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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION -- GENERAL PROVISIONS"
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description: "Amends the current law on workers' compensation to require any person who is considered an independent contractor to file annually with the director of labor and training and removes the requirement that the form be in writing."
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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: "SB 2472"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2472 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Ciccone", "Lawson", "Lombardi", "McKenney"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-02-12"
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last_action: "2024-06-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abde6bf9-5032-4b1d-8406-f003f442f6f2"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "7c4ce5e6e62bca7feca38992415848b6b9be0de4a47bd863efb76a7d22c33f86"
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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 SB 2472 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION -- GENERAL PROVISIONS
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Amends the current law on workers' compensation to require any person who is considered an independent contractor to file annually with the director of labor and training and removes the requirement that the form be in writing.
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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. **2472 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2472A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **61–8** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **32–5** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Burke — primary (person)
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- Ciccone — primary (person)
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- Lawson — primary (person)
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- Lombardi — primary (person)
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- McKenney — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-12** 02/12/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate 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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- **2024-04-19** 04/19/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/24/2024)
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- **2024-04-23** 04/23/2024 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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- **2024-04-25** 04/25/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/30/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2024-05-01** 05/01/2024 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2024)
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- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/04/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/abde6bf9-5032-4b1d-8406-f003f442f6f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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