David Bennett

David Bennett D

State Representative
Rhode Island House of Representatives District 19
Term: — – Jan. 3, 2026

Biography

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On Record (54)

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Establishes minimum energy and water efficiency standards for appliance and specified equipment purchased or installed after January 1, 2025.
Jun 18, 2026 · source · details / share
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Removes the exemption for tinting of the windshield and imposes fines of $250 for a first and second offense and subsequent offenses are punishable by a $250 fine and up to a one year suspension of the vehicle registration.
Jun 18, 2026 · source · details / share
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Increases continuing education requirements for physician assistants, removes restrictions of PAs to render charitable care and aid for school and youth programs or cardiac arrest and removes restrictive covenants as to ownership by a PA.
Jun 18, 2026 · source · details / share
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Allows for the licensing of certified surgical first assistants to assist in surgeries through the department of health and a 7 member board of licensure.
Jun 18, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes Cranston to issue not more than $4,000,000 general obligation bonds and temporary notes for the repair, construction and rehabilitation of storm drains and drainage improvements, and remediation and mitigation of drainage and flooding problems.
Jun 08, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes the city of Cranston to issue not more than $4,000,000 general obligation bonds/temporary notes for the acquisition, construction, improvement, renovation, repair and alteration of playgrounds, athletic fields and related equipment in the city.
Jun 08, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes Cranston to issue not more than $2,000,000 general obligation bonds and temporary notes for the acquisition, demolition, construction, improvement, renovation, repair, alteration, furnishing and equipping of public buildings in the city.
Jun 08, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes the city of Cranston to issue not more than eight million dollars ($8,000,000) general obligation bonds and temporary notes for the acquisition, improvement, renovation and repair of fire and public safety equipment in the city.
Jun 08, 2026 · source · details / share
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Jun 08, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes Cranston to issue no more $25,000,000 obligation bonds, notes, evidences of indebtedness to finance the purchase and/or acquisition of land/buildings, construction, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, landscaping, furnishing, equipping
Jun 08, 2026 · source · details / share
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Changes the direct client contact hour requirements for applicants for licensure of marriage and family therapist associate and applicants for licensure of marriage and family therapist.
Jun 02, 2026 · source · details / share
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Recognizes that municipal employees have the opportunity to utilize binding arbitration and establishes new factors for the arbitrators to consider. These factors include comparisons of wages/hourly conditions of employment in similarly skilled jobs.
May 22, 2026 · source · details / share
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Provides that all contractual provisions in a firefighters collective bargaining agreement continue until a successor agreement has been reached or an interest arbitration award has been rendered.
May 22, 2026 · source · details / share
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Extends provisions of an existing collective bargaining agreement for municipal police arbitration purposes until a successor agreement is reached or an interest arbitration award is rendered.
May 22, 2026 · source · details / share
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Exempts individual retirement accounts as a countable resource for public assistance. This act also prohibits the state as a creditor against an ABLE account in the event of death of a beneficiary.
May 22, 2026 · source · details / share
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Expands the deinstitutionalization subsidy aid program in the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals to include adoptive parent(s) or siblings(s).
May 22, 2026 · source · details / share
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Establishes property, tangible, sales and use tax exemptions as incentives for the location of qualified data centers in Rhode Island.
May 22, 2026 · source · details / share
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Provides that advanced practice registered nurses have the same immunity from liability as physicians and surgeons.
May 22, 2026 · source · details / share
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Establishes the state-funded rental subsidy program.
May 22, 2026 · source · details / share
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Allows employees, not represented by a union, to create a group to collectively bargain with employers.
May 22, 2026 · source · details / share
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Changes retired teacher income for drivers ed classes to $25,000 per year from $15,000 per year.
May 22, 2026 · source · details / share
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Prohibits the use of black plastic takeout containers for use to take prepared foods and drinks from restaurants, stores, and other retail sales establishments.
May 22, 2026 · source · details / share
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Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $75,000 For The Jewish Collaborative Services (appropriates The Sum Of $75,000 To Jewish Collaborative Services.)
