---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT APPLICATIONS (Gives the department of labor and training the jurisdiction to review claims alleging that employers had improperly inquired about an applicant’s criminal history on an employment application.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT APPLICATIONS (Gives the department of labor and training the jurisdiction to review claims alleging that employers had improperly inquired about an applicant’s criminal history on an employment application.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 6141"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6141 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Open Records", "Criminal Procedure", "Labor"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diaz", "Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-04-26"
last_action: "2017-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33529ef6-1197-4992-99ad-a23d7fb136de"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "4f10ea2850b17c576eaebb01dcfbcbe0208b72798a5ffec3d0500e0377839686"
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 6141 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT APPLICATIONS (Gives the department of labor and training the jurisdiction to review claims alleging that employers had improperly inquired about an applicant’s criminal history on an employment application.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6141 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H6141A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Diaz — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-26** 04/26/2017 Introduced, referred to House Labor `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-04-28** 04/28/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/04/2017)
- **2017-05-04** 05/04/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2017)
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Referred to Senate Labor `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/30/2017)
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Scheduled for consideration (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-10-03** 10/03/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-05** 10/05/2017 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/33529ef6-1197-4992-99ad-a23d7fb136de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).