---
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: "HB 7683"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7683 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Biah", "Caldwell", "Donovan", "Furtado", "McEntee", "Messier", "O'Brien", "Phillips", "Serpa", "Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-11"
last_action: "2026-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1dde86e9-ac71-4105-9bbf-ea19a9f64397"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "eb5e95cc14627df1f1836acd4c9b87de32161dcceb42ee3d34b0128cf026b23e"
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 7683 (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. **7683** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7683.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Biah — primary (person)
- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Furtado — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-11** 02/11/2026 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-10** 04/10/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/16/2026)
- **2026-04-16** 04/16/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-06-06** 06/06/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage `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 read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate 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/1dde86e9-ac71-4105-9bbf-ea19a9f64397`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).