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legislation/us/states/ri/2021/hb-6376.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS COMPENSATION -- BENEFITS (Creates a new formula for determining a totally and partially disabled injured workers' weekly benefit entitlement. It also eliminates the current ambiguity in an injured workers' entitlement, when he or she suffers a recurrence of disability.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS COMPENSATION -- BENEFITS (Creates a new formula for determining a totally and partially disabled injured workers' weekly benefit entitlement. It also eliminates the current ambiguity in an injured workers' entitlement, when he or she suffers a recurrence of disability.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 6376"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6376 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Courts", "Handicapped", "Health & Safety", "Labor", "Workers Compensation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-05-28"
+last_action: "2021-07-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54e6c85e-5ed5-4292-b123-374f0fcfda94"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "e7d3d8b7e0ef5746133dad9d57a76ac86e9f085de6d350c21e593fbca9df8543"
+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 HB 6376 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS COMPENSATION -- BENEFITS (Creates a new formula for determining a totally and partially disabled injured workers' weekly benefit entitlement. It also eliminates the current ambiguity in an injured workers' entitlement, when he or she suffers a recurrence of disability.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6376 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6376A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Williams — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/09/2021)
+- **2021-06-09** 06/09/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-06-19** 06/19/2021 Scheduled for consideration
+- **2021-06-20** 06/20/2021 Meeting postponed (06/22/2021)
+- **2021-06-20** 06/20/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/23/2021)
+- **2021-06-20** 06/20/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/25/2021)
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2021-06-26** 06/26/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/29/2021)
+- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-07-09** 07/09/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-14** 07/14/2021 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/54e6c85e-5ed5-4292-b123-374f0fcfda94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+