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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Repeals § 28-12-9 of the general laws which provides that the director of labor and training may approve of wages below the minimum wage for those persons whose earning capacity is impaired due to physical or mental disability.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Repeals § 28-12-9 of the general laws which provides that the director of labor and training may approve of wages below the minimum wage for those persons whose earning capacity is impaired due to physical or mental disability.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 2242"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2242 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Burke", "Cano", "Ciccone", "Coyne", "DiMario", "McCaffrey", "Raptakis", "Valverde"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-02-08"
+last_action: "2022-06-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82268ec2-0c9b-4ddc-adff-75618457f209"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "30a8d1ac828029174f9b0cae1a1b22fa272ebce6a376077f307aeeae5fb6989b"
+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 2242 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Repeals § 28-12-9 of the general laws which provides that the director of labor and training may approve of wages below the minimum wage for those persons whose earning capacity is impaired due to physical or mental disability.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2242** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2242.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **65–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Archambault — primary (person)
+- Burke — primary (person)
+- Cano — primary (person)
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- Coyne — primary (person)
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- McCaffrey — primary (person)
+- Raptakis — primary (person)
+- Valverde — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-08** 02/08/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-04-21** 04/21/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/27/2022)
+- **2022-04-27** 04/27/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2022-05-06** 05/06/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/11/2022)
+- **2022-05-11** 05/11/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-05-12** 05/12/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/17/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2022-05-18** 05/18/2022 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/01/2022)
+- **2022-06-01** 06/01/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/07/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 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/82268ec2-0c9b-4ddc-adff-75618457f209`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+