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type: "Bill"
title: "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.)"
description: "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.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 290"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 290 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Immigration", "Labor"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calkin", "Goldin", "Goodwin", "Satchell", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-15"
last_action: "2017-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d435532e-4a8b-4156-8e89-d50b22095319"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "fbbe11cb108a0aa0326589ece233a9aad2be591d84c5e006686f6ce10c8e0a36"
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 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](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0290B.pdf)
## Votes
- RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELA — **630** (pass) · legislature
- LC001160/3 — **332** (fail) · legislature
- Approval of Amendment — **350** (pass) · legislature
- Passage as Amended — **278** (pass) · legislature
- LC1160/4 — **629** (fail) · legislature
- In Concurrence — **267** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d435532e-4a8b-4156-8e89-d50b22095319`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).