LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FIREFIGHTERS ARBITRATION, the official text

H7041 2026 -- H 7041 ======== LC003174 ======== STATE OF RHODE ISLAND IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026 ____________ A N A C T RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FIREFIGHTERS ARBITRATION Introduced By: Representatives Bennett, Noret, Read, Hull, Shanley, Corvese, Dawson, Potter, Voas, and McNamara Date Introduced: January 09, 2026 Referred To: House Labor It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: 1 SECTION 1. Section 28-9.1-17 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-9.1 entitled 2 Firefighters’ Arbitration is hereby amended to read as follows: 3 28-9.1-17. Continuance of contractual provisions. 4 All contractual provisions contained in a collective bargaining agreement entered into 5 pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall continue in the following collective bargaining 6 agreement unless either the bargaining agent or the corporate authority shall, in writing, within the 7 thirty-day (30) period referred to in § 28-9.1-7, propose a change in any contractual provision. The 8 parties may agree in writing to continue all contractual provisions contained in a collective 9 bargaining agreement until such time as the parties enter into, and have ratified or arbitrated, a 10 successor agreement until such time as a successor agreement has been reached between the parties 11 or an interest arbitration award has been rendered . 12 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. ======== LC003174 ======== EXPLANATION BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF A N A C T RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FIREFIGHTERS ARBITRATION *** 1 This act would provide that all contractual provisions in a firefighters collective bargaining 2 agreement would continue until a successor agreement has been reached or an interest arbitration 3 award has been rendered. 4 This act would take effect upon passage. ======== LC003174 ======== LC003174 - Page 2 of 2