---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS COMPENSATION -- BENEFITS (Creates a new formula for determining a totally and partially disabled injured workers' weekly benefit entitlement. It also eliminates the current ambiguity in an injured workers' entitlement, when he or she suffers a recurrence of disability.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS COMPENSATION -- BENEFITS (Creates a new formula for determining a totally and partially disabled injured workers' weekly benefit entitlement. It also eliminates the current ambiguity in an injured workers' entitlement, when he or she suffers a recurrence of disability.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 937"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 937 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees", "Handicapped", "Health & Safety", "Labor", "Workers Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "F Lombardi", "McCaffrey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-05-27"
last_action: "2021-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c75d6e57-86fa-4d83-bae3-12f12cecab33"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "36ff4ecdb67ff36e7eda5d1f60a2221e8d62ab8278e8f46f1a770e6f5bc0e68c"
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 937 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS COMPENSATION -- BENEFITS (Creates a new formula for determining a totally and partially disabled injured workers' weekly benefit entitlement. It also eliminates the current ambiguity in an injured workers' entitlement, when he or she suffers a recurrence of disability.)

## Version chain

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

1. **937 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0937A.pdf)

## Votes

- - BENEFITS — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ciccone — primary (person)
- F Lombardi — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-27** 05/27/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/02/2021)
- **2021-06-02** 06/02/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Scheduled for consideration
- **2021-06-05** 06/05/2021 Meeting postponed (06/10/2021)
- **2021-06-05** 06/05/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2021)
- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2021)
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2021)
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-26** 06/26/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-09** 07/09/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-14** 07/14/2021 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/c75d6e57-86fa-4d83-bae3-12f12cecab33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).