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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES Changes the definition of employee to include individuals employed in the domestic service of any person. us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2026 HB 8504 Rhode Island HB 8504 (2026)
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Rhode Island HB 8504 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES

Changes the definition of employee to include individuals employed in the domestic service of any person.

Version chain

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

  1. 8504 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 609 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Alzate — primary (person)
  • Cruz — primary (person)
  • Diaz — primary (person)
  • Felix — primary (person)
  • Lombardi — primary (person)
  • Morales — primary (person)
  • Stewart — primary (person)
  • Tanzi — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-05-01 05/01/2026 Introduced, referred to House Labor introduction, referral-committee
  • 2026-05-15 05/15/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/21/2026)
  • 2026-05-21 05/21/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
  • 2026-05-22 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
  • 2026-05-28 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-05-29 05/29/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2026) reading-3
  • 2026-06-03 06/03/2026 House read and passed passage
  • 2026-06-05 06/05/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026) reading-3
  • 2026-06-09 06/09/2026 Senate passed in concurrence passage
  • 2026-06-09 06/09/2026 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2026-06-10 06/10/2026 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0a979f1c-958f-40a7-8783-88b9166a979b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).