Edictai: Rhode Island https://edictai.org/states/ri/feed.xml 2026-06-02T00:00:00Z Edictai https://edictai.org/states/ri/#us-ri-2026-h-8345 RI H 8345: HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE USE AND IMPACT OF DIGITAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY IN PUBLIC EDUCATION AND ON MENTAL HEALTH (Creates a fourteen (14) member special legislative study commission to study the use and impact of digital and electronic technology in public education and on mental health.) 2026-06-02T00:00:00Z Passed one chamber. Creates a 14-member special legislative commission to study the use and impact of digital and electronic technology, including artificial intelligence, in Rhode Island public education and on mental health. The study covers third-party platforms in schools, safe school software, AI in mental health care and AI companion technology. https://edictai.org/states/ri/#us-ri-2026-h-7895 RI H 7895: Establishes the Safe School Technology Act of 2026. 2026-04-02T00:00:00Z Did not pass. Establishes the Safe School Technology Act, setting rules for school-issued devices and instructional technology. To be certified, an instructional technology tool must be designed for instruction, meet curriculum standards, and exclude features such as generative or conversational artificial intelligence, targeted advertising and addictive design. https://edictai.org/states/ri/#us-ri-ride-ai-guidance-for-leas RI: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Guidance for Local Education Agencies (LEAs) 2025-08-01T00:00:00Z Current. Non-binding guidance from the Rhode Island Department of Education, dated August 2025, on using AI in Rhode Island schools. It covers instructional guidance, equity and bias, meeting the needs of diverse learners, security and safety, college and career readiness, district operations and communications, and family engagement, with a getting-started checklist for districts. https://edictai.org/states/ri/#us-ri-2025-s-627 RI S 627: Establishes regulations to ensure the ethical development, integration, and deployment of high-risk AI systems, particularly those influencing consequential decisions. 2025-05-12T00:00:00Z In committee. Enacts the Artificial Intelligence Act, which requires developers, integrators, and deployers of high-risk AI systems to use reasonable care against algorithmic discrimination, keep risk management policies, and complete impact assessments. Consequential decisions covered include education decisions on assessments, cheating or plagiarism detection, accreditation, admissions, and financial aid. https://edictai.org/states/ri/#us-ri-2024-s-2888 RI S 2888: Requires companies that develop or deploy high-risk AI systems to conduct impact assessments and adopt risk management programs, would apply to both developers and deployers of AI systems with different obligations based on their role in AI ecosystem. 2024-04-11T00:00:00Z Did not pass. Requires developers and deployers of consequential artificial intelligence decision systems to conduct impact assessments and maintain risk management programs. Consequential decisions include those determining eligibility for or denial of education, and impact assessments must address disproportionate impacts on protected groups. https://edictai.org/states/ri/#us-ri-2024-h-7786 RI H 7786: Requires companies that develop or deploy high-risk AI systems to conduct impact assessments and adopt risk management programs, would apply to both developers and deployers of AI systems with different obligations based on their role in AI ecosystem. 2024-03-28T00:00:00Z Did not pass. Requires developers and deployers of consequential artificial intelligence decision systems to conduct impact assessments and maintain risk management programs. Consequential decisions include those determining eligibility for or denial of education, and impact assessments must address disproportionate impacts on protected groups. https://edictai.org/states/ri/#us-ri-eo-24-06 RI Executive Order 24-06: Artificial Intelligence and Data Centers of Excellence 2024-02-29T00:00:00Z In force. Governor McKee's order creates a state data governance structure, a Chief Data Officer, an AI Center of Excellence, and an AI Task Force to advise state policymakers. It directs the Department of Labor and Training, the Rhode Island Department of Education, and the Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner to develop AI training for public and private-sector workers and to identify ways to add AI-related training to state higher education curricula. https://edictai.org/states/ri/#us-ri-2024-h-7521 RI H 7521: Creates requirements for the developers or deployers of artificial intelligence and allows civil action against these developers or deployers by the attorney general and local solicitors. 2024-02-15T00:00:00Z Did not pass. Regulates developers and deployers of automated decision tools that make consequential decisions, requiring impact assessments and prohibiting algorithmic discrimination. Consequential decisions include education and vocational training, including assessment and detection of student cheating or plagiarism.