---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - MINIMUM WAGES (Provides employers who permit employees to report to work shall pay the employee for not less than 3 hrs wages. An exception would be provided for agreed work shifts scheduled for less than 3 hrs and for college student employees working for the college.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - MINIMUM WAGES (Provides employers who permit employees to report to work shall pay the employee for not less than 3 hrs wages. An exception would be provided for agreed work shifts scheduled for less than 3 hrs and for college student employees working for the college.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 6117"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6117 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Costantino", "Hawkins"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-05-16"
last_action: "2019-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6467e2cb-de79-4eb9-92e7-36cb9e53a14e"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "97edda23cd17c90903194e1c8385d33de227a6d6153f28ff549e203c17568c97"
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 6117 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - MINIMUM WAGES (Provides employers who permit employees to report to work shall pay the employee for not less than 3 hrs wages. An exception would be provided for agreed work shifts scheduled for less than 3 hrs and for college student employees working for the college.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6117 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H6117A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **65–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Costantino — primary (person)
- Hawkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-16** 05/16/2019 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-20** 05/20/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/22/2019)
- **2019-05-22** 05/22/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2019)
- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/26/2019)
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-19** 07/19/2019 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6467e2cb-de79-4eb9-92e7-36cb9e53a14e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).