---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LABOR RELATIONS ACT"
description: "Expands the definition of \"employee,\" and clarifies that the board may defer a pending unfair labor practice charge to allow for the grievance and arbitration process to move forward pursuant to the charging parties collective bargaining agreement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 124"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 124 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Ciccone", "Dimitri", "LaMountain", "Patalano"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-31"
last_action: "2025-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bee29d67-d16c-46e0-b4d8-5dda2d852da6"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "de1ae7b168353cc93ef09fe89d1208d3d0a8f82af0fa5ee3192cc8df6a47ec72"
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 124 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LABOR RELATIONS ACT

Expands the definition of "employee," and clarifies that the board may defer a pending unfair labor practice charge to allow for the grievance and arbitration process to move forward pursuant to the charging parties collective bargaining agreement.

## Version chain

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

1. **124 SUB B as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0124Baa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **67–6** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **29–5** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **63–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burke — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Dimitri — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Patalano — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor and Gaming `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2025)
- **2025-03-12** 03/12/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** 06/04/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2025)
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub B as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub B as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/bee29d67-d16c-46e0-b4d8-5dda2d852da6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).