---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION -- BENEFITS (Amends sections of law relative to workers compensation benefits and medical services to be provided by the employer, employees not entitled to compensation, and additional compensation for specific injuries.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION -- BENEFITS (Amends sections of law relative to workers compensation benefits and medical services to be provided by the employer, employees not entitled to compensation, and additional compensation for specific injuries.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6461"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6461 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Plans/Services", "Health Insurance", "Labor", "Medical", "Workers Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Azzinaro", "Casey", "Corvese", "Kennedy", "Messier", "Noret"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-05-31"
last_action: "2023-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6a25351-7787-40ae-8a3a-8957c6563b9c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b71d2af566fec980d2c5d834edfaa36b48ab5e0edf5b7ae850d66532436f6ea9"
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 6461 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION -- BENEFITS (Amends sections of law relative to workers compensation benefits and medical services to be provided by the employer, employees not entitled to compensation, and additional compensation for specific injuries.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6461** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6461.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-31** 05/31/2023 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/07/2023)
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2023)
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-21** 06/21/2023 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/f6a25351-7787-40ae-8a3a-8957c6563b9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).