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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION--GENERAL PROVISIONS"
+description: "Amends various sections of the workers' compensation statute relative to the court's jurisdiction and the court's authority."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 8524"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8524 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Casey", "Corvese", "Kennedy", "McEntee", "Noret", "Read", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-05-06"
+last_action: "2026-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ba63cdf-b0ba-4908-898c-018db6cee69a"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "256f651f3bac92aeba865d66dd4ed4e6ca387d43723618b261d1d024f4bff110"
+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 8524 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION--GENERAL PROVISIONS
+
+Amends various sections of the workers' compensation statute relative to the court's jurisdiction and the court's authority.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8524** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8524.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **66–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Casey — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-05-06** 05/06/2026 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/21/2026)
+- **2026-05-21** 05/21/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
+- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 House read and passed `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 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/0ba63cdf-b0ba-4908-898c-018db6cee69a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+