JB

Jacob Bissaillon

State Senator · Rhode Island Senate District 1

Bills introduced (62)

RIS2800Passed

Provides that energy storage systems located on abandoned or contaminated property be permitted by right as a permitted use and not considered to have negative environmental impacts.

Effective without Governor's signature · June 24, 2026

Yes 11No 0Other 4
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RIS2136Passed

Requires party chairpersons to submit lists of party voters to the mayor or council president within 30 days of notice of vacancy in a municipal election office and mayor/council president are required to make a replacement nomination within 30 days.

Signed by Governor · June 23, 2026

Yes 64No 0Other 11
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RIS3170Passed

Makes the bridge over Smith Street and Route 95, the George Nee Bridge.

Signed by Governor · June 23, 2026

Yes 69No 0Other 6
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RIS3301Passed

Authorizes municipalities to make an emergency declaration under limited circumstances to allow for the construction and use of SAFE Units on a temporary basis which have specialized requirements and exemptions from the state fire and building codes.

Signed by Governor · June 23, 2026

Yes 63No 7Other 5
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RIS3302Passed

Provides technical amendments relating to comprehensive planning and land use, subdivision of land, zoning ordinances and low- and moderate-income housing.

Signed by Governor · June 23, 2026

Yes 55No 12Other 8
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RIS2107Passed

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.

Signed by Governor · June 22, 2026

Yes 68No 0Other 7
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RIS3036Passed

Permits those individuals convicted of multiple felonies and misdemeanors to have their records expunged and provides criteria for the court to consider in determining whether the person is of good character.

Signed by Governor · June 22, 2026

Yes 56No 14Other 5
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RIS2394Passed

Adopts the uniform partition of heirs property act.

Signed by Governor · June 19, 2026

Yes 69No 0Other 6
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RIS2575Passed

Provides guidelines regarding placing restrictions on residential recovery houses.

Signed by Governor · June 19, 2026

Yes 48No 8Other 19
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RIS2674Passed

AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $25,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES TO FUND THE PROVIDENCE HOUSING TRUST FUND TO FINANCE AFFORDABLE MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING PROJECTS IN THE CITY

Signed by Governor · June 19, 2026

Yes 69No 0Other 6
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RIS2339Passed

Hospital Conversions act amended to authorize AG and DOH to permit expedited review application for hospital insolvency proceedings. Sunsets in one year.

Signed by Governor · June 18, 2026

Yes 69No 0Other 6
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RIS2912Passed

Amends several definitions to the general law chapter relating to abandoned property, adds a definition for "eligible nonprofit corporation", provides criteria for when properties are considered abandoned or a public nuisance.

Signed by Governor · June 18, 2026

Yes 38No 0Other 0
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Showing the 12 most recently active.

Recent votes

BillVote onVote
S3102

Provides for a single, increased range of penalties for all driving offenses which result in serious bodily injury or death.

Senate · Senate Committee on Judiciary: Be held for further study

April 9, 2026

Absent
S3333

Amends the act which incorporated the North Tiverton fire district and reduces the number of tax assessors, subsequent to any voluntary resignations, from six (6) to four (4) after the annual 2026 meeting.

Senate · Senate Committee on Housing & Municipal Government: Passage

June 9, 2026

Yes
S3333

Amends the act which incorporated the North Tiverton fire district and reduces the number of tax assessors, subsequent to any voluntary resignations, from six (6) to four (4) after the annual 2026 meeting.

Senate · Senate Committee on Housing & Municipal Government: Be held for further study

June 2, 2026

Yes
S2403

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.

Senate · Senate Committee on Judiciary: Be held for further study

April 9, 2026

Absent
S3147

Establishes guidelines, rules and regulations for the implementation and expansion of prekindergarten education programs for children ages 3-4 to increase children’s school readiness statewide.

Senate · Senate Committee on Education: Passage

May 26, 2026

Yes
S3147

Establishes guidelines, rules and regulations for the implementation and expansion of prekindergarten education programs for children ages 3-4 to increase children’s school readiness statewide.

Senate · Senate Committee on Education: Be held for further study

April 29, 2026

Yes
S2046

Prohibits family court from detaining or committing any youth,12 years or younger, to training school, for any offense other than murder, first degree sexual assault, or an attempt to commit such offenses there is no other reasonable placement.

