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RI HB 7138

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AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY

Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Enables the Rhode Island public transit authority (RIPTA) to work with the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) to allow commuter rail passes to be used as dual passes for both RIPTA and MBTA.

Introduced
2026-01-16
Status date
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Latest action
2026-06-09 — 06/09/2026 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Stewartprimary
  • Cruzprimary
  • Hullprimary
  • Lombardiprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-16

    01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to House Corporations

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  2. 2026-04-03

    04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/07/2026)

  3. 2026-04-07

    04/07/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

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  4. 2026-05-22

    05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2026)

  5. 2026-05-26

    05/26/2026 Committee recommends passage

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  6. 2026-05-29

    05/29/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/02/2026)

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  7. 2026-06-02

    06/02/2026 House read and passed

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  8. 2026-06-09

    06/09/2026 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • PASSAGE

    2026-06-02 · pass · 73-0

    Member-level votes (75)
    • Abney: yes
    • Ackerman: yes
    • Ajello: yes
    • Alzate: other
    • Azzinaro: yes
    • Baginski: yes
    • Batista: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Biah: yes
    • Boylan: yes
    • Brien: yes
    • Caldwell: yes
    • Carson: yes
    • Casey: yes
    • Casimiro: yes
    • Chippendale: yes
    • Cortvriend: yes
    • Corvese: yes
    • Costantino: yes
    • Cotter: yes
    • Craven: yes
    • Cruz: yes
    • Dawson: yes
    • DeSimone: yes
    • Diaz: yes
    • Donovan: yes
    • Edwards: yes
    • Fascia: yes
    • Felix: yes
    • Fellela: yes
    • Finkelman: yes
    • Fogarty: yes
    • Furtado: yes
    • Giraldo: yes
    • Handy: yes
    • Hopkins: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Kazarian: yes
    • Kennedy: yes
    • Kislak: yes
    • Knight: yes
    • Lima: yes
    • Lombardi: yes
    • Marszalkowski: yes
    • McEntee: yes
    • McGaw: yes
    • McNamara: yes
    • Messier: yes
    • Morales: yes
    • Mr. Speaker: yes
    • Nardone: yes
    • Newberry: yes
    • Noret: yes
    • O'Brien: yes
    • Paplauskas: yes
    • Perez: yes
    • Phillips: yes
    • Place: yes
    • Potter: yes
    • Quattrocchi: yes
    • Read: yes
    • Roberts: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Santucci: yes
    • Serpa: yes
    • ShallcrossSmith: yes
    • Shanley: yes
    • Shekarchi: other
    • Slater: yes
    • Solomon: yes
    • Speakman: yes
    • Spears: yes
    • Stewart: yes
    • Tanzi: yes
    • Voas: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://status.rilegislature.gov/

Attribution

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