---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY"
description: "Eliminates the \"until June 30, 2026\" 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: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2929"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2929 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Felag", "Patalano", "Thompson", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-03-04"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ab4cf0d-8d57-4605-ab5d-68e35a7d51f6"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "e823141fbae81e3bdef78fa00fc975b19e8c93588cbdc383e42d45bc3d1be428"
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 2929 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY

Eliminates the "until June 30, 2026" 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. **2929 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2929A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–4** (pass) · upper
- In Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burke — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Patalano — primary (person)
- Thompson — primary (person)
- Tikoian — 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`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-07** 06/07/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2026)
- **2026-06-07** 06/07/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-19** 06/19/2026 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/3ab4cf0d-8d57-4605-ab5d-68e35a7d51f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).