---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT APPLICATIONS (Gives the department of labor and training the jurisdiction to review claims alleging that employers had improperly inquired about an applicant’s criminal history on an employment application.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT APPLICATIONS (Gives the department of labor and training the jurisdiction to review claims alleging that employers had improperly inquired about an applicant’s criminal history on an employment application.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1029"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 1029 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-09-19"
last_action: "2017-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/302e2691-75b8-44d6-94d4-d7aa30e85955"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "813f99af295f253cd629ae10772b6ae1d41abd9e64ae6c1bf6fe46cf9e135979"
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 1029 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT APPLICATIONS (Gives the department of labor and training the jurisdiction to review claims alleging that employers had improperly inquired about an applicant’s criminal history on an employment application.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **1029** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S1029.pdf)

## Votes

- RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELA — **60–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **27–6** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ciccone — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-10-03** 10/03/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-05** 10/05/2017 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/302e2691-75b8-44d6-94d4-d7aa30e85955`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).