---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS"
description: "Allows a police officer to be reemployed by a state agency or department for purposes of working a state-funded detail subject to certain restrictions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2935"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2935 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Ciccone", "DiPalma", "Famiglietti", "Thompson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-04"
last_action: "2026-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0dd8ad1-ddfb-4dbf-b83d-ac68ab6fb4ae"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5e2415ad9219b92acdfd609197adbda6600fa5efb96d9c6bb656dab2049036c3"
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 2935 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS

Allows a police officer to be reemployed by a state agency or department for purposes of working a state-funded detail subject to certain restrictions.

## Version chain

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

1. **2935** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2935.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burke — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Famiglietti — primary (person)
- Thompson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-04** 03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor and Gaming `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/08/2026)
- **2026-04-08** 04/08/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-06** 06/06/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House 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/d0dd8ad1-ddfb-4dbf-b83d-ac68ab6fb4ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).