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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 individuals 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 individuals 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.

  1. 7656 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 730 (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).