Senator Elaine J. Morgan

04/08/2026

19,706 registered voters in Richmond Hopkinton and Charlestown only 4065 could be bothered to show up! Voters who did not take the time to vote should be ashamed of themselves!! Very disappointing!

04/07/2026

Join the movement at the State House on Wednesday, April 8, and make your voice heard from the start. Arriving early ensures your presence counts, as rival groups are expected to sign up to testify ahead of time. With the House session set to begin around 4:00. Wear yellow attire to show your support and solidarity. Even if you're running late, your participation still matters, as signing in at any point puts your name on record against the proposed bills. Every gun owner who shows up amplifies the message.

04/07/2026

Hopkinton town hall, I was number 538. If you haven't voted, get out and vote!

04/06/2026

🚨URGENT ALERT – TOMORROW🚨

Rhode Island Democrats are trying to ram through 5 dangerous bills that would weaken our elections and destroy voter confidence.

Here’s exactly what they’re pushing:

• S2404 – Lower the voting age to 16 in local elections
• S2590 & S2951 – Force confusing Ranked Choice Voting (already banned in 17 states)
• S3113 – Extend the recount window to 9 days and block certification of winners
• S3143 – Create a new “Voting Rights Act” that turns elections into a lawsuit factory

Republicans are fighting hard to protect election integrity and keep our elections secure and fair.

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Rhode Island deserves better!

04/06/2026

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04/06/2026

SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
NOTICE OF MEETING

DATE:

Thursday, April 9, 2026

TIME:

Rise of the Senate

PLACE:

Room 211 - State House

SCHEDULED FOR HEARING AND/OR CONSIDERATION

Senate Bill No. 2890

BY Urso, Murray, Ujifusa, Vargas, Lauria, Valverde, Appollonio, Rogers

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE {LC5178/1} (Mandates health insurance coverage for medically necessary hormonal and non-hormonal therapy to treat menopausal symptoms if the therapy is recommended by a qualified health care provider licensed in RI and it has been proven safe and effective.)

03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2109

BY Urso, DiMario, Kallman, Murray, Acosta, Rogers, Gu, Britto

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- BENEFIT DETERMINATION AND UTILIZATION REVIEW ACT {LC3217/1} (Prohibits health benefit plans reviewing prescriptions for opioid addiction treatment.)

01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
03/20/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
03/25/2026 Committee postponed at request of sponsor
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2115

BY LaMountain

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HEALTH CARE POWER OF ATTORNEY {LC4009/1} (Requires hospitals to have a notary on staff all hours of the day and week.)

01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2380

BY Euer, DiPalma, Ujifusa

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE HOSPITAL CONVERSIONS ACT {LC4627/1} (Prohibits the closure or significant reduction of services of a birthing center without notice, application, financial disclosure, public hearing, and approval by the department of health.)

01/30/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2569

BY Kallman, Lauria, DiMario, Valverde, Gu, Britto, Euer, Ujifusa, Vargas, Bissaillon

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DETERMINATION OF NEED FOR NEW HEALTHCARE EQUIPMENT AND NEW INSTITUTIONAL HEALTH SERVICES {LC4048/1} (Requires all major hospitals within the state constructed or substantially renovated or expanded on or after 1/1/2028 to use renewable energy sources for power.)

02/13/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2853

BY Murray, Valverde, Gu, Urso, DiMario, Mack, Euer, Lauria, Ujifusa, Vargas

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES {LC4975/1} (Requires hospital emergency rooms and free-standing emergency care facilities to offer and provide pregnancy prevention medication to victims of sexual assault.)

03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2865

BY de la Cruz, Rogers

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DETERMINATION OF NEED FOR NEW HEALTHCARE EQUIPMENT AND NEW INSTITUTIONAL HEALTH SERVICES {LC5384/1} (Repeals the certificate of need process statutes which are used by the department of health to determine the need for new health care equipment and new institutional health services.)

03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2872

BY Lauria, DiMario, Valverde, Vargas, Acosta, Mack, Felag, Ciccone, Urso, Pearson

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- COMPASSIONATE ACCESS TO MEDICAL CANNABIS ACT {LC5300/1} (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.)

03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

TESTIMONY SUBMITTAL
*Written Testimony must be submitted prior to 3:00 PM on Thursday, April 9, 2026, in order for it to be provided to the members of the committee at the hearing and to be included in the meeting records.

IMPORTANT NOTICE
Written testimony sent to the Senate and House is posted to this website. Do not submit any information that you do not want available to the public. Once written testimony is posted to the General Assembly website, submitted documents may be viewable via internet search engines.

