---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM"
description: "Provides amendments to the Rhode Island Works Program regarding eligibility and cash assistance, and repeals the termination of benefits to a family because of failure of a family member to enter into or comply with an individual employment plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2337"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2337 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Bissaillon", "Ciccone", "DiMario", "Euer", "Felag", "Murray", "Pearson", "Sosnowski", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-12"
last_action: "2024-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/292ce3a0-2843-4d1b-b9e9-b0f86d36f60f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "7440c80c2e58bc923c901cd1c9d36de6806285a9addef8c7415b83cf147a36fa"
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 2337 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM

Provides amendments to the Rhode Island Works Program regarding eligibility and cash assistance, and repeals the termination of benefits to a family because of failure of a family member to enter into or comply with an individual employment plan.

## Version chain

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

1. **2337 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2337A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-12** 02/12/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-19** 04/19/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/23/2024)
- **2024-04-23** 04/23/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2024)
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-26** 06/26/2024 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/292ce3a0-2843-4d1b-b9e9-b0f86d36f60f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).