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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT"
+description: "Increases monthly minimum benefit for a spouse, domestic partner, former spouse."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 7683"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7683 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Biah", "Caldwell", "Donovan", "Furtado", "McEntee", "Messier", "O'Brien", "Phillips", "Serpa", "Spears"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-02-11"
+last_action: "2026-06-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1dde86e9-ac71-4105-9bbf-ea19a9f64397"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "eb5e95cc14627df1f1836acd4c9b87de32161dcceb42ee3d34b0128cf026b23e"
+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 HB 7683 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT
+
+Increases monthly minimum benefit for a spouse, domestic partner, former spouse.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7683** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7683.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Biah — primary (person)
+- Caldwell — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Furtado — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- Messier — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+- Spears — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-11** 02/11/2026 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-10** 04/10/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/16/2026)
+- **2026-04-16** 04/16/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-06-06** 06/06/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-22** 06/22/2026 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/1dde86e9-ac71-4105-9bbf-ea19a9f64397`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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