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Bills affecting Low-income / working-class in Rhode Island (2026 session)
CivicRadar surfaces 10 active Rhode Island bills this session that affect low-income / working-class constituents directly. Your rep needs to hear from you before the vote.
Top 10 bills, ranked
Ranked by how strongly each bill matches the low-income / working-class community, weighted by stage, recency, advocacy-org consensus, and sponsor support.
- 01RI · S2325In committee
Effective January 1, 2028, Increases the hourly minimum wage in accordance with the Consumer Price Index for the Northeast Region for the previous four (4) fiscal years.
- 02RI · H7689In committee
Amends the Rhode Island works program to allow lawful permanent residents to receive benefits without a waiting period and increases the monthly cash benefit to one hundred percent (100%) of the federal poverty level effective July 1, 2026.
- 03RI · H7769In committee
Sets the minimum wage for 2027 at twenty dollars ($20) per hour.
- 04RI · H8157In committee
Amends the determination of the state's share statute by amending the calculation for the poverty loss stabilization fund.
- 05RI · S2166In committee
Requires small employers with one to fifty (1-50) employees and large employers with fifty (50) or more employees to pay overtime wages to exempt workers if their salary exceeds varying multipliers of minimum wage for a forty (40) hour workweek.
- 06RI · H8159In committee
Provides that in local education agencies when over 45% of the children have a family income that is at or below 185% of federal poverty guidelines, then the student success factor will be 50% by the core instruction per-pupil amount.
- 07RI · S2930In committee
Provides that commencing January 1, 2027, the minimum wage shall be twenty-four dollars ($24.00) per hour.
- 08RI · S2622In committee
Increases the minimum wage amount for any person committed to the adult correctional institution from $3.00 to $5.00 a day for every day the person shall labor.
- 09RI · H7394In committee
Provides that a family eligible for cash assistance pursuant to § 40-5.2-11, shall if qualified, be provided SNAP benefits.
- 10RI · S2408In committee
Commencing January 1, 2027, this act would increase the minimum wage for employees receiving gratuities, from the current three dollars and eighty-nine cents ($3.89) to six dollars and seventy-five cents ($6.75) per hour.
- What low-income / working-class bills are moving in Rhode Island in 2026?
- CivicRadar currently tracks 10 Rhode Island bills this session that affect low-income / working-class constituents including Effective January 1, 2028, Increases the hourly minimum wage in accordance with the Consumer Price Index for the Northeast Region for the previous four (4) fiscal years.; Amends the Rhode Island works program to allow lawful permanent residents to receive benefits without a waiting period and increases the monthly cash benefit to one hundred percent (100%) of the federal poverty level effective July 1, 2026.; Sets the minimum wage for 2027 at twenty dollars ($20) per hour..
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- How does CivicRadar decide which bills affect low-income / working-class people?
- CivicRadar matches bill text, sponsor signals, and advocacy-organization positions against a curated set of identity keywords, then ranks by legislative stage and recency. See the Methodology page for the full breakdown.
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