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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - TIP PROTECTION (Prohibits employers from receiving any portion of the tips given by customers to their tipped employees, with limited exceptions for credit card service charges.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - TIP PROTECTION (Prohibits employers from receiving any portion of the tips given by customers to their tipped employees, with limited exceptions for credit card service charges.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 2246"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2246 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Cano", "Coyne", "DiPalma", "Goodwin", "Kallman", "Mack", "Seveney", "Sosnowski", "Zurier"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-02-08"
+last_action: "2022-06-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf7f778d-76bf-47e5-92f8-4fe0e56f3ce6"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "7e081d1d23131080e26fb3f69a0a6aab140571813352f4ef255d7b79def8bf01"
+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 2246 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - TIP PROTECTION (Prohibits employers from receiving any portion of the tips given by customers to their tipped employees, with limited exceptions for credit card service charges.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2246 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2246A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Acosta — primary (person)
+- Cano — primary (person)
+- Coyne — primary (person)
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Goodwin — primary (person)
+- Kallman — primary (person)
+- Mack — primary (person)
+- Seveney — primary (person)
+- Sosnowski — primary (person)
+- Zurier — 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`
+- **2022-05-06** 05/06/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/11/2022)
+- **2022-05-11** 05/11/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2022)
+- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 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/bf7f778d-76bf-47e5-92f8-4fe0e56f3ce6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+