---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS"
description: "Extends injured-on-duty (IOD) benefits to police officers and firefighters that suffer from diagnosed post-traumatic stress disorders, except under certain conditions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7464"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7464 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Casimiro", "DeSimone", "Edwards", "Fellela", "Hull", "Lima", "McEntee", "Shanley", "Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6cd62edc-a85b-4791-8025-1f0f48d6373c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "7415497c4f76e1c1564735d57863dd4d37ab29373556fa63cad041a95a23e295"
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 7464 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS

Extends injured-on-duty (IOD) benefits to police officers and firefighters that suffer from diagnosed post-traumatic stress disorders, except under certain conditions.

## Version chain

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

1. **7464 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7464A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baginski — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- DeSimone — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Lima — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** 02/02/2024 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/02/2024)
- **2024-04-02** 04/02/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-25** 05/25/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2024)
- **2024-05-25** 05/25/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/05/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6cd62edc-a85b-4791-8025-1f0f48d6373c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).