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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES--MIDDLETOWN MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT (Allows the town of Middletown to enroll its full-time police officers hired on or after July 1, 2021, in a defined contribution plan established by the town and prevents newly hired police officers from becoming members of the retirement system.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES--MIDDLETOWN MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT (Allows the town of Middletown to enroll its full-time police officers hired on or after July 1, 2021, in a defined contribution plan established by the town and prevents newly hired police officers from becoming members of the retirement system.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 296"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 296 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Middletown", "Police & Fire", "Public Officers", "Retirement"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-02-18"
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last_action: "2021-06-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/109c84d5-ab64-4bbb-ba37-79c08b48a0a3"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "e9537ce0df1573f709750ca39e07b31bbf83a1ce0904b2d69ce61fac20dfe43a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island SB 296 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES--MIDDLETOWN MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT (Allows the town of Middletown to enroll its full-time police officers hired on or after July 1, 2021, in a defined contribution plan established by the town and prevents newly hired police officers from becoming members of the retirement system.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **296** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0296.pdf)
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## Votes
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- RETIREMENT — **33–4** (pass) · upper
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- DiPalma — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-18** 02/18/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-19** 02/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2021)
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- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2021-03-05** 03/05/2021 Scheduled for consideration (03/11/2021)
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- **2021-03-11** 03/11/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-11** 03/11/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/16/2021)
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- **2021-03-16** 03/16/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2021-03-18** 03/18/2021 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2021)
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- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2021)
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- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/109c84d5-ab64-4bbb-ba37-79c08b48a0a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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