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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT"
+description: "Provides that any disaster response worker shall, in the course of their duties, be considered a state employee and be entitled to all rights in like manner as state employees."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 671"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 671 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Britto", "DiMario", "Urso"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-03-07"
+last_action: "2025-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/beed765c-1c09-4288-8f76-b7569c2c35dd"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "db9f26a5fe3347c6f11d0c107447a15bab9e6648a92d43e84726ebca4df2efc5"
+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 671 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
+
+Provides that any disaster response worker shall, in the course of their duties, be considered a state employee and be entitled to all rights in like manner as state employees.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **671 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0671A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bissaillon — primary (person)
+- Britto — primary (person)
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- Urso — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/29/2025)
+- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2025)
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-19** 06/19/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/beed765c-1c09-4288-8f76-b7569c2c35dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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