---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES"
description: "Changes the definition of employee to include individuals employed in the domestic service of any person."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 8504"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8504 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Cruz", "Diaz", "Felix", "Lombardi", "Morales", "Stewart", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-05-01"
last_action: "2026-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a979f1c-958f-40a7-8783-88b9166a979b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9ecc8ee20c4282e625b424f4d7a8799425af98c6e220dc670ebdb2b509ae1e0d"
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 8504 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES

Changes the definition of employee to include individuals employed in the domestic service of any person.

## Version chain

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

1. **8504** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8504.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **60–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Cruz — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/21/2026)
- **2026-05-21** 05/21/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 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/0a979f1c-958f-40a7-8783-88b9166a979b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).