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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY --GENERAL PROVISIONS"
+description: "Eliminates the \"until June 30, 2025\" sunset on the increase in the total amount of earnings a partial-unemployment insurance claimant can receive before being entirely disqualified for unemployment insurance benefits."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5448"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5448 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Caldwell", "Craven", "Diaz", "Edwards", "Kislak", "McEntee", "Morales", "Noret", "Slater"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2025-02-12"
+last_action: "2025-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44997075-b99a-40dd-ba0e-3298af01ac64"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "79ff9098acc1bdd0a90d28257e7c0b04e522b10934f6e1c13093f82668457640"
+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 5448 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY --GENERAL PROVISIONS
+
+Eliminates the "until June 30, 2025" sunset on the increase in the total amount of earnings a partial-unemployment insurance claimant can receive before being entirely disqualified for unemployment insurance benefits.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5448 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5448aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+- RECONSIDERATION — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **71–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Caldwell — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Slater — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-12** 02/12/2025 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/09/2025)
+- **2025-04-09** 04/09/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-19** 06/19/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House voted to reconsider
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/44997075-b99a-40dd-ba0e-3298af01ac64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+