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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES"
+description: "Eliminates prescribed timelines for hearing and determination in certain enforcement actions before the department labor and training to align with reasonable practice."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 7960"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7960 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Corvese"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-27"
+last_action: "2026-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e53051ef-8b86-471b-8e47-1209f0e5639b"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "204e20435cc679b010f440c4d3f099009133652226a3a4e36e84676fa7e14808"
+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 7960 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES
+
+Eliminates prescribed timelines for hearing and determination in certain enforcement actions before the department labor and training to align with reasonable practice.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7960 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7960aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AS AMENDED — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **65–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-13** 03/13/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/18/2026)
+- **2026-03-18** 03/18/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
+- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-23** 06/23/2026 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/e53051ef-8b86-471b-8e47-1209f0e5639b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+