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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM"
+description: "Provides amendments to the Rhode Island Works Program regarding eligibility and cash assistance, and repeals the termination of benefits to a family because of failure of a family member to enter into or comply with an individual employment plan."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 2337"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2337 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Bissaillon", "Ciccone", "DiMario", "Euer", "Felag", "Murray", "Pearson", "Sosnowski", "Valverde"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-02-12"
+last_action: "2024-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/292ce3a0-2843-4d1b-b9e9-b0f86d36f60f"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "7440c80c2e58bc923c901cd1c9d36de6806285a9addef8c7415b83cf147a36fa"
+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 2337 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM
+
+Provides amendments to the Rhode Island Works Program regarding eligibility and cash assistance, and repeals the termination of benefits to a family because of failure of a family member to enter into or comply with an individual employment plan.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2337 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2337A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **59–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Acosta — primary (person)
+- Bissaillon — primary (person)
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Felag — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+- Pearson — primary (person)
+- Sosnowski — primary (person)
+- Valverde — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-12** 02/12/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-19** 04/19/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/23/2024)
+- **2024-04-23** 04/23/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2024)
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-26** 06/26/2024 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/292ce3a0-2843-4d1b-b9e9-b0f86d36f60f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+