States / Rhode Island / HB 7973
HB 7973 Failed
AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- WORK ON HOLIDAYS AND SUNDAYS
Introduced
In Committee
Floor
Crossed Over
Passed
Enacted
Excludes from the definition of an "employee" any individual employed in catering, commissary, or food establishment, for purposes of the provisions requiring payment of wages at one and one-half normal rate of pay for work on holidays and Sundays.
- Chamber
- House
- Introduced
- Feb 27, 2026
- Last action
- Mar 18, 2026 — 03/18/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- Sponsor
- Alex Finkelman D
- Session
- 2026
- Momentum
- 5 · Stalled