---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- BENEFITS (Increases temporary caregiver benefits to six (6) weeks in a benefit year starting January 1, 2022 and would increase temporary caregiver benefits to eight (8) weeks in a benefit year beginning January 1, 2023.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- BENEFITS (Increases temporary caregiver benefits to six (6) weeks in a benefit year starting January 1, 2022 and would increase temporary caregiver benefits to eight (8) weeks in a benefit year beginning January 1, 2023.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 688"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 688 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Insurance", "Labor", "Temporary Disability"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Cano", "Euer", "Lawson", "Lombardo", "Miller", "Pearson", "Quezada", "Seveney", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-18"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2f22f46-def1-4c58-b6bb-3390b5cc46c3"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "2a8f4d145025cf9b2248ad744c151e7ff4a7a03c3dfe6aee013632fe6e878ed8"
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 688 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- BENEFITS (Increases temporary caregiver benefits to six (6) weeks in a benefit year starting January 1, 2022 and would increase temporary caregiver benefits to eight (8) weeks in a benefit year beginning January 1, 2023.)

## Version chain

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

1. **688 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0688A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–3** (pass) · upper
- INSURANCE -- BENEFITS — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burke — primary (person)
- Cano — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18** 03/18/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-23** 04/23/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/28/2021)
- **2021-04-28** 04/28/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-05-13** 05/13/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2021)
- **2021-05-17** 05/17/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/25/2021)
- **2021-05-25** 05/25/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-05-27** 05/27/2021 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on House Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 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/b2f22f46-def1-4c58-b6bb-3390b5cc46c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).