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Human ServicesHUMAN SERVICES -- PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT
HUMAN SERVICES -- PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT - Exempts individual retirement accounts as a countable resource for public assistance. This act also prohibits the state as a creditor against an ABLE account in the event of death of a beneficiary.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Motor And Other VehiclesMOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES - Establishes a motor vehicle license plate to honor Governor Roger Williams.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Labor And Labor RelationsLABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES' ARBITRATION
LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES' ARBITRATION - Recognizes that municipal employees have the opportunity to utilize binding arbitration and establishes new factors for the arbitrators to consider. These factors include comparisons of wages/hourly conditions of employment in similarly skilled jobs.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Joint Resolution To Amend The Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver Requests And Renewals -- Rhode Island Medicaid Reform Act Of 2008 (joint Resolution To Approve An Amendment To The Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver Requests And Renewals.)
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution – Green Amendment (proposes A Constitutional Amendment To Article 1 Providing For A Right To Clean Air, Soil, Climate, And The Environment’s Natural Values.)
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Joint Resolution To Approve, Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution Of The State -- Four Year Terms For Representatives And Senators (proposes An Amendment To The State Constitution, Article Iv, Section 1, That Would Allow Four (4) Year Terms For General Assembly Members, Commencing With The 2028 Election.)
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Animals And Animal HusbandryANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS - Allows animal control officers in the cities and towns to lawfully take charge of and provide adequate care to any animal found abandoned or neglected or hazardously accumulated and would increase penalties for malicious injury to or killing of animals.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral HEALTH AND SAFETYHEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES - Imposes a hospital licensing fee for fiscal year 2026 against net patient-services revenue of every non-government owned hospital for the hospital’s first fiscal year ending on or after January 1, 2024.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral EducationEDUCATION -- TEACHERS', MUNICIPAL AND STATE EMPLOYEES EARLY RETIREMENT PENALTY
EDUCATION -- TEACHERS', MUNICIPAL AND STATE EMPLOYEES EARLY RETIREMENT PENALTY - Reduces the current varying percentages for early retirement penalty for teachers, municipal and state employees to a cumulative annual reduction of 3% and monthly reduction of .25%.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Public Property And WorksPUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- CORROSION PREVENTION AND MITIGATION WORK REQUIREMENTS
PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- CORROSION PREVENTION AND MITIGATION WORK REQUIREMENTS - Gives authority to the department of labor and training to enforce violations of the laws relating to corrosion prevention and mitigation work requirements. It also adds civil monetary penalties for violations of those laws.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Businesses And ProfessionsBUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CERTIFIED SURGICAL FIRST ASSISTANTS
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CERTIFIED SURGICAL FIRST ASSISTANTS - Allows for the licensing of certified surgical first assistants to assist in surgeries through the department of health and a seven (7) member board of licensure.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral INSURANCEINSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIESINSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- PHYSICAL THERAPY COPAY
INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- PHYSICAL THERAPY COPAY - Limits copays, coinsurance or office deductibles for services of a physical therapist to the amount authorized for the services of a primary care physician or osteopath on or after January 1, 2026.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral INSURANCEINSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES
INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Mandates health insurance coverage by eliminating out-of-pocket costs for lung cancer screenings in order to enable patients to get the critical care they need without delay.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Labor And Labor RelationsLABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES
LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES - 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.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Businesses And ProfessionsBUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS - Increases continuing education requirements for physician assistants, removes restrictions of PAs to render charitable care and aid for school and youth programs or cardiac arrest and removes restrictive covenants as to ownership by a PA.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral HEALTH AND SAFETYHEALTH AND SAFETY -- EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY FOR PACKAGING AND PAPER ACT
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY FOR PACKAGING AND PAPER ACT - Creates the extended producer responsibility for packaging and paper program for the recycling of packaging and paper products.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Labor And Labor RelationsLABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES
LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES - 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.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral State Affairs And GovernmentSTATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND COMMERCE CORPORATION
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND COMMERCE CORPORATION - Establishes property, tangible, sales and use tax exemptions as incentives for the location of qualified data centers in Rhode Island.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities And HospitalsBEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- MENTAL HEALTH LAW
BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- MENTAL HEALTH LAW - Provides that advanced practice registered nurses have the same immunity from liability as physicians and surgeons.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral EducationEDUCATION -- SCHOOL TRAUMA KIT ACT
EDUCATION -- SCHOOL TRAUMA KIT ACT - Requires every elementary and secondary school within the State of Rhode Island to provide and maintain clearly visible and easily accessible trauma kits within the school. It also provides immunity if assistance is rendered.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Animals And Animal HusbandryANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS
ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS - Increases penalties for a second or subsequent offense with a fine of not less than $500 or no more than $2,500 and up to 2 years imprisonment, for violating the law on the care of dogs.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Labor And Labor RelationsLABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES
LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES - Effective January 1, 2028, Increases the hourly minimum wage in accordance with the Consumer Price Index for the Northeast Region for the previous four (4) fiscal years.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral INSURANCEINSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIESINSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- PHYSICAL THERAPY COPAY
INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- PHYSICAL THERAPY COPAY - Limits copays, coinsurance or office deductibles for services of a physical therapist to the amount authorized for the services of a primary care physician or osteopath on or after January 1, 2027.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Commercial LawCOMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONSCOMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES
COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES - Prohibits a seller from imposing a surcharge fee on a customer who uses a credit card for a transaction occurring in the state.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Motor And Other VehiclesMOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PASSING, USE OF LANES AND RULES OF THE ROAD
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PASSING, USE OF LANES AND RULES OF THE ROAD - Allows lane filtering, the act of passing stopped or slow-moving vehicles proceeding in the same direction, for motorcycles at low speeds.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Public Officers and EmployeesPUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEMPUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS - Increases the yearly amount of money that retired teachers, who had been certified driver education teachers, could earn from fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), without a reduction in their retirement benefits.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral State Affairs And GovernmentSTATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE EMBLEMS
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE EMBLEMS - Designates as the state music, the genre of rhythm and blues which contain elements of pop, soul, funk, hip-hop, and electronic music.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Businesses And ProfessionsBUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CERTIFIED SURGICAL FIRST ASSISTANTS ACT
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CERTIFIED SURGICAL FIRST ASSISTANTS ACT - Allows for the licensing of certified surgical first assistants to assist in surgeries through the department of health and a 7 member board of licensure.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Labor And Labor RelationsLABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LABOR RELATIONS ACT
LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LABOR RELATIONS ACT - Provides for the right to strike for public sector workers in Rhode Island, including teachers, with exceptions for police officers, firefighters, 911 employees, and correctional officers.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Labor And Labor RelationsLABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FIREFIGHTERS' ARBITRATION
LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FIREFIGHTERS' ARBITRATION - Provides that all contractual provisions in a firefighters collective bargaining agreement continue until a successor agreement has been reached or an interest arbitration award has been rendered.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Labor And Labor RelationsLABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MUNICIPAL POLICE ARBITRATION
LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MUNICIPAL POLICE ARBITRATION - Extends provisions of an existing collective bargaining agreement for municipal police arbitration purposes until a successor agreement is reached or an interest arbitration award is rendered.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share

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Authorizes the collection of a small additional fee, in addition to the registration fee paid by motorboat owners, to be deposited in a restricted account, in order to fund the newly established freshwater lake management program.
Jun 18, 2026 · details / share
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Allows access to juvenile criminal records in order to conduct firearm background checks.
Jun 18, 2026 · details / share
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Prohibits the addition of facility fees when healthcare services are not rendered on a hospital campus.
Jun 18, 2026 · details / share
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Creates multiple chapters to provide and establish a comprehensive program for extended producer responsibility for packaging and paper, and for recycling of beverage containers.
Jun 02, 2026 · details / share
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Authorizes the department of health to participate in international public-health collaboration networks.
Jun 02, 2026 · details / share
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Increases the maximum municipal small purchase limits from $10,000 to $25,000 for construction projects and from $5,000 to $10,000 for all other municipal purchases.
Jun 02, 2026 · details / share
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Provides workplace protection for family caregivers. It also provides for enforcement and remedies through the human rights commission.
Jun 02, 2026 · details / share
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Amends the act which incorporated the North Tiverton fire district and reduces the number of tax assessors, subsequent to any voluntary resignations, from six (6) to four (4) after the annual 2026 meeting.
