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legislation/us/states/ri/2020/hb-7449.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- CANCER BENEFITS FOR FIREFIGHTERS (Clarifies a presumption applying to firefighters that if any type of cancer is found in a firefighter with three (3) exceptions would be conclusively presumed to be an occupational cancer arising out of their employment.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- CANCER BENEFITS FOR FIREFIGHTERS (Clarifies a presumption applying to firefighters that if any type of cancer is found in a firefighter with three (3) exceptions would be conclusively presumed to be an occupational cancer arising out of their employment.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 7449"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7449 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Police & Fire"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "Casimiro", "Morin", "O'Brien", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-02-05"
+last_action: "2020-07-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/adf360ba-57d1-495b-8913-147ecdc89094"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "bbcf8cd572a7e41a7ae0dca3f005d7631b3d00ca665d260a4776e97b48b37690"
+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 7449 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- CANCER BENEFITS FOR FIREFIGHTERS (Clarifies a presumption applying to firefighters that if any type of cancer is found in a firefighter with three (3) exceptions would be conclusively presumed to be an occupational cancer arising out of their employment.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7449 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/HouseText20/H7449A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **61–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Amore — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Morin — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-05** 02/05/2020 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-07** 02/07/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/11/2020)
+- **2020-02-11** 02/11/2020 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2020-07-05** 07/05/2020 Scheduled for consideration (07/08/2020)
+- **2020-07-05** 07/05/2020 Proposed Substitute
+- **2020-07-08** 07/08/2020 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-07-14** 07/14/2020 Placed on House Calendar (07/16/2020)
+- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/16/2020)
+- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2020-07-17** 07/17/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-07-22** 07/22/2020 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/adf360ba-57d1-495b-8913-147ecdc89094`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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