---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION--GENERAL PROVISIONS (Requires that any person who is considered an independent contractor to file a designation form by 01/31 of each year at a maximum cost of $50.00.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION--GENERAL PROVISIONS (Requires that any person who is considered an independent contractor to file a designation form by 01/31 of each year at a maximum cost of $50.00.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5710"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5710 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Construction", "Fees", "Finance", "Labor"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Biah", "Corvese", "Costantino", "Lima", "Noret", "O'Brien"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/978f8a32-927f-4633-88f4-904d77d11fbd"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "12e8e893be55dd9c83ab1ff6df7c8ee397b41ddc4ee9d4d7a66fd0f1aa3668cb"
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 5710 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION--GENERAL PROVISIONS (Requires that any person who is considered an independent contractor to file a designation form by 01/31 of each year at a maximum cost of $50.00.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5710 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5710A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **64–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Biah — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Costantino — primary (person)
- Lima — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** 02/17/2023 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** 02/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/01/2023)
- **2023-03-01** 03/01/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2023)
- **2023-06-11** 06/11/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 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/978f8a32-927f-4633-88f4-904d77d11fbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).