---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION (Allows waiver of prior claimed common law rights by corp./LLC officers/Enlarges advisory council from 16 to 17 members/Imposes certain limitations on payments to injured employees/Authorizes uninsured protection fund to promulgate rules and regulations.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION (Allows waiver of prior claimed common law rights by corp./LLC officers/Enlarges advisory council from 16 to 17 members/Imposes certain limitations on payments to injured employees/Authorizes uninsured protection fund to promulgate rules and regulations.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2924"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2924 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor", "Workers Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fogarty"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-05-17"
last_action: "2018-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc083a7a-d1ba-4354-91c3-d6e3c9fd1425"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "4b3440e18ce575a3d9c4fe6d1140f5030e3f22d2409fd7d99f3009a30b91a760"
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 2924 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION (Allows waiver of prior claimed common law rights by corp./LLC officers/Enlarges advisory council from 16 to 17 members/Imposes certain limitations on payments to injured employees/Authorizes uninsured protection fund to promulgate rules and regulations.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2924 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2924B.pdf)

## Votes

- In Concurrence — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fogarty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-17** 05/17/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/23/2018)
- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2018)
- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2018)
- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed Sub B `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-26** 06/26/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-28** 06/28/2018 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/bc083a7a-d1ba-4354-91c3-d6e3c9fd1425`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).