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JOINT RESOLUTION RESCINDING PREVIOUS ARTICLE V CONVENTION APPLICATIONS (Rescinds any prior applications to the United States Congress from the Rhode Island General Assembly to call for a convention to amend the United States Constitution.)
This resolution would officially cancel any previous requests that Rhode Island's state legislature (the General Assembly) has ever sent to the U.
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $3,500,000 FOR THE MESHANTICUT LAKE PAVED WALKING PATH IN CRANSTON (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $3,500,000 for the Meshanticut Lake paved walking path in Cranston.)
This bill is a joint resolution that would set aside $3.
JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY BLOCKCHAIN AND CRYPTOCURRENCY (Creates a 5 member commission to recommend legislative proposals for blockchain and cryptocurrency, and submit an interim progress report by January 5, 2027, and a final report by January 5, 2028, and would expire on February 5, 2028.)
This Rhode Island bill would create a temporary five-member commission specifically tasked with studying blockchain technology and cryptocurrency.
JOINT RESOLUTION URGING THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT TO STUDY AND REGULATE THE IMPACT OF WAKE BOATS ON RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC WATERWAYS (Urging the Rhode Island department of environmental management to study and regulate the impact of wake boats on Rhode Island public waters.)
This resolution asks the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) to take a closer look at how "wake boats" affect the state's public waterways.
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 15, 2028.)
This bill would create a special 16-member study commission to take a closer look at Rhode Island's existing condominium laws.
JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY RHODE ISLAND'S METHOD OF FUNDING CHARTER SCHOOLS (Creates a 13-member joint commission to study Rhode Island’s method of funding charter schools, and would report back to the Governor and the General Assembly by April 1, 2027, and would expire on July 1, 2027.)
This bill would create a special 13-member commission made up of both state legislators and other appointed members to study how Rhode Island currently funds its charter schools.
JOINT RESOLUTION SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION TO ISSUE BONDS RELATING TO CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (Submits the state's 2026 capital development program requesting the issuance of general obligation bonds totaling one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) for approval of the electorate at the general election to be held in November, 2026.)
This is a joint resolution from the Rhode Island General Assembly that would place a question on the November 2026 ballot asking voters to approve $100 million in general obligation bonds for the state's capital development program.
JOINT RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE MEDICAID SECTION 1115 DEMONSTRATION WAIVER REQUESTS AND RENEWALS (Amends the Medicaid section 1115 demonstration waiver requests and renewals.)
This joint resolution deals with how Rhode Island handles requests and renewals for a special federal Medicaid permission called a "Section 1115 demonstration waiver.
Entitles disabled and military voters to utilize electronically transmitted ballots.
This bill allows two specific groups of voters in Rhode Island — people with disabilities and military members — to receive and submit their ballots electronically.
Authorizes the town of Barrington to provide a tax dollar credit reduction for legally blind persons by ordinance.
This bill gives the town of Barrington, Rhode Island, the authority to create a local ordinance that would provide a property tax reduction for residents who are legally blind.
Requires insurance companies to prove that a healthcare service or procedure is not medically necessary.
This bill would change the way disputes over medical coverage are handled between insurance companies and patients in Rhode Island.
Prohibits handcuffing children twelve (12) or under at initial police contact unless needed for public safety or if the child is using or threatening physical force against an officer.
This bill would restrict when police officers can use handcuffs on children who are twelve years old or younger.
Establishes a set rate of seventy dollars ($70.00) for certain writs, citations or subpoenas.
This bill would set a fixed fee of $70.
Amends the composition of the Urban Collaborative and provide that the collaborative be governed by a board of trustees.
This bill would have changed how the Urban Collaborative — a cooperative program that serves students across multiple urban school districts in Rhode Island — is organized and managed.
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.
This bill would give public sector workers in Rhode Island — meaning employees who work for state or local government — the legal right to go on strike.
Directs middle and high schools which issue student identification cards to include on those cards on or before September 8, 2026, contact crisis telephone numbers for suicide prevention and substance use disorder prevention.
This bill would require Rhode Island middle schools and high schools that issue student identification cards to print crisis hotline phone numbers directly on those cards.
Beginning on July 1, 2026, allows state union employees to negotiate longevity payments in their collective bargaining agreements.
This bill would allow state employees who are members of unions to negotiate longevity payments as part of their collective bargaining agreements, starting July 1, 2026.
Exempts from the sales tax scalp hair prosthesis or wigs that are necessary due to hair loss from a medical condition.
This bill would make wigs and hair prostheses exempt from Rhode Island's sales tax when they are needed because of hair loss caused by a medical condition.
Expands the requirement that all high schools and middle schools, whether they are publicly or privately run to maintain on site a functional AED while establishing and implementing a cardiac emergency response plan in these schools.
This bill would expand an existing Rhode Island law that requires schools to have automated external defibrillators (AEDs) — portable devices that can restart a person's heart during a cardiac emergency.
Modifies the real estate sales disclosure form to include the disclosure of “blower door diagnostic air leakage testing” and advises that air leakage testing is recommended prior to purchasing a residential unit.
This bill would update the standard disclosure form that home sellers in Rhode Island must provide to buyers during a real estate transaction.
Removes clean coal as a renewable fuel given priority as an energy generation project.
This bill would change Rhode Island's energy laws by removing "clean coal" from the list of renewable fuels that receive special priority when the state evaluates new energy generation projects.
Establishes the healthcare worker platform and would require platforms offering healthcare shifts to register with the department of health by June 1, 2027, while, specifically, exempting them from being classified as nursing service agencies.
This bill creates a new law called the "Healthcare Worker Platform Act," which addresses technology platforms that connect healthcare workers with available shifts at healthcare facilities.
Prohibits the importation, transportation, disbursement, distribution, sale, or purchase of any species of non-native (exotic) invasive plants.
This bill would make it illegal to import, transport, spread, distribute, sell, or buy any species of non-native invasive plants in Rhode Island.
Requires the department of transportation to plant pollinator friendly native species of trees, shrubs, grasses and plants within limits of a roadway, including state highways
This bill would require the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) to plant trees, shrubs, grasses, and other plants that are native to the region and beneficial to pollinators — such as bees, butterflies, and other insects — within the areas alongside roadways, including state highways.