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type: "Bill"
title: "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.)"
description: "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.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 350"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 350 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Wages", "Labor"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Fogarty", "Jabour", "Lombardi", "Lombardo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7a0a3e2-227b-4798-8ac2-b17f3b2a5ddf"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "a9fd23b71cb69cadacbca187ce19ececc782cf5863fd8e8105e823c69a4738e0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0350B.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **690** (pass) · legislature
- In Concurrence — **351** (pass) · legislature
- PAYMENT OF WAGES — **340** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7a0a3e2-227b-4798-8ac2-b17f3b2a5ddf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).