---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS"
description: "Includes police officers to fire fighters who are unable to perform duties as a result of heart disease, stroke or hypertension to be presumed to have suffered an in-the-line-of-duty disability, unless contrary evidence is presented."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5372"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5372 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craven", "O'Brien", "Shanley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-07"
last_action: "2025-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5bcc638-8bc8-42fc-a4ab-f51a1847a50a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a5dda8a7a613bf1991f2048787a77c2a053feaaacf16655fa242c626817b8ca9"
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 5372 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS

Includes police officers to fire fighters who are unable to perform duties as a result of heart disease, stroke or hypertension to be presumed to have suffered an in-the-line-of-duty disability, unless contrary evidence is presented.

## Version chain

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

1. **5372** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5372.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Craven — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2025)
- **2025-03-27** 03/27/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2025)
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-03** 07/03/2025 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/e5bcc638-8bc8-42fc-a4ab-f51a1847a50a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).