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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - EMPLOYMENT SECURITY - BENEFITS (Raises the minimum attorneys' fee awarded to a claimant from fifty dollars ($50) to two hundred fifty dollars ($250) in certain instances in unemployment compensation matters.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - EMPLOYMENT SECURITY - BENEFITS (Raises the minimum attorneys' fee awarded to a claimant from fifty dollars ($50) to two hundred fifty dollars ($250) in certain instances in unemployment compensation matters.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 2453"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2453 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Labor"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Ciccone", "Lombardi", "Lynch Prata", "McCaffrey"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-02-15"
+last_action: "2018-07-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80eecd87-cee1-43c8-817a-ca7e439132ec"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "b031e53678e07c03c5e912c9e7fbbdcd51b92df25fb895f17904e1601aa0c3f8"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island SB 2453 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - EMPLOYMENT SECURITY - BENEFITS (Raises the minimum attorneys' fee awarded to a claimant from fifty dollars ($50) to two hundred fifty dollars ($250) in certain instances in unemployment compensation matters.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2453** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2453.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–3** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Archambault — primary (person)
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
+- McCaffrey — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-15** 02/15/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/12/2018)
+- **2018-04-12** 04/12/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2018)
+- **2018-05-17** 05/17/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-05-22** 05/22/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/24/2018)
+- **2018-05-24** 05/24/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/21/2018)
+- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2018)
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-07-10** 07/10/2018 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80eecd87-cee1-43c8-817a-ca7e439132ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+