---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Eliminates repealed statute references and create a mechanism for employees to enforce their existing right to continuation of medical benefits.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Eliminates repealed statute references and create a mechanism for employees to enforce their existing right to continuation of medical benefits.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 828"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 828 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor", "Statutes", "Wages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin", "Lawson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-23"
last_action: "2023-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d421a7a-1469-4c4b-a395-b6ce57196051"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "0a74781a6678194dd38d932d5c4244fc405292f82a6a4f718a04898e68d0fbc3"
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# Rhode Island SB 828 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Eliminates repealed statute references and create a mechanism for employees to enforce their existing right to continuation of medical benefits.)

## Version chain

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

1. **828 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0828aa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AS AMENDED — **72–0** (pass) · upper
- PAYMENT OF WAGES — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **71–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-23** 03/23/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2023)
- **2023-05-17** 05/17/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/25/2023)
- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/01/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-22** 06/22/2023 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/0d421a7a-1469-4c4b-a395-b6ce57196051`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).