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Read. Follow. Verify.Rhode Island Bill S 2543 Extends Retired Municipal Worker Annual Limit to 90 Days Without Pension Interruption
Last action · June 9, 2026: Senate read and passedSponsors: Gordon Rogers and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
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.)
Determines how many cumulative hours retired local government staff can return to public employment annually before forfeiting their retirement income.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
retired municipal employees
Retired municipal employees can work up to 90 days or 630 hours annually without pension interruption.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the Senate.
Procedural history
7 actions- Jun 9, 2026FloorSenate read and passed
- Jun 2, 2026Placed on Senate Calendar (06/09/2026)
- Jun 2, 2026FloorCommittee recommends passage
- May 29, 2026Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
- May 14, 2026Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- May 8, 2026Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/14/2026)
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- Feb 13, 2026IntroducedIntroduced, referred to Senate Finance
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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