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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: "Eliminates prescribed timelines for hearing and determination in certain enforcement actions before the department labor and training to align with reasonable practice."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 7960"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7960 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Corvese"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-02-27"
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last_action: "2026-06-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e53051ef-8b86-471b-8e47-1209f0e5639b"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "204e20435cc679b010f440c4d3f099009133652226a3a4e36e84676fa7e14808"
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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 7960 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES
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Eliminates prescribed timelines for hearing and determination in certain enforcement actions before the department labor and training to align with reasonable practice.
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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. **7960 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7960aa.pdf)
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## Votes
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- AS AMENDED — **69–0** (pass) · lower
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- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **65–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Corvese — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-13** 03/13/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/18/2026)
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- **2026-03-18** 03/18/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
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- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
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- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
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- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-23** 06/23/2026 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/e53051ef-8b86-471b-8e47-1209f0e5639b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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