Bill Commons

RI HB 7960

enacted

AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES

Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did RI HB 7960 pass?

Yes. RI HB 7960 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-06-23): 06/23/2026 Signed by Governor

What is RI HB 7960 about?

Eliminates prescribed timelines for hearing and determination in certain enforcement actions before the department labor and training to align with reasonable practice.

Who sponsors RI HB 7960?

Corvese is the primary sponsor of RI HB 7960.

Description

Eliminates prescribed timelines for hearing and determination in certain enforcement actions before the department labor and training to align with reasonable practice.

Introduced
2026-02-27
Latest action
2026-06-23 — 06/23/2026 Signed by Governor
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Corveseprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-06-23

    06/23/2026 Signed by Governor

    executive-signature

  2. 2026-06-18

    06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor

    executive-receipt

  3. 2026-06-09

    06/09/2026 Senate passed as amended in concurrence

    passage

  4. 2026-06-05

    06/05/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026)

    reading-3

  5. 2026-06-03

    06/03/2026 House passed as amended (floor amendment)

    passage

  6. 2026-05-29

    05/29/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2026)

    reading-3

  7. 2026-05-28

    05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage

    committee-passage-favorable

  8. 2026-05-22

    05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)

  9. 2026-03-18

    03/18/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

    committee-failure

  10. 2026-03-13

    03/13/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/18/2026)

  11. 2026-02-27

    02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Labor

    introduction,referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT

    2026-06-03 · pass · 65-0

    Member-level votes (75)
    • Abney: yes
    • Ackerman: yes
    • Ajello: yes
    • Alzate: yes
    • Azzinaro: yes
    • Baginski: yes
    • Batista: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Biah: yes
    • Boylan: yes
    • Brien: yes
    • Caldwell: other
    • Carson: yes
    • Casey: yes
    • Casimiro: yes
    • Chippendale: yes
    • Cortvriend: other
    • Corvese: yes
    • Costantino: yes
    • Cotter: yes
    • Craven: other
    • Cruz: yes
    • Dawson: yes
    • DeSimone: yes
    • Diaz: yes
    • Donovan: yes
    • Edwards: yes
    • Fascia: yes
    • Felix: other
    • Fellela: yes
    • Finkelman: yes
    • Fogarty: yes
    • Furtado: yes
    • Giraldo: yes
    • Handy: yes
    • Hopkins: other
    • Hull: yes
    • Kazarian: yes
    • Kennedy: yes
    • Kislak: yes
    • Knight: yes
    • Lima: yes
    • Lombardi: yes
    • Marszalkowski: other
    • McEntee: yes
    • McGaw: yes
    • McNamara: yes
    • Messier: yes
    • Morales: other
    • Mr. Speaker: yes
    • Nardone: yes
    • Newberry: yes
    • Noret: yes
    • O'Brien: yes
    • Paplauskas: yes
    • Perez: other
    • Phillips: yes
    • Place: yes
    • Potter: yes
    • Quattrocchi: yes
    • Read: yes
    • Roberts: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Santucci: yes
    • Serpa: yes
    • ShallcrossSmith: yes
    • Shanley: yes
    • Shekarchi: other
    • Slater: yes
    • Solomon: yes
    • Speakman: yes
    • Spears: yes
    • Stewart: yes
    • Tanzi: other
    • Voas: yes

  • AS AMENDED

    2026-06-03 · pass · 69-0

    Member-level votes (75)
    • Abney: yes
    • Ackerman: yes
    • Ajello: yes
    • Alzate: yes
    • Azzinaro: yes
    • Baginski: yes
    • Batista: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Biah: yes
    • Boylan: yes
    • Brien: yes
    • Caldwell: yes
    • Carson: yes
    • Casey: yes
    • Casimiro: yes
    • Chippendale: yes
    • Cortvriend: other
    • Corvese: yes
    • Costantino: yes
    • Cotter: yes
    • Craven: other
    • Cruz: yes
    • Dawson: yes
    • DeSimone: yes
    • Diaz: yes
    • Donovan: yes
    • Edwards: yes
    • Fascia: yes
    • Felix: yes
    • Fellela: yes
    • Finkelman: yes
    • Fogarty: yes
    • Furtado: yes
    • Giraldo: yes
    • Handy: yes
    • Hopkins: other
    • Hull: yes
    • Kazarian: yes
    • Kennedy: yes
    • Kislak: yes
    • Knight: yes
    • Lima: yes
    • Lombardi: yes
    • Marszalkowski: yes
    • McEntee: yes
    • McGaw: yes
    • McNamara: yes
    • Messier: yes
    • Morales: other
    • Mr. Speaker: yes
    • Nardone: yes
    • Newberry: yes
    • Noret: yes
    • O'Brien: yes
    • Paplauskas: yes
    • Perez: other
    • Phillips: yes
    • Place: yes
    • Potter: yes
    • Quattrocchi: yes
    • Read: yes
    • Roberts: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Santucci: yes
    • Serpa: yes
    • ShallcrossSmith: yes
    • Shanley: yes
    • Shekarchi: other
    • Slater: yes
    • Solomon: yes
    • Speakman: yes
    • Spears: yes
    • Stewart: yes
    • Tanzi: yes
    • Voas: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://status.rilegislature.gov/

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:31:46.990152Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this sessionSession dates and activity

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=RI&identifier=HB 7960. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.