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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS -- PRESUMPTION FOR HEART DISEASE AND HYPERTENSION (Allows the presumption of in-the-line-of-duty illness unless contrary evidence is presented.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS -- PRESUMPTION FOR HEART DISEASE AND HYPERTENSION (Allows the presumption of in-the-line-of-duty illness unless contrary evidence is presented.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 137"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 137 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Health & Safety", "Labor", "Persons with Disabilities", "Police & Fire"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Ciccone", "DiMario", "F. Lombardi", "Lawson", "Pearson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-01"
+last_action: "2023-06-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1b63e57-8881-4599-b6e1-ae89cd0e4d55"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "d62c380606af8f60dfd9b6cee6eddddf62592ef6fac3621e7f11fb3de9ea4480"
+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 137 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS -- PRESUMPTION FOR HEART DISEASE AND HYPERTENSION (Allows the presumption of in-the-line-of-duty illness unless contrary evidence is presented.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **137** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0137.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **62–9** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **29–7** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Acosta — primary (person)
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- F. Lombardi — primary (person)
+- Lawson — primary (person)
+- Pearson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-01** 02/01/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-28** 04/28/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/03/2023)
+- **2023-05-03** 05/03/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/31/2023)
+- **2023-05-31** 05/31/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/08/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-27** 06/27/2023 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/e1b63e57-8881-4599-b6e1-ae89cd0e4d55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+