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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES (Allows town of Middletown employees hired after June 30, 2022, various options relating to enrollment in the town's defined contribution plan up to and including December 31, 2022.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES (Allows town of Middletown employees hired after June 30, 2022, various options relating to enrollment in the town's defined contribution plan up to and including December 31, 2022.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2956"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2956 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-05-19"
last_action: "2022-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f05a9565-384b-4a6a-a2b6-30b8b35585d9"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9367bc1df2bc4c5af5ba2b7acbdf08eebf628a34153de50cfe0ffcb10250929f"
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 2956 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES (Allows town of Middletown employees hired after June 30, 2022, various options relating to enrollment in the town's defined contribution plan up to and including December 31, 2022.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **2956** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2956.pdf)
## Votes
- IN CONCURRENCE — **691** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **360** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- DiPalma — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-05-19** 05/19/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/02/2022)
- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2022)
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-06** 07/06/2022 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/f05a9565-384b-4a6a-a2b6-30b8b35585d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).