---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Increases the minimum wage gradually up to fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour by the year 2024.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Increases the minimum wage gradually up to fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour by the year 2024.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2147"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2147 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor", "Wages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conley", "Goodwin", "Lynch Prata", "Miller", "Quezada"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-22"
last_action: "2020-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/124d4ca9-8fc8-4fcf-bc16-8483dd23a07a"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "912420fd103b0ac7c73f6eab3d711ca3f3332eaa115c6ca7756e8916b13e9da1"
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 2147 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Increases the minimum wage gradually up to fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour by the year 2024.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2147 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/SenateText20/S2147A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **30–6** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **6–30** (fail) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **6–30** (fail) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **61–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Conley — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-22** 01/22/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** 01/24/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/29/2020)
- **2020-01-28** 01/28/2020 Proposed Substitute
- **2020-01-29** 01/29/2020 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-30** 01/30/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (02/05/2020)
- **2020-02-05** 02/05/2020 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2020-02-06** 02/06/2020 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** 02/21/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/26/2020)
- **2020-02-26** 02/26/2020 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-28** 02/28/2020 Placed on House Calendar (03/04/2020)
- **2020-03-04** 03/04/2020 House 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/124d4ca9-8fc8-4fcf-bc16-8483dd23a07a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).