---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION (Allows waiver of prior claimed common law rights by corp./LLC officers/Enlarges advisory council from 16 to 17 members/Imposes certain limitations on payments to injured employees/Authorizes uninsured protection fund to promulgate rules and regulations.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION (Allows waiver of prior claimed common law rights by corp./LLC officers/Enlarges advisory council from 16 to 17 members/Imposes certain limitations on payments to injured employees/Authorizes uninsured protection fund to promulgate rules and regulations.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 8215"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8215 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor", "Workers Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craven", "McEntee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-05-23"
last_action: "2018-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ace6067d-6386-44fd-a9e1-6491863555a1"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "f53994ee62b497cc915b2384e4966c4345e130f7472893d0e14e89f3b4154785"
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 8215 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION (Allows waiver of prior claimed common law rights by corp./LLC officers/Enlarges advisory council from 16 to 17 members/Imposes certain limitations on payments to injured employees/Authorizes uninsured protection fund to promulgate rules and regulations.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8215 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8215A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Craven — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/31/2018)
- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A 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/ace6067d-6386-44fd-a9e1-6491863555a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).