---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION -- GENERAL PROVISIONS"
description: "Clarifies several workers' compensation court authority for injuries to sworn employees (police/fire)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1060"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 1060 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Ciccone", "Patalano", "Raptakis", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-09"
last_action: "2025-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a3b06b4-24e5-4d32-8331-6a888d47e2ba"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "7adac3a48e9ff8c751451e40c48468417ba7bace76c2f8e1f28a845fac49c96d"
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 1060 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION -- GENERAL PROVISIONS

Clarifies several workers' compensation court authority for injuries to sworn employees (police/fire).

## Version chain

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

1. **1060 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S1060A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burke — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Patalano — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor and Gaming `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/21/2025)
- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-05-21** 05/21/2025 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
- **2025-05-21** 05/21/2025 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study `substitution`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 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/4a3b06b4-24e5-4d32-8331-6a888d47e2ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).