---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS"
description: "Includes police officers to fire fighters who are unable to perform duties as a result of heart disease, stroke or hypertension to be presumed to have suffered an in-the-line-of-duty disability, unless contrary evidence is presented."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 828"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 828 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "LaMountain", "Raptakis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-14"
last_action: "2025-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96f611f0-c227-4019-9211-deae3a679bb4"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f465abe539aef708ee1f4c663ab5e286c969280d556373c220b92852b57edc7a"
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 828 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS

Includes police officers to fire fighters who are unable to perform duties as a result of heart disease, stroke or hypertension to be presumed to have suffered an in-the-line-of-duty disability, unless contrary evidence is presented.

## Version chain

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

1. **828** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0828.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–3** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **29–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ciccone — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor and Gaming `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/07/2025)
- **2025-05-07** 05/07/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** 05/08/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/15/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2025)
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed 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/96f611f0-c227-4019-9211-deae3a679bb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).