Jun 02, 2026 · details / share
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Requires employers to provide each employee of a warehouse distribution center, upon hire, with written description of quotas applicable to the employee within defined time periods and adverse employment action for failure to meet the quota.
Jun 02, 2026 · details / share
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Prohibits the importation, transportation, disbursement, distribution, sale, purchase, or possession of any species of non-native (exotic) invasive plants.
Jun 02, 2026 · details / share
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Provides that comprehensive permit projects in Tiverton, involving property not connected to either public water or sewer or both, and for which the property is considered hydric said land be excluded from the building land calculation.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Creates a comprehensive statutory framework to address and regulate the use of artificial intelligence in the workplace, considering the interests of employers and employees.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Submits a proposition to be placed on the ballot at the next general election authorizing the issuance of bonds for a medical school on the University of Rhode Island's Kingston campus.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Eliminates the "until June 30, 2026" sunset on the increase in the total amount of earnings a partial-unemployment insurance claimant can receive before being entirely disqualified for unemployment insurance benefits.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Requires the PUC to produce yearly reports beginning on January 1, 2027 on the ability of the current electric grid to handle electrification loads needed to power cars, buildings, and heating of homes within the state.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Establishes Compost Fund to award grants related to reducing the amount of solid waste generated in the state.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Amends the Consumer PFAS Ban Act of 2024 by clarifying enforcement provisions.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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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.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Converts the Rhode Island Hope Scholarship Pilot Program Act into a continuing scholarship program at Rhode Island College, similar to the Rhode Island Promise Scholarship at the Community College of Rhode Island.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Makes sexual contact or penetration between any law enforcement officer that is on duty and a person that is a detainee, arrestee, in custody or a suspect a felony.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Reorganizes the coastal resources management council under the department of environmental management and create the bureau of coastal resources management.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Provides that the statute of limitations for second-degree sexual assault shall be 10 years from the date of the offense, or, in the case of a victim who is under the age of 18, ten years from the victim’s eighteenth …
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Authorizes the city of Cranston to establish a housing division within its municipal court.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Dictates the length a search warrant involving a tracking device would be valid and provide a process to extend the time frame of the tracking device for good cause.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Expands the jurisdiction of the city of Warwick municipal court.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Makes several amendments to provide for an online nomination paper portal for election nomination papers.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Requires healthcare providers and healthcare facilities to inform patients of the use of artificial intelligence to memorialize patient visits.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Creates the healthcare worker platform act that requires platforms offering healthcare shifts to register with the Rhode Island department of health while exempting them from being classified as nursing service agencies.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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For purposes of the judicial security act permits an authorized agent to file a written notice with a state, county, or municipal agency on behalf of a protected individual.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Amends the heading of § 11-47-60.1 to include the words "Dillon's Law."
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Provides for an additional $117,600 to fund the rate increase recommended by the health insurance commissioner.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Establishes a fund to support children’s community-based providers’ infrastructure changes necessary and related to the state’s Medicaid transformation initiative.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Provides a tax credit for food donations by qualified taxpayers to nonprofit organizations up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) per year.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Requires the electronic filing of domestic violence/sexual assault forms by law enforcement agencies, and enhances the information to be included on the reporting forms.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Ensures that more developmentally disabled adults can self-direct the care they need and want, by incorporating collective bargaining rights into the self-directed supports program.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Requires the EOHHS to amend the state Medicaid plan and secure sufficient state general revenue to increase Medicaid payment rates to an amount equal to one hundred thirty percent (130%) of Medicare rates for outpatient clinical pediatric services.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Details each of those limited emergency circumstances where a registered nurse and advanced practice registered nurses, may safely administer anesthesia such as critical life-saving or emergency situations where there is imminent threat to life or limb.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Requires that all maintenance of sidewalks along state highways, with the exception of snow and ice removal, be the responsibility of the state.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Entitles correctional officers with twenty-five (25) years of service and who are at least fifty-five (55) years of age to a non-Medicare-eligible retiree health care insurance benefit.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Gradually phases in modifications to federal adjusted gross income over a five (5) year period for social security income, from twenty percent (20%) up to one hundred percent (100%), beginning on or after January 1, 2027.