---
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: "SB 270"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 270 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment Security", "Equal Rights/Discrimination", "Labor", "Wages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "DiMario", "Gallo", "Goldin", "Goodwin", "Mack", "Mendes", "Miller", "Ruggerio", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9652f138-8b3d-4c2f-90ce-5a4277c1ea6c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "844abd3dd5d70df484d13c39d60303e5ec755b799652496918f318b4cd5a4529"
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 270 (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. **270 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0270A.pdf)

## Votes

- PRACTICES — **34–3** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **64–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Goldin — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Mendes — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** 02/10/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-19** 02/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/24/2021)
- **2021-02-24** 02/24/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/02/2021)
- **2021-03-02** 03/02/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-03-03** 03/03/2021 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2021)
- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-26** 06/26/2021 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/9652f138-8b3d-4c2f-90ce-5a4277c1ea6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).