TELEVISION AND LIVESTREAM INFORMATION
The meeting will be televised by Capitol Television on: Cox Communications, channels 15 and 61 for high definition; i3Broadband (Formerly Full Channel) on 15; and Verizon, on channel 34. Senate committee hearings may also air on Channel 75 for Cox Subscribers. Livestreaming is available at

Rhode Island Capitol TV department, located in the Rhode Island State House, is the media outlet for Rhode Island’s General Assembly. All of the programming aired on Capitol TV is available “on demand” on the state’s website at www.rilegislature.gov, under WATCH. Also stream LIVE from your f...

04/06/2026

SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
NOTICE OF MEETING

DATE:

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

TIME:

Rise of the Senate

PLACE:

Senate Lounge - State House

SCHEDULED FOR HEARING AND/OR CONSIDERATION

Senate Bill No. 2119

BY Lauria, DiMario, Murray, Valverde, Ujifusa, Pearson, Zurier, Urso, Euer

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES {LC3832/1} (Provides that the EOHHS, through Emergency Medicaid, cover dialysis for the treatment of end stage renal disease ("ESRD") and kidney transplants for RI residents who do not qualify for full Medicaid under federal law due to their immigration status.)

01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2464

BY Ujifusa, Ciccone, DiMario, Lauria, Valverde, Kallman, Mack, Murray, Acosta, Quezada

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND HEALTH CARE REFORM ACT OF 2004 -- HEALTH INSURANCE OVERSIGHT {LC3263/1} (Requires a report to be produced that focuses on prescription drug prior authorizations by January 1, 2027.)

02/06/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2567

BY Kallman, Murray, Lauria, DiMario, Mack, Valverde, Ujifusa, Zurier, Acosta

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNIVERSAL AND UNIFIED HEALTHCARE SYSTEM ACT {LC3687/1} (Establishes a universal and unified healthcare system and reform the current payment system for healthcare coverage in this state.)

02/13/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2686

BY McKenney, Raptakis, Bissaillon, Britto, Gu, Tikoian

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE OFFICE OF THE ELDER ADVOCATE {LC5014/1} (Establishes the office of the elder advocate to promote the rights of older adults in Rhode Island.)

02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
03/06/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
03/11/2026 Committee postponed at request of sponsor
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2861
(Dept. of Health)

BY Appollonio, Thompson, Burke, Dimitri, Patalano, de la Cruz, LaMountain, Mack, DiMario

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS, COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS, AND ESTHETICIANS {LC5343/1} (Allows electronic notifications modernize language for notifications, synchronize renewal dates for certain license-types, streamline licensing requirements across several license-types, and update the unlicensed health care practices statute.)

03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2869

BY Valverde, DiMario, Lauria, Murray, Ujifusa

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- EMBRYO SAFETY AND STORAGE ACT {LC5517/1} (Creates the “Embryo Safety and Storage Act of 2025.” Also requires the department of health to regulate and license embryo storage facilities.)

03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 3091

BY Bissaillon, DiPalma, DiMario, Felag

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND HEALTH CARE REFORM ACT OF 2004 -- HEALTH INSURANCE OVERSIGHT {LC6056/1} (Charges the office of the health insurance commissioner to incorporate uncompensated care as a formula-driven numeric adjustment in the methodology used to establish any affordability standard or rate cap, applicable to hospital contracts.)

03/13/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2254

BY Euer, Vargas, Lauria, Kallman, Lawson, Valverde, Quezada, Mack, DiMario, Murray

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES {LC4195/1} (Requires every individual or group health insurance contract effective on or after January 1, 2027, to provide coverage to the insured and the insured's spouse and dependents for all FDA-approved contraceptive drugs, devices and other products.)

01/23/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2863

BY Murray, Valverde, Gu, Urso, DiMario, Mack, Euer, Lauria, Ujifusa, Vargas

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES {LC5388/1} (Requires the state, and private insurers that cover prescription hormone therapy, to dispense twelve (12) months' worth of the prescription as a single prescription.)

03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2889

BY LaMountain, Vargas

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT {LC5515/1} (Prescriptions for testosterone not allowed to be transmitted or reported within the prescription drug monitoring database and removes from the records all existing information concerning prior testosterone prescriptions.)

03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

TESTIMONY SUBMITTAL
*Written Testimony must be submitted prior to 3:00 PM on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in order for it to be provided to the members of the committee at the hearing and to be included in the meeting records.

