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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES"
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description: "Requires employer, at the start of employment, furnish to their employees a written notice containing employment information relative to wages, rates of pay, allowances, benefits, deductions from pay, and identifying information relative to the employer."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 5679"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5679 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Biah", "Felix", "Giraldo", "Morales", "Potter", "Tanzi"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-26"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9822f38-98c1-4ca5-98d9-e318df2281af"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "b2618c0c07631cbff3ef45500873230212825d4a56c9c28615a31ac4fcf0e374"
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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 5679 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES
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Requires employer, at the start of employment, furnish to their employees a written notice containing employment information relative to wages, rates of pay, allowances, benefits, deductions from pay, and identifying information relative to the employer.
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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. **5679 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5679Aaa.pdf)
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## Votes
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- AS AMENDED — **66–7** (pass) · lower
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- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **64–5** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alzate — primary (person)
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- Biah — primary (person)
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- Felix — primary (person)
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- Giraldo — primary (person)
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- Morales — primary (person)
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- Potter — primary (person)
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- Tanzi — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2025)
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- **2025-03-05** 03/05/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025)
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- **2025-06-08** 06/08/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
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- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
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- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-07-01** 07/01/2025 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
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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/c9822f38-98c1-4ca5-98d9-e318df2281af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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