---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION -- BENEFITS"
description: "Amends 4 sections relating to the workers' compensation benefits dealing with increasing the amount of dependent benefits payable to a totally disabled employee comprising this year's annual omnibus bill."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 8262"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8262 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Cardillo", "Corvese", "McNamara"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-05-10"
last_action: "2024-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff1d0c3d-2869-4a8e-a205-6d1011ef9e49"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4e5df561db9f746f100f84d552414a2fcd6088cd366e08251cafeadad359fc52"
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 HB 8262 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION -- BENEFITS

Amends 4 sections relating to the workers' compensation benefits dealing with increasing the amount of dependent benefits payable to a totally disabled employee comprising this year's annual omnibus bill.

## Version chain

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

1. **8262** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H8262.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Cardillo — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-19** 05/19/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/22/2024)
- **2024-05-22** 05/22/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-27** 05/27/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2024)
- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/04/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/ff1d0c3d-2869-4a8e-a205-6d1011ef9e49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).