IMPORTANT NOTICE
Written testimony sent to the Senate and House is posted to this website. Do not submit any information that you do not want available to the public. Once written testimony is posted to the General Assembly website, submitted documents may be viewable via internet search engines.

TELEVISION AND LIVESTREAM INFORMATION
The meeting will be televised by Capitol Television on: Cox Communications, channels 15 and 61 for high definition; i3Broadband (Formerly Full Channel) on 15; and Verizon, on channel 34. Senate committee hearings may also air on Channel 75 for Cox Subscribers. Livestreaming is available at

Rhode Island Capitol TV department, located in the Rhode Island State House, is the media outlet for Rhode Island’s General Assembly. All of the programming aired on Capitol TV is available “on demand” on the state’s website at www.rilegislature.gov, under WATCH. Also stream LIVE from your f...

04/06/2026

SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
NOTICE OF MEETING

DATE:

Thursday, April 9, 2026

TIME:

Rise of the Senate

PLACE:

Room 313 - State House

SCHEDULED FOR HEARING AND/OR CONSIDERATION

Senate Bill No. 2134

BY Dimitri, Thompson, Famiglietti

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- REGULATION OF SALES {LC3980/1} (Makes it unlawful for anyone under the age of 21 to operate a motor vehicle while knowingly having liquor in any part of the vehicle, except when accompanied by another adult who is 21 years of age or older and related to the operator.)

01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2288

BY Raptakis, Appollonio, Burke, Famiglietti, Tikoian, Thompson, Britto, McKenney, Paolino, Ciccone

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT {LC3464/1} (Prohibits defendants who are serving probation for driving under the influence death resulting from earning good time off their probationary period.)

01/23/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2310

BY Tikoian, Raptakis, Patalano, Appollonio, Famiglietti, Ciccone, Gallo, DiPalma, Dimitri, Burke

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS -- THE MATTHEW O'GARA ACT OF 2026 {LC4420/1} (Increases the penalties for a first offense of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death to a minimum 10 years in incarceration, a minimum of $10,000 and a minimum license revocation of 10 years.)

01/23/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2402

BY Raptakis, Burke, Appollonio, Patalano, Thompson, DiPalma, Murray, Ciccone, Tikoian, de la Cruz

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES {LC3466/1} (Increases penalties for a variety of motor vehicle offenses.)

01/30/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2403

BY Raptakis, Dimitri, Burke, Patalano, Thompson, Famiglietti, Ciccone, Tikoian

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSES {LC4421/1} (Requires that the license plates of a vehicle be confiscated by a police officer if the owner was arrested for driving while their license was suspended, revoked or cancelled for refusing to submit to a chemical test or for operating under the influence.)

01/30/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2482

BY Raptakis, Appollonio, Burke, Patalano, Urso, Thompson, Murray, Famiglietti, Ciccone

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSES--VIOLATIONS {LC3463/1} (Amends the section of law relative to violations for driving after denial, revocation or suspension of a license and expands the list of offenses for which an unlicensed motorist would be in violation.)

02/06/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2493

BY Raptakis, Patalano, Thompson, Appollonio, Famiglietti, Tikoian, Burke, Paolino

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES {LC4510/1} (Increases the penalties for reckless driving from a misdemeanor first offense to a felony, with a penalty of up to five years in prison and a fine of between one thousand dollars ($1,000) and five thousand dollars ($5,000).)

02/06/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2615

BY Paolino, Lauria, de la Cruz, Acosta, Bissaillon

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PASSING, USE OF LANES, AND RULES OF THE ROAD {LC4399/1} (Makes a violation using the passing lane on limited access highways when not passing another vehicle.)

02/13/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2718

BY Famiglietti, Raptakis, Thompson, Appollonio, Dimitri, Urso, Burke, Patalano, Tikoian, Valverde

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- ADJUDICATION OF TRAFFIC OFFENSES {LC5374/1} (Increases fines for speeding in residential or school zones.)

02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2722

BY Vargas, Britto, DiPalma, Urso, Famiglietti, Acosta, Bell, Appollonio, Patalano

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION {LC5337/1} (Creates a cause of action for the replacement cost of a child restraint system that is in a motor vehicle at the time of a motor vehicle accident.)

02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2728

BY Euer, Vargas, DiPalma, DiMario

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- RHODE ISLAND TURNPIKE AND BRIDGE AUTHORITY {LC5122/1} (Requires notice to E-ZPass users before DMV reporting, and set rules and regulations for transponder failures, requires outreach and free replacements, and allow mitigation or forgiveness of tolls and penalties from equipment failures.)

