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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - ELECTRICIANS - TRADES LICENSING - PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS (Each individual violating law governing electricians, plumbers, and other trades constitutes a separate offense for firms/corporations.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - ELECTRICIANS - TRADES LICENSING - PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS (Each individual violating law governing electricians, plumbers, and other trades constitutes a separate offense for firms/corporations.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 6293"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6293 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Electricians", "Plumbers"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barros", "Cunha", "Maldonado", "Shanley", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-06-08"
+last_action: "2017-10-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8ecd8b4-dc33-4823-86a2-aa01fe1805ac"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "c676910ff8d49b305be14d3943cebc31b230a5f6fe16c75601e58c39b63933ac"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island HB 6293 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - ELECTRICIANS - TRADES LICENSING - PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS (Each individual violating law governing electricians, plumbers, and other trades constitutes a separate offense for firms/corporations.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6293** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H6293.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **64–5** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barros — primary (person)
+- Cunha — primary (person)
+- Maldonado — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Introduced, referred to House Labor `referral-committee, introduction`
+- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/15/2017)
+- **2017-06-15** 06/15/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/29/2017)
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/29/2017)
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2017-09-14** 09/14/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
+- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2017-10-03** 10/03/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-10-05** 10/05/2017 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8ecd8b4-dc33-4823-86a2-aa01fe1805ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+