---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (Adds a section which allows substitute teachers and post-retirement employees to exceed the ninety (90) day cap on post-retirement employment if certain conditions are met.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (Adds a section which allows substitute teachers and post-retirement employees to exceed the ninety (90) day cap on post-retirement employment if certain conditions are met.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 20"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 20 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Finance", "Labor", "Retirement", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Britto", "DiMario", "DiPalma", "Gu", "Pearson", "Valverde", "Zurier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fbd0759-3858-410d-956e-ab7256d6cd53"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "92459628591beff1be5eae6be4418dd5e56fd1c3e42390e1f6d0355e0acd517a"
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 20 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (Adds a section which allows substitute teachers and post-retirement employees to exceed the ninety (90) day cap on post-retirement employment if certain conditions are met.)

## Version chain

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

1. **20 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0020A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)
- Zurier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** 01/18/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** 02/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/14/2023)
- **2023-02-14** 02/14/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-02-24** 02/24/2023 Scheduled for consideration (02/28/2023)
- **2023-02-24** 02/24/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-02-28** 02/28/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** 03/01/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/07/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-03-08** 03/08/2023 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10** 03/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (03/16/2023)
- **2023-03-16** 03/16/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Placed on House Calendar (03/21/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-03-21** 03/21/2023 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-03-21** 03/21/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** 03/22/2023 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/9fbd0759-3858-410d-956e-ab7256d6cd53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).