AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES' ARBITRATION
Recognizes that municipal employees have the opportunity to utilize binding arbitration and establishes new factors for the arbitrators to consider. These factors include comparisons of wages/hourly conditions of employment in similarly skilled jobs.
How representatives voted
26 yea·3 nay
- Meghan KallmanYEA
State Senator · Democratic · RI
- Sam ZurierYEA
State Senator · Democratic · RI
- Stefano FamigliettiYEA
State Senator · Democratic · RI
- Lou DiPalmaYEA
State Senator · Democratic · RI
- Jake BissaillonYEA
State Senator · Democratic · RI
- Hanna GalloYEA
State Senator · Democratic · RI
- Victoria GuYEA
State Senator · Democratic · RI
- Walter FelagYEA
State Senator · Democratic · RI
- Sue SosnowskiYEA
State Senator · Democratic · RI
- David TikoianYEA
State Senator · Democratic · RI
- Melissa MurrayYEA
State Senator · Democratic · RI
- Ryan PearsonYEA
State Senator · Democratic · RI
- Matt LaMountainYEA
State Senator · Democratic · RI
- John BurkeYEA
State Senator · Democratic · RI
- Lammis VargasYEA
State Senator · Democratic · RI
- Brian ThompsonYEA
State Senator · Democratic · RI
- Bob BrittoYEA
State Senator · Democratic · RI
- Todd PatalanoYEA
State Senator · Democratic · RI
- Andrew DimitriYEA
State Senator · Democratic · RI
- Linda UjifusaYEA
State Senator · Democratic · RI
- Jonathon AcostaYEA
State Senator · Democratic · RI
- Sam BellYEA
State Senator · Democratic · RI
- Alana DiMarioYEA
State Senator · Democratic · RI
- Bridget ValverdeYEA
State Senator · Democratic · RI
- Lori UrsoYEA
State Senator · Democratic · RI
- Mark McKenneyYEA
State Senator · Democratic · RI
- Thomas PaolinoNAY
State Senator · Republican · RI
- Gordon RogersNAY
State Senator · Republican · RI
- Jessica de la CruzNAY
State Senator · Republican · RI
Action history
- 4/17/202604/17/2026 Referred to House Labor
- 4/16/202604/16/2026 Senate read and passed
- 4/9/202604/09/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/16/2026)
- 4/8/202604/08/2026 Committee recommends passage
- 4/3/202604/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/08/2026)
- 1/30/202601/30/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor and Gaming