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.

H7306
Requires the auditor general to conduct performance audits of all state agencies.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Feb 5, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7351
Allows the department of environmental management to acquire established foot paths by eminent domain, to provide public access to streams, rivers, lakes and ponds.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Feb 5, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7354
Allows lane filtering, the act of passing stopped or slow-moving vehicles proceeding in the same direction, for motorcycles at low speeds.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Feb 5, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7355
Allows on and after September 1, 2026, an owner of motor vehicle(s) to transfer ownership and registration of said vehicle on their death, by a certificate of title designation and requires DMV to amend title forms, to include transfer-on-death language.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Feb 5, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7356
Provides for a comprehensive criminal and employment background check procedure for all school employees.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Feb 5, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7362
Mandates the workweek be reduced to 32 hrs. Rate of pay for a 32 hr workweek remains the same as the rate of pay for 40 hrs. Work in excess of 32 hrs in any one workweek qualify for overtime pay. Does not apply to employers with less than 500 employees.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Feb 5, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7367
HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO REDUCE THE FORTY-HOUR WORKWEEK TO A THIRTY-TWO-HOUR WORKWEEK (Creates a 9-member commission to study and provide recommendations to reduce the forty-hour workweek to a thirty-two-hour workweek, and would report back to the House by March 15, 2027, and would expire on June 15, 2027.)
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Feb 5, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7381
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
Feb 5, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7438
Provides that all extended benefits offered by DCYF to foster children shall be extended to children placed in guardianship.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Feb 5, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7442
Expands the obligations of employers to create, maintain and retain their employees' personnel records, it requires that records be retained for at least 3 years after employee's termination. It also increases the financial penalties for each violation.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Feb 5, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7497
Provides a definition for antisemitism to be used by state agencies to evaluate whether discrimination is present.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections
Feb 4, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7150
Prohibits municipalities from restricting certain landscaping equipment based on its power source.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Feb 3, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7187
Prohibits healthcare insurers from requiring or conducting a review for prescription medicine used to treat alcohol or opioid use disorder containing Methadone, Burenorphine, or Naltrexone, or approved to mitigate opioid withdrawal symptoms.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Feb 3, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7275
Requires health insurance plans to cover services provided by licensed certified professional midwives. Insurers would be required to report utilization and cost data annually and certain limited benefit policies would be exempt.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Feb 3, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7276
Prohibits an insurance company from imposing any cost-sharing requirements for any diagnostic or supplemental breast examinations.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Feb 3, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7277
Requires health insurance policies to cover licensed certified lactation counselor services for childbearing families. It would also prohibit requiring supervision or duplicate payments for services and mandates annual reporting.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Feb 3, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7333
Enacts the Rhode Island Broadband Oversight and Accountability Act of 2026.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Feb 3, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7337
Establishes the biotechnology regulatory sandbox program within the department of business regulation.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Feb 3, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7339
Permits a member or members of a limited-liability company to avoid dissolution by buying the membership interest owned by the other member or members seeking dissolution.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Feb 3, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H7370
Allows the towns of Burrillville and Glocester to publish notices in any newspaper located within their municipalities and would also allow publication in other designated digital or print platforms selected by their town councils.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Feb 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 the auditor general to conduct performance audits of all state agencies.

Allows the department of environmental management to acquire established foot paths by eminent domain, to provide public access to streams, rivers, lakes and ponds.

Allows lane filtering, the act of passing stopped or slow-moving vehicles proceeding in the same direction, for motorcycles at low speeds.

Allows on and after September 1, 2026, an owner of motor vehicle(s) to transfer ownership and registration of said vehicle on their death, by a certificate of title designation and requires DMV to amend title forms, to include transfer-on-death language.

Provides for a comprehensive criminal and employment background check procedure for all school employees.

Mandates the workweek be reduced to 32 hrs. Rate of pay for a 32 hr workweek remains the same as the rate of pay for 40 hrs. Work in excess of 32 hrs in any one workweek qualify for overtime pay. Does not apply to employers with less than 500 employees.

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.

Provides that all extended benefits offered by DCYF to foster children shall be extended to children placed in guardianship.

Expands the obligations of employers to create, maintain and retain their employees' personnel records, it requires that records be retained for at least 3 years after employee's termination. It also increases the financial penalties for each violation.

Provides a definition for antisemitism to be used by state agencies to evaluate whether discrimination is present.

Prohibits municipalities from restricting certain landscaping equipment based on its power source.

Prohibits healthcare insurers from requiring or conducting a review for prescription medicine used to treat alcohol or opioid use disorder containing Methadone, Burenorphine, or Naltrexone, or approved to mitigate opioid withdrawal symptoms.

Requires health insurance plans to cover services provided by licensed certified professional midwives. Insurers would be required to report utilization and cost data annually and certain limited benefit policies would be exempt.

Prohibits an insurance company from imposing any cost-sharing requirements for any diagnostic or supplemental breast examinations.

Requires health insurance policies to cover licensed certified lactation counselor services for childbearing families. It would also prohibit requiring supervision or duplicate payments for services and mandates annual reporting.

Enacts the Rhode Island Broadband Oversight and Accountability Act of 2026.

Establishes the biotechnology regulatory sandbox program within the department of business regulation.

Permits a member or members of a limited-liability company to avoid dissolution by buying the membership interest owned by the other member or members seeking dissolution.

Allows the towns of Burrillville and Glocester to publish notices in any newspaper located within their municipalities and would also allow publication in other designated digital or print platforms selected by their town councils.