---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - RHODE ISLAND UNINSURED PROTECTION FUND (Provides that the provisions of § 28-53-7 which addresses payments from the uninsured protection fund to employees of uninsured employers, would apply to injuries that occur on or after September 1, 2019.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - RHODE ISLAND UNINSURED PROTECTION FUND (Provides that the provisions of § 28-53-7 which addresses payments from the uninsured protection fund to employees of uninsured employers, would apply to injuries that occur on or after September 1, 2019.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 242"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 242 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "Goodwin", "Lombardi", "Lombardo", "McCaffrey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c21becec-473e-4280-8859-15a446c5e5ee"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "060c3dec1ea249cff97d6f63e7854e088a0aa325fb80a4c23d923151c088e667"
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 SB 242 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - RHODE ISLAND UNINSURED PROTECTION FUND (Provides that the provisions of § 28-53-7 which addresses payments from the uninsured protection fund to employees of uninsured employers, would apply to injuries that occur on or after September 1, 2019.)

## Version chain

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

1. **242** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0242.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** 01/31/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** 02/01/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/06/2019)
- **2019-02-06** 02/06/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-07** 02/07/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (02/13/2019)
- **2019-02-13** 02/13/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2019-02-14** 02/14/2019 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** 02/15/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2019)
- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-03-08** 03/08/2019 Scheduled for consideration (03/13/2019)
- **2019-03-13** 03/13/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** 03/15/2019 Placed on House Calendar (03/19/2019)
- **2019-03-19** 03/19/2019 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-03-27** 03/27/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-28** 03/28/2019 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/c21becec-473e-4280-8859-15a446c5e5ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).