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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION -- BENEFITS (Amends sections of law relative to workers compensation benefits and medical services to be provided by the employer, employees not entitled to compensation, and additional compensation for specific injuries.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION -- BENEFITS (Amends sections of law relative to workers compensation benefits and medical services to be provided by the employer, employees not entitled to compensation, and additional compensation for specific injuries.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 6461"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6461 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health Care Plans/Services", "Health Insurance", "Labor", "Medical", "Workers Compensation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Azzinaro", "Casey", "Corvese", "Kennedy", "Messier", "Noret"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-05-31"
+last_action: "2023-06-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6a25351-7787-40ae-8a3a-8957c6563b9c"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "b71d2af566fec980d2c5d834edfaa36b48ab5e0edf5b7ae850d66532436f6ea9"
+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 6461 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION -- BENEFITS (Amends sections of law relative to workers compensation benefits and medical services to be provided by the employer, employees not entitled to compensation, and additional compensation for specific injuries.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6461** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6461.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Casey — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+- Messier — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-31** 05/31/2023 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/07/2023)
+- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2023)
+- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-21** 06/21/2023 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/f6a25351-7787-40ae-8a3a-8957c6563b9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+