RI HB 7138
died on adjournmentAN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY
Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did RI HB 7138 pass?
No. RI HB 7138 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-06-09): 06/09/2026 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government
What is RI HB 7138 about?
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.
Who sponsors RI HB 7138?
Stewart, Cruz, Hull and 1 others are the primary sponsors of RI HB 7138.
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
- 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
Newest first
2026-06-09
06/09/2026 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government
referral-committee
2026-06-02
06/02/2026 House read and passed
passage
2026-05-29
05/29/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/02/2026)
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2026-05-26
05/26/2026 Committee recommends passage
committee-passage-favorable
2026-05-22
05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2026)
2026-04-07
04/07/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
committee-failure
2026-04-03
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/07/2026)
2026-01-16
01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to House Corporations
introduction,referral-committee
Versions
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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
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