---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- HOTELS -- HUMAN TRAFFICKING REPORTING AND PREVENTION ACT (Requires all hotels to make a good faith effort to post human trafficking awareness signage and provide all employees with human trafficking awareness training.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- HOTELS -- HUMAN TRAFFICKING REPORTING AND PREVENTION ACT (Requires all hotels to make a good faith effort to post human trafficking awareness signage and provide all employees with human trafficking awareness training.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 408"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 408 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Criminal Offense", "Education", "Health & Safety", "Hotel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kallman", "Lawson", "Murray", "Quezada"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec4029aa-131a-41a5-a82b-d5644dd76869"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "0e6ea2491219e3fd041cd73478a0bdd2cf5dfe37f211ffde31c373865cd332ad"
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 408 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- HOTELS -- HUMAN TRAFFICKING REPORTING AND PREVENTION ACT (Requires all hotels to make a good faith effort to post human trafficking awareness signage and provide all employees with human trafficking awareness training.)

## Version chain

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

1. **408 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0408A.pdf)

## Votes

- PREVENTION ACT — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kallman — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** 03/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/25/2021)
- **2021-03-25** 03/25/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2021)
- **2021-06-20** 06/20/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-21** 06/21/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/24/2021)
- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/30/2021)
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-08** 07/08/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-12** 07/12/2021 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/ec4029aa-131a-41a5-a82b-d5644dd76869`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).