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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WAREHOUSE WORKER PROTECTION ACT"
+description: "Requires employers to provide each employee of a warehouse distribution center, upon hire, with written description of quotas applicable to the employee within defined time periods and adverse employment action for failure to meet the quota."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 2504"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2504 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Ciccone", "Dimitri", "Felag", "Urso"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-02-06"
+last_action: "2026-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7ee9f21-4c78-4ffb-bde5-be8059d087f4"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "a12f8917f2971c11959d2ee52318903d04eeb17c39ae5f3a169b553c59307fa4"
+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 2504 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WAREHOUSE WORKER PROTECTION ACT
+
+Requires employers to provide each employee of a warehouse distribution center, upon hire, with written description of quotas applicable to the employee within defined time periods and adverse employment action for failure to meet the quota.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2504 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2504A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **55–9** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **32–4** (pass) · upper
+- In Concurrence — **34–4** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Burke — primary (person)
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- Dimitri — primary (person)
+- Felag — primary (person)
+- Urso — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-06** 02/06/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor and Gaming `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2026)
+- **2026-03-04** 03/04/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2026)
+- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/28/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
+- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-06** 06/06/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/b7ee9f21-4c78-4ffb-bde5-be8059d087f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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