---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Raises the minimum wage to eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) as of October 1, 2020.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Raises the minimum wage to eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) as of October 1, 2020.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 7157"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7157 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor", "Wages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Blazejewski", "Canario", "Jackson", "Lima"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98fdeedd-af77-49de-b6a3-b8c8e4dbadc4"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "e44333bf210c81727e2721c5ea46f2ef332df43cf3b6e329228d30385c859a00"
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 7157 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Raises the minimum wage to eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) as of October 1, 2020.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **7157 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/HouseText20/H7157A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **62–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Blazejewski — primary (person)
- Canario — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Lima — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-16** 01/16/2020 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** 02/03/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/05/2020)
- **2020-02-05** 02/05/2020 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2020-02-07** 02/07/2020 Scheduled for consideration (02/11/2020)
- **2020-02-07** 02/07/2020 Proposed Substitute
- **2020-02-11** 02/11/2020 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-11** 02/11/2020 Placed on House Calendar (02/13/2020)
- **2020-02-13** 02/13/2020 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2020-02-28** 02/28/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/04/2020)
- **2020-03-04** 03/04/2020 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-03-04** 03/04/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-10** 03/10/2020 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/98fdeedd-af77-49de-b6a3-b8c8e4dbadc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).