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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Provides the method by which records are to be furnished relative to an employee's statement of earnings.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Provides the method by which records are to be furnished relative to an employee's statement of earnings.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 2597"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2597 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Labor", "Wages"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "Fogarty", "Nesselbush"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-03-01"
+last_action: "2018-06-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab3f23b7-8c69-426a-8433-21b6880abe92"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "97458a3a4d4cbcd44d586defc7ec92b78279d53503a7dd089bc0395eb9b7bd8e"
+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 2597 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Provides the method by which records are to be furnished relative to an employee's statement of earnings.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2597 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2597Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AS AMENDED — **65–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **64–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Nesselbush — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-03-01** 03/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/05/2018)
+- **2018-04-05** 04/05/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2018)
+- **2018-05-17** 05/17/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-05-22** 05/22/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/24/2018)
+- **2018-05-24** 05/24/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Scheduled for reconsideration (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-06-26** 06/26/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-06-28** 06/28/2018 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/ab3f23b7-8c69-426a-8433-21b6880abe92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+