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RI HB 8504

enacted

AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES

Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Changes the definition of employee to include individuals employed in the domestic service of any person.

Introduced
2026-05-01
Status date
Latest action
2026-06-10 — 06/10/2026 Signed by Governor
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Lombardiprimary
  • Moralesprimary
  • Diazprimary
  • Alzateprimary
  • Stewartprimary
  • Cruzprimary
  • Tanziprimary
  • Felixprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-05-01

    05/01/2026 Introduced, referred to House Labor

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  2. 2026-05-15

    05/15/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/21/2026)

  3. 2026-05-21

    05/21/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

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  4. 2026-05-22

    05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)

  5. 2026-05-28

    05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage

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  6. 2026-05-29

    05/29/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2026)

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  7. 2026-06-03

    06/03/2026 House read and passed

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  8. 2026-06-05

    06/05/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026)

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  9. 2026-06-09

    06/09/2026 Senate passed in concurrence

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  10. 2026-06-09

    06/09/2026 Transmitted to Governor

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  11. 2026-06-10

    06/10/2026 Signed by Governor

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • PASSAGE

    2026-06-03 · pass · 60-9

    Member-level votes (75)
    • Abney: yes
    • Ackerman: yes
    • Ajello: yes
    • Alzate: yes
    • Azzinaro: yes
    • Baginski: yes
    • Batista: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Biah: yes
    • Boylan: yes
    • Brien: yes
    • Caldwell: yes
    • Carson: yes
    • Casey: yes
    • Casimiro: yes
    • Chippendale: no
    • Cortvriend: other
    • Corvese: yes
    • Costantino: yes
    • Cotter: yes
    • Craven: other
    • Cruz: yes
    • Dawson: yes
    • DeSimone: yes
    • Diaz: yes
    • Donovan: yes
    • Edwards: yes
    • Fascia: no
    • Felix: yes
    • Fellela: yes
    • Finkelman: yes
    • Fogarty: yes
    • Furtado: yes
    • Giraldo: yes
    • Handy: yes
    • Hopkins: other
    • Hull: yes
    • Kazarian: yes
    • Kennedy: yes
    • Kislak: yes
    • Knight: yes
    • Lima: yes
    • Lombardi: yes
    • Marszalkowski: yes
    • McEntee: yes
    • McGaw: yes
    • McNamara: yes
    • Messier: yes
    • Morales: other
    • Mr. Speaker: yes
    • Nardone: no
    • Newberry: no
    • Noret: yes
    • O'Brien: yes
    • Paplauskas: no
    • Perez: other
    • Phillips: yes
    • Place: no
    • Potter: yes
    • Quattrocchi: no
    • Read: yes
    • Roberts: no
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Santucci: no
    • Serpa: yes
    • ShallcrossSmith: yes
    • Shanley: yes
    • Shekarchi: other
    • Slater: yes
    • Solomon: yes
    • Speakman: yes
    • Spears: yes
    • Stewart: yes
    • Tanzi: yes
    • Voas: yes

Related bills

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