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Requires the public utilities commission to provide for a classification of service for retail electricity consumers that are large energy use facilities.
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Excludes portable solar generation devices intended primarily to offset part of a customer's electricity consumption from the definition of eligible net-metering system.
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Amends the state building code and would require that the state adopt the 2024 International Residential Code and prohibit the state building committee from adopting amendments for one to four residential dwelling units until 2030.
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Prohibits an educational institution or school district from accessing or using location data for tracking a student's institutional device or personal device, except in limited circumstances.
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Enacts the RI individual market affordability act of 2026 to establish a program to help reduce out-of-pocket costs for low- and moderate-income consumers enrolled in individual health insurance coverage through the RI health benefits exchange.
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Provides that public meetings involving collective bargaining agreements of school teachers shall be open to the public.
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Removes obsolete language and clarifies asbestos abatement and radon control requirements.
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Requires hospital emergency rooms and free-standing emergency care facilities to offer and provide pregnancy prevention medication to victims of sexual assault.
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Increases historic tax credit to 30%, and up to 35%, depending on the amount of rental area available for multi-family housing, affordable rental units and units sold as affordable housing.
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Allows for the issuance of a Class B or Class B-H liquor license for the property located at 349 Main Street in the town of South Kingstown.
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Authorizes the town of Coventry to apportion the tax levy proportionately between residential and commercial properties.
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Provides that energy storage systems located on abandoned or contaminated property be permitted by right as a permitted use and not considered to have negative environmental impacts.
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TaxationTAXATION -- HISTORIC PRESERVATION TAX CREDITS 2013
TAXATION -- HISTORIC PRESERVATION TAX CREDITS 2013 - Increases historic tax credit to 30%, and up to 35%, depending on the amount of rental area available for multi-family housing, affordable rental units and units sold as affordable housing.
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Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study Current Condominium Law And Provide Recommendations For Improvements To Transparency, Accountability And Ongoing Affordability Of Condominiums In Rhode Island (creates A 16-member Commission To Study Current Condominium Law And Provide Recommendations For Improvements, And Who Would Report Back To The General Assembly By December 31, 2027, And Would Expire On March …
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Alcoholic beveragesALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES - Requires licensed retailers authorized to sell intoxicating beverages to provide a lid to a consumer upon request.
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HEALTH AND SAFETYHEALTH AND SAFETY -- ASBESTOS ABATEMENT
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ASBESTOS ABATEMENT - Removes obsolete language and clarifies asbestos abatement and radon control requirements.
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State Affairs And GovernmentSTATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS - Allows advisory bodies to participate in a public meeting using videoconferencing, subject to certain requirements.
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EducationEDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT
EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT - Establishes a new categorical funding category for civics education.
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House Resolution Amending The Membership And Extending The Reporting And Expiration Dates Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study Housing Affordability (increases The Membership From Eighteen (18) To Twenty-one (21), And Extend The Reporting And Expiration Dates Of The Commission To Study Housing Affordability From June 7, 2025, To June 5, 2027, And Would Expire On June 26, 2027.)
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House Resolution Amending The Membership And Extending The Reporting And Expiration Dates Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study Housing Affordability (increases The Membership From Eighteen (18) To Twenty (20), And Extend The Reporting And Expiration Dates Of The Commission To Study Housing Affordability From June 7, 2025, To June 5, 2027, And Would Expire On June 26, 2027.)
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State Affairs And GovernmentSTATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND INDIVIDUAL MARKET AFFORDABILITY ACT OF 2025
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND INDIVIDUAL MARKET AFFORDABILITY ACT OF 2025 - Creates the Rhode Island Individual Market Affordability Act of 2024 to help reduce out-of-pocket costs for low- and moderate-income consumers enrolled in the health insurance coverage through the Rhode Island health benefits exchange.
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TaxationTAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES
TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES - Establishes that a renewable energy resource shall pay $5.00 per kilowatt of alternating current nameplate capacity for tangible property and $3.50 per kilowatt of alternating nameplate capacity for real property.
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Towns And CitiesTOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES
TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Municipalities required to amend zoning ordinances, to include special listed provisions, to authorize development incentives to increase development density or dimensional flexibility, identify provisions to promote and regulate commercial developments.
