---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION -- GENERAL PROVISIONS"
description: "Clarifies several workers' compensation court authority for injuries to sworn employees (police/fire)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 6319"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6319 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Brien", "Corvese", "Fellela", "Hull", "Lombardi", "Noret", "Read", "Serpa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-05-09"
last_action: "2025-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae03043d-0662-4895-b4ac-6a6625cf866c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5501eec54b904fcc72275efef64b6968481f57cf90df7b6bfe19026675f4df68"
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 6319 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION -- GENERAL PROVISIONS

Clarifies several workers' compensation court authority for injuries to sworn employees (police/fire).

## Version chain

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

1. **6319 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6319A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Brien — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Read — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/13/2025)
- **2025-05-13** 05/13/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 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/ae03043d-0662-4895-b4ac-6a6625cf866c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).