---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES"
description: "Sets the minimum wage for 2026 at sixteen dollars ($16) per hour, 2027 at seventeen dollars ($17) per hour."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5029"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5029 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Casimiro", "Corvese", "Craven", "Diaz", "Edwards", "Kazarian", "Potter", "Slater", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b317f81-237c-40a6-b1f2-6e1a5757db99"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "3d767928b64668d271ea6f5551821c01b6bea10c3bb238f8088383e14e691da8"
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 HB 5029 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES

Sets the minimum wage for 2026 at sixteen dollars ($16) per hour, 2027 at seventeen dollars ($17) per hour.

## Version chain

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

1. **5029 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5029A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **56–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10** 01/10/2025 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2025)
- **2025-03-05** 03/05/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2025)
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/5b317f81-237c-40a6-b1f2-6e1a5757db99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).