---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FIREFIGHTERS' ARBITRATION"
description: "Provides that all contractual provisions in a firefighters collective bargaining agreement continue until a successor agreement has been reached or an interest arbitration award has been rendered."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7041"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7041 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Corvese", "Dawson", "Hull", "McNamara", "Noret", "Potter", "Read", "Shanley", "Voas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-09"
last_action: "2026-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e18446b9-a989-4e89-a844-485dcb8ad471"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f1e0bb465fb60c0c39b5bf5f1bcf85ad2bc7e174bdf7ec4e64d43a3a1dcd3c26"
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 7041 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FIREFIGHTERS' ARBITRATION

Provides that all contractual provisions in a firefighters collective bargaining agreement continue until a successor agreement has been reached or an interest arbitration award has been rendered.

## Version chain

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

1. **7041** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7041.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **61–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Read — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Voas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-09** 01/09/2026 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-10** 04/10/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/15/2026)
- **2026-04-15** 04/15/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/e18446b9-a989-4e89-a844-485dcb8ad471`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).