---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT BENEFITS (Increases the monthly minimum benefits of spouses and domestic partners of retired teachers.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT BENEFITS (Increases the monthly minimum benefits of spouses and domestic partners of retired teachers.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5071"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5071 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Teachers", "Education", "Retirement", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Health Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "Craven", "Cunha", "Kazarian", "Marshall"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f0b13f7-1a64-4a6b-b71e-ab0d4bfff5a6"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "f58d52fcb0ec20bd08ca909b0e70123df7328de2d924af25a09f0fb2c0a7c71f"
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 5071 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT BENEFITS (Increases the monthly minimum benefits of spouses and domestic partners of retired teachers.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **5071 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5071A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Amore — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Cunha — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Marshall — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-11** 01/11/2017 Introduced, referred to House Finance `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/24/2017)
- **2017-05-24** 05/24/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2017)
- **2017-06-06** 06/06/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2017)
- **2017-06-15** 06/15/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-15** 06/15/2017 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/30/2017)
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Committee heard
- **2017-09-08** 09/08/2017 Scheduled for consideration (09/14/2017)
- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-10-03** 10/03/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-05** 10/05/2017 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/9f0b13f7-1a64-4a6b-b71e-ab0d4bfff5a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).