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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Extends the sunset on the increase total amount of earnings a partial-unemployment ins. claimant can receive before being entirely disqualified for unemployment ins. benefits/increase in the amount of earnings when calculating a wkly rate to 6/30/25.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Extends the sunset on the increase total amount of earnings a partial-unemployment ins. claimant can receive before being entirely disqualified for unemployment ins. benefits/increase in the amount of earnings when calculating a wkly rate to 6/30/25.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 5989"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5989 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Dept. of Labor and Training", "Employment Security", "Labor", "Wages"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Casimiro", "Dawson", "Fogarty", "Kazarian", "McEntee", "O'Brien", "Spears"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-03-01"
+last_action: "2023-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/960aa972-feab-431e-98cb-f70b5d9e4da0"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "6f598a43da56253fe4d2d65d3f2ae4f2b16cabe5d83028aca53a58ce98c30461"
+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 HB 5989 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Extends the sunset on the increase total amount of earnings a partial-unemployment ins. claimant can receive before being entirely disqualified for unemployment ins. benefits/increase in the amount of earnings when calculating a wkly rate to 6/30/25.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5989 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5989A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **71–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Caldwell — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Dawson — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Spears — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-01** 03/01/2023 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/18/2023)
+- **2023-04-18** 04/18/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-06-10** 06/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2023)
+- **2023-06-10** 06/10/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-20** 06/20/2023 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/960aa972-feab-431e-98cb-f70b5d9e4da0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+