Committee
Rhode Island House Labor Committee
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committee members
Second Vice Chair
Karen Alzate (D)
Jon Brien (I)
Stephen Casey (D)
Chair
Doc Corvese (D)
Jay Edwards (D)
Richard Fascia (R)
Deb Fellela (D)
Jenni Azanero Furtado (D)
Marie Hopkins (R)
Carol McEntee (D)
Joseph McNamara (D)
First Vice Chair
Mary Messier (D)
David Morales (D)
Ramon Perez (D)
Brandon Potter (D)
| Bill | Bill Name | Progress | Referral Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| H5028 | Amends the definition of public works so that it would include any public works projects performed for any city or town or quasi-municipal entity and the state and any quasi-state entity. | In Committee | 01/10/2025 |
| H5029 | Sets the minimum wage for 2026 at $16 per hour, 2027 at $17 per hour, 2028 at $18 per hour, 2029 at $19 per hour and for 2030 at $20 per hour. | In Committee | 01/10/2025 |
| H5047 | 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 adverse employment action for failure to meet the quota. | In Committee | 01/15/2025 |
| H5073 | Establishes a maximum hourly workday for all peace officers as defined in § 12-7-21 and a violation rate of pay of double time and a half. | In Committee | 01/16/2025 |
| H5132 | Prohibits psychological abuse in the workplace by employers or co-workers, ensuring a safe environment for employees, provides protection, civil remedies, and penalties for employers based on revenue. | In Committee | 01/22/2025 |
| H5133 | 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 rendered. | In Committee | 01/22/2025 |
| H5134 | 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 rendered. | In Committee | 01/22/2025 |
| H5135 | Recognizes that municipal employees have the opportunity to utilize interest arbitration and would establish new factors for the arbitrators to consider. These factors include comparisons of wages/hourly conditions of employment in similarly skilled jobs. | In Committee | 01/22/2025 |
| H5136 | Gradually increases the minimum wage for employees receiving gratuities between January 1, 2026 through January 1, 2031 to the minimum wage established in § 28-12-3 exclusive of gratuities. | In Committee | 01/22/2025 |
| H5187 | Expands the definition of "employee". Also modifies how the state's labor relations board operates and aids in enforcement of the board's orders. | In Committee | 01/24/2025 |
| H5188 | Gives authority to the department of labor and training to enforce violations of the laws relating to corrosion prevention and mitigation work requirements. It also adds civil monetary penalties for violations of those laws. | In Committee | 01/24/2025 |
| H5227 | Provide protection for the rights of professional, administrative and secretarial employees of the department of education to collectively bargain over all terms and conditions of employment. | In Committee | 01/29/2025 |
| H5228 | Ensures that more developmentally disabled adults can self-direct the care they need and want, by incorporating collective bargaining rights into the self-directed supports program. | In Committee | 01/29/2025 |
| H5266 | Requires the employers of unionized public school teachers, municipal employees and state employees, to provide the union, at least once every 120 days, a list of all their employees in their union, as well as their personal and demographic information. | In Committee | 01/31/2025 |
| H5304 | Establishes the commuter transportation benefit chapter. Employers with five hundred (500) or more employees would be required to establish a pre-tax commuter transportation fringe benefit program. | In Committee | 02/05/2025 |
| H5305 | Requires employers to protect employees from extreme temperatures through rest breaks, PPE, training, and equipment, and mandates quarterly supervisor training, to recognize and mitigate heat- and cold-related risks. | In Committee | 02/05/2025 |
| H5366 | Provides employees with civil administrative remedies against contractors, subcontractors involved in the contract with joint/severable liability imposed on contractors or subcontractors. Effective 9/1/2025. | In Committee | 02/07/2025 |
| H5367 | HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE MANNER IN WHICH HEALTH INSURANCE, DISABILITY INSURANCE, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, RETIREMENT PLANS AND OTHER TRADITIONAL EMPLOYER PROVIDED BENEFITS ARE ACCORDED TO UBER AND LYFT DRIVERS, SELF EMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS, AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC (Creates a 5 member commission to study the way insurance plans and traditional employer provided benefits are given to Uber and Lyft drivers, and oth | In Committee | 02/07/2025 |
| H5448 | Eliminates the "until June 30, 2025" sunset on the increase in the total amount of earnings a partial-unemployment insurance claimant can receive before being entirely disqualified for unemployment insurance benefits. | In Committee | 02/12/2025 |
| H5505 | Prohibits payments in lieu of pension benefits to person employed more than ninety (90) days. | Crossed Over | 02/13/2025 |
