---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES (Comprehensively addresses wage discrimination, based on sex by expanding employee protections and the scope of the remedies available to employees who have experienced wage discrimination.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES (Comprehensively addresses wage discrimination, based on sex by expanding employee protections and the scope of the remedies available to employees who have experienced wage discrimination.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5261"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5261 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Equal Rights/Discrimination", "Labor", "Wages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Blazejewski", "Donovan", "Speakman", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff595383-f852-4f00-ae48-60ff0a751fc9"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b4cb3f701358aa18e35cda590741165e7b66a7f0ccf281a7993fee61f1ddea93"
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 5261 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES (Comprehensively addresses wage discrimination, based on sex by expanding employee protections and the scope of the remedies available to employees who have experienced wage discrimination.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5261 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5261A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Blazejewski — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** 01/29/2021 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** 03/12/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/17/2021)
- **2021-03-17** 03/17/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2021)
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/29/2021)
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-06** 07/06/2021 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/ff595383-f852-4f00-ae48-60ff0a751fc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).