---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Extends until June 30, 2023, an increase in the total amount of earnings a partial-unemployment insurance claimant can receive before being entirely disqualified for unemployment insurance benefits.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Extends until June 30, 2023, an 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: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2816"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2816 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-03-24"
last_action: "2022-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0933d0b6-9f03-4559-9e12-350507489f5e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "70c1fbd70a55b6d8e227acb494b2c96483fd7c686c9c651ea965651b4bd1c3db"
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 2816 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Extends until June 30, 2023, an 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. **2816 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2816A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **61–4** (pass) · upper
- GENERAL PROVISIONS — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- -- GENERAL PROVISIONS — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-24** 03/24/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-01** 04/01/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/06/2022)
- **2022-04-06** 04/06/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** 04/07/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/12/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-12** 04/12/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-06** 06/06/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2022)
- **2022-06-08** 06/08/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/16/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 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/0933d0b6-9f03-4559-9e12-350507489f5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).