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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Increases the criminal penalties for wage theft and employee misclassification.) AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Increases the criminal penalties for wage theft and employee misclassification.) us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2023 HB 5902 Rhode Island HB 5902 (2023)
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Rhode Island HB 5902 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Increases the criminal penalties for wage theft and employee misclassification.)

Version chain

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

  1. 5902 SUB A as amended (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • AS AMENDED — 702 (pass) · lower
  • PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 680 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Bennett — primary (person)
  • Caldwell — primary (person)
  • Craven — primary (person)
  • Morales — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-03-01 03/01/2023 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
  • 2023-04-21 04/21/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
  • 2023-04-22 04/22/2023 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (04/25/2023)
  • 2023-05-05 05/05/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/11/2023)
  • 2023-05-11 05/11/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
  • 2023-06-09 06/09/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2023)
  • 2023-06-12 06/12/2023 Proposed Substitute substitution
  • 2023-06-12 06/12/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-06-13 06/13/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2023) reading-3
  • 2023-06-14 06/14/2023 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) passage
  • 2023-06-14 06/14/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) reading-3
  • 2023-06-15 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence passage
  • 2023-06-19 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2023-06-22 06/22/2023 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4fca0a62-c6d8-4c5e-a139-a0ee9b3870cc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).