republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2017/hb-5932.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - PAYMENT OF WAGES (Prohibits employers from making deductions from an employee's wages except for those deductions authorized or required by law, or as expressly authorized in writing by the employee.)	AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - PAYMENT OF WAGES (Prohibits employers from making deductions from an employee's wages except for those deductions authorized or required by law, or as expressly authorized in writing by the employee.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2017	HB 5932	Rhode Island HB 5932 (2017)	bill	Wages Labor	enacted	Craven McEntee	1	17	2	2017-03-16	2017-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/6568b0f6-cd2b-46fd-89a2-489a26f5e1de	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	9d5ccc460eb079e14e426e91f38c9d9540fe24c7d6fab1607e266974492278b2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5932 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - PAYMENT OF WAGES (Prohibits employers from making deductions from an employee's wages except for those deductions authorized or required by law, or as expressly authorized in writing by the employee.)

Version chain

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

1. 5932 SUB A as amended (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• AS AMENDED — 60–12 (pass) · legislature
• PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 70–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Craven — primary (person)
• McEntee — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-16 03/16/2017 Introduced, referred to House Labor referral-committee, introduction
• 2017-03-24 03/24/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/30/2017)
• 2017-03-30 03/30/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2017-05-19 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration
• 2017-05-24 05/24/2017 Meeting postponed (05/25/2017)
• 2017-06-02 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2017)
• 2017-06-08 06/08/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-09 06/09/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2017)
• 2017-06-21 06/21/2017 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) passage
• 2017-06-21 06/21/2017 Referred to Senate Labor referral-committee
• 2017-06-26 06/26/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/28/2017)
• 2017-06-28 06/28/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2017)
• 2017-09-14 09/14/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (09/19/2017)
• 2017-09-19 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence passage
• 2017-09-25 09/25/2017 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-09-27 09/27/2017 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6568b0f6-cd2b-46fd-89a2-489a26f5e1de. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).