---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - MINIMUM WAGES (Removes the overtime exemption for firefighters unless they are paid at the rate of one and one-half (1 1/2) times their regular rate for all hours worked in excess of forty-two (42) hours.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - MINIMUM WAGES (Removes the overtime exemption for firefighters unless they are paid at the rate of one and one-half (1 1/2) times their regular rate for all hours worked in excess of forty-two (42) hours.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 747"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 747 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "Gallo", "Lombardi", "Lynch Prata", "Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-03"
last_action: "2019-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccf0953c-0489-498f-b1fc-cf7271954884"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "68e69a930dd34a4270505f9931678f2b552594cff96c19053fa0bab6fcd18465"
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 747 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - MINIMUM WAGES (Removes the overtime exemption for firefighters unless they are paid at the rate of one and one-half (1 1/2) times their regular rate for all hours worked in excess of forty-two (42) hours.)

## Version chain

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

1. **747** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0747.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **60–9** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **32–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-03** 04/03/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-19** 04/19/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/24/2019)
- **2019-04-24** 04/24/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-25** 04/25/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/01/2019)
- **2019-05-01** 05/01/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2019-05-02** 05/02/2019 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-03** 05/03/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/07/2019)
- **2019-05-07** 05/07/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-07** 05/07/2019 Placed on House Calendar (05/09/2019)
- **2019-05-09** 05/09/2019 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-05-09** 05/09/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-17** 05/17/2019 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/ccf0953c-0489-498f-b1fc-cf7271954884`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).