---
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: "SB 125"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 125 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Bissaillon", "Britto", "Burke", "DiMario", "Dimitri", "Felag", "LaMountain", "McKenney", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-31"
last_action: "2025-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d881f015-5376-4ca3-9824-a39dc0a814a4"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "49c6ff784f8271cf8a66b3f60fd4fd969135b955f958e8c6bf2513166057e3e9"
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 125 (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. **125 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0125A.pdf)

## Votes

- Approval of Amendment — **12–24** (fail) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **16–20** (fail) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **61–11** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **33–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appollonio — primary (person)
- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Dimitri — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Tikoian — 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`
- **2025-02-28** 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`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025)
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House 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/d881f015-5376-4ca3-9824-a39dc0a814a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).