Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8331

Introduced
3/20/26  

Caption

Establishes the trades worker justice and safety act to help provide workers with a workplace free from harassment, discrimination, intimidation, bullying, abuse and retaliation.

Companion Bills

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Previously Filed As

RI H5132

Prohibits psychological abuse in the workplace by employers or co-workers, ensuring a safe environment for employees, provides protection, civil remedies, and penalties for employers based on revenue.

RI S0959

Protects bullying/psychological abuse in workplace inflicted upon employees by employers/co-employees/provides civil remedies to affected employees/fines against employers/imprisonment/fines against co-employees.

RI H5680

Allows unemployment benefits for workers who are on strike or are locked out of their workplaces by their employer due to a labor dispute.

RI S0587

Allows unemployment benefits for workers who are on strike or are locked out of their workplaces by their employer due to a labor dispute.

RI S0188

This act would repeal the exemption granted to pari mutual facilities and casinos from the smoke free workplace requirement contained in the Public Health and Workplace Safety Act.

RI S0672

Provides that architects and other authorized disaster response workers be considered, in the course of performing their duties, state workers and be entitled to all rights in like manner as state employees.

RI S0442

Adds the workers' compensation administration fund to those restricted receipt accounts not subject to indirect cost recoveries.

RI H5816

Mandates state and electric distribution companies develop proposals and encourage off shore wind power development and give priority in those projects to providing employment and business opportunities to workers from disadvantaged communities.

RI S0769

Mandates state and electric distribution companies develop proposals and encourage off shore wind power development and give priority in those projects to providing employment and business opportunities to workers from disadvantaged communities.

RI H5464

Repeals the exemption granted to pari-mutuel facilities and casinos from the smoke free workplace requirement and provides for a one time appropriate of $1,000,000 to inform patrons of the smoke free policy within the casino.

Similar Bills

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