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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- THE RHODE ISLAND WHISTLE BLOWERS' PROTECTION ACT (Prohibits an employer from reporting an employee's immigration status for whistle blowing.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- THE RHODE ISLAND WHISTLE BLOWERS' PROTECTION ACT (Prohibits an employer from reporting an employee's immigration status for whistle blowing.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 550"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 550 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Employment Security", "Human Services", "Immigration", "Labor"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Ciccone", "Coyne", "DiMario", "Euer", "Kallman", "Mack", "Miller", "Quezada", "Seveney"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-04"
+last_action: "2021-07-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad2ac87d-8ccd-4df4-9272-8c7d6b090708"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "f921626913a05f018b95c67084c93c87903789d916ad9316feacc14763b5d557"
+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 550 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- THE RHODE ISLAND WHISTLE BLOWERS' PROTECTION ACT (Prohibits an employer from reporting an employee's immigration status for whistle blowing.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **550** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0550.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- WHISTLE BLOWERS' PROTECTION ACT — **31–6** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Acosta — primary (person)
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- Coyne — primary (person)
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Kallman — primary (person)
+- Mack — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Quezada — primary (person)
+- Seveney — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-04** 03/04/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/05/2021)
+- **2021-05-05** 05/05/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/23/2021)
+- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/24/2021)
+- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-07-09** 07/09/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-13** 07/13/2021 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/ad2ac87d-8ccd-4df4-9272-8c7d6b090708`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+