House passes four calendar measures, including banking and school-district date changes
March 19, 2026 | 2026 Legislature RI, Rhode Island
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The Rhode Island House of Representatives passed four calendar measures during its March 19, 2026 session, advancing bills on insurance contracting, bank special deposits and the scheduling of a regional school district financial meeting.
Chairman Solomon moved passage of House bill 7111, which he described as a measure that "would mandate that any change in producer compensation for property and casualty insurance be considered a contract modification." He said the measure had passed unanimously in 2025 and moved passage on the floor; the clerk later announced the act "prevails." The transcript does not specify the current floor vote tally for H 7111.
On House bill 7265, Chairman Solomon said the measure, drafted with guidance from the Uniform Law Commission, "establishes the Rhode Island Special Deposits Act" to provide clearer rules for bank deposits with multiple beneficiaries. The clerk recorded the vote as 64 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative; the act prevailed.
Chairman Casey moved House bill 8232 to change the date for the Foster-Gloucester Regional School District financial meeting to March 24, 2026, and offered an amendment that reduced the meeting time from 8 p.m. to 7 p.m. The amendment passed, and the amended act prevailed; the clerk recorded 65 affirmative votes and 0 opposed on both the amendment and the amended bill.
The House then considered Senate bill 3051, a duplicate of the amended measure just passed. The clerk recorded 65 votes in the affirmative and 0 in the negative; the duplicate bill prevailed.
Procedural notes: motions were moved and seconded as recorded on the floor (movers and seconders listed in the clerk’s record). Where the transcript recorded vote tallies, they are stated above; where the transcript did not supply a clear tally (H 7111), the text notes the outcome without inventing numeric counts.
What happens next: with the clerk’s announcement to transmit all matters on the desk to the governor and secretary of state, passed measures will move on to the executive branch for further action.
Chairman Solomon moved passage of House bill 7111, which he described as a measure that "would mandate that any change in producer compensation for property and casualty insurance be considered a contract modification." He said the measure had passed unanimously in 2025 and moved passage on the floor; the clerk later announced the act "prevails." The transcript does not specify the current floor vote tally for H 7111.
On House bill 7265, Chairman Solomon said the measure, drafted with guidance from the Uniform Law Commission, "establishes the Rhode Island Special Deposits Act" to provide clearer rules for bank deposits with multiple beneficiaries. The clerk recorded the vote as 64 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative; the act prevailed.
Chairman Casey moved House bill 8232 to change the date for the Foster-Gloucester Regional School District financial meeting to March 24, 2026, and offered an amendment that reduced the meeting time from 8 p.m. to 7 p.m. The amendment passed, and the amended act prevailed; the clerk recorded 65 affirmative votes and 0 opposed on both the amendment and the amended bill.
The House then considered Senate bill 3051, a duplicate of the amended measure just passed. The clerk recorded 65 votes in the affirmative and 0 in the negative; the duplicate bill prevailed.
Procedural notes: motions were moved and seconded as recorded on the floor (movers and seconders listed in the clerk’s record). Where the transcript recorded vote tallies, they are stated above; where the transcript did not supply a clear tally (H 7111), the text notes the outcome without inventing numeric counts.
What happens next: with the clerk’s announcement to transmit all matters on the desk to the governor and secretary of state, passed measures will move on to the executive branch for further action.
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