02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2732

BY Gallo

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PASSING, USE OF LANES AND RULES OF THE ROAD {LC3787/1} (Allows lane filtering, the act of passing stopped or slow-moving vehicles proceeding in the same direction, for motorcycles at low speeds.)

02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2943

BY LaMountain, Dimitri, Bissaillon

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES {LC4355/1} (Removes the forfeiture provision for a first offense eluding law enforcement in a high speed pursuit. It would also require that forfeiture of a motor vehicle for a violation of § 31-27-4.1(2) be allowed only after conviction of that offense.)

03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2970
(Attorney General)

BY McKenney, Raptakis, Zurier, Tikoian, Burke, Bissaillon, Britto, Felag

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES {LC4724/1} (Requires that any person convicted of a charge of driving under the influence or refusal to submit to a chemical test, have an ignition interlock system installed in their vehicle as part of any sentence before being eligible for a license reinstatement.)

03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2974
(Judiciary)

BY LaMountain, Felag, Burke

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RIGHT-OF-WAY {LC5279/1} (Amends the general law relative to right-of-way of pedestrians to reference the schedule of violations for the adjudication of traffic offenses contained in § 31.41.1-4.)

03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 3042

BY Patalano, Raptakis, Dimitri, Appollonio, Burke, de la Cruz, Thompson, Tikoian

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES {LC4755/1} (Bans street takeovers and violators would be guilty of a felony and punishable by imprisonment for more than one year and be subject to a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).)

03/05/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 3102
(Attorney General)

BY Sosnowski, Burke, Felag, LaMountain, Tikoian

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS {LC5633/1} (Provides for a single, increased range of penalties for all driving offenses which result in serious bodily injury or death.)

03/13/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 3103
(Attorney General)

BY Sosnowski, Burke, Felag, LaMountain, Tikoian

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS {LC5635/1} (Amends existing expungement laws to be consistent with the new 10-year lookback period required for DUI charges.)

03/13/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 3135
(Attorney General)

BY Raptakis, Dimitri, McKenney, LaMountain, Burke, Quezada, Thompson

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS RULES {LC5636/1} (Restores law enforcement discretion, allowing officers to issue a verbal warning when appropriate or pursue misdemeanor or felony charges in more egregious cases where a child is left unattended in a motor vehicle.)

03/20/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 3165

BY Ciccone, Britto, Burke, Thompson, Felag, DiPalma

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES {LC4858/1} (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.)

03/27/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 3169
(Governor)

BY Tikoian, Ciccone, LaMountain, de la Cruz, Burke, Raptakis, Sosnowski, McKenney, Dimitri, Patalano

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER MOTOR VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES -- CASEY'S LAW {LC6054/1} (Creates an enhanced penalty defined as "road rage" to be applied in addition to penalties for convictions of certain motor vehicle offenses.)

03/27/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

TESTIMONY SUBMITTAL
*Written Testimony must be submitted prior to 3:00 PM on Thursday, April 9, 2026, in order for it to be provided to the members of the committee at the hearing and to be included in the meeting records.

IMPORTANT NOTICE
Written testimony sent to the Senate and House is posted to this website. Do not submit any information that you do not want available to the public. Once written testimony is posted to the General Assembly website, submitted documents may be viewable via internet search engines.

TELEVISION AND LIVESTREAM INFORMATION
The meeting will be televised by Capitol Television on: Cox Communications, channels 15 and 61 for high definition; i3Broadband (Formerly Full Channel) on 15; and Verizon, on channel 34. Senate committee hearings may also air on Channel 75 for Cox Subscribers. Livestreaming is available at

Rhode Island Capitol TV department, located in the Rhode Island State House, is the media outlet for Rhode Island’s General Assembly. All of the programming aired on Capitol TV is available “on demand” on the state’s website at www.rilegislature.gov, under WATCH. Also stream LIVE from your f...

04/06/2026

SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
NOTICE OF MEETING

DATE:

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

TIME:

Rise of the Senate

PLACE:

Room 313 - State House

SCHEDULED FOR CONSIDERATION

House Bill No. 7049 as amended

BY Baginski, Paplauskas, J. Brien

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- PRIMARY ELECTIONS {LC3210/1} (Requires that the primary election date, statutorily the eighth Tuesday preceding the biennial state elections, shall be held on the Wednesday when Labor Day is the day before said Tuesday. No other filing deadlines would be affected.)

