| RI | H7960 | Pass | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES - Eliminates prescribed timelines for hearing and determination in certain enforcement actions before the department labor and training to align with reasonable practice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-23
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S3049 | Pass | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES - Eliminates prescribed timelines for hearing and determination in certain enforcement actions before the department labor and training to align with reasonable practice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-23
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H8524 | Pass | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION -- GENERAL PROVISIONS - Amends various sections of the workers' compensation statute relative to the court's jurisdiction and the court's authority.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-23
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S3297 | Pass | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION -- GENERAL PROVISIONS - Amends various sections of the workers' compensation statute relative to the court's jurisdiction and the court's authority.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-23
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H7040 | Pass | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MUNICIPAL POLICE ARBITRATION - Extends provisions of an existing collective bargaining agreement for municipal police arbitration purposes until a successor agreement is reached or an interest arbitration award is rendere...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-22
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S3119 | Pass | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MUNICIPAL POLICE ARBITRATION - Extends provisions of an existing collective bargaining agreement for municipal police arbitration purposes until a successor agreement is reached or an interest arbitration award is rendere...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-22
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H7962 | Pass | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY - Eliminates the "until June 30, 2026" sunset on the increase in the total amount of earnings a partial-unemployment insurance claimant can receive before being entirely disqualified for unemployment i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-19
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S2929 | Pass | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY - Eliminates the "until June 30, 2026" sunset on the increase in the total amount of earnings a partial-unemployment insurance claimant can receive before being entirely disqualified for unemployment i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-19
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H7041 | Pass | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FIREFIGHTERS' ARBITRATION - Provides that all contractual provisions in a firefighters collective bargaining agreement continue until a successor agreement has been reached or an interest arbitration award has been render...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-18
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H7290 | Pass | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- RESTRICTIONS ON SELF-SERVICE CHECKOUT STATIONS ACT - Places limits on the number of self-service checkout stations a grocery store can have and on the workload of employees assigned to monitor those checkout stations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-18
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H7364 | Pass | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WAREHOUSE WORKER PROTECTION ACT - Requires employers to provide each employee of a warehouse distribution center, upon hire, with written description of quotas applicable to the employee within defined time periods and ad...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-18
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S2342 | Pass | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- RESTRICTIONS ON SELF-SERVICE CHECKOUT STATIONS ACT - Places limits on the number of self-service checkout stations a grocery store can have and on the workload of employees assigned to monitor those checkout stations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-18
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S2504 | Pass | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WAREHOUSE WORKER PROTECTION ACT - Requires employers to provide each employee of a warehouse distribution center, upon hire, with written description of quotas applicable to the employee within defined time periods and ad...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-18
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S2925 | Pass | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FIREFIGHTERS' ARBITRATION - Provides that all contractual provisions in a firefighters collective bargaining agreement continue until a successor agreement has been reached or an interest arbitration award has been render...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-18
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H7146 | Pass | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- DIVISION OF PROFESSIONAL REGULATION - Creates a new class of retirement status license for retirees that had possessed a professional license issued by the department of labor and training.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-10
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S2921 | Pass | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES - Changes the definition of employee to include individuals employed in the domestic service of any person.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-10
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S3138 | Pass | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- DIVISION OF PROFESSIONAL REGULATION - Creates a new class of retirement status license for retirees that had possessed a professional license issued by the department of labor and training.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-10
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H8504 | Pass | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES - Changes the definition of employee to include individuals employed in the domestic service of any person.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-10
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S2499 | Engross
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE USE AND FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES - Creates a comprehensive statutory framework to address and regulate the use of artificial intelligence in the workplace, considering the interests of employers a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-05
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | S2174 | Engross
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LABOR RELATIONS ACT -- NO LIMITATION ON HEALTHCARE BENEFIT PROVIDERS - Repeals the law that prevents a collective bargaining agreement covering state employees, public school teachers and municipal employees from specifyi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-29
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | S2502 | Engross
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKPLACE PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY ACT - Protects bullying/psychological abuse in workplace inflicted upon employees by employers/co-employees/provides civil remedies to affected employees/fines against employers/imprisonment...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-29
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | S2737 | Engross
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- GENERAL PROVISIONS - Expands the benefit definitions of temporary care giver leave to include a grandchild and care recipient and would increase a leave benefits period to 10 weeks for 20...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-29
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | S2924 | Engross
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LABOR RELATIONS ACT - Allows employees, not represented by a union, to create a group to collectively bargain with employers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-29
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H8505 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKPLACE PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY ACT - Protects bullying/psychological abuse in workplace inflicted upon employees by employers/co-employees/provides civil remedies to affected employees/fines against employers/imprisonment...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-21
