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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- CANCER BENEFITS FOR FIRE FIGHTERS (Defines a fire fighter as a member of a fire department or a city, town, or fire district emergency services unit for the purposes of cancer benefits for firefighters.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- CANCER BENEFITS FOR FIRE FIGHTERS (Defines a fire fighter as a member of a fire department or a city, town, or fire district emergency services unit for the purposes of cancer benefits for firefighters.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 226"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 226 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Cancer", "Cities & Towns", "Health & Safety", "Police & Fire"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gu", "Pearson", "Sosnowski", "Valverde"]
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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: "2023-02-16"
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last_action: "2023-06-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9c756a6-5158-40b4-8b2b-c098c14f82c0"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "a54379baa5edc4213fca59bcbd38fe485d446fd5368d852785dc3b88f881917e"
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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 226 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- CANCER BENEFITS FOR FIRE FIGHTERS (Defines a fire fighter as a member of a fire department or a city, town, or fire district emergency services unit for the purposes of cancer benefits for firefighters.)
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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. **226** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0226.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Gu — primary (person)
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- Pearson — primary (person)
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- Sosnowski — primary (person)
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- Valverde — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-16** 02/16/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/11/2023)
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- **2023-05-11** 05/11/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/25/2023)
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- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/01/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
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- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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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/f9c756a6-5158-40b4-8b2b-c098c14f82c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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