---
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: "SB 3049"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3049 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dimitri", "Famiglietti", "Raptakis", "Thompson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-03-05"
last_action: "2026-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b854880-22af-483f-a4cd-32bc5fa8c95b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1e6524d5b22a1ac34a45ad754bbfc146ca9d382360d265d50955d52fff349f2c"
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 3049 (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. **3049 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3049aa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dimitri — primary (person)
- Famiglietti — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Thompson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-05** 03/05/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor and Gaming `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-10** 04/10/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/15/2026)
- **2026-04-15** 04/15/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2026)
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/28/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House 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/2b854880-22af-483f-a4cd-32bc5fa8c95b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).