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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS"
+description: "Includes police officers to fire fighters who are unable to perform duties as a result of heart disease, stroke or hypertension to be presumed to have suffered an in-the-line-of-duty disability, unless contrary evidence is presented."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 828"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 828 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "LaMountain", "Raptakis"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-03-14"
+last_action: "2025-07-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96f611f0-c227-4019-9211-deae3a679bb4"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "f465abe539aef708ee1f4c663ab5e286c969280d556373c220b92852b57edc7a"
+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 828 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS
+
+Includes police officers to fire fighters who are unable to perform duties as a result of heart disease, stroke or hypertension to be presumed to have suffered an in-the-line-of-duty disability, unless contrary evidence is presented.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **828** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0828.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–3** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **29–8** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- Raptakis — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor and Gaming `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/07/2025)
+- **2025-05-07** 05/07/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-08** 05/08/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/15/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2025)
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-03** 07/03/2025 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/96f611f0-c227-4019-9211-deae3a679bb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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