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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LABOR RELATIONS ACT"
+description: "Expands the definition of \"employee,\" and clarifies that the board may defer a pending unfair labor practice charge to allow for the grievance and arbitration process to move forward pursuant to the charging parties collective bargaining agreement."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5187"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5187 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Bennett", "Brien", "Corvese", "DeSimone", "Hull", "Noret", "O'Brien", "Potter", "Read"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-24"
+last_action: "2025-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10721f27-b207-4811-8784-558d99e4717f"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "27c2781a225a027bc5f483575ac133757637b0f0608cb9e54561a01e8cce8d1b"
+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 5187 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LABOR RELATIONS ACT
+
+Expands the definition of "employee," and clarifies that the board may defer a pending unfair labor practice charge to allow for the grievance and arbitration process to move forward pursuant to the charging parties collective bargaining agreement.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5187 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5187Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AS AMENDED — **67–6** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **62–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Brien — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- DeSimone — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-24** 01/24/2025 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/12/2025)
+- **2025-02-12** 02/12/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2025)
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/10721f27-b207-4811-8784-558d99e4717f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+