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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LABOR RELATIONS ACT -- EMPLOYEE FREE SPEECH RIGHTS Protects the rights of employees in the workplace relating to free speech, assembly and religion, as well as attendance at employer-sponsored meetings regarding political or religious matters. us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2025 SB 126 Rhode Island SB 126 (2025)
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Rhode Island SB 126 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LABOR RELATIONS ACT -- EMPLOYEE FREE SPEECH RIGHTS

Protects the rights of employees in the workplace relating to free speech, assembly and religion, as well as attendance at employer-sponsored meetings regarding political or religious matters.

Version chain

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

  1. 126 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passage — 304 (pass) · upper
  • IN CONCURRENCE — 692 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Appollonio — primary (person)
  • Bissaillon — primary (person)
  • Ciccone — primary (person)
  • Dimitri — primary (person)
  • LaMountain — primary (person)
  • Murray — primary (person)
  • Patalano — primary (person)
  • Thompson — primary (person)
  • Urso — primary (person)
  • Vargas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-31 01/31/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor and Gaming introduction, referral-committee
  • 2025-03-07 03/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2025)
  • 2025-03-12 03/12/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
  • 2025-03-28 03/28/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/02/2025)
  • 2025-04-01 04/01/2025 Proposed Substitute substitution
  • 2025-04-02 04/02/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-04-03 04/03/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/10/2025) reading-3
  • 2025-04-10 04/10/2025 Senate passed Sub A passage
  • 2025-04-11 04/11/2025 Referred to House Labor referral-committee
  • 2025-06-13 06/13/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2025)
  • 2025-06-16 06/16/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-06-18 06/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) reading-3
  • 2025-06-20 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence passage
  • 2025-06-27 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2025-07-02 07/02/2025 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3331c95e-86fd-4b01-915b-c49c18f8177d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).