---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- CANCER BENEFITS FOR FIREFIGHTERS (Clarifies a presumption applying to firefighters that if any type of cancer is found in a firefighter with three (3) exceptions would be conclusively presumed to be an occupational cancer arising out of their employment.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- CANCER BENEFITS FOR FIREFIGHTERS (Clarifies a presumption applying to firefighters that if any type of cancer is found in a firefighter with three (3) exceptions would be conclusively presumed to be an occupational cancer arising out of their employment.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 7449"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7449 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Police & Fire"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "Casimiro", "Morin", "O'Brien", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-05"
last_action: "2020-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/adf360ba-57d1-495b-8913-147ecdc89094"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "bbcf8cd572a7e41a7ae0dca3f005d7631b3d00ca665d260a4776e97b48b37690"
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 7449 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- CANCER BENEFITS FOR FIREFIGHTERS (Clarifies a presumption applying to firefighters that if any type of cancer is found in a firefighter with three (3) exceptions would be conclusively presumed to be an occupational cancer arising out of their employment.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7449 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/HouseText20/H7449A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **61–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amore — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Morin — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-05** 02/05/2020 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-07** 02/07/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/11/2020)
- **2020-02-11** 02/11/2020 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2020-07-05** 07/05/2020 Scheduled for consideration (07/08/2020)
- **2020-07-05** 07/05/2020 Proposed Substitute
- **2020-07-08** 07/08/2020 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-07-14** 07/14/2020 Placed on House Calendar (07/16/2020)
- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/16/2020)
- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-07-17** 07/17/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-22** 07/22/2020 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/adf360ba-57d1-495b-8913-147ecdc89094`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).