---
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: "SB 2921"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2921 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "Euer", "Gu", "Lauria", "Mack", "Murray", "Thompson", "Ujifusa", "Valverde", "Vargas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-04"
last_action: "2026-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81460109-16f1-48b1-af30-ed5f9e240101"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ba43e2b7f0a0d3dabde934dffc14959503f39f08f8d7da6f02270166f8924ecb"
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 2921 (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. **2921** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2921.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **56–9** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Thompson — primary (person)
- Ujifusa — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)
- Vargas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-04** 03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor and Gaming `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-10** 04/10/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/15/2026)
- **2026-04-15** 04/15/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2026)
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/28/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House 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/81460109-16f1-48b1-af30-ed5f9e240101`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).