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| 2024 -- S 2124 Enacted 04/30/2024 |
| S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N |
| CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND REVIEW RHODE ISLAND'S MINIMUM WAGE |
Introduced By: Senators Raptakis, Ciccone, F. Lombardi, Lombardo, Britto, Burke, LaMountain, Quezada, and Tikoian |
| Date Introduced: January 12, 2024 |
| RESOLVED, That a special legislative commission be and the same is hereby created |
| consisting of eleven (11) members: four (4) of whom shall be members of the Senate, three (3) of |
| whom shall be appointed by the President of the Senate, and one of whom shall be appointed by |
| the Minority Leader; one of whom shall be the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Labor |
| and Training, or designee; one of whom shall be the President of the Rhode Island Hospitality |
| Association, or designee; one of whom shall be the Executive Director of the Rhode Island |
| Manufacturers Association (RIMA), or designee; one of whom shall be the State Director of the |
| National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), or designee; one of whom shall be the |
| President of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO, or designee; one of whom shall be a member of the |
| general public, to be appointed by the President of the Senate; and one of whom shall be a |
| Professor of Economics at the University of Rhode Island, to be appointed by the President of the |
| Senate. |
| The purpose of said commission shall be to make a comprehensive study of Rhode |
| Island’s minimum wage including a comparison and analysis of neighboring states practices and |
| provide recommendations that would benefit all Rhode Islanders. |
| Forthwith upon passage of this resolution, the members of the commission shall meet at |
| the call of the President of the Senate and organize and shall select a chairperson from among the |
| legislators. |
| Vacancies in said commission shall be filled in like manner as the original appointment. |
| The membership of said commission shall receive no compensation for their services. |
| All departments and agencies of the state shall furnish such advice and information, |
| documentary and otherwise, to said commission and its agents as is deemed necessary or |
| desirable by the commission to facilitate the purposes of this resolution. |
| The Joint Committee on Legislative Services is hereby authorized and directed to provide |
| suitable quarters for said commission; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the commission shall report its findings and recommendations to the |
| Senate no later than May 4, 2025, and said commission shall expire on January 4, 2026. |
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