SB 2264 Rhode Island Senate · 2026 Regular Session

AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Summary

Provides for warming center and cooling center alerts to trigger certain procedures municipalities shall follow during extreme heat or cold to help at-risk individuals with resources including, but not limited to, warming and cooling centers.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

May 2026

Senate Passage

May 2026

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2026 Last action May 8, 2026

Floor votes · Senate May 7, 2026

How they voted

34–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 36

May 7, 2026

D Democratic32

30 Yea 2

93% Yea

R Republican4

4 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

May 8, 2026

Committee

05/08/2026 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing

lower

May 7, 2026

Upper · Passed

05/07/2026 Senate read and passed

upper

Mar 26, 2026

Legislature · Passed

03/26/2026 Committee recommends passage

legislature

Jan 23, 2026

Introduced

01/23/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government

upper

5 primary · 0 co-sponsors