts that are sold in this state on or after January 1, 2026, to be repaired at an independent repair provider.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Mar 3, 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

Requires veterinarians to provide consultations to animal owners when a drug is prescribed and dispensed for that annual patient.

Requires businesses that conduct business to register and maintain required filings with the secretary of state so that consumers and small businesses may readily identify responsible parties, verify good standing, and effectuate service of process.

Creates the surveillance pricing and online retailing act that would prohibit algorithmic price increases for online purchases.

Allows RI to opt out of the provisions of DIDMCA exempting out of state lenders from interest rate limits which apply to RI lenders. Prevents evasion of statutory interest rate limits and lending rules for loans made in RI.

Allows a lender to charge an origination fee, increase interest rates and collect a monthly service fee, on loans up to three hundred dollars ($300) but not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000).

Requires condominium associations to conduct structural surveys and reserve studies, fund reserves at 15%, and plan for repairs.

Caps the total amount that a covered person is required to pay for a covered prescription inhaler, prescription device, or prescription equipment to twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per thirty (30) day supply.

Requires that an independent performance and efficiency audit be conducted for the department of transportation by the auditor general.

Charges a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each battery powered elective motor vehicle safety inspection. It would also require any vehicle, regardless of gross vehicle weight rating, to be subject to emissions inspection.

Establishes efficiency standards for tires intended to increase efficiency and improve emissions standards.

Requires specific notice of the tax sale to the taxpayer with a copy of this § 44-9-10 attached thereto. Failure to do so would render the tax sale null and void.

Allows advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, and physicians who are and are not licensed in Rhode Island to provide telemedicine services to patients who are in the state when those services are rendered.

Repeals the provisions of § 34-7-4 regarding rights of footway being acquired by adverse possession.

Provides that licensed independent clinical social workers be able to enroll and bill Medicaid directly for covered services provided to adults with Medicaid fee-for-service coverage.

Amends unfair claims practices law by requiring an insurance appraisal by a licensed appraiser where damage to a motor vehicle exceeds $5,000 (from $2,500) and eliminates language that prohibits an appraisal based on photos of a damaged motor vehicle.

Makes offenses against gift card holders subject to the penalties for larceny.

Requires that any covered entity that develops/provides online services, products, or features that children are reasonably likely to access shall consider the best interest of children when designing/developing such online service, product, or feature.

Requires the state to implement the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact no later than July 1, 2026.

Establishes the Rhode Island Ban on the Corporate Practice of Medicine Act.

Establishes a digital electronics right to repair, which allows for digital electronic equipment and parts that are sold in this state on or after January 1, 2026, to be repaired at an independent repair provider.