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| Bill | AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PENSION REVOCATION AND REDUCTION ACT | Authorizes the state retirement board to revoke or reduce an individual’s pension benefit if that individual is convicted or pleads guilty or no contest to a felony sex crime related to their public office or public employment. | us/states/ri | Rhode Island General Assembly | 2026 | HB 7656 | Rhode Island HB 7656 (2026) |
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Rhode Island HB 7656 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PENSION REVOCATION AND REDUCTION ACT
Authorizes the state retirement board to revoke or reduce an individual’s pension benefit if that individual is convicted or pleads guilty or no contest to a felony sex crime related to their public office or public employment.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- 7656 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 73–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Read — 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 Judiciary
introduction, referral-committee - 2026-03-06 03/06/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2026)
- 2026-03-12 03/12/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
committee-failure - 2026-03-27 03/27/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/02/2026)
- 2026-04-02 04/02/2026 Committee recommends passage
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-04-03 04/03/2026 Placed on House Calendar (04/07/2026)
reading-3 - 2026-04-07 04/07/2026 House read and passed
passage - 2026-04-14 04/14/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary
referral-committee - 2026-05-29 05/29/2026 Committee transferred to Senate Finance
- 2026-06-05 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
- 2026-06-08 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-06-09 06/09/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2026)
reading-3 - 2026-06-10 06/10/2026 Senate passed in concurrence
passage - 2026-06-18 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-06-23 06/23/2026 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fbf0c60c-d596-4d96-82ff-17c74863b22e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).