---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Eliminates the \"until June 30, 2023\" sunset on the 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 (Eliminates the \"until June 30, 2023\" sunset on the 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: "2023"
identifier: "SB 716"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 716 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of Labor and Training", "Employment Security", "Insurance", "Labor", "Wages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "DiPalma", "Goodwin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-22"
last_action: "2023-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9712f839-3e9b-48c8-ad0b-8c593f35a155"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "d44b16331e1d711a06bae782d8a26998d3555110914e4aeaff2a2acf04795aee"
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 716 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Eliminates the "until June 30, 2023" sunset on the 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. **716 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0716aa.pdf)

## Votes

- Approval of Amendment — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ciccone — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-22** 03/22/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/25/2023)
- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-20** 06/20/2023 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/9712f839-3e9b-48c8-ad0b-8c593f35a155`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).