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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS"
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description: "Extends injured-on-duty (IOD) benefits to police officers and firefighters that suffer from diagnosed post-traumatic stress disorders, except under certain conditions."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 2059"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2059 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Bissaillon", "Euer", "Murray", "Pearson", "Sosnowski"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-01-12"
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last_action: "2024-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/feb5cae1-02ff-4a06-bb62-58dbb9839fad"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "291156b7667db977115f5428d883c3dd2af90746d3338e151e64e32dbac16114"
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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 SB 2059 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS
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Extends injured-on-duty (IOD) benefits to police officers and firefighters that suffer from diagnosed post-traumatic stress disorders, except under certain conditions.
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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. **2059 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2059A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **33–3** (pass) · upper
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Acosta — primary (person)
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- Bissaillon — primary (person)
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- Euer — primary (person)
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- Murray — primary (person)
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- Pearson — primary (person)
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- Sosnowski — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-12** 01/12/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-19** 04/19/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2024)
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- **2024-04-25** 04/25/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2024)
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- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
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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/feb5cae1-02ff-4a06-bb62-58dbb9839fad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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