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | S2170 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY -- BENEFITS - Allows unemployment benefits for workers who are on strike or are locked out of their workplaces by their employer due to a labor dispute.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-13
To Senate Labor and Gaming Committee |
| RI | S2172 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LABOR RELATIONS ACT - Provides for the right to strike for public sector workers in Rhode Island, including teachers, with exceptions for police officers, firefighters, 911 employees, and correctional officers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-13
To Senate Labor and Gaming Committee |
| RI | S2744 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- THE RHODE ISLAND OPPORTUNITY FOR EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP ACT - Establishes an opportunity for employee ownership where the owner notifies all current full-time and part-time employees and provides them with a 30-day window in ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-07
To Senate Labor and Gaming Committee |
| RI | S2166 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES -- OVERTIME - Requires small employers with one to fifty (1-50) employees and large employers with fifty (50) or more employees to pay overtime wages to exempt workers if their salary exceeds varying multipl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-06
To Senate Labor and Gaming Committee |
| RI | S2325 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES - Effective January 1, 2028, Increases the hourly minimum wage in accordance with the Consumer Price Index for the Northeast Region for the previous four (4) fiscal years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-06
To Senate Labor and Gaming Committee |
| RI | S2408 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES - Commencing January 1, 2027, this act would increase the minimum wage for employees receiving gratuities, from the current three dollars and eighty-nine cents ($3.89) to six dollars and seventy-five cents (...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-06
To Senate Labor and Gaming Committee |
| RI | S2620 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES - Sets the minimum wage for 2027 at twenty dollars ($20) per hour.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-06
To Senate Labor and Gaming Committee |
| RI | S2740 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES -- HEALTHCARE WORKER OVERTIME PAY - Requires all health care workers who are employed on any Sunday or holiday, to be compensated at the rate of time and one-half.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-06
To Senate Labor and Gaming Committee |
| RI | S2923 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES - Increases the minimum hourly wage commencing January 1, 2029, by an amount equal to the total percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Northeast Region for th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-06
To Senate Labor and Gaming Committee |
| RI | S2930 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES - Provides that commencing January 1, 2027, the minimum wage shall be twenty-four dollars ($24.00) per hour.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-06
To Senate Labor and Gaming Committee |
| RI | S2324 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- CONSUMER CREDIT HISTORY EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES - Prohibits employers from seeking/using credit reports in making hiring decisions concerning prospective employees, asking questions about th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-29
To Senate Labor and Gaming Committee |
| RI | S2739 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION -- PROCEDURE - Amends the workers' compensation reimbursement provisions related to the liability of third person for damages.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-29
To Senate Labor and Gaming Committee |
| RI | S2927 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- GENERAL PROVISIONS - Provides that Rhode Island state employees be eligible for temporary disability insurance effective January 1, 2027.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-29
To Senate Labor and Gaming Committee |
| RI | S2926 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES - Mandates any contract for capital improvements at any healthcare facility adhere to the requirements of chapter 13 of title 37.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-29
To Senate Labor and Gaming Committee |
| RI | S2409 | Engross
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES' ARBITRATION - Recognizes that municipal employees have the opportunity to utilize binding arbitration and establishes new factors for the arbitrators to consider. These factors include comparisons of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-17
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | S3200 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES - Prohibits an employer, employment agency, labor organization, or employee, to commit any act declared to be an unlawful employment practice; individuals would be held personally liable for such...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7042 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LABOR RELATIONS ACT - Provides for the right to strike for public sector workers in Rhode Island, including teachers, with exceptions for police officers, firefighters, 911 employees, and correctional officers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-15
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H7082 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES' ARBITRATION - Recognizes that municipal employees have the opportunity to utilize binding arbitration and establishes new factors for the arbitrators to consider. These factors include comparisons of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-15
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H7291 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LABOR RELATIONS ACT - Allows employees, not represented by a union, to create a group to collectively bargain with employers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-15
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H7768 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES - Prohibits an employer, employment agency, labor organization, or employee, to commit any act declared to be an unlawful employment practice; individuals would be held personally liable for such...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-15
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H7767 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE USE AND FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES - Creates a comprehensive statutory framework to address and regulate the use of artificial intelligence in the workplace, considering the interests of employers a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-15
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H7958 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES - Mandates any contract for capital improvements at any healthcare facility adhere to the requirements of chapter 13 of title 37.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-15
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H7967 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LABOR RELATIONS ACT -- NO LIMITATION ON HEALTHCARE BENEFIT PROVIDERS - Repeals the law that prevents a collective bargaining agreement covering state employees, public school teachers and municipal employees from specifyi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-15
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H8331 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- THE TRADES WORKER JUSTICE AND SAFETY ACT - Establishes the trades worker justice and safety act to help provide workers with a workplace free from harassment, discrimination, intimidation, bullying, abuse and retaliation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-15
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | S2928 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- HEALTHY AND SAFE FAMILIES AND WORKPLACES ACT - Requires employers to provide full-time employees four (4) hours of paid leave once a year to donate blood through and any approved blood donation program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-08
To Senate Labor and Gaming Committee |
| RI | S2160 | Engross
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- RHODE ISLAND NONCOMPETITION AGREEMENT ACT - Prohibits noncompete agreements except for noncompete agreements between a seller and buyer of a business; creates civil action for an employer for the violation of an agreement...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-01
To House Labor Committee |
