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type: "Bill"
title: "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.)"
description: "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.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5932"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5932 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Wages", "Labor"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craven", "McEntee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-16"
last_action: "2017-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6568b0f6-cd2b-46fd-89a2-489a26f5e1de"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "9d5ccc460eb079e14e426e91f38c9d9540fe24c7d6fab1607e266974492278b2"
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 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](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5932Aaa.pdf)
## Votes
- AS AMENDED — **6012** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **700** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6568b0f6-cd2b-46fd-89a2-489a26f5e1de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).