---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES - RETIREMENT SYSTEM - CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS (Increase the permitted gross pay from $15,000 to $22,500 for certain retired employees from state colleges, universities, schools, teachers retired pursuant to titles 16, 36, 45.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES - RETIREMENT SYSTEM - CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS (Increase the permitted gross pay from $15,000 to $22,500 for certain retired employees from state colleges, universities, schools, teachers retired pursuant to titles 16, 36, 45.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 213"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 213 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Teachers", "Public Officers", "Higher Education", "Retirement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallo", "Picard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2801a73-b51f-4d82-9278-32989fc0001f"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "fbcbb9db9c56591abadb3aec26c2125ab797fe13ddada6bcc340dd1b6a838f23"
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 213 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES - RETIREMENT SYSTEM - CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS (Increase the permitted gross pay from $15,000 to $22,500 for certain retired employees from state colleges, universities, schools, teachers retired pursuant to titles 16, 36, 45.)

## Version chain

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

1. **213 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0213A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND — **63–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Gallo — primary (person)
- Picard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-02** 02/02/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee, introduction`
- **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 of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-09-14** 09/14/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House 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/c2801a73-b51f-4d82-9278-32989fc0001f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).