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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION -- GENERAL PROVISIONS"
+description: "Clarifies several workers' compensation court authority for injuries to sworn employees (police/fire)."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 6319"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6319 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Brien", "Corvese", "Fellela", "Hull", "Lombardi", "Noret", "Read", "Serpa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-05-09"
+last_action: "2025-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae03043d-0662-4895-b4ac-6a6625cf866c"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "5501eec54b904fcc72275efef64b6968481f57cf90df7b6bfe19026675f4df68"
+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 6319 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION -- GENERAL PROVISIONS
+
+Clarifies several workers' compensation court authority for injuries to sworn employees (police/fire).
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6319 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6319A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Brien — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Fellela — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/13/2025)
+- **2025-05-13** 05/13/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 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/ae03043d-0662-4895-b4ac-6a6625cf866c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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