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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PENSION REVOCATION AND REDUCTION ACT"
+description: "Authorizes the state retirement board to revoke or reduce an individual’s pension benefit if that individual is convicted or pleads guilty or no contest to a felony sex crime related to their public office or public employment."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 3296"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 3296 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Gallo", "Gu", "Murray", "de la Cruz"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 10
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-05-15"
+last_action: "2026-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2899f72b-6831-4794-a860-e7b56d785151"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "b586d08b9830b2810f527d76810a626632a41e5af811a2d8acbed753ea4183fd"
+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 3296 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PENSION REVOCATION AND REDUCTION ACT
+
+Authorizes the state retirement board to revoke or reduce an individual’s pension benefit if that individual is convicted or pleads guilty or no contest to a felony sex crime related to their public office or public employment.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **3296** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3296.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Gallo — primary (person)
+- Gu — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+- de la Cruz — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-05-27** 05/27/2026 Committee transferred to Senate Finance
+- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/02/2026)
+- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-23** 06/23/2026 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/2899f72b-6831-4794-a860-e7b56d785151`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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