---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS (Removes the overtime exemption for firefighters and rescue service personnel employed by the cities and towns.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS (Removes the overtime exemption for firefighters and rescue service personnel employed by the cities and towns.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 748"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 748 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Ciccone", "Gallo", "Lombardi", "Lynch Prata"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-03"
last_action: "2019-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d39fae5b-f990-4c24-939c-ee14398ab2a6"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "080af5006992aa7d207e5ba1a9931ab296c754eba5467714a0c945f8f055c4f9"
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 748 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS (Removes the overtime exemption for firefighters and rescue service personnel employed by the cities and towns.)

## Version chain

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

1. **748** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0748.pdf)

## Votes

- LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS — **32–6** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **60–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Lynch Prata — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-03** 04/03/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-19** 04/19/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/24/2019)
- **2019-04-24** 04/24/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-25** 04/25/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/01/2019)
- **2019-05-01** 05/01/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2019-05-02** 05/02/2019 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-03** 05/03/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/07/2019)
- **2019-05-07** 05/07/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-07** 05/07/2019 Placed on House Calendar (05/09/2019)
- **2019-05-09** 05/09/2019 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-05-09** 05/09/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-17** 05/17/2019 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d39fae5b-f990-4c24-939c-ee14398ab2a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).