---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - FIREFIGHTERS' ARBITRATION (Allows unionized firefighters to enter into an agreement which continues all contractual provisions contained in an expiring contract until a successor agreement has been reached.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - FIREFIGHTERS' ARBITRATION (Allows unionized firefighters to enter into an agreement which continues all contractual provisions contained in an expiring contract until a successor agreement has been reached.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 288"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 288 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Police & Fire", "Labor"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "Goodwin", "Miller", "Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-15"
last_action: "2017-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d844bf20-76b6-4ec1-9e89-0db2312af1a9"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "bd8a40af1e1680ec33541c33992e26da6641be309ba98ed6584b1694e1fb5515"
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 288 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - FIREFIGHTERS' ARBITRATION (Allows unionized firefighters to enter into an agreement which continues all contractual provisions contained in an expiring contract until a successor agreement has been reached.)

## Version chain

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

1. **288** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0288.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–4** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-15** 02/15/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-31** 03/31/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/05/2017)
- **2017-04-05** 04/05/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-05-05** 05/05/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/10/2017)
- **2017-05-10** 05/10/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-11** 05/11/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/17/2017)
- **2017-05-17** 05/17/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2017-05-18** 05/18/2017 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2017)
- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2017)
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-19** 06/19/2017 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/d844bf20-76b6-4ec1-9e89-0db2312af1a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).