RI HB 7149

enacted

AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS

Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Requires that before any fire fighter or police officer is eligible to receive benefits for illness or injury sustained off duty, they prove they had reasonable grounds to believe that an emergency existed that required immediate need of their assistance.

Introduced: 2026-01-16
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-06-10 — 06/10/2026 Signed by Governor
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2026-01-16
01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing
introduction,referral-committee
2026-03-20
03/20/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/24/2026)
2026-03-24
03/24/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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2026-04-24
04/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/29/2026)
2026-04-29
04/29/2026 Committee recommends passage
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2026-05-01
05/01/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/05/2026)
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2026-05-05
05/05/2026 House read and passed
passage
2026-05-15
05/15/2026 Referred to Senate Labor and Gaming
referral-committee
2026-05-15
05/15/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/20/2026)
2026-05-20
05/20/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence
committee-passage-favorable
2026-06-03
06/03/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/04/2026)
reading-3
2026-06-04
06/04/2026 Senate passed in concurrence
passage
2026-06-04
06/04/2026 Transmitted to Governor
executive-receipt
2026-06-10
06/10/2026 Signed by Governor
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Versions

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Documents

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Votes

PASSAGE
2026-05-05 · pass · 71-0
Member-level votes (75)
- Abney: yes
- Ackerman: yes
- Ajello: yes
- Alzate: yes
- Azzinaro: yes
- Baginski: yes
- Batista: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Biah: other
- Blazejewski: yes
- Boylan: yes
- Brien: yes
- Caldwell: yes
- Carson: yes
- Casey: yes
- Casimiro: yes
- Chippendale: yes
- Cortvriend: yes
- Corvese: yes
- Costantino: yes
- Cotter: yes
- Craven: yes
- Cruz: yes
- Dawson: yes
- DeSimone: yes
- Diaz: yes
- Donovan: yes
- Edwards: other
- Fascia: yes
- Felix: yes
- Fellela: yes
- Finkelman: yes
- Fogarty: yes
- Furtado: yes
- Giraldo: yes
- Handy: yes
- Hopkins: yes
- Hull: yes
- Kazarian: yes
- Kennedy: yes
- Kislak: yes
- Knight: yes
- Lima: yes
- Lombardi: yes
- Marszalkowski: yes
- McEntee: yes
- McGaw: yes
- McNamara: yes
- Messier: yes
- Morales: yes
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Nardone: yes
- Newberry: yes
- Noret: yes
- O'Brien: yes
- Paplauskas: yes
- Perez: other
- Phillips: yes
- Place: yes
- Potter: yes
- Quattrocchi: yes
- Read: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Santucci: yes
- Serpa: other
- ShallcrossSmith: yes
- Shanley: yes
- Slater: yes
- Solomon: yes
- Speakman: yes
- Spears: yes
- Stewart: yes
- Tanzi: yes
- Voas: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

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