---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES (Prohibits an employer from requiring an employee to execute a nondisclosure agreement or non-disparagement agreement, regarding alleged violations of civil rights or criminal conduct, as a condition of employment.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES (Prohibits an employer from requiring an employee to execute a nondisclosure agreement or non-disparagement agreement, regarding alleged violations of civil rights or criminal conduct, as a condition of employment.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 342"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 342 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Employment Security", "Equal Rights/Discrimination", "Labor"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "Euer", "Gu", "LaMountain", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Murray", "Ujifusa", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/977e0610-db99-44a7-a97a-b7acd803dd00"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9f225acfa3da39ef3d5d4423f23fcc2ff8bce5c900b7d055eb2fa0d3790bd5c6"
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 342 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES (Prohibits an employer from requiring an employee to execute a nondisclosure agreement or non-disparagement agreement, regarding alleged violations of civil rights or criminal conduct, as a condition of employment.)

## Version chain

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

1. **342 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0342aa.pdf)

## Votes

- Approval of Amendment — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **36–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Ujifusa — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** 02/16/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/11/2023)
- **2023-05-11** 05/11/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-22** 06/22/2023 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/977e0610-db99-44a7-a97a-b7acd803dd00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).