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legislation/us/states/ri/2024/hb-8262.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION -- BENEFITS"
+description: "Amends 4 sections relating to the workers' compensation benefits dealing with increasing the amount of dependent benefits payable to a totally disabled employee comprising this year's annual omnibus bill."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 8262"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8262 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Cardillo", "Corvese", "McNamara"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2024-05-10"
+last_action: "2024-06-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff1d0c3d-2869-4a8e-a205-6d1011ef9e49"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "4e5df561db9f746f100f84d552414a2fcd6088cd366e08251cafeadad359fc52"
+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 8262 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION -- BENEFITS
+
+Amends 4 sections relating to the workers' compensation benefits dealing with increasing the amount of dependent benefits payable to a totally disabled employee comprising this year's annual omnibus bill.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8262** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H8262.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Cardillo — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-19** 05/19/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/22/2024)
+- **2024-05-22** 05/22/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-05-27** 05/27/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2024)
+- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/04/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/ff1d0c3d-2869-4a8e-a205-6d1011ef9e49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+