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type: "Bill"
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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.)"
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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.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 2302"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2302 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Cancer", "Cities & Towns", "Police & Fire", "Tobacco"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Ciccone", "Felag", "Gallo", "Lombardi"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2020-02-04"
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last_action: "2020-07-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad081549-2771-4792-b13a-f083d295276f"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "a75e41d8f4c5da6c025425f00a1d469cfa6c9a826969639d648f5600a4b51ce6"
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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 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.)
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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. **2302 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/SenateText20/S2302A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
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- LC 004098/2 — **2–33** (fail) · upper
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- PASSAGE — **32–4** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Archambault — primary (person)
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- Ciccone — primary (person)
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- Felag — primary (person)
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- Gallo — primary (person)
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- Lombardi — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-02-04** 02/04/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-07** 02/07/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/12/2020)
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- **2020-02-12** 02/12/2020 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2020-07-03** 07/03/2020 Scheduled for consideration (07/08/2020)
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- **2020-07-03** 07/03/2020 Proposed Substitute
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- **2020-07-08** 07/08/2020 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-07-09** 07/09/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/13/2020)
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- **2020-07-13** 07/13/2020 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2020-07-14** 07/14/2020 Placed on House Calendar (07/16/2020)
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- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2020-07-17** 07/17/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-07-22** 07/22/2020 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/ad081549-2771-4792-b13a-f083d295276f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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