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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- LABOR AND PAYMENT OF DEBTS BY CONTRACTORS"
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description: "Prohibits contractors and subcontractors from paying employees the cash equivalent of any applicable healthcare benefit in lieu of actually purchasing the healthcare benefit. Violations would be subject to civil fines."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 7795"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7795 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Baginski", "Casimiro", "Kazarian", "Noret"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-02-29"
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last_action: "2024-06-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/371d1b98-8ac6-4174-9a07-58822b8b82ae"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "eb210e5bd55d538df1ca323ce066b2bb803cc54ed08d056dbfb6ab7894f045cd"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island HB 7795 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- LABOR AND PAYMENT OF DEBTS BY CONTRACTORS
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Prohibits contractors and subcontractors from paying employees the cash equivalent of any applicable healthcare benefit in lieu of actually purchasing the healthcare benefit. Violations would be subject to civil fines.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **7795 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7795B.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **61–7** (pass) · lower
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- PASSAGE — **63–9** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alzate — primary (person)
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- Baginski — primary (person)
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- Casimiro — primary (person)
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- Kazarian — primary (person)
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- Noret — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-29** 02/29/2024 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2024)
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- **2024-04-03** 04/03/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2024-04-18** 04/18/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/24/2024)
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- **2024-04-18** 04/18/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2024-04-24** 04/24/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Placed on House Calendar (04/30/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Referred to Senate Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2024)
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- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2024-05-15** 05/15/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/28/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Senate passed Sub B `passage`
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- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/04/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 House passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/371d1b98-8ac6-4174-9a07-58822b8b82ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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