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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- BENEFITS"
+description: "Makes care recipients eligible for temporary caregiver benefits and increase the maximum temporary caregiver benefit weeks from six (6) to eight (8) weeks over of period of two years."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 2121"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2121 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Cano", "DiMario", "Euer", "Gallo", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Miller", "Pearson", "Ruggerio"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-01-12"
+last_action: "2024-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be205969-6df9-4d6f-a706-c8e1583f9bb1"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "a55d83d0966f432d6f7e04c45dd94cd7befa09e7a0fb17aa983db1b691cddc6e"
+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 2121 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- BENEFITS
+
+Makes care recipients eligible for temporary caregiver benefits and increase the maximum temporary caregiver benefit weeks from six (6) to eight (8) weeks over of period of two years.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2121 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2121Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **60–8** (pass) · upper
+- AS AMENDED — **62–8** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **31–5** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bissaillon — primary (person)
+- Cano — primary (person)
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Gallo — primary (person)
+- Lauria — primary (person)
+- Lawson — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Pearson — primary (person)
+- Ruggerio — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-12** 01/12/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-15** 03/15/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2024)
+- **2024-03-20** 03/20/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-21** 03/21/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/28/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-28** 03/28/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
+- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-25** 06/25/2024 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/be205969-6df9-4d6f-a706-c8e1583f9bb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+