---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- CANCER BENEFITS FOR FIRE FIGHTERS (Expands the definition of fire fighter to a member of a fire department or a city, town or fire district emergency medical services unit.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- CANCER BENEFITS FOR FIRE FIGHTERS (Expands the definition of fire fighter to a member of a fire department or a city, town or fire district emergency medical services unit.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5286"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5286 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Cancer", "Cities & Towns", "Health & Safety", "Police & Fire"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Fogarty", "Marszalkowski", "McEntee", "Tanzi", "Voas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5db6630-cace-47fd-8ca4-7c15bc2b4a8d"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "d6813046d3f48a153bbed5d1abc0ead0fcdc82ba44aa0541ca36ceb180433b37"
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 5286 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- CANCER BENEFITS FOR FIRE FIGHTERS (Expands the definition of fire fighter to a member of a fire department or a city, town or fire district emergency medical services unit.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5286** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5286.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)
- Voas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** 02/01/2023 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** 02/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2023-02-14** 02/14/2023 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/16/2023)
- **2023-03-24** 03/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2023)
- **2023-03-28** 03/28/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 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/d5db6630-cace-47fd-8ca4-7c15bc2b4a8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).