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

S2925 2026 -- S 2925 ======== LC005951 ======== 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: Senators Burke, Ciccone, DiPalma, Famiglietti, and Thompson Date Introduced: March 04, 2026 Referred To: Senate Labor & Gaming 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. ======== LC005951 ======== 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. ======== LC005951 ======== LC005951 - Page 2 of 2