republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2021/sb-688.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- BENEFITS (Increases temporary caregiver benefits to six (6) weeks in a benefit year starting January 1, 2022 and would increase temporary caregiver benefits to eight (8) weeks in a benefit year beginning January 1, 2023.)	AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- BENEFITS (Increases temporary caregiver benefits to six (6) weeks in a benefit year starting January 1, 2022 and would increase temporary caregiver benefits to eight (8) weeks in a benefit year beginning January 1, 2023.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2021	SB 688	Rhode Island SB 688 (2021)	bill	Health & Safety Health Care Plans/Services Insurance Labor Temporary Disability	enacted	Burke Cano Euer Lawson Lombardo Miller Pearson Quezada Seveney Sosnowski	1	17	2	2021-03-18	2021-07-06	openstates	ocd-bill/b2f22f46-def1-4c58-b6bb-3390b5cc46c3	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	2a8f4d145025cf9b2248ad744c151e7ff4a7a03c3dfe6aee013632fe6e878ed8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 688 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- BENEFITS (Increases temporary caregiver benefits to six (6) weeks in a benefit year starting January 1, 2022 and would increase temporary caregiver benefits to eight (8) weeks in a benefit year beginning January 1, 2023.)

Version chain

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

1. 688 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 34–3 (pass) · upper
• INSURANCE -- BENEFITS — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Burke — primary (person)
• Cano — primary (person)
• Euer — primary (person)
• Lawson — primary (person)
• Lombardo — primary (person)
• Miller — primary (person)
• Pearson — primary (person)
• Quezada — primary (person)
• Seveney — primary (person)
• Sosnowski — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-18 03/18/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-04-23 04/23/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/28/2021)
• 2021-04-28 04/28/2021 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 read and passed passage
• 2021-05-27 05/27/2021 Referred to House Finance referral-committee
• 2021-06-25 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
• 2021-06-25 06/25/2021 Proposed Substitute
• 2021-06-28 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-29 06/29/2021 Placed on House Calendar (07/01/2021)
• 2021-07-01 07/01/2021 House passed Sub A passage
• 2021-07-01 07/01/2021 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; origin ocd-bill/b2f22f46-def1-4c58-b6bb-3390b5cc46c3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).