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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT BENEFITS (Increases the monthly minimum benefits of spouses and domestic partners of retired teachers.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT BENEFITS (Increases the monthly minimum benefits of spouses and domestic partners of retired teachers.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 5071"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5071 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Teachers", "Education", "Retirement", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Health Insurance"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "Craven", "Cunha", "Kazarian", "Marshall"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-01-11"
+last_action: "2017-10-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f0b13f7-1a64-4a6b-b71e-ab0d4bfff5a6"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "f58d52fcb0ec20bd08ca909b0e70123df7328de2d924af25a09f0fb2c0a7c71f"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island HB 5071 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT BENEFITS (Increases the monthly minimum benefits of spouses and domestic partners of retired teachers.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5071 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5071A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Amore — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Cunha — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Marshall — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-11** 01/11/2017 Introduced, referred to House Finance `referral-committee, introduction`
+- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/24/2017)
+- **2017-05-24** 05/24/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2017)
+- **2017-06-06** 06/06/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2017)
+- **2017-06-15** 06/15/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2017-06-15** 06/15/2017 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/30/2017)
+- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Committee heard
+- **2017-09-08** 09/08/2017 Scheduled for consideration (09/14/2017)
+- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
+- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2017-10-03** 10/03/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-10-05** 10/05/2017 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f0b13f7-1a64-4a6b-b71e-ab0d4bfff5a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+