---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES"
description: "Updates and expands the current law to include menopause and menopause related conditions in the law on fair employment practices pertaining to pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 6161"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6161 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Boylan", "Carson", "Cruz", "Donovan", "Kazarian", "Speakman", "Spears", "Stewart"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-04-02"
last_action: "2025-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/635833a2-eefd-4341-96a4-762c8375237a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "483e4be33aa735c1b33222bcd00964f1ab731a29a02261cc208a577889669127"
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 6161 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES

Updates and expands the current law to include menopause and menopause related conditions in the law on fair employment practices pertaining to pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions.

## Version chain

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

1. **6161** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6161.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Boylan — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Cruz — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-02** 04/02/2025 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`
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2025)
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/635833a2-eefd-4341-96a4-762c8375237a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).