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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - EMPLOYMENT SECURITY - BENEFITS (Raises the minimum attorneys' fee awarded to a claimant from fifty dollars ($50) to two hundred fifty dollars ($250) in certain instances in unemployment compensation matters.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - EMPLOYMENT SECURITY - BENEFITS (Raises the minimum attorneys' fee awarded to a claimant from fifty dollars ($50) to two hundred fifty dollars ($250) in certain instances in unemployment compensation matters.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "SB 2453"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2453 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Labor"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Ciccone", "Lombardi", "Lynch Prata", "McCaffrey"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-02-15"
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last_action: "2018-07-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80eecd87-cee1-43c8-817a-ca7e439132ec"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "b031e53678e07c03c5e912c9e7fbbdcd51b92df25fb895f17904e1601aa0c3f8"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island SB 2453 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - EMPLOYMENT SECURITY - BENEFITS (Raises the minimum attorneys' fee awarded to a claimant from fifty dollars ($50) to two hundred fifty dollars ($250) in certain instances in unemployment compensation matters.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **2453** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2453.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–3** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Archambault — primary (person)
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- Ciccone — primary (person)
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- Lombardi — primary (person)
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- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
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- McCaffrey — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-15** 02/15/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/12/2018)
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- **2018-04-12** 04/12/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2018)
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- **2018-05-17** 05/17/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-05-22** 05/22/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/24/2018)
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- **2018-05-24** 05/24/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/21/2018)
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- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2018)
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- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-07-10** 07/10/2018 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80eecd87-cee1-43c8-817a-ca7e439132ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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