---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION--GENERAL PROVISIONS"
description: "Amends various sections of the workers' compensation statute relative to the court's jurisdiction and the court's authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 8524"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8524 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Casey", "Corvese", "Kennedy", "McEntee", "Noret", "Read", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-05-06"
last_action: "2026-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ba63cdf-b0ba-4908-898c-018db6cee69a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "256f651f3bac92aeba865d66dd4ed4e6ca387d43723618b261d1d024f4bff110"
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 8524 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Amends various sections of the workers' compensation statute relative to the court's jurisdiction and the court's authority.

## Version chain

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

1. **8524** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8524.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Read — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-06** 05/06/2026 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/21/2026)
- **2026-05-21** 05/21/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 House read and passed `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 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/0ba63cdf-b0ba-4908-898c-018db6cee69a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).