---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION -- LICENSING (Creates a new process with standards to be utilized when deciding whether an applicant's past conviction of a crime should disqualify the applicant from receiving an occupational license, permit, certificate, or registration issued by the state.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION -- LICENSING (Creates a new process with standards to be utilized when deciding whether an applicant's past conviction of a crime should disqualify the applicant from receiving an occupational license, permit, certificate, or registration issued by the state.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2824"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2824 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offense", "Labor", "Licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Euer", "Goldin", "Metts", "Quezada"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-03-12"
last_action: "2020-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a293111c-9c69-46b9-9830-b89ebb7166fd"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "b8c00a23d8f8ae6f87580922ba3e34cebb2e28b6419f1023b022cf9f4b821bc9"
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 2824 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION -- LICENSING (Creates a new process with standards to be utilized when deciding whether an applicant's past conviction of a crime should disqualify the applicant from receiving an occupational license, permit, certificate, or registration issued by the state.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2824 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/SenateText20/S2824A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Goldin — primary (person)
- Metts — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-12** 03/12/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-07-03** 07/03/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (07/09/2020)
- **2020-07-03** 07/03/2020 Proposed Substitute
- **2020-07-09** 07/09/2020 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-07-10** 07/10/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/13/2020)
- **2020-07-13** 07/13/2020 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2020-07-14** 07/14/2020 Placed on House Calendar (07/16/2020)
- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-07-17** 07/17/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-22** 07/22/2020 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/a293111c-9c69-46b9-9830-b89ebb7166fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).