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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- CANCER BENEFITS FOR FIREFIGHTERS (Clarifies a presumption applying to firefighters that if any type of cancer is found in a firefighter with three (3) exceptions would be conclusively presumed to be an occupational cancer arising out of their employment.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- CANCER BENEFITS FOR FIREFIGHTERS (Clarifies a presumption applying to firefighters that if any type of cancer is found in a firefighter with three (3) exceptions would be conclusively presumed to be an occupational cancer arising out of their employment.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2302"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2302 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cancer", "Cities & Towns", "Police & Fire", "Tobacco"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Ciccone", "Felag", "Gallo", "Lombardi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-04"
last_action: "2020-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad081549-2771-4792-b13a-f083d295276f"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "a75e41d8f4c5da6c025425f00a1d469cfa6c9a826969639d648f5600a4b51ce6"
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 2302 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- CANCER BENEFITS FOR FIREFIGHTERS (Clarifies a presumption applying to firefighters that if any type of cancer is found in a firefighter with three (3) exceptions would be conclusively presumed to be an occupational cancer arising out of their employment.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **2302 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/SenateText20/S2302A.pdf)
## Votes
- IN CONCURRENCE — **670** (pass) · upper
- LC 004098/2 — **233** (fail) · upper
- PASSAGE — **324** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Archambault — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-02-04** 02/04/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-07** 02/07/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/12/2020)
- **2020-02-12** 02/12/2020 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2020-07-03** 07/03/2020 Scheduled for consideration (07/08/2020)
- **2020-07-03** 07/03/2020 Proposed Substitute
- **2020-07-08** 07/08/2020 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-07-09** 07/09/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/13/2020)
- **2020-07-13** 07/13/2020 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2020-07-14** 07/14/2020 Placed on House Calendar (07/16/2020)
- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-07-17** 07/17/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-22** 07/22/2020 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad081549-2771-4792-b13a-f083d295276f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).