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State Affairs And GovernmentSTATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING RESOURCES ACT OF 1998
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING RESOURCES ACT OF 1998 - Amends the definition of affordable housing to create separate categories for housing using private or state financing as opposed to financing from the federal government.
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State Affairs And GovernmentSTATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HOUSING LAND BANK PROGRAM
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HOUSING LAND BANK PROGRAM - Creates the department of housing land bank program to allow for the deposit of title to real estate assets for the purpose of developing residential housing.
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Towns And CitiesTOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING
TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING - Ensures that RI DOH is able to access the full calendar year worth of housing choice voucher data by moving the report submission deadline to align with availability of federal data.
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PROPERTYPROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM LAW
PROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM LAW - Restricts increases in monthly common expenses and limit special assessments to cover unforeseen costs not included in condo association’s approved annual budget for common expenses in associations where the minority of the units are deed-restricted units
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Towns And CitiesTOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING
TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING - Amends several definitions relating to low- or moderate-income housing as well as the procedure for the approval of low- or moderate-income housing.
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Towns And CitiesTOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES
TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Adds the process of permitting the construction of attached single-family dwellings in identified zoning districts as a factor that zoning ordinances must address.
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TaxationTAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES
TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES - Provides an 8% tax rate for those properties that are encumbered by a deed restriction for low-income housing set at 80% or 60% of adjusted median income established by HUD.
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HEALTH AND SAFETYHEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE - Defines a quorum of the building code standards committee be a majority of the current board members and amends the state building code to require that sections provide that dwelling units from one to four (4) units use the international residential code.
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State Affairs And GovernmentSTATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING AND CONSERVATION TRUST FUND ACT
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING AND CONSERVATION TRUST FUND ACT - Restructures the Rhode Island Housing and Conservation Trust Fund, increases its membership to 15 members, 11 of whom are to be from the general public and reallocates the percentage of the funds for housing, conservation and other goals.
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State Affairs And GovernmentSTATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING - Authorizes the establishment of a Rhode Island housing champion designation program and makes qualified municipalities eligible to receive preferential access to state resources, including discretionary state infrastructure funds, as available.
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HEALTH AND SAFETYHEALTH AND SAFETY -- CONSUMER PFAS BAN ACT OF 2024
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- CONSUMER PFAS BAN ACT OF 2024 - Prohibits a manufacturer from manufacturing, knowingly selling, offering for sale, distributing for sale or distributing for use in the state any firefighting personal protective equipment containing intentionally-added PFAS as of January 1, 2027.
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PROPERTYPROPERTY -- ABANDONED PROPERTY
PROPERTY -- ABANDONED PROPERTY - Amends chapter 44 of title 34 to establish energy storage systems on certain lands consistent with a municipality's comprehensive plan.
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State Affairs And GovernmentSTATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RESIDENTIAL REUSE INCENTIVE ACT
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RESIDENTIAL REUSE INCENTIVE ACT - Creates a state program and fund to finance adaptive reuse and mixed-use housing projects, requires affordable units and labor standards, and provides oversight to expand housing until 2035.
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PROPERTYPROPERTY -- ABANDONED PROPERTY
PROPERTY -- ABANDONED PROPERTY - Amends the definition of abandoned property by imposing the requirement that the building owner be notified of the violation and has failed to address such violations in the timeframes set forth in the notice of violation or court order.
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Towns And CitiesTOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES
TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Prohibits any city or town from enacting any zoning ordinance that would place restrictions on residential recovery houses that are not applicable to other residential homes.
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Towns And CitiesTOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES
TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Clarifies the means by which attached single-family dwelling units may be created, recorded, and regulated as subdivisions of an existing lot under current zoning ordinance law.
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Towns And CitiesTOWNS AND CITIES -- RESTORING OPTIONS IN OCCUPANCY MODELS
TOWNS AND CITIES -- RESTORING OPTIONS IN OCCUPANCY MODELS - ROOM) ACT (Expands access to inherently affordable housing by re-legalizing co-living/single-room occupancy (SRO) and shared dwelling models of many types.
