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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- CANCER BENEFITS FOR FIRE FIGHTERS"
description: "Makes the provisions of §§ 45-19.1-3 and 45-19.1-4, benefits for firefighters with cancer, effective regardless of any general, special or specific law, or any charter and/or municipal ordinance to the contrary."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 458"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 458 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "Tikoian", "Urso"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec792c53-e65e-4bd4-99f3-ab1017bd5cdd"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "7e1360780c3ae1480660ae6b2f666bbf26372c3bea40af8be2d10e2a346d3649"
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 458 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- CANCER BENEFITS FOR FIRE FIGHTERS
Makes the provisions of §§ 45-19.1-3 and 45-19.1-4, benefits for firefighters with cancer, effective regardless of any general, special or specific law, or any charter and/or municipal ordinance to the contrary.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **458 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0458A.pdf)
## Votes
- IN CONCURRENCE — **600** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **334** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)
- Urso — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/13/2025)
- **2025-05-13** 05/13/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2025)
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-03** 07/03/2025 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec792c53-e65e-4bd4-99f3-ab1017bd5cdd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).