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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PENSION REVOCATION AND REDUCTION ACT"
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description: "Authorizes the state retirement board to revoke or reduce an individual’s 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."
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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: "SB 3296"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 3296 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Gallo", "Gu", "Murray", "de la Cruz"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 10
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-05-15"
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last_action: "2026-06-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2899f72b-6831-4794-a860-e7b56d785151"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "b586d08b9830b2810f527d76810a626632a41e5af811a2d8acbed753ea4183fd"
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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 3296 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PENSION REVOCATION AND REDUCTION ACT
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Authorizes the state retirement board to revoke or reduce an individual’s 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.
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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. **3296** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3296.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- DiPalma — primary (person)
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- Gallo — primary (person)
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- Gu — primary (person)
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- Murray — primary (person)
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- de la Cruz — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-05-27** 05/27/2026 Committee transferred to Senate Finance
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- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/02/2026)
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- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-23** 06/23/2026 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/2899f72b-6831-4794-a860-e7b56d785151`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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