SB 2409STATE · Rhode IslandIn Committee

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.

Voted: 4/17/2026

How representatives voted

26 yea·3 nay

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