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Read. Follow. Verify.Rhode Island bill grants University of Rhode Island board tort claim protections and orders nuclear center feasibility study
Last action · May 21, 2026: Committee recommended measure be held for further studySponsor: Sue Sosnowski
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What This Bill Proposed
This bill provides the University of Rhode Island board of trustees with and directs the board to study the feasibility of operating the Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center and the Rhode Island Atomic Energy Commission.
The measure establishes specific legal liability protections for university trustees and initiates a formal administrative review regarding the future management of state nuclear research facilities.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
board of trustees
Receives new tort claim protections and is assigned a mandate to conduct an operational feasibility study.
Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center
Subject to a mandated feasibility study regarding its operations.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- May 21, 2026Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- May 15, 2026Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/21/2026)
- Feb 27, 2026IntroducedIntroduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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