AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- RHODE ISLAND PARENTAL AND FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE ACT (Increases the amount of parental or family leave available to an employee from thirteen (13) weeks to twenty-four (24) weeks in any two (2) calendar years.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
Apr 2022
Senate Passage
Apr 2022
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 8, 2022
Last action Apr 8, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Apr 7, 2022
How they voted
28–3
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 34
Apr 7, 2022
D
Democratic30
90% Yea
R
Republican4
75% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Apr 8, 2022
Committee
04/08/2022 Referred to House Labor
lower
Apr 7, 2022
Upper · Passed
04/07/2022 Senate read and passed
upper
Mar 30, 2022
Legislature · Passed
03/30/2022 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Feb 8, 2022
Introduced
02/08/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor
upper
10 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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