Matt S. Dawson
Rhode Island
Record ID: RI-House-65-DAWSON-M
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Legislation
Sponsored Bills
| Bill | Title | Status | Session |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 8077 | AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS | introduced | 2026 |
| HB 8103 | AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE AND SALE (Increases the time that mortgage foreclosure notices are required to be provided to active military service members, from nine (9) months to one year, after completion of their active duty.) | introduced | 2026 |
| HB 7863 | AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- LIABILITY INSURANCE | introduced | 2026 |
| HB 8119 | AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- WARRANTLESS PURCHASES OF PERSONAL DATA -- THE 4TH AMENDMENT IS NOT FOR SALE ACT | introduced | 2026 |
| HB 7864 | AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MOTOR VEHICLE APPRAISAL PROVISION | introduced | 2026 |
| HB 7128 | AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- MAINTENANCE OF ORDER ON CAMPUS | introduced | 2026 |
| HB 7644 | AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES | introduced | 2026 |
| HB 7654 | AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE AND SALE | introduced | 2026 |
| HB 7660 | AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- OPTIONAL RETIREMENT FOR MEMBERS OF POLICE FORCE AND FIREFIGHTERS (Affords an option for police and firefighters to receive retirement allowances, without reduction, who seek retirement after twenty (20) years of service, upon reaching age fifty-seven (57).) | introduced | 2026 |
| HB 7923 | AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT | introduced | 2026 |
| HB 7495 | AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- SAFEGUARDING ELECTION CANDIDATES USING REASONABLE EXPENDITURES ACT | introduced | 2026 |
| HB 7267 | AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PEER-TO-PEER CAR SHARING PROGRAM ACT | introduced | 2026 |
| HB 7782 | AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES (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.) | introduced | 2026 |
| HB 8282 | AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- NOMINATION OF PARTY AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES | introduced | 2026 |
| HB 8047 | AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- DECISIONS, SPECIAL FINDINGS AND ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGES | introduced | 2026 |
| HB 7539 | AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- BENEFIT DETERMINATION AND UTILIZATION REVIEW ACT | introduced | 2026 |
| HB 7546 | AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- ARREST | introduced | 2026 |
| HB 8058 | AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- COMPUTER CRIME | introduced | 2026 |
| HB 8059 | AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- GAMBLING AND LOTTERIES | introduced | 2026 |
| HB 7556 | AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- MAINTENANCE OF ORDER ON CAMPUS | introduced | 2026 |
| HB 7936 | AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PUBLIC HEALTH DATA PRIVACY AND PROTECTION ACT | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7265 | AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- THE RHODE ISLAND SPECIAL DEPOSITS ACT | passed_lower | 2026 |
| HB 8311 | AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 8314 | AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE -- LONG-TERM CARE SERVICE AND FINANCE REFORM (Raises the per diem rate by thirteen percent (13%) for Medicaid reimbursement for Tier C services provide by assisted living residence beginning January 1, 2027.) | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 8318 | AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7972 | AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES (Amends the process for creating and governing project labor agreements (âPLAâ).) | in_committee | 2026 |
| HR 8307 | HOUSE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING ST. PATRICK'S DAY AND HONORING IRISH AMERICAN PATRIOTS' ROLE IN THE UNITED STATES WAR OF INDEPENDENCE | passed_lower | 2026 |
| HB 7909 | AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND LITERACY AND DROPOUT PREVENTION ACT | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 8038 | AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ORDINANCES | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7971 | AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- LABOR AND PAYMENT OF DEBTS BY CONTRACTORS | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 8086 | AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- INDICTMENTS, INFORMATIONS AND COMPLAINTS | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 8093 | AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7648 | AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7649 | AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- UNIFORM ACT ON PREVENTION OF AND REMEDIES FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7656 | AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PENSION REVOCATION AND REDUCTION ACT | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7939 | AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Raises the age of eligibility for mobile response and stabilization services from eighteen (18) to twenty-one (21) and establishes a minimum rate for commercial health insurance reimbursement for such services.) | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 8267 | AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- EQUITABLE FUNDING FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER BAD DEBT (Establishes a procedure for a health insurer to reimburse a healthcare provider no less than sixty-five percent (65%) of each unpaid co-payment, co-insurance or deductible amount due, after reasonable collection efforts.) | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7547 | AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7572 | AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7494 | AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 8053 | AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- EVIDENCE | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7954 | AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DIGITAL PLATFORM TRANSPARENCY AND DEMOCRATIC INTEGRITY ACT | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7965 | AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS IN CHILDREN RELIEF FUND | in_committee | 2026 |
| HR 8237 | HOUSE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING THE 28TH ANNUAL "WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION WEEK"" ON MARCH 1-7 | passed_lower | 2026 |
| HB 8007 | AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- SUBDIVISION OF LAND | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7561 | AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- BENEFITS | in_committee | 2026 |
| HR 8121 | JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING THE IMMIGRANT IMPACT TASK FORCE | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7994 | AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES -- THE POWERS AND SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7608 | AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- OPERATION OF RAILROADS GENERALLY | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7672 | AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SPECIAL STOPS REQUIRED | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7988 | AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- INSPECTION OF MOTOR VEHICLES (Charges a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each battery powered elective motor vehicle safety inspection. It would also require any vehicle, regardless of gross vehicle weight rating, to be subject to emissions inspection.) | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7537 | AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 8081 | AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 8092 | AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 8094 | AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS RULES | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7881 | AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- DUTIES OF UTILITIES AND CARRIERS | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 8145 | AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE -- STATE FUNDS | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 8151 | AN ACT RELATING TO THE BLUE WAVE BOND FOR COASTAL PREPAREDNESS -- 2026 BOND REFERENDUM | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 8170 | AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (Restore the rights of school administrators and staff members, who have retired to exceed the ninety-day (90) cap on post-retirement employment and work up to one hundred eighty (180) days during a school year.) | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 8177 | AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- 988 CALL CENTER FUNDING AND OPERATIONS ACT | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7925 | AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Amends current law on controlled substances to permit psilocybin to be cultivated within a person's residence for personal use and contingent on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) program, mandates that RI DOH establishes rules regulations.) | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 8186 | AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- VIDEO LOTTERY, GAMES, TABLE GAMES AND SPORTS WAGERING | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 8196 | AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 8018 | AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 8046 | AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES (Establishes a set service rate of seventy dollars ($70.00) for the service of all writs, citations or subpoenas.) | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 8062 | AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- HAZING | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 8068 | AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Specifies that it is unlawful for any person under the age of eighteen (18) to possess a firearm.) | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 8072 | AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 8076 | AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE -- MANDATORY ARBITRATION PROVISION | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7620 | AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PLASTIC WASTE CONVERSION FACILITY ACT | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7640 | AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- COURT ADMINISTRATION | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7755 | AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS -- RESPONSIBLE FIREARM PURCHASING ACT | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7757 | AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- FAMILY COURT | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7767 | AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE USE AND FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7605 | AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7621 | AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- CONSUMER PFAS BAN ACT OF 2024 | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7636 | AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- SUICIDE PREVENTION--VOLUNTARY FIREARM RESTRICTIONS ACT | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7641 | AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- JUDICIAL SELECTION | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7684 | AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7685 | AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7545 | AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7549 | AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- ASSAULTS | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7562 | AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7575 | AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PARKING FACILITIES AND PRIVILEGES (Allows persons with disabilities to receive up to two (2) motor vehicle disability parking privilege placards.) | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7336 | AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- LIABILITY INSURANCE -- UNINSURED MOTORIST COVERAGE | introduced | 2026 |
| HB 7583 | AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES (Increases fees paid to jurors to fifty dollars ($50.00) per day.) | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7585 | AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7592 | AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- CIGARETTE, OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS, AND ELECTRONIC NICOTINE-DELIVERY SYSTEM PRODUCTS | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7553 | AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7555 | AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURES -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Provides that individual counts of a district court criminal complaint dismissed pursuant to Rule 48(a) would be sealed administratively by the court clerk upon the defendantâs request.) | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7558 | AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSES -- VIOLATIONS | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7362 | AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- HEALTH AND SAFE FAMILIES WORKPLACES ACT--WORKWEEK | in_committee | 2026 |
| HR 7367 | HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO REDUCE THE FORTY-HOUR WORKWEEK TO A THIRTY-TWO-HOUR WORKWEEK | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7442 | AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- INSPECTION OF PERSONNEL FILES | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7194 | AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7489 | AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7497 | AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7197 | AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- GAMBLING AND LOTTERIES | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7210 | AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- UNIFORM PARTITION OF HEIRS' PROPERTY ACT | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7391 | AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7304 | AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS (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.) | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7305 | AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS | in_committee | 2026 |
| HR 7167 | HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF ASHBEL TINGLEY WALL, II | passed_lower | 2026 |
| HB 7160 | AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (Allows teachers, state and municipal employees to retire when they have at least twenty-eight (28) years of active service and their retirement age, when combined with the number of their years of service reaches, the number eighty-five (85).) | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7082 | AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES' ARBITRATION | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7096 | AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION FEES | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7100 | AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM--CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS (Increases the yearly amount of money that retired teachers, who had been certified driver education teachers, could earn from fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), without a reduction in their retirement benefits.) | in_committee | 2026 |
| HR 7061 | HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF ARTHUR ARMAND COIA | passed_lower | 2026 |
| HB 7056 | AN ACT RELATING TO PARKS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7058 | AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7035 | AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Prohibits purchases of more than one firearm in any thirty (30) day period.) | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7040 | AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MUNICIPAL POLICE ARBITRATION | in_committee | 2026 |
| HB 7041 | AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FIREFIGHTERS' ARBITRATION | in_committee | 2026 |
| HR 7019 | HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING DEEPEST SYMPATHY ON THE PASSING OF THE VENERATED LEGAL LUMINARY, JUDGE FRANK CAPRIO | passed_lower | 2026 |