---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICES AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT (Allows state employees who had also been a correctional officer to elect to combine their service time earned from each job, for the determination of their retirement eligibility date and calculation of retirement benefits.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICES AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT (Allows state employees who had also been a correctional officer to elect to combine their service time earned from each job, for the determination of their retirement eligibility date and calculation of retirement benefits.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5034"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5034 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Correctional Institutions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craven", "Hull", "Lombardi", "McEntee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-04"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6da81bf2-674d-4215-b9b5-d29964339640"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "de9daaa83c101b2a75084fd8a5cd172054376449580aa5f340ce4238932e10c1"
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 5034 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICES AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT (Allows state employees who had also been a correctional officer to elect to combine their service time earned from each job, for the determination of their retirement eligibility date and calculation of retirement benefits.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5034 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5034A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Craven — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-04** 01/04/2019 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** 04/25/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/30/2019)
- **2019-04-30** 04/30/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/26/2019)
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/6da81bf2-674d-4215-b9b5-d29964339640`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).