republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2021/hb-6249.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Increases partial unemployment benefits by disregarding an amount of earnings when calculating weekly benefit rate with expiration date of 6/30/22.)	AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Increases partial unemployment benefits by disregarding an amount of earnings when calculating weekly benefit rate with expiration date of 6/30/22.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2021	HB 6249	Rhode Island HB 6249 (2021)	bill	Employment Security General Treasurer Human Services Labor Wages	enacted	Caldwell Carson Cortvriend Costantino Felix Fogarty Giraldo Kazarian McEntee Phillips	1	15	1	2021-04-16	2021-05-21	openstates	ocd-bill/e1cffe91-bae9-43a7-8210-76c5e5b58635	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	f665e0b36b5fe2f7fe65ed1a2fda5c1b669906ff0ed9cd5bc51e07e1f1350b48	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 6249 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Increases partial unemployment benefits by disregarding an amount of earnings when calculating weekly benefit rate with expiration date of 6/30/22.)

Version chain

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

1. 6249 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 69–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Caldwell — primary (person)
• Carson — primary (person)
• Cortvriend — primary (person)
• Costantino — primary (person)
• Felix — primary (person)
• Fogarty — primary (person)
• Giraldo — primary (person)
• Kazarian — primary (person)
• McEntee — primary (person)
• Phillips — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-04-16 04/16/2021 Introduced, referred to House Finance introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-04-30 04/30/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/04/2021)
• 2021-05-04 05/04/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2021-05-07 05/07/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/11/2021)
• 2021-05-07 05/07/2021 Proposed Substitute
• 2021-05-11 05/11/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-11 05/11/2021 Placed on House Calendar (05/12/2021)
• 2021-05-12 05/12/2021 House passed Sub A passage
• 2021-05-13 05/13/2021 Referred to Senate Labor referral-committee
• 2021-05-13 05/13/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2021)
• 2021-05-17 05/17/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-18 05/18/2021 Recommended for Immediate Consideration
• 2021-05-18 05/18/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2021-05-18 05/18/2021 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-21 05/21/2021 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e1cffe91-bae9-43a7-8210-76c5e5b58635. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).