Senate · Senate Committee on Judiciary: Be held for further study

May 19, 2026

Absent
S3038

Requires a court considering evidence for the issuance of a temporary emergency protective order to cause the respondent to be taken into protective custody by law enforcement and sent to an emergency room of any hospital, pursuant to § 40.1-5-7.1.

Senate · Senate Committee on Judiciary: Be held for further study

May 19, 2026

Absent
S2789

JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CREATION OF A STATEWIDE TEACHER HEALTHCARE PLAN (Creates an 11-member commission to study and make recommendations on a statewide teacher healthcare plan, and would report quarterly as of September 1, 2026, and submit a final report by September 1, 2027, and expires on December 31, 2027.)

Senate · Senate Committee on Education: Passage

May 26, 2026

Yes
S2789

JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CREATION OF A STATEWIDE TEACHER HEALTHCARE PLAN (Creates an 11-member commission to study and make recommendations on a statewide teacher healthcare plan, and would report quarterly as of September 1, 2026, and submit a final report by September 1, 2027, and expires on December 31, 2027.)

Senate · Senate Committee on Education: Be held for further study

April 8, 2026

Yes
S2124

Requires that an independent efficiency and performance audit of the department of transportation be commissioned by the department of administration.

Senate · Senate Committee on Housing & Municipal Government: Be held for further study

April 9, 2026

Yes
S2315

Expands the deinstitutionalization subsidy aid program in the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals to include adoptive parent(s) or siblings(s).

Senate · Senate Committee on Judiciary: Be held for further study

April 30, 2026

Yes
S3114

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.

Senate · Senate Committee on Judiciary: Be held for further study

April 7, 2026

Yes
S2285

Increases sentences for carrying a stolen firearm when committing a crime of violence and for possessing a stolen firearm. Requires that a person convicted of these offenses serve a period of time in which they would not be eligible for parole/ probation.

Senate · Senate Committee on Judiciary: Be held for further study

April 14, 2026

Yes
S2896

Clarifies how condominium insurance deductibles and unpaid losses are divided between associations and unit owners, require owners to insure units if associations do not, and allow boards to manage and use insurance proceeds for repairs.

Senate · Senate Committee on Housing & Municipal Government: Passage of Sub A

May 12, 2026

Yes
S2896

Clarifies how condominium insurance deductibles and unpaid losses are divided between associations and unit owners, require owners to insure units if associations do not, and allow boards to manage and use insurance proceeds for repairs.

Senate · Senate Committee on Housing & Municipal Government: Be held for further study

April 2, 2026

Yes
S2895

Allows the town of Smithfield to determine its density bonuses based upon its underlying zoning.

Senate · Senate Committee on Housing & Municipal Government: Passage

June 2, 2026

Yes
S2895

Allows the town of Smithfield to determine its density bonuses based upon its underlying zoning.

Senate · Senate Committee on Housing & Municipal Government: Be held for further study

May 12, 2026

Yes
S3370

Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Amos House, provided it remains a qualified tax-exempt corporation pursuant to § 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code.

Senate · Senate Committee on Housing & Municipal Government: Passage of Sub A

June 11, 2026

Yes
S2580

Sets timelines for Tiverton's new construction, including one year for final approval, two (2) years for building permits, and temporary inclusion of units in the town's count until completion or three (3) years, whichever comes first.

Senate · Senate Committee on Housing & Municipal Government: Be held for further study

May 12, 2026

Yes
S2263

Prohibits any city, town, quasi-municipal corporation or public corporation from assessing any existing agricultural operation or agricultural land for the extension of any water utilities past the property and from imposing any connection fee.

Senate · Senate Committee on Housing & Municipal Government: Passage

May 21, 2026

Yes
S2263

Prohibits any city, town, quasi-municipal corporation or public corporation from assessing any existing agricultural operation or agricultural land for the extension of any water utilities past the property and from imposing any connection fee.

Senate · Senate Committee on Housing & Municipal Government: Be held for further study

March 12, 2026

Yes
S2421

Prohibits contractors from submitting a single application to a local review board seeking a comprehensive permit for housing projects in certain circumstances.

Senate · Senate Committee on Housing & Municipal Government: Passage

June 2, 2026

Yes
S2421

Prohibits contractors from submitting a single application to a local review board seeking a comprehensive permit for housing projects in certain circumstances.

