---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- BENEFITS"
description: "Makes care recipients eligible for temporary caregiver benefits and increase the maximum temporary caregiver benefit weeks from six (6) to eight (8) weeks over of period of two years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2121"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2121 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Cano", "DiMario", "Euer", "Gallo", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Miller", "Pearson", "Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-12"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be205969-6df9-4d6f-a706-c8e1583f9bb1"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a55d83d0966f432d6f7e04c45dd94cd7befa09e7a0fb17aa983db1b691cddc6e"
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 2121 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- BENEFITS

Makes care recipients eligible for temporary caregiver benefits and increase the maximum temporary caregiver benefit weeks from six (6) to eight (8) weeks over of period of two years.

## Version chain

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

1. **2121 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2121Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **60–8** (pass) · upper
- AS AMENDED — **62–8** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **31–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Cano — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-12** 01/12/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-15** 03/15/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2024)
- **2024-03-20** 03/20/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** 03/21/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/28/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-03-28** 03/28/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-25** 06/25/2024 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/be205969-6df9-4d6f-a706-c8e1583f9bb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).