---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT"
description: "Increases monthly minimum benefit for a spouse, domestic partner, former spouse."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2678"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2678 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Bissaillon", "Britto", "DiMario", "Felag", "Gallo", "Gu", "Raptakis", "Urso", "Zurier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-27"
last_action: "2026-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16c90203-66e1-4686-83ed-7cefb1cd02bd"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9400606a2a635aaf766a53a05f8148a75d3d67844805f159256294ab1364497f"
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 2678 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT

Increases monthly minimum benefit for a spouse, domestic partner, former spouse.

## Version chain

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

1. **2678** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2678.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appollonio — primary (person)
- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Urso — primary (person)
- Zurier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-08** 05/08/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/14/2026)
- **2026-05-14** 05/14/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2026)
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-22** 06/22/2026 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/16c90203-66e1-4686-83ed-7cefb1cd02bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).