Senate Bill No. 2032
BY Zurier, Sosnowski, Murray, Tikoian, Urso, Lauria, Thompson, Valverde, Ujifusa, Appollonio
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE — ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Prohibits an insurance company from imposing any cost-sharing requirements for any diagnostic or supplemental breast examinations.)
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01/09/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
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Senate Bill No. 2095
BY Zurier, McKenney, Gu, Acosta, Bissaillon, Lauria, DiMario, Kallman, Vargas, Quezada
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS — TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT AND DEBT REDUCTION ACT OF 2011 (Gives 20% of proceeds in RI Highway Maintenance Account to RIPTA.)
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01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance
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Senate Bill No. 2098
BY Zurier, Ujifusa
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION — CIGARETTE, OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS, AND ELECTRONIC NICOTINE-DELIVERY SYSTEM PRODUCTS (Includes menthol as a flavored electronic nicotine-delivery system product.)
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01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance
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Senate Bill No. 2124
BY Zurier, McKenney, Gu, Acosta, Bissaillon, Lauria, DiMario, Kallman, Vargas, Quezada
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT — RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY AND PERFORMANCE AUDIT ACT (Requires that an independent efficiency and performance audit of the department of transportation be commissioned by the department of administration.)
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01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government
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Senate Bill No. 2128
BY Zurier, McKenney, Bissaillon, Burke, Quezada, Tikoian, LaMountain
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE — COURTS — JUDICIAL SELECTION (Requires individuals seeking a judicial nomination to reapply to JNC every 3 years and make those individuals selected as finalists, eligible only for the court in which they applied and were chosen during the five years following their selection.)
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01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
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Senate Bill No. 2131
BY Zurier, Bissaillon, Burke, Quezada
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS — CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES (This act would add early voting to the 50 feet buffer prohibitions against politicking during election day voting.)
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01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
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Senate Bill No. 2141
BY Zurier, McKenney, Bissaillon, Burke, Quezada, Tikoian, LaMountain
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE — PROCEDURE GENERALLY — FEES (Increases fees paid to jurors to fifty dollars ($50.00) per day.)
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01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
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Senate Bill No. 2203
BY Zurier, Valverde, Euer, Urso, Gu
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW–GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS — GENETIC INFORMATION PRIVACY ACT (Requires a direct-to-consumer genetic testing company, as defined, to provide a consumer with certain information regarding the company’s policies and procedures regarding use of genetic data.)
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01/23/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce
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Senate Bill No. 2590
BY Zurier, Bissaillon, Kallman
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS — PRIMARIES FOR ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND FOR PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE (Spells out rules and regulations for the presidential preference primary elections, and would also establish rules for ranked choice voting tabulation and results reporting by the secretary of state.)
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02/13/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
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Senate Bill No. 2612
BY Zurier, McKenney
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO 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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02/13/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
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Senate Bill No. 2641
BY Zurier
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS — DUTIES OF UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (Establishes statewide standards governing electric meter reading and billing practices.)
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02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce
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Senate Bill No. 2651
BY Zurier, McKenney, DiMario
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION — STUDENT CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM (Directs the department of elementary and secondary education to provide a two-year pilot program that coordinates a national cultural exchange program for students of this state.)
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02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Education
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Senate Bill No. 2654
BY Zurier, Kallman, DiMario, Euer
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY — RHODE ISLAND CLEAN HEAT STANDARD ACT (Establishes the Rhode Island clean heat standards program to implement a system of tradeable clean heat credits.)
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02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture
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Senate Bill No. 2661
BY Zurier, DiMario, Euer
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS — OFFSHORE WIND PROCUREMENT POLICY COMMISSION (Creates the Affordable Clean Energy Security Act which establishes a study of offshore wind in Rhode Island.)
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02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture
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Senate Bill No. 2668
BY Zurier, Bissaillon, McKenney, DiMario, Acosta, Britto
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES — MOTOR FUEL TAX (Sets the allocation to RIPTA at the greater of $0.1175 per gallon or 29.375% of total proceeds, with $0.005 per gallon derived from the $0.01 per gallon environmental protection fee.)
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02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance
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Senate Bill No. 2755
BY Zurier
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES — RETAIL LICENSES (Allows for the issuance of a Class B or Class BV liquor license for the property located at 186 Wayland Avenue in the city of Providence.)
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02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs
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Senate Bill No. 2934
BY Zurier
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION — FOUNDATION LEVEL SCHOOL SUPPORT (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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03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor and Gaming