republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2020/sb-2824.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION -- LICENSING (Creates a new process with standards to be utilized when deciding whether an applicant's past conviction of a crime should disqualify the applicant from receiving an occupational license, permit, certificate, or registration issued by the state.)	AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION -- LICENSING (Creates a new process with standards to be utilized when deciding whether an applicant's past conviction of a crime should disqualify the applicant from receiving an occupational license, permit, certificate, or registration issued by the state.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2020	SB 2824	Rhode Island SB 2824 (2020)	bill	Criminal Offense Labor Licenses	enacted	Bell Euer Goldin Metts Quezada	1	10	2	2020-03-12	2020-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/a293111c-9c69-46b9-9830-b89ebb7166fd	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	b8c00a23d8f8ae6f87580922ba3e34cebb2e28b6419f1023b022cf9f4b821bc9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 2824 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION -- LICENSING (Creates a new process with standards to be utilized when deciding whether an applicant's past conviction of a crime should disqualify the applicant from receiving an occupational license, permit, certificate, or registration issued by the state.)

Version chain

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

1. 2824 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• IN CONCURRENCE — 67–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage — 36–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bell — primary (person)
• Euer — primary (person)
• Goldin — primary (person)
• Metts — primary (person)
• Quezada — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-03-12 03/12/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-07-03 07/03/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (07/09/2020)
• 2020-07-03 07/03/2020 Proposed Substitute
• 2020-07-09 07/09/2020 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-07-10 07/10/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/13/2020)
• 2020-07-13 07/13/2020 Senate passed Sub A passage
• 2020-07-14 07/14/2020 Placed on House Calendar (07/16/2020)
• 2020-07-16 07/16/2020 House passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2020-07-17 07/17/2020 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-07-22 07/22/2020 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a293111c-9c69-46b9-9830-b89ebb7166fd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).