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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES"
+description: "Changes the definition of employee to include individuals employed in the domestic service of any person."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 2921"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2921 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "Euer", "Gu", "Lauria", "Mack", "Murray", "Thompson", "Ujifusa", "Valverde", "Vargas"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-03-04"
+last_action: "2026-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81460109-16f1-48b1-af30-ed5f9e240101"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "ba43e2b7f0a0d3dabde934dffc14959503f39f08f8d7da6f02270166f8924ecb"
+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 2921 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES
+
+Changes the definition of employee to include individuals employed in the domestic service of any person.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2921** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2921.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **56–9** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Gu — primary (person)
+- Lauria — primary (person)
+- Mack — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+- Thompson — primary (person)
+- Ujifusa — primary (person)
+- Valverde — primary (person)
+- Vargas — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-03-04** 03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor and Gaming `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-10** 04/10/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/15/2026)
+- **2026-04-15** 04/15/2026 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`
+- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 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/81460109-16f1-48b1-af30-ed5f9e240101`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+