Senate · Senate Committee on Housing & Municipal Government: Be held for further study

April 2, 2026

Yes
S2730

Prohibits a peace officer, as defined in § 12-7-21, from employing threats, physical harm, deprivation, deception, coercion, or psychologically manipulative interrogation tactics during the custodial interrogation of a juvenile.

Senate · Senate Committee on Judiciary: Be held for further study

May 19, 2026

Absent
S2709

Requires nonprofit entities who receive grants or other funding, to provide a detailed list of their ten highest paid directors, officers or employees’ salaries and benefits, including the names of said individuals.

Senate · Senate Committee on Judiciary: Be held for further study

May 28, 2026

Absent
S3300

Amends various provisions relative to adaptive reuse projects on state-owned property and certain conditions applied thereto.

Senate · Senate Committee on Housing & Municipal Government: Be held for further study

May 21, 2026

Yes
S2405

Enlarges definitions of prohibited acts that constitute hazing, make principals, coaches, athletic directors and others responsible for knowingly failing to take reasonable measures to prevent hazing and punishes serious injury.

Senate · Senate Committee on Judiciary: Be held for further study

May 12, 2026

Yes
S3134

Provides that violations of § 11-37.1-10 relating to failing to register as a sex offender are subject to the duration and frequency of registrations pursuant to § 11-37.1-4.

Senate · Senate Committee on Judiciary: Be held for further study

April 30, 2026

Yes
S2585

Requires the Rhode Island housing authority to verify and document the count of affordable housing stock in the town of Tiverton two (2) times per year.

Senate · Senate Committee on Housing & Municipal Government: Be held for further study

May 12, 2026

Yes
S2785

Updates the description of the early intervention program and the agency responsible for the program under Part C of the federal Individuals with disabilities education act.

Senate · Senate Committee on Education: Be held for further study

April 29, 2026

Yes
S2980

Makes several amendments to the cannabis act relating to applications for licensure, the social equity assistance program and the application of cannabis tax revenue.

Senate · Senate Committee on Judiciary: Be held for further study

March 12, 2026

Yes
S3293

Changes tax exemptions to tax credits in the city of Cranston.

Senate · Senate Committee on Housing & Municipal Government: Passage

June 2, 2026

Yes
S3293

Changes tax exemptions to tax credits in the city of Cranston.

Senate · Senate Committee on Housing & Municipal Government: Be held for further study

May 21, 2026

Yes
S3050

Permits retired superior court magistrates to be assigned to perform service pursuant to §§ 8-2-11.1, 8-2-39, 8-2-39.1 or 8-2-39.2 and be reemployed by the superior court without any forfeiture or reduction of any retirement benefits.

Senate · Senate Committee on Judiciary: Passage of Sub A

June 2, 2026

Yes
S3050

Permits retired superior court magistrates to be assigned to perform service pursuant to §§ 8-2-11.1, 8-2-39, 8-2-39.1 or 8-2-39.2 and be reemployed by the superior court without any forfeiture or reduction of any retirement benefits.

Senate · Senate Committee on Judiciary: Indefinite postponement

June 2, 2026

Yes
S3050

Permits retired superior court magistrates to be assigned to perform service pursuant to §§ 8-2-11.1, 8-2-39, 8-2-39.1 or 8-2-39.2 and be reemployed by the superior court without any forfeiture or reduction of any retirement benefits.

Senate · Senate Committee on Judiciary: Be held for further study

March 12, 2026

Yes
S2722

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.

Senate · Senate Committee on Judiciary: Passage

June 9, 2026

Yes
S2722

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.

Senate · Senate Committee on Judiciary: Be held for further study

April 9, 2026

Absent
S2496

Allows a pregnant member or member that has given birth in the past six (6) months to appear remotely and permits any member that participates in a meeting remotely to vote at that meeting, provided that the meeting is held in person.

Senate · Senate Committee on Judiciary: Be held for further study

May 28, 2026

Absent
S2952

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.

Senate · Senate Committee on Judiciary: Be held for further study

April 2, 2026

Yes
H8046

Establishes a set service rate of seventy dollars ($70.00) for the service of all writs, citations or subpoenas.

Senate · Senate Committee on Judiciary: Passage in concurrence

June 9, 2026

Yes
S3187

Permits the town council of the town of New Shoreham to enact an ordinance that limits a license holder from renting or leasing more than thirty-four (34) motorized bicycles, motor scooters and/or motorized tricycles.

