---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Increases partial unemployment benefits by disregarding an amount of earnings when calculating weekly benefit rate with expiration date of 6/30/22.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Increases partial unemployment benefits by disregarding an amount of earnings when calculating weekly benefit rate with expiration date of 6/30/22.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 858"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 858 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment Security", "Labor", "Wages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "Goodwin", "Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-28"
last_action: "2021-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2376a28a-1319-4e60-a332-931730d371bc"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "27c9941fb58f447981130460f7e52d7db4e7e5ea22ac2b9c6eb35724e1f46262"
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 858 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Increases partial unemployment benefits by disregarding an amount of earnings when calculating weekly benefit rate with expiration date of 6/30/22.)

## Version chain

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

1. **858 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0858aa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-28** 04/28/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/05/2021)
- **2021-05-05** 05/05/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06** 05/06/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/11/2021)
- **2021-05-11** 05/11/2021 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2021-05-12** 05/12/2021 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2021)
- **2021-05-18** 05/18/2021 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-18** 05/18/2021 Placed on House Calendar (05/19/2021)
- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-05-20** 05/20/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-21** 05/21/2021 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/2376a28a-1319-4e60-a332-931730d371bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).