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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Gradually increase the minimum wage from eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) per hour to fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour, over 4 years.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Gradually increase the minimum wage from eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) per hour to fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour, over 4 years.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 1"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 1 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Finance", "Labor", "Wages"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "Gallo", "Goldin", "Goodwin", "McCaffrey", "Miller", "Quezada", "Ruggerio", "Seveney", "Valverde"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2021-01-11"
+last_action: "2021-05-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06d87aac-ff20-46e1-aa12-f33cd9397dc5"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "0d4ec17bc762f205de482b592e2563f39a87e01ea6b939d644c4b44eeda21341"
+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 1 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Gradually increase the minimum wage from eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) per hour to fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour, over 4 years.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **1 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0001aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Approval of Amendment — **22–12** (pass) · upper
+- Passage as Amended — **28–7** (pass) · upper
+- Passage as Amended — **30–6** (pass) · upper
+- Passage as Amended — **27–7** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **58–15** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cano — primary (person)
+- Gallo — primary (person)
+- Goldin — primary (person)
+- Goodwin — primary (person)
+- McCaffrey — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Quezada — primary (person)
+- Ruggerio — primary (person)
+- Seveney — primary (person)
+- Valverde — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-11** 01/11/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-22** 01/22/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2021-01-22** 01/22/2021 Meeting postponed (01/27/2021)
+- **2021-01-29** 01/29/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/03/2021)
+- **2021-02-03** 02/03/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-03** 02/03/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (02/10/2021)
+- **2021-02-10** 02/10/2021 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2021-02-11** 02/11/2021 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/12/2021)
+- **2021-05-12** 05/12/2021 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Placed on House Calendar (05/18/2021)
+- **2021-05-18** 05/18/2021 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-05-18** 05/18/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-20** 05/20/2021 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/06d87aac-ff20-46e1-aa12-f33cd9397dc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+