---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (For purposes of teachers' retirement benefits, amends the definition \"former spouse divorced\" to include someone who was married to a deceased member 10+ yrs & deceased member was required by court order to contribute support post-divorce.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (For purposes of teachers' retirement benefits, amends the definition \"former spouse divorced\" to include someone who was married to a deceased member 10+ yrs & deceased member was required by court order to contribute support post-divorce.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1129"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 1129 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Retirement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-06-15"
last_action: "2023-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f4b83ea-b33a-41a0-bdc5-f186da5c1ae4"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "3cb2d2796741d0964d39801f2b312d117ef1b78319f5baf46d20738e42291ab3"
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 1129 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (For purposes of teachers' retirement benefits, amends the definition "former spouse divorced" to include someone who was married to a deceased member 10+ yrs & deceased member was required by court order to contribute support post-divorce.)

## Version chain

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

1. **1129** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S1129.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ruggerio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-24** 06/24/2023 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/7f4b83ea-b33a-41a0-bdc5-f186da5c1ae4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).