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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- MERIT SYSTEM -- PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION Eliminates waiting periods for acceptance response for successful candidates, requires that all qualified candidates names be sent to the hiring agency, mandates given DHS social worker tests quarterly and extends DCYF pilot hiring program for 3/15/26. us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2024 HB 8096 Rhode Island HB 8096 (2024)
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Rhode Island HB 8096 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- MERIT SYSTEM -- PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION

Eliminates waiting periods for acceptance response for successful candidates, requires that all qualified candidates names be sent to the hiring agency, mandates given DHS social worker tests quarterly and extends DCYF pilot hiring program for 3/15/26.

Version chain

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

  1. 8096 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 710 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Fellela — primary (person)
  • Roberts — primary (person)
  • Serpa — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-03-22 03/22/2024 Introduced, referred to House Labor introduction, referral-committee
  • 2024-04-05 04/05/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/10/2024)
  • 2024-04-10 04/10/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
  • 2024-05-03 05/03/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/07/2024)
  • 2024-05-07 05/07/2024 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-05-31 05/31/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/04/2024) reading-3
  • 2024-06-04 06/04/2024 House read and passed passage
  • 2024-06-07 06/07/2024 Referred to Senate Labor referral-committee
  • 2024-06-11 06/11/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2024)
  • 2024-06-13 06/13/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-06-13 06/13/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) reading-3
  • 2024-06-13 06/13/2024 Senate passed in concurrence passage
  • 2024-06-21 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2024-06-26 06/26/2024 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cb31f6de-3918-483f-9664-feacbf14d9ca. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).