---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- CANCER BENEFITS FOR FIRE FIGHTERS"
description: "Makes the provisions of §§ 45-19.1-3 and 45-19.1-4, benefits for firefighters with cancer, effective regardless of any general, special or specific law, or any charter and/or municipal ordinance to the contrary."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5701"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5701 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Bennett", "Casey", "Casimiro", "Diaz", "Edwards", "Fogarty", "Kennedy", "McEntee", "Shanley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11d0e6d2-8006-4bdf-8a10-c62f57433c96"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "6bfcc70372c3c92b2d3b51a7470f658e16abb116e4c4f6bfbd96197d75ad8375"
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 5701 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- CANCER BENEFITS FOR FIRE FIGHTERS

Makes the provisions of §§ 45-19.1-3 and 45-19.1-4, benefits for firefighters with cancer, effective regardless of any general, special or specific law, or any charter and/or municipal ordinance to the contrary.

## Version chain

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

1. **5701 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5701A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2025)
- **2025-03-27** 03/27/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2025)
- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-03** 07/03/2025 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11d0e6d2-8006-4bdf-8a10-c62f57433c96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).