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Creates a cause of action for the intentional or negligent injury or death of a pet.
This bill would give Rhode Island pet owners the legal right to sue someone who intentionally or negligently harms or kills their pet.
Expands the definition of peace officers to include juvenile program workers and shift coordinators at the department of youth, children and families.
This bill would expand who counts as a "peace officer" under Rhode Island law to include juvenile program workers and shift coordinators who work at the Department of Youth, Children and Families (DCYF).
Permits victims of stalking to recover for expenses related to relocation or home modification under the crime victim compensation program.
This bill would expand Rhode Island's Crime Victim Compensation Program to specifically help people who are victims of stalking.
Makes an assault upon a sports official during and in the course of their official duties a felony.
This bill would make it a felony crime to physically assault a sports official — such as a referee, umpire, or judge — while they are actively performing their officiating duties.
Adds school superintendents, central office officials, school principals, and all other school employees, to the definition of a “public official” for purposes of the criminal prohibition against making threats to public officials.
This bill would expand the legal definition of "public official" in Rhode Island's criminal code to include school employees — specifically superintendents, central office administrators, principals, and all other school staff.
Provides that individual counts of a district court criminal complaint dismissed pursuant to Rule 48(a) would be sealed administratively by the court clerk upon the defendant’s request.
This bill addresses what happens to certain criminal charges after they are dropped in Rhode Island's district courts.
Establishes the Rhode Island firearm industry accountability act of 2026.
This bill would create a new set of legal rules in Rhode Island specifically targeting how gun manufacturers, distributors, and dealers conduct their business.
Repeals the section of law relating to suspension of operator licenses for failure to pay fines.
This bill would eliminate a current Rhode Island law that allows the state to suspend a person's driver's license when they fail to pay traffic fines or other related fees.
Enables employees to no longer have to utilize sick leave, vacation leave, personal leave or other paid time off as a condition to their maternity leave.
This bill would change the rules around maternity leave for workers in Rhode Island.
Provides property owners to hire licensed third-party to review development documents and performs building inspections.
This bill would give property owners in Rhode Island the option to hire their own licensed, third-party professionals to review development documents and conduct building inspections, rather than waiting exclusively for their local town or city government to do so.
Changes the residential limit for any substantial multi-family housing project not to exceed forty thousand (40,000) residents according to the United States Census Bureau.
This bill proposes a change to Rhode Island's rules around low and moderate income housing development.
Authorizes retired police officers and firefighters to earn income in addition to their earnable compensation; provided that, the amount would not exceed 5 times the rate of earnable compensation currently in force.
This bill would change the rules around how much money retired police officers and firefighters in Rhode Island can earn while still collecting their pension.
Creates a special motor vehicle registration plate for the Friends of the Historic Narragansett Towers.
This bill would create a special "vanity" license plate in Rhode Island to support the Friends of the Historic Narragansett Towers, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the historic Narragansett Towers landmark in Narragansett, RI.
Adds early voting to the 50 feet buffer prohibitions against politicking during election day voting.
Under current Rhode Island law, there is a rule that prohibits political activity — such as handing out campaign materials, holding signs, or trying to persuade voters — within 50 feet of a polling place on Election Day.
Car rental company not subject to registration penalties resulting from out-of-state toll violations from operators using their rental vehicles but are responsible for any outstanding toll amounts due.
This bill deals with how Rhode Island handles toll violations that occur out of state when someone is driving a rental car.
Allows persons with disabilities to receive up to two (2) motor vehicle disability parking privilege placards.
Under current Rhode Island law, people with qualifying disabilities can receive a disability parking placard — the blue permit that allows them to park in designated accessible spaces.
Allows any city, town, state and/or agency of a municipality or the state to report unpaid fines of two hundred dollars ($200) or more to the division of motor vehicles as grounds for refusal of registration.
This bill would allow cities, towns, and state agencies in Rhode Island to report people who owe unpaid fines of $200 or more to the state's Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
Establishes a new categorical funding category for civics education.
This bill would create a new dedicated funding category specifically for civics education within Rhode Island's school funding system, known as the Education Equity and Property Tax Relief Act.
Increases fees paid to jurors to fifty dollars ($50.00) per day.
This bill would increase the daily payment that Rhode Island gives to people who serve on juries.
Permits hit and run victims suffering serious bodily injury to recover under the crime victim compensation program.
This bill would expand Rhode Island's Crime Victim Compensation Program to include people who are seriously injured in hit-and-run accidents.
Appropriates the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to fund the Thundermist family medicine residency program during fiscal year 2027 and every fiscal year thereafter.
This bill would direct $500,000 in state funding to support the Thundermist family medicine residency program, starting in fiscal year 2027.
Permits local communities to adopt an all-charter public school model for public education upon an affirmative vote of the local municipality’s council and school committee, and an affirmative vote at a special or general election.
This bill would give Rhode Island cities and towns the option to convert their entire public school system into charter public schools.
Establishes the office of inspector general as an independent administrative agency charged with the responsibility to investigate, detect, and prevent fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement in the expenditure of public funds.
This bill would create a new, independent government watchdog office in Rhode Island called the Office of Inspector General.
Permits dealers without a distributor's license to resell cigars, and ultra premium pipe tobacco, excluding pipe tobacco intended for cigarettes, to other dealers.
This bill would change Rhode Island's tobacco regulations to give certain tobacco dealers more flexibility in how they sell and distribute their products.