---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Provides the method by which records are to be furnished relative to an employee's statement of earnings.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Provides the method by which records are to be furnished relative to an employee's statement of earnings.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7800"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7800 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor", "Wages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craven"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-28"
last_action: "2018-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c75fadf-2b64-457f-93be-cb6b0d9e8d1b"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "478fa8bdfbd98b3cd336e03f0c2d4948d0fabc07cdc58e6157ec3f0aea20dd46"
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 7800 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Provides the method by which records are to be furnished relative to an employee's statement of earnings.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7800 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7800Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Craven — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** 03/09/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/15/2018)
- **2018-03-15** 03/15/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Scheduled for reconsideration (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-26** 06/26/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-28** 06/28/2018 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/7c75fadf-2b64-457f-93be-cb6b0d9e8d1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).