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State Affairs And GovernmentSTATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING RESOURCES ACT OF 1998STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING RESOURCES ACT OF 1998 -- COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING PRODUCTION AND REHABILITATIO
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING RESOURCES ACT OF 1998 -- COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING PRODUCTION AND REHABILITATION ACT OF 2004 - Affordable housing includes an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) where it’s a long-term rental unit in a municipality with no ordinance requiring a minimum lot size for ADUs.
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Motor And Other VehiclesMOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOBILE AND MANUFACTURED HOMES
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOBILE AND MANUFACTURED HOMES - Gives mobile home residents a right of first refusal to buy or lease their park, requiring owners to notify the residents’ association and the Department of Business Regulation of bona fide offers and allow time to match the terms.
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Neutral
HEALTH AND SAFETYHEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE - Permits the construction of residential buildings that are up to four (4) stories and sixteen (16) dwelling units with a single staircase under certain conditions.
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Neutral
HEALTH AND SAFETYHEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES - Requires the disclosure of the transfer of certain assets of healthcare facilities and provides penalties for failing to file healthcare facility ownership information.
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Neutral
Public Utilities And CarriersPUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS ACT
PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS ACT - Requires that the electric distribution company and the commission promulgate tariffs to address interconnection of energy storage systems and to provide compensation for at least 100 mega watts of energy storage systems sited in the state.
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PROPERTYPROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM LAW
PROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM LAW - Restricts increases in monthly common expenses and limit special assessments to cover unforeseen costs not included in the condo association’s approved annual budget for common expenses where the minority of the units are deed-restricted units.
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Neutral
HEALTH AND SAFETYHEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE - Amends the state building code and would require that the state adopt the 2024 International Residential Code and prohibit the state building committee from adopting amendments for one to four residential dwelling units until 2030.
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Neutral
State Affairs And GovernmentSTATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND INDIVIDUAL MARKET AFFORDABILITY ACT OF 2026
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND INDIVIDUAL MARKET AFFORDABILITY ACT OF 2026 - Enacts the RI individual market affordability act of 2026 to establish a program to help reduce out-of-pocket costs for low- and moderate-income consumers enrolled in individual health insurance coverage through the RI health benefits exchange.
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Neutral
PROPERTYPROPERTY -- FAITH-BASED AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ACT
PROPERTY -- FAITH-BASED AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ACT - Allows faith-based organizations to develop affordable and mixed-use housing on land they own as a by-right use, set statewide development standards, limit local barriers, and streamline approvals to expand housing supply.
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State Affairs And GovernmentSTATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION - Requires the division of statewide planning coordinate a wastewater capacity study to evaluate the capacity, flows, physical conditions, regulatory compliance and vulnerabilities to natural hazards of publicly/privately owned wastewater infrastructure.
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Public Utilities And CarriersPUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION
PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION - Requires the public utilities commission to provide for a classification of service for retail electricity consumers that are large energy use facilities.
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Neutral
Public Utilities And CarriersPUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERINGPUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING -- PORTABLE SOLAR GENERATION DEVICES
PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING -- PORTABLE SOLAR GENERATION DEVICES - Excludes portable solar generation devices intended primarily to offset part of a customer's electricity consumption from the definition of eligible net-metering system.
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Neutral
PROPERTYPROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT
PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Amends the residential landlord and tenant act to prohibit the use of algorithmic renting-setting software that relies on nonpublic competitor data to determine rental prices or occupancy levels for residential dwelling units in Rhode Island.
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ELECTIONSELECTIONS -- NOMINATION OF PARTY AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES
ELECTIONS -- NOMINATION OF PARTY AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES - Amends several statutes relating to elections and the dates for primaries and dates within which to file nomination papers and object to nomination papers.
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EducationEDUCATION -- STUDENT COMPUTER DEVICE PRIVACY
EDUCATION -- STUDENT COMPUTER DEVICE PRIVACY - Prohibits an educational institution or school district from accessing or using location data for tracking a student's institutional device or personal device, except in limited circumstances.
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Establishes the Safe School Technology Act of 2026.
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Establishes minimum energy and water efficiency standards for appliance and specified equipment purchased or installed after January 1, 2025.
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Provides protections to children using online platforms by requiring platforms to turn off open chats by default for young users, and requires parent to approve children's financial transactions on gaming and social media sites.
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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.
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Establishes the Rhode Island Ban on the Corporate Practice of Medicine Act.
