Rhode Island legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island S2543: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES (Increases the number of days a retired municipal emplo
Status: Passed one chamber, June 9, 2026
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES (Increases the number of days a retired municipal employee could work in a calendar year without interruption of pension benefits to ninety (90) days or its equivalent of six hundred thirty (630) hours.)
What the bill says
From the introduced text, February 13, 2026:
2026 -- S 2543 ======== LC004990 ======== STATEOFRHODEISLAND IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026 ____________ ANACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES Introduced By: Senators Rogers, and de la Cruz Date Introduced: February 13, 2026 Referred To: Senate Finance It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: SECTION 1. Section 45-21-54 of the General Laws in Chapter 45-21 entitled "Retirement of Municipal Employees" is hereby amended to read as follows: 45-21-54. Reemployment of retired members. Any retired member of the system is permitted to reenter the service of the system for not more than seventy-five (75) ninety (90) working days or its equivalent of six hundred thirty (630) working hours in a calendar year without interruption of pension benefits. Pension payments, however, are suspended when that period is exceeded. This seventy-five-day (75) ninety-day (90) rule shall not apply to police officers, as defined in § 28-9.2-3, for the purposes of their working private details, paid for by a nongovernmental entity. If the retired member continues in service beyond the seventy-five-day (75) ninety (90) working day period (with his or her annuity temporarily suspended) the member is not eligible for pension credit for the additional service, nor is the member required to make pension contributions for this service; provided, that any retired member of the …
Sponsors
- Gordon Rogers (R, SD-021) · primary sponsor
- Jessica de la Cruz (R, SD-023)
Latest actions
- : Senate read and passed
- : Placed on Senate Calendar
- : Committee recommends passage
- : Scheduled for consideration
- : Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- : Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- : Introduced, referred to Senate Finance
Votes
- Senate Seq #479: (June 9, 2026): 38 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Committee on Finance: Passage (June 2, 2026): 9 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Committee on Finance: Passage (May 14, 2026): 8 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: TOWNS AND CITIES
Common questions
- What is S2543?
- S2543 is a bill in the Rhode Island Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES (Increases the number of days a retired municipal emplo.
- What does S2543 do?
- AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES (Increases the number of days a retired municipal employee could work in a calendar year without interruption of pension benefits to ninety (90) days or its equivalent of six hundred thirty (630) hours.)
- What is the status of S2543?
- Passed one chamber as of June 9, 2026. Latest action: Senate read and passed (June 9, 2026).
- Who sponsored S2543?
- Gordon Rogers (R, SD-021), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for S2543?
- On the Rhode Island Legislature website: http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2543.pdf
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