republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2017/sb-290.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- HEALTHY AND SAFE FAMILIES AND WORKPLACES ACT (Requires employers with eighteen (18) or more employees to provide three (3) paid sick days in 2018, four (4) paid sick days in 2019 and five (5) paid sick days thereafter.)	AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- HEALTHY AND SAFE FAMILIES AND WORKPLACES ACT (Requires employers with eighteen (18) or more employees to provide three (3) paid sick days in 2018, four (4) paid sick days in 2019 and five (5) paid sick days thereafter.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2017	SB 290	Rhode Island SB 290 (2017)	bill	Health & Safety Immigration Labor	enacted	Calkin Goldin Goodwin Satchell Seveney	1	18	6	2017-02-15	2017-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/d435532e-4a8b-4156-8e89-d50b22095319	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	fbbe11cb108a0aa0326589ece233a9aad2be591d84c5e006686f6ce10c8e0a36	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 290 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- HEALTHY AND SAFE FAMILIES AND WORKPLACES ACT (Requires employers with eighteen (18) or more employees to provide three (3) paid sick days in 2018, four (4) paid sick days in 2019 and five (5) paid sick days thereafter.)

Version chain

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

1. 290 SUB B (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELA — 63–0 (pass) · legislature
• LC001160/3 — 3–32 (fail) · legislature
• Approval of Amendment — 35–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passage as Amended — 27–8 (pass) · legislature
• LC1160/4 — 6–29 (fail) · legislature
• In Concurrence — 26–7 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Calkin — primary (person)
• Goldin — primary (person)
• Goodwin — primary (person)
• Satchell — primary (person)
• Seveney — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-15 02/15/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor referral-committee, introduction
• 2017-04-07 04/07/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/12/2017)
• 2017-04-12 04/12/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2017-06-16 06/16/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2017)
• 2017-06-21 06/21/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-21 06/21/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/28/2017)
• 2017-06-28 06/28/2017 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) passage
• 2017-06-30 06/30/2017 Referred to House Labor referral-committee
• 2017-06-30 06/30/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/30/2017)
• 2017-06-30 06/30/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub B as amended committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-09-15 09/15/2017 Scheduled for consideration (09/15/2017)
• 2017-09-15 09/15/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub B committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-09-15 09/15/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
• 2017-09-19 09/19/2017 House passed Sub B passage
• 2017-09-19 09/19/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (09/19/2017)
• 2017-09-19 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence passage
• 2017-09-25 09/25/2017 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-09-28 09/28/2017 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d435532e-4a8b-4156-8e89-d50b22095319. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).