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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Increases the criminal penalties for wage theft and employee misclassification.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Increases the criminal penalties for wage theft and employee misclassification.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 1079"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 1079 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Offense", "Employment Security", "Fees", "Labor", "Wages"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kallman"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2023-05-25"
+last_action: "2023-06-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c46d4882-2b6c-4cc8-9559-094df6233f27"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "20eeba71c6fd6461cef6b0bf524851f58dc955e83f20c07f0d3d9531a5cd3b3f"
+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 1079 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Increases the criminal penalties for wage theft and employee misclassification.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **1079 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S1079Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **70–0** (pass) · upper
+- AS AMENDED — **68–2** (pass) · upper
+- Passage as Amended — **30–7** (pass) · upper
+- Approval of Amendment — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kallman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/31/2023)
+- **2023-05-31** 05/31/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/08/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-11** 06/11/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A as amended 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/c46d4882-2b6c-4cc8-9559-094df6233f27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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