---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY--GENERAL PROVISIONS (Extends until June 30, 2023, an increase in the total amount of earnings a partial-unemployment insurance claimant can receive before being entirely disqualified for unemployment insurance benefits.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY--GENERAL PROVISIONS (Extends until June 30, 2023, an increase in the total amount of earnings a partial-unemployment insurance claimant can receive before being entirely disqualified for unemployment insurance benefits.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7863"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7863 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "McEntee", "Morales"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-04"
last_action: "2022-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68cf0314-b161-42a6-a49c-da69ea3ad78e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "aaf2e12abfa272830188ca351c21c9327b0b635c927c25f06fd94b9c3f42c9f2"
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 7863 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY--GENERAL PROVISIONS (Extends until June 30, 2023, an increase in the total amount of earnings a partial-unemployment insurance claimant can receive before being entirely disqualified for unemployment insurance benefits.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7863 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7863A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **63–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caldwell — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-04** 03/04/2022 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/13/2022)
- **2022-04-13** 04/13/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-28** 05/28/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/31/2022)
- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-08** 06/08/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/16/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 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/68cf0314-b161-42a6-a49c-da69ea3ad78e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).