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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICES AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT (Allows state employees who had also been a correctional officer to elect to combine their service time earned from each job, for the determination of their retirement eligibility date and calculation of retirement benefits.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICES AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT (Allows state employees who had also been a correctional officer to elect to combine their service time earned from each job, for the determination of their retirement eligibility date and calculation of retirement benefits.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 5034"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5034 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Correctional Institutions"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Craven", "Hull", "Lombardi", "McEntee"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-01-04"
+last_action: "2019-07-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6da81bf2-674d-4215-b9b5-d29964339640"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "de9daaa83c101b2a75084fd8a5cd172054376449580aa5f340ce4238932e10c1"
+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 5034 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICES AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT (Allows state employees who had also been a correctional officer to elect to combine their service time earned from each job, for the determination of their retirement eligibility date and calculation of retirement benefits.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5034 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5034A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-04** 01/04/2019 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-25** 04/25/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/30/2019)
+- **2019-04-30** 04/30/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/26/2019)
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Proposed Substitute
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2019)
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/28/2019)
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/6da81bf2-674d-4215-b9b5-d29964339640`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+