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RI SB 2922

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AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND CENTER FOR EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP

Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Establishes the Rhode Island center for employee ownership to facilitate businesses in transitioning to an employee-owned business model.

Introduced
2026-03-04
Status date
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Latest action
2026-05-08 — 05/08/2026 Referred to House Committee on Small Business
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • DiPalmaprimary
  • Cicconeprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-03-04

    03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor and Gaming

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  2. 2026-04-24

    04/24/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/29/2026)

  3. 2026-04-29

    04/29/2026 Committee recommends passage

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  4. 2026-04-30

    04/30/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/07/2026)

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  5. 2026-05-07

    05/07/2026 Senate read and passed

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  6. 2026-05-08

    05/08/2026 Referred to House Committee on Small Business

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Passage

    2026-05-07 · pass · 36-0

    Member-level votes (38)
    • Acosta: yes
    • Appollonio, Jr.: yes
    • Bell: yes
    • Bissaillon: yes
    • Britto: yes
    • Burke: yes
    • Ciccone: yes
    • de la Cruz: yes
    • DiMario: yes
    • Dimitri: yes
    • DiPalma: yes
    • Euer: yes
    • Famiglietti: yes
    • Felag: yes
    • Gallo: other
    • Gu: yes
    • Kallman: yes
    • LaMountain: yes
    • Lauria: yes
    • Mack: yes
    • McKenney: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Murray: yes
    • Paolino: yes
    • Patalano: yes
    • Pearson: yes
    • Quezada: yes
    • Raptakis: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Sosnowski: yes
    • Thompson: other
    • Tikoian: yes
    • Ujifusa: yes
    • Urso: yes
    • Valverde: yes
    • Vargas: yes
    • Zurier: yes
    • Madam President: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://status.rilegislature.gov/

Attribution

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