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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION--BENEFITS (Repeals a provision of the workers' compensation law that provides that for injuries on and after July 1, 2023, \"material hindrance\" includes only compensable injuries causing a greater than sixty-five percent (65%) degree of functional impairment.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION--BENEFITS (Repeals a provision of the workers' compensation law that provides that for injuries on and after July 1, 2023, \"material hindrance\" includes only compensable injuries causing a greater than sixty-five percent (65%) degree of functional impairment.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 6224"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 6224 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Labor", "Workers Compensation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Casimiro", "Craven", "McKiernan", "Regunberg", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-05-17"
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last_action: "2017-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b7e526a-22ac-4b30-b915-08bd5e37cb67"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "c6ec2bf55e55a3e6b53afb746223be493d06d8a61eef2e32ede6ecc9787fdd81"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island HB 6224 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION--BENEFITS (Repeals a provision of the workers' compensation law that provides that for injuries on and after July 1, 2023, "material hindrance" includes only compensable injuries causing a greater than sixty-five percent (65%) degree of functional impairment.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **6224 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H6224A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **63–7** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Casimiro — primary (person)
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- Craven — primary (person)
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- McKiernan — primary (person)
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- Regunberg — primary (person)
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- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-05-17** 05/17/2017 Introduced, referred to House Labor `referral-committee, introduction`
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- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/25/2017)
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- **2017-05-25** 05/25/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2017)
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- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/26/2017)
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- **2017-06-26** 06/26/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2017)
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- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b7e526a-22ac-4b30-b915-08bd5e37cb67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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