---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MUNICIPAL POLICE ARBITRATION"
description: "Extends provisions of an existing collective bargaining agreement for municipal police arbitration purposes until a successor agreement is reached or an interest arbitration award is rendered."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 3119"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3119 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Burke", "Ciccone", "Famiglietti", "LaMountain", "McKenney", "Patalano", "Thompson", "Tikoian", "Vargas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-13"
last_action: "2026-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac192f0f-a6bd-4674-b5c9-24214fb50085"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "6af982518fa6496899bd7782d1a49ef9286a3309fd2d42a7c708b42e337cac68"
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 3119 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MUNICIPAL POLICE ARBITRATION

Extends provisions of an existing collective bargaining agreement for municipal police arbitration purposes until a successor agreement is reached or an interest arbitration award is rendered.

## Version chain

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

1. **3119** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3119.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **29–2** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **57–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appollonio — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Famiglietti — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Patalano — primary (person)
- Thompson — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)
- Vargas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-13** 03/13/2026 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 recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** 04/09/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/16/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-04-16** 04/16/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-04-17** 04/17/2026 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/ac192f0f-a6bd-4674-b5c9-24214fb50085`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).