---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - TIP PROTECTION (Prohibits employers from receiving any portion of the tips given by customers to their tipped employees, with limited exceptions for credit card service charges.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - TIP PROTECTION (Prohibits employers from receiving any portion of the tips given by customers to their tipped employees, with limited exceptions for credit card service charges.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2246"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2246 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Cano", "Coyne", "DiPalma", "Goodwin", "Kallman", "Mack", "Seveney", "Sosnowski", "Zurier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-08"
last_action: "2022-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf7f778d-76bf-47e5-92f8-4fe0e56f3ce6"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "7e081d1d23131080e26fb3f69a0a6aab140571813352f4ef255d7b79def8bf01"
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 2246 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - TIP PROTECTION (Prohibits employers from receiving any portion of the tips given by customers to their tipped employees, with limited exceptions for credit card service charges.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2246 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2246A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Cano — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)
- Zurier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-08** 02/08/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-06** 05/06/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/11/2022)
- **2022-05-11** 05/11/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2022)
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 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/bf7f778d-76bf-47e5-92f8-4fe0e56f3ce6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).