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Includes menthol as a flavored electronic nicotine-delivery system product.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Prohibits state agencies from entering into software contracts that limit the agency's ability to install or run the software of the agency's choosing on their hardware.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Establishes a tax credit for businesses transitioning to employee ownership.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Beginning on July 1, 2026, allows state union employees to negotiate longevity payments in their collective bargaining agreements.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Provides that public meetings involving collective bargaining agreements of school teachers shall be open to the public.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Includes both the MomsPRN and PediPRN teleconsultation lines in the healthcare services funding contributions payable by health insurers.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Allows members of the retirement system who served in the national guard or reserves and qualify as veterans, to purchase retirement service credits based on their years of service in the National guard or reserves.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Adds probation and parole officers to the list of state law enforcement professionals, for purpose of retirement on service allowance.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Allows teachers, state and municipal employees to retire upon the earlier of reaching age sixty (60) with thirty (30) years of service or the employee's retirement eligibility date under present state statutes.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Changes the teacher and state employees' retirement benefit calculations' cutoff date from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2012, for all retirement members eligible to and who retire on or after the new July 1, 2012, cutoff date.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Proposes a bond measure to authorize the State of Rhode Island to issue up to $36,000,000 in bonds, subject to voter approval, to support the Boys and Girls Clubs.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Changes the term of drug court to recovery court.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Authorizes the state retirement board to revoke or reduce an individual’s pension benefit if that individual is convicted or pleads guilty or no contest to a felony sex crime related to their public office or public employment.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Revises sections of the uniform controlled substances act to remove specific opioid dosage requirements and revise the uniform controlled substances act in accordance with current standards of professional practice.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Prohibits the state from seeking reimbursement for expenditures made on behalf of disabled Rhode Islanders from an ABLE account after the death of the designated beneficiary.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Amends the standards and limitations on permitted parking requirements for dwelling units.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Makes changes to the access to public records act, including clarifying various provisions, increasing the sanctions for knowing and willful violations of the law, and making certain traffic accident data and preferred license plate information public.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Clarifies when mobile equipment can travel on a public highway as an incidentally permitted practice limited to the active participation in an active work zone.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Establishes a procedure for a health insurer to reimburse a healthcare provider no less than sixty-five percent (65%) of each unpaid co-payment, co-insurance or deductible amount due, after reasonable collection efforts.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Adds staff of day camps and residential camps for youth to the definition of "person responsible for a child's welfare" within the chapter on abused and neglected children.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Requires annual inspections of those assisted living residences which contain units licensed to treat residents with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Provides $100,000 to support the mental health and emotional well-being of children in OST settings.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Establishes a program for the energy and water benchmarking of large buildings in Rhode Island and a standard for their energy performance.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Exempts from sales tax the amount paid for a parking space at municipally operated beach parking in the town of Tiverton.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Amends the current law on Alzheimer’s care by enacting a specific list of protocols to be followed and those healthcare facilities subject to the law.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Creates rodent integrated pest management pilot programs for municipalities that choose to participate. Reports to be approved by the municipality's mayor or administrator and submitted to the department of environmental management.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Requires that before any fire fighter or police officer is eligible to receive benefits for illness or injury sustained off duty, they prove they had reasonable grounds to believe that an emergency existed that required immediate need of their assistance.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Requires that notice of a judgment lien be sent within ten (10) business days of the recording of the lien.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Grants the city of Warwick the authority to sell the property located at 34 Warwick Lake Avenue, without regard for statutory limitations pursuant to § 45-2-6, to clear the title to said property.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Changes the definition of employee to include individuals employed in the domestic service of any person.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Requires all schools and educational institutions to develop and implement a school safety plan that would provide for immediate access to school facilities by first responders in an emergency.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Creates a special motor vehicle registration plate for The Rhode Island Hockey Hall of Fame.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Reduces funeral home inspections from twice a year to once a year and removes the practical exam requirement for out-of-state funeral directors and embalmers.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Requires all public utilities to maintain a customer service facility within the state to perform services such as addressing customer inquiries and accepting bill payments.
May 22, 2026 · details / share