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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (For purposes of teachers' retirement benefits, amends the definition \"former spouse divorced\" to include someone who was married to a deceased member 10+ yrs & deceased member was required by court order to contribute support post-divorce.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (For purposes of teachers' retirement benefits, amends the definition \"former spouse divorced\" to include someone who was married to a deceased member 10+ yrs & deceased member was required by court order to contribute support post-divorce.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 1129"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 1129 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education", "Retirement"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ruggerio"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 6
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-06-15"
+last_action: "2023-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f4b83ea-b33a-41a0-bdc5-f186da5c1ae4"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "3cb2d2796741d0964d39801f2b312d117ef1b78319f5baf46d20738e42291ab3"
+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 1129 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (For purposes of teachers' retirement benefits, amends the definition "former spouse divorced" to include someone who was married to a deceased member 10+ yrs & deceased member was required by court order to contribute support post-divorce.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **1129** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S1129.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ruggerio — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-24** 06/24/2023 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/7f4b83ea-b33a-41a0-bdc5-f186da5c1ae4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+