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HB 7967 Rhode Island House · 2026 Regular Session

AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LABOR RELATIONS ACT--NO LIMITATION ON HEALTHCARE BENEFIT PROVIDERS

Summary
Repeals the law that prevents a collective bargaining agreement covering state employees, public school teachers and municipal employees from specifying a particular healthcare provider in it.
Issues: ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareRepeals restriction preventing collective bargaining agreements from specifying healthcare providers, enabling employee choice and access to preferred providers.85% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentRepeals restriction on specifying healthcare providers in collective bargaining agreements, strengthening worker benefits negotiation within labor relations.95% confidence
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 27, 2026 Last action Apr 15, 2026
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Actions timeline

Total actions
5
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Apr 15, 2026
Committee
04/15/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Mar 2, 2026
Legislature · Passed
03/02/2026 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/05/2026)
legislature
Feb 27, 2026
Introduced
02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Labor
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Doc Corvese
Doc Corvese
DDemocratic
RI
55
P
Photo of Jon Brien
Jon Brien
IIndependent
RI
49
P
Photo of Mary Messier
Mary Messier
DDemocratic
RI
62
P
Photo of Stephen Casey
Stephen Casey
DDemocratic
RI
50