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RI SB 2342

enacted

AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- RESTRICTIONS ON SELF-SERVICE CHECKOUT STATIONS ACT

Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

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.

Introduced
2026-01-30
Status date
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Latest action
2026-06-18 — 06/18/2026 Signed by Governor
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Bissaillonprimary
  • LaMountainprimary
  • Lawsonprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-30

    01/30/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce

    introduction,referral-committee

  2. 2026-03-20

    03/20/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/24/2026)

  3. 2026-03-24

    03/24/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

    committee-failure

  4. 2026-05-08

    05/08/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/14/2026)

  5. 2026-05-13

    05/13/2026 Proposed Substitute

    substitution

  6. 2026-05-14

    05/14/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A

    committee-passage-favorable

  7. 2026-05-15

    05/15/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/21/2026)

    reading-3

  8. 2026-05-21

    05/21/2026 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment)

    passage

  9. 2026-05-22

    05/22/2026 Referred to House Labor

    referral-committee

  10. 2026-06-07

    06/07/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2026)

  11. 2026-06-07

    06/07/2026 Proposed Substitute

    substitution

  12. 2026-06-09

    06/09/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub B

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2026-06-09

    06/09/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026)

    reading-3

  14. 2026-06-10

    06/10/2026 House passed Sub B

    passage

  15. 2026-06-10

    06/10/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026)

    reading-3

  16. 2026-06-11

    06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence

    passage

  17. 2026-06-16

    06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor

    executive-receipt

  18. 2026-06-18

    06/18/2026 Signed by Governor

    executive-signature

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Passage

    2026-05-21 · pass · 32-5

    Member-level votes (38)
    • Acosta: yes
    • Appollonio, Jr.: yes
    • Bell: yes
    • Bissaillon: yes
    • Britto: yes
    • Burke: yes
    • Ciccone: yes
    • de la Cruz: no
    • DiMario: yes
    • Dimitri: yes
    • DiPalma: yes
    • Euer: yes
    • Famiglietti: yes
    • Felag: yes
    • Gallo: yes
    • Gu: yes
    • Kallman: yes
    • LaMountain: yes
    • Lauria: yes
    • Mack: yes
    • McKenney: yes
    • Morgan: no
    • Murray: yes
    • Paolino: no
    • Patalano: yes
    • Pearson: yes
    • Quezada: other
    • Raptakis: yes
    • Rogers: no
    • Sosnowski: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tikoian: yes
    • Ujifusa: no
    • Urso: yes
    • Valverde: yes
    • Vargas: yes
    • Zurier: yes
    • Madam President: yes

  • PASSAGE

    2026-06-10 · pass · 60-11

    Member-level votes (75)
    • Abney: yes
    • Ackerman: yes
    • Ajello: yes
    • Alzate: yes
    • Azzinaro: no
    • Baginski: no
    • Batista: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Biah: yes
    • Boylan: yes
    • Brien: yes
    • Caldwell: yes
    • Carson: yes
    • Casey: yes
    • Casimiro: yes
    • Chippendale: no
    • Cortvriend: yes
    • Corvese: yes
    • Costantino: yes
    • Cotter: yes
    • Craven: yes
    • Cruz: other
    • Dawson: yes
    • DeSimone: yes
    • Diaz: yes
    • Donovan: yes
    • Edwards: yes
    • Fascia: no
    • Felix: yes
    • Fellela: no
    • Finkelman: other
    • Fogarty: yes
    • Furtado: yes
    • Giraldo: yes
    • Handy: yes
    • Hopkins: yes
    • 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: yes
    • Mr. Speaker: other
    • Nardone: no
    • Newberry: no
    • Noret: yes
    • O'Brien: yes
    • Paplauskas: yes
    • Perez: yes
    • 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

  • In Concurrence

    2026-06-11 · pass · 32-6

    Member-level votes (38)
    • Acosta: yes
    • Appollonio, Jr.: yes
    • Bell: yes
    • Bissaillon: yes
    • Britto: yes
    • Burke: yes
    • Ciccone: yes
    • de la Cruz: no
    • DiMario: yes
    • Dimitri: yes
    • DiPalma: yes
    • Euer: yes
    • Famiglietti: yes
    • Felag: yes
    • Gallo: yes
    • Gu: yes
    • Kallman: yes
    • LaMountain: yes
    • Lauria: yes
    • Mack: yes
    • McKenney: yes
    • Morgan: no
    • Murray: yes
    • Paolino: no
    • Patalano: yes
    • Pearson: yes
    • Quezada: yes
    • Raptakis: no
    • Rogers: no
    • Sosnowski: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tikoian: yes
    • Ujifusa: no
    • Urso: yes
    • Valverde: yes
    • Vargas: yes
    • Zurier: yes
    • Madam President: yes

Related bills

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