Rhode Island · Senate Bill 855 · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- PEACE OFFICER MAXIMUM WORKDAY AND OVERTIME COMPENSATION

SB 855 Sponsored by Brian J. Thompson Died in committee

  1. Introduced Mar 19, 2025
  2. In committee Mar 19, 2025
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Establishes a maximum hourly workday for all peace officers as defined in § 12-7-21 and a violation rate of pay of double time and a half.

Every action

5 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. CommitteeIntroduced, referred to Senate Labor and Gaming · Senate Labor & Gaming
  2. CommitteeScheduled for hearing and/or consideration · Senate Labor & Gaming
  3. CommitteeMeeting postponed (04/23/2025) · Senate Labor & Gaming
  4. CommitteeScheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/30/2025) · Senate Labor & Gaming
  5. CommitteeCommittee recommended measure be held for further study · Senate Labor & Gaming

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 9 cosponsors: 9 Democrats.

All 9 cosponsors

From Rhode Island's official records (status.rilegislature.gov), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.