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type: "Bill"
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title: "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.)"
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description: "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.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 688"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 688 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Insurance", "Labor", "Temporary Disability"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Cano", "Euer", "Lawson", "Lombardo", "Miller", "Pearson", "Quezada", "Seveney", "Sosnowski"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-03-18"
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last_action: "2021-07-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2f22f46-def1-4c58-b6bb-3390b5cc46c3"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "2a8f4d145025cf9b2248ad744c151e7ff4a7a03c3dfe6aee013632fe6e878ed8"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# 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.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **688 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0688A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **34–3** (pass) · upper
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- INSURANCE -- BENEFITS — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Burke — primary (person)
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- Cano — primary (person)
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- Euer — primary (person)
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- Lawson — primary (person)
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- Lombardo — primary (person)
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- Miller — primary (person)
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- Pearson — primary (person)
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- Quezada — primary (person)
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- Seveney — primary (person)
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- Sosnowski — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-18** 03/18/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-23** 04/23/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/28/2021)
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- **2021-04-28** 04/28/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2021-05-13** 05/13/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2021)
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- **2021-05-17** 05/17/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/25/2021)
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- **2021-05-25** 05/25/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-27** 05/27/2021 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
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- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Proposed Substitute
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- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on House Calendar (07/01/2021)
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- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
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- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-07-06** 07/06/2021 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2f22f46-def1-4c58-b6bb-3390b5cc46c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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