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Ryan Pearson D

State Senator
Rhode Island Senate District 14
Term: — – Jan. 3, 2026

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Photo URL: http://www.rilegislature.gov/Senators/Pictures/pearson.jpg

On Record (11)

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May 22, 2026 · source · details / share
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Provides that only a mayor or town administrator could be a voting member of the board of directors or trustees for a mayoral academy.
May 22, 2026 · source · details / share
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Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of The Cumberland Lodge #14, Fraternal Order Of Police
Apr 07, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill EducationEDUCATION -- MAYORAL ACADEMIES
EDUCATION -- MAYORAL ACADEMIES - Provides that only a mayor or town administrator could be a voting member of the board of directors or trustees for a mayoral academy.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill EducationEDUCATION -- SCHOOL FUNDS AND PROPERTY
EDUCATION -- SCHOOL FUNDS AND PROPERTY - Directs the department of education to develop and adopt regulations for energy capable school buildings.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Towns And CitiesTOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES
TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Requires owners of accessory dwelling units that are not occupied by family members be permitted to charge only affordable rental rates.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Towns And CitiesTOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES
TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Caps the size of accessory dwelling units to 900 sq.ft. for one bedroom units and 1,000 sq. ft for two 2 bedroom units.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Towns And CitiesTOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES
TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Permit but not mandate, a municipality to allow certain requirements as exceptions to statewide treatment of ADUs to max of 800 sq. ft., owner, family member and caretaker occupation.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral EducationEDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND HOPE SCHOLARSHIP PILOT PROGRAM ACT
EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND HOPE SCHOLARSHIP PILOT PROGRAM ACT - Removes the sunset provision of the Rhode Island hope pilot scholarship program, making it a permanent scholarship program and renames the program as the Rhode Island hope scholarship program.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral INSURANCEINSURANCE -- DOMESTIC INSURANCE COMPANIES
INSURANCE -- DOMESTIC INSURANCE COMPANIES - Requires insurance companies to settle claims or request additional information within 30 days of receipt of a notice of claim. Failure to comply results in $250/day payable to the insured party.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral INSURANCEINSURANCE -- UNFAIR CLAIMS SETTLEMENT PRACTICES ACT
INSURANCE -- UNFAIR CLAIMS SETTLEMENT PRACTICES ACT - Characterizes the failure of a homeowner's insurance policy to use matching principle in its interpretation of replacement cost coverage in its homeowner's insurance policy, as an unfair claim settlement practices.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share