Senate · Senate Committee on Housing & Municipal Government: Be held for further study

April 9, 2026

Yes
S2786

Prohibits an educational institution or school district from accessing or using location data for tracking a student's institutional device or personal device, except in limited circumstances.

Senate · Senate Committee on Education: Be held for further study

April 8, 2026

Yes
S2727

Creates an intervenor compensation program to provide compensation in the form of grants for legal fees, expert witness fees, and other reasonable costs to an intervenor in both, energy siting board and public utilities commission proceedings.

Senate · Senate Committee on Judiciary: Be held for further study

May 21, 2026

Absent
S3298

Provides certain procedures that must be followed before an encampment can be removed or relocated.

Senate · Senate Committee on Housing & Municipal Government: Be held for further study

May 21, 2026

Yes
S3160

Provides an eight percent (8%) tax rate for those properties that are encumbered by a deed restriction for low-income housing set at eight percent (80%) or sixty percent (60%) of adjusted median income established by HUD.

Senate · Senate Committee on Housing & Municipal Government: Be held for further study

May 21, 2026

Yes
S2717

Adds criminal penalties for operation of a motor vehicle after a suspension for lack of physical or mental fitness, or as a result of frequency of offenses pursuant to § 31-11-7 (a)(1)(i) or as result of a court ordered suspension.

Senate · Senate Committee on Judiciary: Be held for further study

March 31, 2026

Yes
S2614

Repeals the section of law relating to suspension of operator licenses for failure to pay fines.

Senate · Senate Committee on Judiciary: Be held for further study

March 26, 2026

Yes
S2897

Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of MAP Behavioral Health Services, Inc. and MAP Development Corporation, located in the city of Providence. Effective retroactively to 12/31/2025.

Senate · Senate Committee on Housing & Municipal Government: Passage of Sub A

June 9, 2026

Yes
S2897

Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of MAP Behavioral Health Services, Inc. and MAP Development Corporation, located in the city of Providence. Effective retroactively to 12/31/2025.

Senate · Senate Committee on Housing & Municipal Government: Be held for further study

April 2, 2026

Yes
S2982

Gives statewide juvenile hearing boards the authority to refer a juvenile offender to a rehabilitative driving course, as part of a disposition of an offense before the board. The order may be enforced by the traffic tribunal.

Senate · Senate Committee on Judiciary: Be held for further study

May 19, 2026

Absent
S2272

Requires single-family residential zoning in municipalities with populations of over forty-thousand (40,000) to allow middle housing and mandates that those municipalities adopt zoning regulations for middle housing.

Senate · Senate Committee on Housing & Municipal Government: Be held for further study

April 2, 2026

Yes
S3337

Exempts the real and tangible personal property of the Rhode Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, located at 359 Broad Street within the city of Providence.

Senate · Senate Committee on Housing & Municipal Government: Passage

June 3, 2026

Yes
S3359

AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO FINANCE THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND BRIDGES IN THE CITY INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PAVING, DRAINAGE, TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, ROAD MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT, SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AND LANDSCAPING AND ALL COSTS INCIDENTAL OR RELATED THERETO BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $8,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR

Senate · Senate Committee on Housing & Municipal Government: Passage

June 9, 2026

Yes
S3109

Permits grand juries to issue reports and provides for a process for review and acceptance by the superior court for dissemination to the public.

Senate · Senate Committee on Judiciary: Be held for further study

May 28, 2026

Absent
S2126

Removes the requirement that families consent to, and cooperate with the department of human services in establishing paternity and enforcing child and medical support orders as a condition of eligibility for child care assistance.

Senate · Senate Committee on Judiciary: Passage

April 30, 2026

Yes
S2728

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.

Senate · Senate Committee on Judiciary: Be held for further study

April 9, 2026

Absent
S2971

Creates process for individual to voluntarily be either temporarily or indefinitely added to a list restricting their rights to purchase or possess firearms. Adds civil fines and misdemeanor for violations.

Senate · Senate Committee on Judiciary: Be held for further study

April 14, 2026

Yes
S2308

Provides that prisoners who committed offenses prior to age 18 and were sentenced as adults be eligible for parole after completing 15 yrs of their sentence. Would not lengthen parole eligibility should prisoner be eligible for parole earlier than 15 yrs.

Senate · Senate Committee on Judiciary: Be held for further study

May 12, 2026

Yes