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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Raises the minimum wage to eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) as of October 1, 2020.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Raises the minimum wage to eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) as of October 1, 2020.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 7157"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7157 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Labor", "Wages"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Blazejewski", "Canario", "Jackson", "Lima"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-01-16"
+last_action: "2020-03-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98fdeedd-af77-49de-b6a3-b8c8e4dbadc4"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "e44333bf210c81727e2721c5ea46f2ef332df43cf3b6e329228d30385c859a00"
+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 HB 7157 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Raises the minimum wage to eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) as of October 1, 2020.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7157 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/HouseText20/H7157A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **62–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Blazejewski — primary (person)
+- Canario — primary (person)
+- Jackson — primary (person)
+- Lima — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-16** 01/16/2020 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-03** 02/03/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/05/2020)
+- **2020-02-05** 02/05/2020 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2020-02-07** 02/07/2020 Scheduled for consideration (02/11/2020)
+- **2020-02-07** 02/07/2020 Proposed Substitute
+- **2020-02-11** 02/11/2020 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-02-11** 02/11/2020 Placed on House Calendar (02/13/2020)
+- **2020-02-13** 02/13/2020 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2020-02-28** 02/28/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/04/2020)
+- **2020-03-04** 03/04/2020 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2020-03-04** 03/04/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-10** 03/10/2020 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98fdeedd-af77-49de-b6a3-b8c8e4dbadc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+