---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICES AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT (Allows state employees and correctional officers who have served under both pension systems to combine their service time earned from each job.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICES AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT (Allows state employees and correctional officers who have served under both pension systems to combine their service time earned from each job.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 274"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 274 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Correctional Institutions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "Gallo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f5cd319-c703-4260-b05e-e9177b3a1999"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "663139e4f6e2818c447d20b1edda11172c647da91fe271ffd35b8dada249a543"
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 274 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICES AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT (Allows state employees and correctional officers who have served under both pension systems to combine their service time earned from each job.)

## Version chain

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

1. **274 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0274A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **35–3** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **65–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13** 02/13/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05** 04/05/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/11/2019)
- **2019-04-11** 04/11/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration
- **2019-06-10** 06/10/2019 Meeting postponed (06/11/2019)
- **2019-06-10** 06/10/2019 Scheduled for consideration
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Meeting postponed (06/13/2019)
- **2019-06-12** 06/12/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Meeting postponed (06/13/2019)
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration
- **2019-06-17** 06/17/2019 Meeting postponed (06/18/2019)
- **2019-06-17** 06/17/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2019)
- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/25/2019)
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House 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/0f5cd319-c703-4260-b05e-e9177b3a1999`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).