---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES - RETIREMENT SYSTEM - CONTRIBUTION AND BENEFITS (Increases the maximum post retirement employment earnings from $15,000 to $18,000 a year for retired educators who provide instruction at state colleges.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES - RETIREMENT SYSTEM - CONTRIBUTION AND BENEFITS (Increases the maximum post retirement employment earnings from $15,000 to $18,000 a year for retired educators who provide instruction at state colleges.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5368"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5368 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Teachers", "Social Security", "Public Officers", "Higher Education", "Retirement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fogarty", "Jacquard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f874ce1-785d-485b-bf84-1c16c38abfac"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "70e97440e88e902b01ce6ff9bb8dda2905512f5a9e21ebbe2daeda927364090b"
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 5368 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES - RETIREMENT SYSTEM - CONTRIBUTION AND BENEFITS (Increases the maximum post retirement employment earnings from $15,000 to $18,000 a year for retired educators who provide instruction at state colleges.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5368** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5368.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Jacquard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** 02/03/2017 Introduced, referred to House Finance `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-04-28** 04/28/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/03/2017)
- **2017-05-03** 05/03/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-12** 06/12/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2017)
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2017)
- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 House read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 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)
- **2017-09-14** 09/14/2017 Committee recommends passage 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 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/9f874ce1-785d-485b-bf84-1c16c38abfac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).