Rhode Island legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island H7149: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS (Requires that before an
Status: Signed into law, June 10, 2026
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS (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.)
What the bill says
From the introduced text, January 16, 2026:
2026 -- H 7149 ======== LC003878 ======== STATEOFRHODEISLAND IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026 ____________ ANACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS Introduced By: Representatives Read, Noret, Hull, Fascia, O'Brien, Casey, and Casimiro Date Introduced: January 16, 2026 Referred To: House Municipal Government & Housing It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: SECTION 1. Section 45-19-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 45-19 entitled "Relief of Injured and Deceased Fire Fighters and Police Officers" is hereby amended to read as follows: 45-19-1. Salary payment during line of duty illness or injury. (a)(1) Whenever any police officer of the Rhode Island airport corporation or whenever any police officer, firefighter, crash rescue crewperson, fire marshal, chief deputy fire marshal, or deputy fire marshal of any city, town, fire district, or the state of Rhode Island is wholly or partially incapacitated by reason of injuries received or sickness contracted in the performance of their duties or due to their rendering of emergency assistance within the physical boundaries of the state of Rhode Island at any occurrence involving the protection or rescue of human life which necessitates that they respond in a professional capacity when they would normally be considered by their employer to be officially off-duty, the respective city, town, …
Sponsors
- Earl Read (D, HD-026) · primary sponsor
- Thomas Noret (D, HD-025)
- Raymond Hull (D, HD-006)
- Richard Fascia (R, HD-042)
- William O'Brien (D)
- Stephen Casey (D, HD-050)
- Julie Casimiro (D, HD-031)
Latest actions
- : Signed by Governor
- : Transmitted to Governor
- : Senate passed in concurrence
- : Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar
- : Committee recommends passage in concurrence
- : Scheduled for consideration
- : Referred to Senate Labor and Gaming
- : House read and passed
- : Placed on House Calendar
- : Committee recommends passage
Votes
- Senate Committee on Labor & Gaming: Passage in concurrence (May 20, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Seq #163: PASSAGE (May 5, 2026): 71 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Committee on Municipal Government & Housing: Passage (April 29, 2026): 9 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: TOWNS AND CITIES
Common questions
- What is H7149?
- H7149 is a bill in the Rhode Island Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS (Requires that before an.
- What does H7149 do?
- AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS (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.)
- What is the status of H7149?
- Signed into law as of June 10, 2026. Latest action: Signed by Governor (June 10, 2026).
- Who sponsored H7149?
- Earl Read (D, HD-026), with 6 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H7149?
- On the Rhode Island Legislature website: http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7149.pdf
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