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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES--MIDDLETOWN MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT (Allows the town of Middletown to enroll its full-time police officers hired on or after July 1, 2021, in a defined contribution plan established by the town and prevents newly hired police officers from becoming members of the retirement system.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES--MIDDLETOWN MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT (Allows the town of Middletown to enroll its full-time police officers hired on or after July 1, 2021, in a defined contribution plan established by the town and prevents newly hired police officers from becoming members of the retirement system.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 296"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 296 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Middletown", "Police & Fire", "Public Officers", "Retirement"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-02-18"
+last_action: "2021-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/109c84d5-ab64-4bbb-ba37-79c08b48a0a3"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "e9537ce0df1573f709750ca39e07b31bbf83a1ce0904b2d69ce61fac20dfe43a"
+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 SB 296 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES--MIDDLETOWN MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT (Allows the town of Middletown to enroll its full-time police officers hired on or after July 1, 2021, in a defined contribution plan established by the town and prevents newly hired police officers from becoming members of the retirement system.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **296** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0296.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- RETIREMENT — **33–4** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-18** 02/18/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-19** 02/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2021)
+- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-03-05** 03/05/2021 Scheduled for consideration (03/11/2021)
+- **2021-03-11** 03/11/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-11** 03/11/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/16/2021)
+- **2021-03-16** 03/16/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2021-03-18** 03/18/2021 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2021)
+- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2021)
+- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/109c84d5-ab64-4bbb-ba37-79c08b48a0a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+