---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- HEALTHY AND SAFE FAMILIES AND WORKPLACE ACT (Grants paid sick leave and safe leave benefits to construction employees who work under multi-employer collective bargaining agreements, provided that certain conditions are met.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- HEALTHY AND SAFE FAMILIES AND WORKPLACE ACT (Grants paid sick leave and safe leave benefits to construction employees who work under multi-employer collective bargaining agreements, provided that certain conditions are met.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 434"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 434 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Construction", "Employment Security", "Health & Safety", "Labor", "Retirement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin", "McCaffrey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b76c5530-151b-40d5-92be-89ea2ae63ab0"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "99c9a3ebf696da15cc4b9db1e2c1f4d7e6f03db0f83b31705e6e4164b04d16a5"
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 434 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- HEALTHY AND SAFE FAMILIES AND WORKPLACE ACT (Grants paid sick leave and safe leave benefits to construction employees who work under multi-employer collective bargaining agreements, provided that certain conditions are met.)

## Version chain

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

1. **434 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0434A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **65–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** 04/09/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/14/2021)
- **2021-04-14** 04/14/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2021)
- **2021-06-01** 06/01/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-02** 06/02/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-03** 06/03/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/08/2021)
- **2021-06-08** 06/08/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-19** 06/19/2021 Scheduled for consideration
- **2021-06-20** 06/20/2021 Meeting postponed (06/22/2021)
- **2021-06-20** 06/20/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/23/2021)
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-26** 06/26/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-03** 07/03/2021 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/b76c5530-151b-40d5-92be-89ea2ae63ab0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).