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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Gradually increase the minimum wage from eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) per hour to fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour, over 4 years.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Gradually increase the minimum wage from eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) per hour to fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour, over 4 years.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 1 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance", "Labor", "Wages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "Gallo", "Goldin", "Goodwin", "McCaffrey", "Miller", "Quezada", "Ruggerio", "Seveney", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06d87aac-ff20-46e1-aa12-f33cd9397dc5"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "0d4ec17bc762f205de482b592e2563f39a87e01ea6b939d644c4b44eeda21341"
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 1 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Gradually increase the minimum wage from eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) per hour to fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour, over 4 years.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **1 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0001aa.pdf)
## Votes
- Approval of Amendment — **2212** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **287** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **306** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **277** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **5815** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Cano — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Goldin — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-11** 01/11/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** 01/22/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2021-01-22** 01/22/2021 Meeting postponed (01/27/2021)
- **2021-01-29** 01/29/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/03/2021)
- **2021-02-03** 02/03/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03** 02/03/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (02/10/2021)
- **2021-02-10** 02/10/2021 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2021-02-11** 02/11/2021 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/12/2021)
- **2021-05-12** 05/12/2021 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Placed on House Calendar (05/18/2021)
- **2021-05-18** 05/18/2021 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-05-18** 05/18/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-20** 05/20/2021 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/06d87aac-ff20-46e1-aa12-f33cd9397dc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).