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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- BENEFITS (Increases temporary caregiver benefits to six (6) weeks in a benefit year starting January 1, 2022 and would increase temporary caregiver benefits to eight (8) weeks in a benefit year beginning January 1, 2023.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- BENEFITS (Increases temporary caregiver benefits to six (6) weeks in a benefit year starting January 1, 2022 and would increase temporary caregiver benefits to eight (8) weeks in a benefit year beginning January 1, 2023.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 688"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 688 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Insurance", "Labor", "Temporary Disability"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Cano", "Euer", "Lawson", "Lombardo", "Miller", "Pearson", "Quezada", "Seveney", "Sosnowski"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-03-18"
+last_action: "2021-07-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2f22f46-def1-4c58-b6bb-3390b5cc46c3"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "2a8f4d145025cf9b2248ad744c151e7ff4a7a03c3dfe6aee013632fe6e878ed8"
+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 688 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- BENEFITS (Increases temporary caregiver benefits to six (6) weeks in a benefit year starting January 1, 2022 and would increase temporary caregiver benefits to eight (8) weeks in a benefit year beginning January 1, 2023.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **688 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0688A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–3** (pass) · upper
+- INSURANCE -- BENEFITS — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Burke — primary (person)
+- Cano — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Lawson — primary (person)
+- Lombardo — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Pearson — primary (person)
+- Quezada — primary (person)
+- Seveney — primary (person)
+- Sosnowski — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-18** 03/18/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-23** 04/23/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/28/2021)
+- **2021-04-28** 04/28/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-05-13** 05/13/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2021)
+- **2021-05-17** 05/17/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/25/2021)
+- **2021-05-25** 05/25/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-27** 05/27/2021 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on House Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-06** 07/06/2021 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/b2f22f46-def1-4c58-b6bb-3390b5cc46c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+