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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Eliminates repealed statute references and create a mechanism for employees to enforce their existing right to continuation of medical benefits and annual report by DLT.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Eliminates repealed statute references and create a mechanism for employees to enforce their existing right to continuation of medical benefits and annual report by DLT.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 5591"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5591 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Employment Security", "Health Insurance", "Labor", "Medical", "Wages"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Casey", "Casimiro", "Craven", "Edwards", "Handy", "Kazarian", "Kislak", "Shanley"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-02-15"
+last_action: "2023-06-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcfbbb40-56e2-490c-9380-a34ee2bf4839"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "77f240b425639c351eaabfb0a8617eb0b2bdc1bd12b6bc480938ce8081b8886c"
+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+# Rhode Island HB 5591 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Eliminates repealed statute references and create a mechanism for employees to enforce their existing right to continuation of medical benefits and annual report by DLT.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5591 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5591A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Casey — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Handy — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-15** 02/15/2023 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-24** 03/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2023)
+- **2023-03-29** 03/29/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2023)
+- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-22** 06/22/2023 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/bcfbbb40-56e2-490c-9380-a34ee2bf4839`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+