---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Eliminates repealed statute references and create a mechanism for employees to enforce their existing right to continuation of medical benefits and annual report by DLT.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Eliminates repealed statute references and create a mechanism for employees to enforce their existing right to continuation of medical benefits and annual report by DLT.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5591"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5591 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment Security", "Health Insurance", "Labor", "Medical", "Wages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Casey", "Casimiro", "Craven", "Edwards", "Handy", "Kazarian", "Kislak", "Shanley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcfbbb40-56e2-490c-9380-a34ee2bf4839"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "77f240b425639c351eaabfb0a8617eb0b2bdc1bd12b6bc480938ce8081b8886c"
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# Rhode Island HB 5591 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Eliminates repealed statute references and create a mechanism for employees to enforce their existing right to continuation of medical benefits and annual report by DLT.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5591 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5591A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Handy — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** 02/15/2023 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** 03/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2023)
- **2023-03-29** 03/29/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2023)
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-22** 06/22/2023 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/bcfbbb40-56e2-490c-9380-a34ee2bf4839`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).