---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- LABOR AND PAYMENT OF DEBTS BY CONTRACTORS"
description: "Prohibits contractors and subcontractors from paying employees the cash equivalent of any applicable healthcare benefit in lieu of actually purchasing the healthcare benefit. Violations would be subject to civil fines."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2901"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2901 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Ciccone", "DiPalma", "LaMountain", "Lombardi", "Raptakis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-22"
last_action: "2024-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/baacf4be-aefd-431a-b248-52abfb872c92"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b9c7935e3577c8b41027814b33131606431a9910b97f6fe5c1c75a46dae7752b"
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 2901 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- LABOR AND PAYMENT OF DEBTS BY CONTRACTORS

Prohibits contractors and subcontractors from paying employees the cash equivalent of any applicable healthcare benefit in lieu of actually purchasing the healthcare benefit. Violations would be subject to civil fines.

## Version chain

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

1. **2901 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2901B.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **60–7** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burke — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/10/2024)
- **2024-04-10** 04/10/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-04-19** 04/19/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/24/2024)
- **2024-04-23** 04/23/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-04-24** 04/24/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-25** 04/25/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/30/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-05-01** 05/01/2024 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/22/2024)
- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-05-22** 05/22/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/30/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 House passed Sub B `passage`
- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/04/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 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/baacf4be-aefd-431a-b248-52abfb872c92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).