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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- HEALTHY AND SAFE FAMILIES AND WORKPLACES ACT (Amends the definition of employee to remove apprenticeships and interns and any other individuals pursuant to the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. Section 203 et seq.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- HEALTHY AND SAFE FAMILIES AND WORKPLACES ACT (Amends the definition of employee to remove apprenticeships and interns and any other individuals pursuant to the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. Section 203 et seq.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5584"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5584 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Domestic Relations", "Employment Security", "Health & Safety", "Labor"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diaz", "Fellela", "McNamara", "Messier", "Potter"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77900aee-569c-402a-bfa2-c88719242e78"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "6e916f8c275a7572b1d7f1c8ecb773ad1a10d9204a50d6c8dd4c4ace092a5f59"
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 HB 5584 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- HEALTHY AND SAFE FAMILIES AND WORKPLACES ACT (Amends the definition of employee to remove apprenticeships and interns and any other individuals pursuant to the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. Section 203 et seq.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **5584** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5584.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **700** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-15** 02/15/2023 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** 02/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2023-02-28** 02/28/2023 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/01/2023)
- **2023-03-24** 03/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2023)
- **2023-03-29** 03/29/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2023)
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-20** 06/20/2023 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/77900aee-569c-402a-bfa2-c88719242e78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).