---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS"
description: "Establishes a reimbursement system for a municipalities cost of training public safety personnel when they are hired by a different municipality or public safety agency within Rhode Island within 3 years of receiving the public safety training."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5950"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5950 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-28"
last_action: "2025-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba9eb473-6484-4076-b04b-f29dca0973a5"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5079e326a170fe0251e30d7e83e6ee4921e028f9bb067ac6946d7590af7113c0"
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 5950 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS

Establishes a reimbursement system for a municipalities cost of training public safety personnel when they are hired by a different municipality or public safety agency within Rhode Island within 3 years of receiving the public safety training.

## Version chain

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

1. **5950 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5950aa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 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`
- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/10/2025)
- **2025-04-10** 04/10/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-25** 04/25/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/29/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** 04/29/2025 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2025)
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 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/ba9eb473-6484-4076-b04b-f29dca0973a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).