---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE --CONTRIBUTIONS"
description: "Increases the taxable wage base for TDI claims from $38,000 to $100,000 or the annual earnings needed by an individual to qualify for the maximum weekly benefit amount and the maximum duration under chapters 39 through 41 of this title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 974"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 974 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "DiMario", "Euer", "Felag", "Gallo", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Murray", "Tikoian", "Urso"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-04-16"
last_action: "2025-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ead71a75-b723-431d-83ed-f644436cda95"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4256ce543c1f93d29302e34365fcc6f3852599b146d32e29c3607fa7aa4a9b71"
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 974 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE --CONTRIBUTIONS

Increases the taxable wage base for TDI claims from $38,000 to $100,000 or the annual earnings needed by an individual to qualify for the maximum weekly benefit amount and the maximum duration under chapters 39 through 41 of this title.

## Version chain

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

1. **974 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0974aa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **70–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- AS AMENDED — **62–10** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **33–4** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **33–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)
- Urso — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-16** 04/16/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/15/2025)
- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2025)
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/ead71a75-b723-431d-83ed-f644436cda95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).