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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- WORK ON HOLIDAYS AND SUNDAYS (Repeals § 25-3-7 of the general laws which gives the director of the department of labor and training the authority to exempt certain classes of employees from receiving overtime pay for Sunday and holiday work.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- WORK ON HOLIDAYS AND SUNDAYS (Repeals § 25-3-7 of the general laws which gives the director of the department of labor and training the authority to exempt certain classes of employees from receiving overtime pay for Sunday and holiday work.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 273"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 273 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment Security", "Holidays", "Labor", "Wages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["E Morgan", "F Lombardi", "Felag", "Lombardo", "de la Cruz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fecf04a-5d61-4966-9149-802c3d2ac058"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "24d1c456dafa1ee3bca2b4efae3c0b7f6d988c55f449fb0011924f233774f6c6"
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 273 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- WORK ON HOLIDAYS AND SUNDAYS (Repeals § 25-3-7 of the general laws which gives the director of the department of labor and training the authority to exempt certain classes of employees from receiving overtime pay for Sunday and holiday work.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **273 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0273A.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **621** (pass) · upper
- ON HOLIDAYS AND SUNDAYS — **370** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **361** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **342** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- E Morgan — primary (person)
- F Lombardi — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- de la Cruz — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-10** 02/10/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-19** 02/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/24/2021)
- **2021-02-24** 02/24/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-05-13** 05/13/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2021)
- **2021-05-17** 05/17/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/25/2021)
- **2021-05-25** 05/25/2021 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2021-05-27** 05/27/2021 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2021)
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-26** 06/26/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/29/2021)
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-06** 07/06/2021 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/9fecf04a-5d61-4966-9149-802c3d2ac058`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).