republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2017/sb-350.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	SB 350	Rhode Island SB 350 (2017)	bill	Business & Professions Wages Labor	enacted	Archambault Fogarty Jabour Lombardi Lombardo	1	19	3	2017-02-16	2017-07-05	openstates	ocd-bill/a7a0a3e2-227b-4798-8ac2-b17f3b2a5ddf	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	a9fd23b71cb69cadacbca187ce19ececc782cf5863fd8e8105e823c69a4738e0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 350 (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. 350 SUB B (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 69–0 (pass) · legislature
• In Concurrence — 35–1 (pass) · legislature
• PAYMENT OF WAGES — 34–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Archambault — primary (person)
• Fogarty — primary (person)
• Jabour — primary (person)
• Lombardi — primary (person)
• Lombardo — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-16 02/16/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor referral-committee, introduction
• 2017-02-24 02/24/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/01/2017)
• 2017-03-01 03/01/2017 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
• 2017-03-01 03/01/2017 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study
• 2017-05-26 05/26/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/31/2017)
• 2017-05-31 05/31/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2017-06-09 06/09/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2017)
• 2017-06-14 06/14/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-15 06/15/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/21/2017)
• 2017-06-21 06/21/2017 Senate passed Sub A passage
• 2017-06-22 06/22/2017 Referred to House Labor referral-committee
• 2017-06-24 06/24/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2017)
• 2017-06-27 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub B committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-28 06/28/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2017)
• 2017-06-28 06/28/2017 House passed Sub B passage
• 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2017)
• 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence passage
• 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-07-05 07/05/2017 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a7a0a3e2-227b-4798-8ac2-b17f3b2a5ddf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).