---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- BENEFITS"
description: "Makes care recipients eligible for temporary caregiver benefits and increase the maximum temporary caregiver benefit weeks from six (6) to eight (8) weeks over of period of two years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7171"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7171 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Boylan", "Casimiro", "Cruz", "Giraldo", "Kazarian", "Morales", "Potter", "Stewart", "Voas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-11"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5dd15b1-bf49-4291-b292-4d3fc4275e33"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "404a91f282810c779071710b1a3146179765842a4b5f02d1992dc5ccbfe55042"
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 7171 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- BENEFITS

Makes care recipients eligible for temporary caregiver benefits and increase the maximum temporary caregiver benefit weeks from six (6) to eight (8) weeks over of period of two years.

## Version chain

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

1. **7171 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7171Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **63–6** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **62–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Boylan — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Cruz — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Voas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-11** 01/11/2024 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** 02/09/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/14/2024)
- **2024-02-14** 02/14/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-25** 06/25/2024 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/f5dd15b1-bf49-4291-b292-4d3fc4275e33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).