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IntroducedJan 16, 2026
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Passed HouseMay 05, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Rhode Island House Bill
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS (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.)
Last Action See all actions
Senate • May 15, 2026: 05/15/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/20/2026)
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
May 20, 2026 04:00pm
Room 212 - State House
Summary
Comments on HB 7149
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 71
- Abney
- Ackerman
- Ajello
- Alzate
- Azzinaro
- Baginski
- Batista
- Bennett
- Blazejewski
- Boylan
- Brien
- Caldwell
- Carson
- Casey
- Casimiro
- Chippendale
- Cortvriend
- Corvese
- Costantino
- Cotter
- Craven
- Cruz
- Dawson
- DeSimone
- Diaz
- Donovan
- Fascia
- Felix
- Fellela
- Finkelman
- Fogarty
- Furtado
- Giraldo
- Handy
- Hopkins
- Hull
- Kazarian
- Kennedy
- Kislak
- Knight
- Lima
- Lombardi
- Marszalkowski
- McEntee
- McGaw
- McNamara
- Messier
- Morales
- K. Joseph Shekarchi
- Nardone
- Newberry
- Noret
- O'Brien
- Paplauskas
- Phillips
- Place
- Potter
- Quattrocchi
- Read
- Roberts
- Sanchez
- Santucci
- ShallcrossSmith
- Shanley
- Slater
- Solomon
- Speakman
- Spears
- Stewart
- Tanzi
- Voas
NO: 0
Actions
- May 15, 2026 | Senate
- 05/15/2026 Referred to Senate Labor and Gaming
- 05/15/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/20/2026)
- May 05, 2026 | House
- 05/05/2026 House read and passed
- May 01, 2026 | House
- 05/01/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/05/2026)
- Apr 29, 2026 | House
- 04/29/2026 Committee recommends passage
- Apr 24, 2026 | House
- 04/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/29/2026)
- Mar 24, 2026 | House
- 03/24/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- Mar 20, 2026 | House
- 03/20/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/24/2026)
- Jan 16, 2026 | House
- 01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing
Bill Texts
Documents
- 03/20/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/24/2026)
- 04/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/29/2026)
- 05/01/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/05/2026)
- 05/15/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/20/2026)
- House Municipal Government and Housing: 03-24-2026--H7149--Randy_Rossi(League of Cities & Towns)--MGHPDF



