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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- CANCER BENEFITS FOR FIRE FIGHTERS (Expands the definition of fire fighter to a member of a fire department or a city, town or fire district emergency medical services unit.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- CANCER BENEFITS FOR FIRE FIGHTERS (Expands the definition of fire fighter to a member of a fire department or a city, town or fire district emergency medical services unit.)"
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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: "HB 5286"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5286 (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: ["Ackerman", "Fogarty", "Marszalkowski", "McEntee", "Tanzi", "Voas"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-02-01"
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last_action: "2023-06-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5db6630-cace-47fd-8ca4-7c15bc2b4a8d"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "d6813046d3f48a153bbed5d1abc0ead0fcdc82ba44aa0541ca36ceb180433b37"
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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 HB 5286 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- CANCER BENEFITS FOR FIRE FIGHTERS (Expands the definition of fire fighter to a member of a fire department or a city, town or fire district emergency medical services unit.)
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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. **5286** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5286.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **68–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ackerman — primary (person)
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- Fogarty — primary (person)
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- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
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- McEntee — primary (person)
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- Tanzi — primary (person)
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- Voas — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-01** 02/01/2023 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-10** 02/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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- **2023-02-14** 02/14/2023 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/16/2023)
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- **2023-03-24** 03/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2023)
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- **2023-03-28** 03/28/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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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 `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 read and passed `passage`
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- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Senate 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/d5db6630-cace-47fd-8ca4-7c15bc2b4a8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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