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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - ENGINEERS (Requires that plans for natural gas infrastructure be built to a set of design standards approved by a certified engineer if the work poses a material public safety risk.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - ENGINEERS (Requires that plans for natural gas infrastructure be built to a set of design standards approved by a certified engineer if the work poses a material public safety risk.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 5679"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5679 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Professions"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kennedy"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-02-27"
+last_action: "2019-07-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1aebdb25-cd75-41da-9a0b-82e29d962da1"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "e8e845d8ed6604f57c0c80ae73dae7c0b81ca003e92234f8a07dbcd91620b323"
+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 5679 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - ENGINEERS (Requires that plans for natural gas infrastructure be built to a set of design standards approved by a certified engineer if the work poses a material public safety risk.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5679 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5679aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AS AMENDED — **62–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **63–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-08** 03/08/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2019)
+- **2019-03-12** 03/12/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/27/2019)
+- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2019)
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/28/2019)
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/1aebdb25-cd75-41da-9a0b-82e29d962da1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+