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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - PAYMENT OF WAGES (Prohibits employers from making deductions from an employee's wages except for those deductions authorized or required by law, or as expressly authorized in writing by the employee.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - PAYMENT OF WAGES (Prohibits employers from making deductions from an employee's wages except for those deductions authorized or required by law, or as expressly authorized in writing by the employee.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 350"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 350 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Wages", "Labor"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Fogarty", "Jabour", "Lombardi", "Lombardo"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-02-16"
+last_action: "2017-07-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7a0a3e2-227b-4798-8ac2-b17f3b2a5ddf"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "a9fd23b71cb69cadacbca187ce19ececc782cf5863fd8e8105e823c69a4738e0"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island SB 350 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - PAYMENT OF WAGES (Prohibits employers from making deductions from an employee's wages except for those deductions authorized or required by law, or as expressly authorized in writing by the employee.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **350 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0350B.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · legislature
+- In Concurrence — **35–1** (pass) · legislature
+- PAYMENT OF WAGES — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Archambault — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Jabour — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- Lombardo — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-16** 02/16/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `referral-committee, introduction`
+- **2017-02-24** 02/24/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/01/2017)
+- **2017-03-01** 03/01/2017 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
+- **2017-03-01** 03/01/2017 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study
+- **2017-05-26** 05/26/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/31/2017)
+- **2017-05-31** 05/31/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2017)
+- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-15** 06/15/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/21/2017)
+- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2017)
+- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2017)
+- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 House passed Sub B `passage`
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2017)
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-07-05** 07/05/2017 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7a0a3e2-227b-4798-8ac2-b17f3b2a5ddf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+