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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: "Requires that before any fire fighter or police officer is eligible to receive benefits for illness or injury sustained off duty, they prove they had reasonable grounds to believe that an emergency existed that required immediate need of their assistance."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 7149"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7149 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Casey", "Casimiro", "Fascia", "Hull", "Noret", "O'Brien", "Read"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2026-01-16"
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last_action: "2026-06-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd8b978a-ec6f-4dcf-bab6-6f3509f15303"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "fd963f1597afcc2f754dbd2fe65a9b1fcfdcfebcca93cd034340263f891904e1"
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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 7149 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS
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Requires that before any fire fighter or police officer is eligible to receive benefits for illness or injury sustained off duty, they prove they had reasonable grounds to believe that an emergency existed that required immediate need of their assistance.
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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. **7149** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7149.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Casey — primary (person)
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- Casimiro — primary (person)
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- Fascia — primary (person)
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- Hull — primary (person)
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- Noret — primary (person)
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- O'Brien — primary (person)
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- Read — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-16** 01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-20** 03/20/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/24/2026)
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- **2026-03-24** 03/24/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/29/2026)
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- **2026-04-29** 04/29/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/05/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-05-05** 05/05/2026 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Referred to Senate Labor and Gaming `referral-committee`
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- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/20/2026)
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- **2026-05-20** 05/20/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 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/dd8b978a-ec6f-4dcf-bab6-6f3509f15303`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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