---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES"
description: "Eliminates prescribed timelines for hearing and determination in certain enforcement actions before the department labor and training to align with reasonable practice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7960"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7960 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corvese"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-27"
last_action: "2026-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e53051ef-8b86-471b-8e47-1209f0e5639b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "204e20435cc679b010f440c4d3f099009133652226a3a4e36e84676fa7e14808"
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 7960 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES

Eliminates prescribed timelines for hearing and determination in certain enforcement actions before the department labor and training to align with reasonable practice.

## Version chain

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

1. **7960 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7960aa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Corvese — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-13** 03/13/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/18/2026)
- **2026-03-18** 03/18/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-23** 06/23/2026 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/e53051ef-8b86-471b-8e47-1209f0e5639b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).