---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION (This is the annual workers' compensation omnibus bill. It would slightly alter the process and type of benefits for which work-related injured employees of uninsured employers may seek compensation.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION (This is the annual workers' compensation omnibus bill. It would slightly alter the process and type of benefits for which work-related injured employees of uninsured employers may seek compensation.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2915"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2915 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Health Insurance", "Labor", "Workers Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-06-18"
last_action: "2020-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/956c65e4-4b99-4140-8b7c-ac71843c3ca1"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "2faaff72b092394060a5975853b2bd8fab658be5c33ab91e2324aa6e3093e804"
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 2915 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION (This is the annual workers' compensation omnibus bill. It would slightly alter the process and type of benefits for which work-related injured employees of uninsured employers may seek compensation.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2915** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/SenateText20/S2915.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ciccone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-07-03** 07/03/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (07/08/2020)
- **2020-07-08** 07/08/2020 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-07-09** 07/09/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/13/2020)
- **2020-07-13** 07/13/2020 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2020-07-14** 07/14/2020 Placed on House Calendar (07/16/2020)
- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-07-17** 07/17/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-22** 07/22/2020 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/956c65e4-4b99-4140-8b7c-ac71843c3ca1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).