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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY"
+description: "Eliminates the \"until June 30, 2026\" 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: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 7962"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7962 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Caldwell", "McEntee", "O'Brien", "Spears"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-02-27"
+last_action: "2026-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96bd3dcc-6ef8-4fbd-95c4-a1fbdb6d1721"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "347c3e949a9970e94b95f28fcbbdd8006b2273467ab295660f9a93a9adff3a50"
+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 7962 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY
+
+Eliminates the "until June 30, 2026" 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. **7962 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7962A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **66–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Caldwell — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Spears — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2026)
+- **2026-03-05** 03/05/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2026)
+- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-19** 06/19/2026 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/96bd3dcc-6ef8-4fbd-95c4-a1fbdb6d1721`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+