RI HB 7442
deadAN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- INSPECTION OF PERSONNEL FILES
Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Description
Expands the obligations of employers to create, maintain and retain their employees' personnel records, it requires that records be retained for at least 3 years after employee's termination. It also increases the financial penalties for each violation.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-30
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-02-05 — 02/05/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- McEnteeprimary
- Cravenprimary
- Dawsonprimary
- Tanziprimary
- Batistaprimary
- Spearsprimary
- Shanleyprimary
Committees
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Action timeline
2026-01-30
01/30/2026 Introduced, referred to House Labor
introduction,referral-committee
2026-01-30
01/30/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/05/2026)
2026-02-05
02/05/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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Versions
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Documents
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Related bills
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