---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY --GENERAL PROVISIONS"
description: "Eliminates the \"until June 30, 2025\" 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: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5448"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5448 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Caldwell", "Craven", "Diaz", "Edwards", "Kislak", "McEntee", "Morales", "Noret", "Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44997075-b99a-40dd-ba0e-3298af01ac64"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "79ff9098acc1bdd0a90d28257e7c0b04e522b10934f6e1c13093f82668457640"
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 5448 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY --GENERAL PROVISIONS

Eliminates the "until June 30, 2025" 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. **5448 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5448aa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- RECONSIDERATION — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12** 02/12/2025 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/09/2025)
- **2025-04-09** 04/09/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-19** 06/19/2025 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 House voted to reconsider
- **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/44997075-b99a-40dd-ba0e-3298af01ac64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).