| H5506 | Protects employees' rights in the workplace concerning political and religious matters, by creating a civil action that may provide damages and attorneys' fees. | In Committee | 02/13/2025 |
| H5507 | Gradually increases the minimum wage for employees receiving gratuities. | In Committee | 02/13/2025 |
| H5508 | Provides that commencing January 1, 2026, the minimum wage shall be twenty-two dollars ($22.00) per hour. | In Committee | 02/13/2025 |
| H5678 | 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 multipliers of minimum wage for a forty (40) hour workweek. | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| H5679 | Requires employer to furnish items and conditions of employment and a pay stub explaining how wages were calculated/reasons for deductions. | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| H5680 | Allows unemployment benefits for workers who are on strike or are locked out of their workplaces by their employer due to a labor dispute. | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| H5681 | Allows for waiver from testing for temporary or emergency positions. | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| H5682 | Clarifies the role of a workers' cooperative to allow it to operate as a hiring hall under certain circumstances. | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| H5683 | Increases the minimum required awarded to minority business enterprises from 15% to 20% and of that, requires a minimum of 10% be awarded to minority owned businesses and a minimum of 10% be awarded to women owned businesses. | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| H5684 | Requires the department of administration to provide a list of certified minority and women-owned business enterprises to each prospective contractor of a construction project. | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| H5685 | Allows casino workers to receive overtime pay for working Sundays and Holidays. | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| H5939 | Eliminate all exceptions to the provision that all employees are to be paid weekly except for employees of the state and its political subdivisions, municipal governments, and non-profit organizations with less than twenty-five (25) employees. | In Committee | 02/28/2025 |
| H5940 | Creates RI opportunity for employee ownership, worker gets notice within seven days of sale of business. | In Committee | 02/28/2025 |
| H5941 | Establishes the portable benefit plan for independent contractors. | In Committee | 02/28/2025 |
| H5942 | Establishes a restricted receipt account at the DLT for hospitality industry workforce training grants, funded by an annual $50 dollar fee to be charged by RIDOH to food service establishments. | In Committee | 02/28/2025 |
| H5943 | Provides all employees of retail establishments with 15 or more employees engaged in work during Sundays or holidays shall receive from their employer no less than time and a half and shall be guaranteed at least a minimum of four (4) hours employment. | In Committee | 02/28/2025 |
| H5944 | Defines employees as individuals employed by a municipality or state covered by a collective bargaining agreement or employment contract, and would redefine an "employer" to those who employ fifteen (15) or more employees. | In Committee | 02/28/2025 |
| H5945 | Provides for the creation of a new job classification for new or existing specialized information technology positions. | In Committee | 02/28/2025 |
| H5946 | Prohibits the restriction of access in and out of a construction site by using locked gates or fences while work is ongoing. | In Committee | 02/28/2025 |
| H6065 | Mandates paid leave by allowing qualified employees to take medical leave to undergo donation procedures, medical tests, and recovery related to being a living organ donor, or bone marrow transplant donor. | In Committee | 03/12/2025 |
| H6066 | Includes siblings, grandchildren, and care recipient in the coverage for temporary caregiver benefits and increases the taxable wage base upon which employees make contributions to the TDI and TCI funds. | In Committee | 03/12/2025 |
| H6161 | Updates and expands the current law to include menopause and menopause related conditions in the law on fair employment practices pertaining to pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions. | In Committee | 04/02/2025 |
| H6319 | Clarifies several workers' compensation court authority for injuries to sworn employees (police/fire). | In Committee | 05/09/2025 |
| S0126 | Protects the rights of employees in the workplace relating to free speech, assembly and religion, as well as attendance at employer-sponsored meetings regarding political or religious matters. | Crossed Over | 04/11/2025 |
| S0754 | 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 rendered. | Crossed Over | 05/07/2025 |
| S0856 | 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 rendered. | Crossed Over | 05/07/2025 |
| S0959 | Protects bullying/psychological abuse in workplace inflicted upon employees by employers/co-employees/provides civil remedies to affected employees/fines against employers/imprisonment/fines against co-employees. | Crossed Over | 05/16/2025 |