---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- NON-ERISA COVERED PENSION PLANS (Requires all defined pension plans not covered by ERISA having 200 or more members comply with ERISA's annual reporting provisions, excluding government plans.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- NON-ERISA COVERED PENSION PLANS (Requires all defined pension plans not covered by ERISA having 200 or more members comply with ERISA's annual reporting provisions, excluding government plans.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 431"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 431 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["General Treasurer"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Ciccone", "Conley", "Goodwin", "Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/447dbf89-7d32-4cc1-9c9d-e023e2d4063d"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "668b6140d1030de3aac1f1e810cc40676e56fe4d8df8fd1d16ac8f2ae4de2f18"
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 431 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- NON-ERISA COVERED PENSION PLANS (Requires all defined pension plans not covered by ERISA having 200 or more members comply with ERISA's annual reporting provisions, excluding government plans.)

## Version chain

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

1. **431 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0431Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Conley — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05** 04/05/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/09/2019)
- **2019-04-09** 04/09/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-04-26** 04/26/2019 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2019)
- **2019-04-26** 04/26/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-04-30** 04/30/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-01** 05/01/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/07/2019)
- **2019-05-07** 05/07/2019 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2019-05-08** 05/08/2019 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/11/2019)
- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2019)
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 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/447dbf89-7d32-4cc1-9c9d-e023e2d4063d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).