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type: "Bill"
title: "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.)"
description: "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.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6249"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6249 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment Security", "General Treasurer", "Human Services", "Labor", "Wages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Carson", "Cortvriend", "Costantino", "Felix", "Fogarty", "Giraldo", "Kazarian", "McEntee", "Phillips"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-04-16"
last_action: "2021-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1cffe91-bae9-43a7-8210-76c5e5b58635"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f665e0b36b5fe2f7fe65ed1a2fda5c1b669906ff0ed9cd5bc51e07e1f1350b48"
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 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](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6249A.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **693** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1cffe91-bae9-43a7-8210-76c5e5b58635`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).