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Authorizes the town of Bristol to apply the owner-occupied tax rate for mixed-used properties where the residential portion is owner-occupied.
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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.
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2026 Bond Referenda for Capital Development.
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Establishes the Residential and Commercial Property Acquisition Program Act to implement residential or commercial property acquisitions, paired with funding for relocation costs within or proximate to the current community.
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Establishes the Rhode Island firearm industry accountability act of 2026.
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Creates The Rhode Island Veterans Home Staffing Support Act of 2026.
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Creates the sensitive healthcare information privacy act.
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Spells out requirements for operation of recreational vehicles, manual, electric or gas powered.
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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.
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Authorizes the department of health to participate in international public-health collaboration networks.
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Grants automatic admission to state public institutions for qualified Eagle Scout and Gold award recipients from the Girl Scouts.
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Allows any member of a federally recognized Indian tribe located in Rhode Island to receive recreational freshwater and saltwater fishing licenses free of charge.
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Prohibits the importation, transportation, disbursement, distribution, sale, purchase, or possession of any species of non-native (exotic) invasive plants.
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Provides for greater oversight and regulation by the department of business regulation on medical-malpractice insurance among self-insured entities.
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Amend the state’s online E-Permitting Portal using automated plan review and instant permit issuance.
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Requires health insurers to comply with federal mental health parity laws, prevent discriminatory treatment limits, and ensures meaningful mental health and substance use coverage in all benefit classifications.
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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.
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In effect repeals the provisions of the newly enacted law prohibiting smoking in pari mutual facilities with the exception for businesses operating as a pari mutual facility smoking lounge.
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Raises the minimum fee per barrel of petroleum products or crude oil from five cents ($0.05) to twelve cents ($0.12) per barrel as part of the uniform oil spill response and prevention fee.
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Directs the general assembly to fund ten full time equivalent positions in FY 2027 to support DEM's efforts in the areas of forestry and forestry projects.
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Establishes Compost Fund to award grants related to reducing the amount of solid waste generated in the state.
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Directs the manage existing workforce development and compensation programs for the early educators workforce.
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Sunsets/discontinues the Jobs Development Act rate reduction as of July 1, 2026.
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Amends the Consumer PFAS Ban Act of 2024 by clarifying enforcement provisions.
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Requires all peace officers to carry epinephrine autoinjectors in their vehicles or on their person police departments to budget sufficient funds to purchase the epinephrine and autoinjectors and for training of every peace officer.
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Appropriates the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000
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Submits the state's 2026 capital development program requesting the issuance of general obligation bonds totaling $217,000,000 for approval of the electorate at the general election to be held in November 2026.
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Amends certain provisions relative to school waste recycling and refuse disposal and requires reports of waste audits by educational entities and reports of program participation by vendors.
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Amends the heading of § 11-47-60.1 to include the words "Dillon's Law."
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Regulates property insurers to limit underwriting and investment in fossil fuel projects, requires climate risk reporting and emissions disclosures, and aligns insurance practices with science-based climate targets.
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Protects people attending Rhode Island court proceedings from civil arrest without a judicial warrant, ensures court access, sets enforcement rules, and provides remedies for violations.
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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.
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Creates a publicly funded program for uninsured individuals requiring on an appropriation of $53,200,000 for fiscal year 2027 and an appropriation of 109,600,000 for fiscal year 2028 and every fiscal year thereafter.
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Creates the Rhode Island Federal Constitution defense act.
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Requires the executive office of health and human services to consider a new element when reviewing the appropriate Medicaid payments to be paid to nursing facilities.
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Specifies that pre-k programs for three (3) – and four (4) – years olds be added to programs to increase access to voluntary, free, high-quality pre-kindergarten programs.
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Establishes the catastrophe savings account act.
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Requires a healthcare entity to submit written notice to the attorney general and the department of health of any material change transaction at least 180 days prior to that transaction.
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Hospital Conversions act amended to authorize AG and DOH to permit expedited review application for hospital insolvency proceedings. Sunsets in one year.
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Establishes the process to provide a legal mechanism whereby a terminally ill patient may choose to end their life using medications prescribed by a physician.
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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.
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Provides for warming center and cooling center alerts to trigger certain procedures municipalities shall follow during extreme heat or cold to help at-risk individuals with resources including, but not limited to, warming and cooling centers.