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Requires police commission on standards/training to provide training/instructions for police detectives/officers/trainees to deal with traumatized youth resulting from incidents requiring a law enforcement response.
Jun 18, 2026 · details / share
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Imposes a seventy-five cent (0.75) surcharge on fares charged by rideshare companies as well as an account to benefit RIPTA from the payment of sales taxes collected from rideshares.
Jun 18, 2026 · details / share
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Requires state use actual residences of persons in government custody for redistricting purposes. Information would be collected by the department of corrections and forwarded to the division of statewide planning, to be utilized for redistricting.
Jun 18, 2026 · details / share
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Requires certain health care facilities to allow a terminally ill patient’s use of medicinal cannabis within the health care facility, subject to certain restrictions.
Jun 18, 2026 · details / share
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Creates the multi-unit residential decarbonization initiative program to provide funding for feasibility studies to convert large, multi-family residential units to non-emitting renewable geothermal energy.
Jun 18, 2026 · details / share
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Requires that the chief judge of the family court in appointing magistrates do so in accordance with the judicial selection and nomination process set forth in chapter 16.1 of title 8.
Jun 02, 2026 · details / share
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Permits RI Supreme Court Committee on Racial and Ethnic Fairness, in consultation with RI Bar Association and its Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, to appoint members of JNC and requires judicial candidates to disclose political donations.
Jun 02, 2026 · details / share
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Requires the JNC to establish standardized merit-based selection process and that applications be evaluated according to uniform, job-related criteria adopted in advance and published on the commission's website.
Jun 02, 2026 · details / share
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Expands council on elementary and secondary education and board of education and makes teacher of year and student advisory chair voting members on each.
Jun 02, 2026 · details / share
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Prohibits public and private colleges and universities from charging students for institution provided health insurance in the absence of affirmative action by the student opting-in to coverage.
Jun 02, 2026 · details / share
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Provides that the prescription label for medication abortion prescription drugs may include the name of the dispensing healthcare practice instead of the name of the dispenser.
Jun 02, 2026 · 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 · details / share
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Precludes a legal entity from owning property whose value is over $25,000,000. If the property value exceeds $25,000,000, then the entity must divest a graduated yearly amount over the next 10 years, until value is less than $25,000,000.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Excludes nuclear power from the office of energy resources and division of public utilities from participation, procuring and entering into long-term contracts.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Requires the state investment commission to create a capital access initiative to expand potential investment opportunities for the state’s pension fund and engage qualified but traditionally underrepresented investment managers.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Expands the benefit definitions to include a grandchild and care recipient and increases benefits period to 10 weeks for 2027 and 12 weeks for 2028 and provides a TDI/TCI opt-in option for self-employed workers.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Authorizes pharmacists to order, perform and interpret CLIA-waived tests authorized by statewide protocol and prescribe medications, and permits coverage by all health insurance carriers.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Establishes the rights of adoptive/foster children or those in guardianship, to have post-separation visitation with their sibling(s).
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Exempts from taxation the property of the nonprofit Mount St. Rita Health Centre located in Cumberland, RI. The exemption would be effective as of December 31, 2025.
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 a tax credit to a taxpayer that makes a qualified investment in a qualified business.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Appropriates two million seven hundred thousand dollars ($2,700,000) to fund the primary care training sites program to provide training for physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants within the department of health.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Establishes a maximum hourly workday for all peace officers as defined in § 12-7-21 and a violation rate of pay of double time and a half.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Authorizes the tax administrator to waive interest and penalties on delinquent taxes paid in full during a one week amnesty period. Also reinstates a suspended driver’s license upon payment in full.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Requires transition planning for high school students with disabilities, who have a “504” plan, like the transition planning required for high school students with disabilities, who have an individualized education program (IEP).
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Establishes a program within the adult correctional institution to permit medication assisted treatment approved by the FDA to be provided for the treatment of opioid use disorder to any incarcerated individual.
May 22, 2026 · 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 · details / share
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Provides that statements by a health care provider regarding the unanticipated outcome of a patient's medical care and treatment shall be inadmissible as evidence of an admission of liability or as evidence of an admission.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Clarifies the role of a corporation electing to be governed as a workers' cooperative to allow it to operate as a hiring hall under certain circumstances.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Establishes the Higher Education Opportunities for Students with Disabilities Act.
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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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.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Requires the state and private health insurers to reimburse claims for healthcare services provided by nurse practitioners and physician assistants at the same amount as the reimbursement paid to a physician performing the service in the area served.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Amends the comprehensive community-police relationship act of 2015 to require an annual study by an outside agency chosen by the department.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Requires one elector of the parole board to be a person directly impacted by the criminal justice system who has completed the probation/parole process three (3) or more years prior to selection with a professional background in certain enumerated areas.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Provides educators and administrators employed in a charter public school or mayoral academy with prevailing wage and benefits oversight and recourse if found in violation of the same.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Changes the maximum term of employment for a superintendent from three (3) to five (5) years.
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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Creates the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Survivor Services Fund in Rhode Island to provide state funding for nonprofit organizations that deliver direct services to survivors of domestic violence.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Amends the Rhode Island works program to allow lawful permanent residents to receive benefits without a waiting period and increases the monthly cash benefit to one hundred percent (100%) of the federal poverty level effective July 1, 2026.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Increases the number of days a retired municipal employee could work in a calendar year without interruption of pension benefits to ninety (90) days or its equivalent of six hundred thirty (630) hours.
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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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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Strengthens enforcement of the state's pharmacy audit law by clarifying and tightening audit procedures to ensure pharmacy audits are conducted fairly and transparently.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Requires the auditor general to conduct performance audits of all state agencies.
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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Allows a party to condition a transaction by electronic means on their stated desire to obtain and receive a written copy of the document in English or Spanish before electronic execution of the agreement or performance is required of the …
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Establishes the Rhode Island education funding and accountability act, which would include a totally revised and revamped formula for funding all levels of public education in Rhode Island.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Establishes the medical primary care scholarship program to be administered by the commissioner of postsecondary education.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Mandates public schools (K-12) have one full-time certified social worker for every 250 students and allocates $2 million in the Fiscal Year 2025 budget for school districts and municipalities to hire additional social workers.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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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.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Exempts from sales tax the amount paid for food and beverages during summer restaurant week and winter restaurant week.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Requires healthcare insurers, without prior authorization, to provide post-acute care services to patients discharged from a hospital for a minimum of seven (7) days commencing on or after January 1, 2027.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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Increase the estate exemption to $5,000,000 for January 1, 2027, $7,500,000 for January 1, 2029, $10,000,000 for January 1, 2031. This act would eliminate the estate tax for decedents whose death occurs on or after January 1, 2033.
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