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S2741 • 2026

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (Allows retired teachers, state and municipal workers to be employed without the loss of any retirement benefits, as long as they reside in Rhode Island at least 270 days and have an annual income from all sources that is less than $55,000.)

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (Allows retired teachers, state and municipal workers to be employed without the loss of any retirement benefits, as long as they reside in Rhode Island at least 270 days and have an annual income from all sources that is less than $55,000.)

Education Labor
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Sosnowski
Last action
2026-05-13
Official status
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (Allows retired teachers, state and municipal workers to be employed without the loss of any retirement benefits, as long as they reside in Rhode Island at least 270 days and have an annual income from all sources that is less than $55,000.)

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (Allows retired teachers, state and municipal workers to be employed without the loss of any retirement benefits, as long as they reside in Rhode Island at least 270 days and have an annual income from all sources that is less than $55,000.)

What This Bill Does

  • AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (Allows retired teachers, state and municipal workers to be employed without the loss of any retirement benefits, as long as they reside in Rhode Island at least 270 days and have an annual income from all sources that is less than $55,000.)

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-13 Committee

    Committee recommended measure be held for further study

  2. 2026-05-08 Rhode Island General Assembly

    Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/13/2026)

  3. 2026-02-27 Rhode Island General Assembly

    Introduced, referred to Senate Labor and Gaming

Official Summary Text

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (Allows retired teachers, state and municipal workers to be employed without the loss of any retirement benefits, as long as they reside in Rhode Island at least 270 days and have an annual income from all sources that is less than $55,000.)

Current Bill Text

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S2741

2026 -- S 2741
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026
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A N A C T
RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT

Introduced By:
Senator V. Susan Sosnowski

Date Introduced:
February 27, 2026

Referred To:
Senate Labor & Gaming
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
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SECTION 1. Chapter 16-16 of the General Laws entitled "Teachers’ Retirement [See Title
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16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]" is hereby amended by adding thereto
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the following section:
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16-16-44. Member employment after retirement.

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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any retired member of the
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employees’ retirement system of Rhode Island, under titles 16, 36, or 45, may be employed in a
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full-time or part-time position, within the employees’ retirement system of Rhode Island, without
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any forfeiture of or reduction in, their retirement benefits and allowances the member is receiving,
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or may receive, provided the retired member:
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(i) Resides in Rhode Island for two hundred seventy (270) days in a calendar year; and
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(ii) Has an annual gross income from all sources that is less than fifty-five thousand dollars
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($55,000).
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(b) Notice of the reemployment shall be sent monthly to the state retirement board by the
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employer and by the retired member.
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF
A N A C T
RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT
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This act would allow retired teachers, state and municipal workers to be employed without
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the loss of any retirement benefits, as long as they reside in Rhode Island at least two hundred
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seventy (270) days and have an annual income from all sources that is less than fifty-five thousand
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dollars ($55,000).
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This act would take effect upon passage.
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