{"id":2782,"date":"2026-04-27T07:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T11:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/?p=2782"},"modified":"2026-06-08T12:52:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:52:28","slug":"cari-priority-bills-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/cari-priority-bills-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"CARI Priority Bills 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Climate Action Rhode Island’s Priority Bills for 2026<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Each year, Climate Action Rhode Island identifies a small set of \u201cpriority bills\u201d\u2014legislation we believe should move forward this session based on both impact and feasibility. While we support many climate and clean energy bills, these are the ones we\u2019re putting the most focus on: policies that are practical to pass now and will meaningfully move Rhode Island forward. These priorities are selected by our Politics Team through conversations with partners and engagement with lawmakers.<\/p>\n

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Focus: Buildings & Solar \u2014 Simple & Inexpensive<\/h4>\n

Buildings account for about one third of our carbon emissions. Three of these bills will reduce emissions from both existing and new buildings. Solar energy is an affordable way to create clean renewable energy, yet there are barriers in Rhode Island, especially for lower income residents. Two of these bills will reduce these barriers.<\/p>\n\"\"\n

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Solar Cost Reduction Act<\/strong> \u00b7 S2801<\/a>(Valverde)\/H7726<\/a>(Boylan)<\/p>\n

Plug-In Solar<\/strong> \u00b7 S2359<\/a>(Valverde)\/H7269<\/a>(Speakman)<\/p>\n

Next Generation Buildings<\/strong> \u00b7 S2529<\/a>(Urso)\/H7081<\/a>(Boylan)<\/p>\n

Benchmarking (for large buildings)<\/strong> \u00b7 S2260<\/a>(Kallman)\/H7183<\/a>(Kislak)<\/p>\n

Performance Standards (for large buildings)<\/strong> \u00b7 S2218<\/a>(Kallman)\/H7184<\/a>(Kislak)<\/p>\n

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READ MORE ABOUT THE PRIORITY BILLS WITH OUR GUIDE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Additional Endorsed Bills<\/h4>\n

Sales tax exemption for batteries<\/strong> \u00b7 S2244(Valverde) \/ H7506(Boylan)
\nNo utility ratepayer funds for marketing<\/strong> \u00b7 S2779(Euer) \/ H7881(Handy)
\nOffshore wind procurement commission<\/strong> \u00b7 S2661(Zurier) \/ H7727(Handy)
\nGeothermal for multifamily developments<\/strong> \u00b7 S2905(Euer) \/ H8132(Cortvriend)
\nGrid Enhancing Technology<\/strong> \u00b7 S2655(Britto) \/ H7068(Soloman)
\nResolution: Ask PUC to end money for gas extension<\/strong> \u00b7 S2354(DeMario) \/ H7891(Cortvriend)
\nCarbon impact required for large developments<\/strong> \u00b7 H7484(Carson)
\nIntervener Support Program<\/strong> \u00b7 S2727(Acosta) \/ H7890(Stewart)
\nGreen Amendment<\/strong> \u00b7 S2225(Sosnowski)
\nPercentage Income Payment Plan (PIPP)<\/strong> \u00b7 S2248(Sosnowski) \/ H7880(Slater)
\nMillionaires Tax<\/strong> \u00b7 S2238(Murray) \/ H7313(Alzate)
\nClimate Superfund<\/strong> \u00b7 S2024(Ujifusa) \/ H7004(Boylan)
\nClean Heat Standard<\/strong> \u00b7 S2654(Zurier) \/ H7912(Cortvriend)
\nClimate Resilience Act<\/strong> \u00b7 S2222(Sosnowski)
\nThermal Energy Network and Jobs Act<\/strong> \u00b7 S3080(Britto) \/ H7879(Cortvriend)
\nRestore RIPTA Funding<\/strong> \u00b7 S2825(McKenney) \/ H8256(Alzate)
\n75 cent Ride Share surcharge<\/strong> \u00b7 S2092(Kallman)
\n20% highway funds<\/strong> \u00b7 S2095(Zurier) \/ H8178(Cortvriend)
\nGas tax<\/strong> \u00b7 S2668(Zurier) \/ H8315(Stewart)
\n$100 million transportation bond<\/strong> \u00b7 S2813(Vargas) \/ H8202(Tanzi)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CARI announces five priority bills along with 20 additional endorsed Bills for the 2026 legislation session<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1266,"featured_media":2788,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1266"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}