01/09/2026 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections
01/09/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
01/15/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
01/23/2026 Scheduled for consideration
01/27/2026 Committee recommends passage
01/30/2026 Placed on House Calendar
02/05/2026 House passed as amended (floor amendment)
02/06/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for consideration

SCHEDULED FOR HEARING AND/OR CONSIDERATION

Senate Bill No. 2131

BY Zurier, Bissaillon, Burke, Quezada

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES {LC3428/1} (This act would add early voting to the 50 feet buffer prohibitions against politicking during election day voting.)

01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2304

BY Quezada, Thompson, Acosta, Kallman, Bissaillon, Mack, Valverde, Bell, Pearson, DiMario

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- RESIDENCE OF INDIVIDUALS IN GOVERNMENT CUSTODY ACT {LC3995/1} (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.)

01/23/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2404

BY Mack, Acosta, Lauria, DiMario, Euer, Bissaillon

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS {LC3396/1} (Allows citizens of a city or town who are at least sixteen (16) years of age to register to vote and to vote in school committee elections in municipalities where school committees are elected entities.)

01/30/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2490

BY Dimitri, Thompson, Famiglietti, Patalano, E Morgan, Rogers, de la Cruz, Paolino, Appollonio

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS {LC4657/1} (Allows automatic voter registration for Rhode Islanders applying for hunting and fishing licenses.)

02/06/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

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 {LC4200/1} (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.)

02/13/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2619

BY McKenney, Bissaillon, Britto, Murray, Zurier

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- RHODE ISLAND CORPORATE POWER RESET ACT {LC4712/1} (Removes corporate and dark-money spending from all Rhode Island elections and ballot questions.)

02/13/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2720

BY DiMario, Zurier, Euer, Gu, Lauria, Valverde, Murray, Bissaillon, McKenney, Britto

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- RHODE ISLAND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES REPORTING {LC4361/1} (Amends various sections of law relating to campaign contributions and expenditures, including prohibitions on self-dealing with committee funds and prohibits donations made in fictitious names.)

02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 2951

BY Kallman, Britto, DiMario, Zurier, Gu, Lauria, Ciccone, Acosta, Bissaillon, McKenney

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- RANKED CHOICE VOTING {LC5119/1} (Establishes a system of ranked choice voting whenever a municipality's charter amendment is approved by its voters.)

03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Resolution No. 2979

BY McKenney, Murray, Gu, DiMario, Bissaillon, Gallo

ENTITLED, RESOLUTION APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION -- OF QUALIFICATION FOR OFFICE {LC5230/1} (Proposes a state constitutional amendment to provide no person could hold office as general officer unless that person was a resident and a registered voter in the State of Rhode Island for at least 2 years, continuously, prior to taking office.)

03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 3043

BY Raptakis, Burke, de la Cruz, Quezada, Thompson, Tikoian, DiPalma, Ciccone, Urso, Zurier

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- NOMINATION OF PARTY AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES -- DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY AND PRIMARY VOTES {LC3864/1} (Sets an earlier deadline from June to April for filing of declaration of candidacy and nomination papers.)

03/05/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 3111
(Board of Elections)

BY LaMountain, Dimitri, Burke, Felag, McKenney, Bissaillon

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- RHODE ISLAND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES REPORTING {LC4585/1} (Allocates the assessment of fines for failure to file reports between the board of elections between the candidate and political action or political party committee.)

03/13/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 3112
(Board of Elections)

BY Dimitri, LaMountain, Famiglietti

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS {LC4581/1} (Requires the board of elections to establish a secure area for the public observation of mail ballot processing and require the mail ballot voter's signature be compared to the signature on file within the state central voter registration system.)

03/13/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 3113
(Board of Elections)

BY LaMountain, Dimitri, Burke, Felag, McKenney, Bissaillon

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES {LC4583/1} (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 the recount if any is completed.)

03/13/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 3114
(Board of Elections)

BY Bissaillon

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS {LC5935/1} (Amends the procedures for the marking and certification of mail ballots by prohibiting anyone but the voter or certain persons close to the voter from handling the mail ballot.)

03/13/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 3143
(Secretary of State)

BY Lawson, Gallo, Sosnowski, Murray, Gu, Urso, Ujifusa, Vargas, Lauria, Kallman

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- RHODE ISLAND VOTING RIGHTS ACT {LC6067/1} (Creates the Rhode Island voting rights act to establish procedures to prevent discrimination in the voting process.)

03/24/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

Senate Bill No. 3201
(Secretary of State)

BY LaMountain, Bissaillon

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- NOMINATION OF PARTY AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES {LC6162/1} (Makes several amendments to provide for an online nomination paper portal for election nomination papers.)

04/03/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

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