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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.
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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.
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Limits the application fees paid under the certificate of need program within the department of health to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000
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Increases the income range up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) and tax credit up to eight hundred fifty dollars ($850), for elderly and disabled persons who own or rent their homes.
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Prohibits the imposition of a sentence of life without parole upon any person twenty-one (21) years of age or younger.
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Makes it unnecessary to prove that a person's transmission of electronic communications be for the sole purpose of harassment before being found guilty of cyberstalking or cyberharassment.
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Changes the maximum term of employment for a superintendent from three (3) to five (5) years.
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Allows employees, not represented by a union, to create a group to collectively bargain with employers.
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Prohibits the Rhode Island medical assistance program from requiring prior authorization or a step therapy protocol for the coverage of a medication classified as an anticonvulsant or antipsychotic.
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Requires DCYF to establish segregated savings account for foster care child receiving SS, SSI, veterans benefits or railroad retirement benefits to manage the accounts and keep child eligible for future benefits.
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Prohibits those people convicted of sex offenses from living within proximity to their victim's residences, workplaces or schools and automatically be prohibited from having any direct or indirect contact with the victim(s).
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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.
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Requires public schools to give congressionally chartered youth organizations limited access for recruitment and brief student presentations with parent notice, while preserving school safety and discretion.
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Establishes a state-run prescription drug purchasing pool, available for participation by nonstate public employers, private employers, and health insurance carriers, to maximize the value of drug discounts available to participants.
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Expands guaranteed issue rights for Medigap plan enrollees who enroll outside of a plan’s initial enrollment period.
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Provides certain procedures that must be followed before an encampment can be removed or relocated.
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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.
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Amends the standards and limitations on permitted parking requirements for dwelling units.
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Establishes a performance audit division within the office of the auditor general.
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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.
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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.
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Increases from seven (7) days to nine (9) days the period of time in which a request for a recount of the votes cast can be made to the board of elections. No certificates of election may be issued, until …
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Expands foster care academic youth reports to include information regarding 504 eligibility, graduation progress and surrogate parents. The act would require implementation of additional strategies to improve performance and additional progress reports.
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Allows an individual school district that can utilize its own buses or vendors at a lower cost than the statewide system, to obtain reimbursement for these costs from state funds.
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Appropriates nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($950,000) to establish a bilingual education support fund within the department of elementary and secondary education and provides for implementation of support and access to bilingual education.
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Commencing January 1, 2027, mandates insurers provide health insurance coverage without cost-share requirements for vaccinations recommended by the DOH and mandates the coverage for the medical assistance program and managed care organizations.
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Removes the mandatory certification for an individual 16 years or older who was found delinquent for having committed 2 offenses after the age of 16 which would render the person subject to an indictment if the person was an adult.
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Amends the school funding formula to ensure that local education authorities do not lose funding due to disruptions in the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
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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.
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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.
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Exempts from sales tax the amount paid for food and beverages during summer restaurant week and winter restaurant week.
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Ends transaction fees for school lunches in all districts. This act requires at least one no-fee payment method for school lunches and a full disclosure whether fees will be charged by a payment platform.
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Limits retired, part-time or adjunct instructors, hired by any state college, university, or state school, to teaching no more than two classes per semester.
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Provides that where the administration, use, or maintenance of epinephrine within schools and on buses is authorized, this use includes epinephrine delivery devices approved by the United States Food & Drug Administration and epinephrine nasal sprays.
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Grants tenants that are the victim of various forms of abuse including, but not limited to, sexual and domestic abuse and stalking, the right to terminate a lease agreement early without penalty or liability for rent.
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Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Blackstone Valley Advocacy Center located in the city of Pawtucket.
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Allows a different minimum salary schedule for Providence public school teachers and provides a process for the dismissal and demotion of teachers. The reconstitution and control of the Providence public schools would terminate on June 30, 2026.
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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.
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Adopts the uniform partition of heirs property act.
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Creates additional safety features for AI companion technology that include addressing suicidal ideation, potential physical harm or financial harm to others expressed by a user. It also requires notification the AI companion does not have human emotions.
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Establishes regulations regarding the use of artificial intelligence in mental health care treatments.
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Creates a special motor vehicle registration plate for The Rhode Island Hockey Hall of Fame.
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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.